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1959 Daytona 100 Previous race results Next race results                         Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 1 of 13 Saturday, April 4, 1959 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 40 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 0:35:14 Average speed: 170.261 mph Pole speed: 173.21 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 6000 Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1959 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1959 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 16   Jim Rathmann Simoniz   (Lindsey Hopkins) Watson / Offy 40 6400 running 35 200 2 3 5   Rodger Ward Leader Card 500   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 40 3070 running 5 160 3 6 65   Bob Christie Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 39 1980 running 0 140 4 9 2   George Amick Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Epperly / Offy 39 1770 crash 0 120 5 1 41   Dick Rathmann Sumar   (Chapman Root) Kurtis / Offy 39 1563 running 0 100 6 5 21   Elmer George HOW   (Mari Hulman George) Kuzma / Offy 38 793 running 0 80 7 15 3   Johnny Thomson Racing Associates Lesovsky / Offy 38 660 running 0 60 8 14 10   A.J. Foyt Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 37 613 running 0 50 9 17 84   Pat Flaherty John Zink Watson / Offy 37 528 running 0 40 10 18 22   Jim Packard Lee Glessner Silnes / Offy 37 480 running 0 30 11 7 9   Don Branson Bob Estes Phillips / Offy 37 395 running 0 20 12 12 25   Bill Cheesbourg Wright-Knight Kurtis / Offy 36 385 spun out 0 10 13 16 82   Al Keller Central Excavating   (Pete Salemi) Kuzma / Offy 35 337 running 0   14 19 95   Bill Randall Safety Auto Glass   (James Shreve) Kurtis / Offy 34 300 running 0   15 20 53   Jimmy Davies Greenman-Casale   (Lysle Greenman) Kuzma / Offy 33 225 running 0   16 13 4   Jud Larson Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Lesovsky / Offy 32 187 running 0   17 4 24   Dempsey Wilson Hoyt Machine   (Fred Sommer) Kurtis / Offy 28 150 spun out 0   18 10 75   Tony Bettenhausen Racing Associates Kuzma / Offy 6 350 oil leak 0   19 8 44   Eddie Sachs Peter Schmidt Kuzma / Offy 6 112 ignition 0   20 11 8   Len Sutton Wolcott Memorial Racing Team Lesovsky / Offy 6 112 piston 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jerry Unser 52 Leader Card Duo Bob Veith 55 Sclavi & Amos Chuck Arnold 71 Hall-Mar Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jim Rathmann 1 6 6   Rodger Ward 7 11 5   Jim Rathmann 12 40 29