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1959 Daytona 100

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

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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jerry Unser	52	Leader Card Duo
	Bob Veith	55	Sclavi & Amos
	Chuck Arnold	71	Hall-Mar

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jim Rathmann	1	6	6
Rodger Ward	7	11	5
Jim Rathmann	12	40	29