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1959 Daytona 500 Qualifier

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NASCAR Grand National race number 2 of 44
Friday, February 20, 1959 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
40 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 0:41:54
Average speed: 143.198 mph
Pole speed: 140.581 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: .5 cl
Attendance: 17000
Lead changes: 10

Glossary 1959 NASCAR Grand National results / 1959 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	7	49	Bob Welborn	W.J. Ridgeway	'59 Chevrolet	40	800	running	33
2	15	64	Fritz Wilson	Museum of Speed (Fritz Wilson)	'59 T-Bird	40	525	running	4
3	6	59	Tom Pistone	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	'59 T-Bird	40	350	running	0
4	3	48	Joe Weatherly	E.C. Wilson	'59 Chevrolet	40	250	running	1
5	18	37	Eduardo Dibos	Peru (Van Acker)	'59 T-Bird	39	225	running	0
6	23	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson	'58 Pontiac	39	200	running	0
7	17	88	Tiny Lund	Buck Baker	'59 Chevrolet	39	165	running	0
8	14	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'59 Oldsmobile	39	150	running	0
9	9	18	Charley Griffith	Red Bank (Charley Griffith)	'57 Pontiac	38	140	running	0
10	24	4	Rex White	Idewild Homes (Rex White)	'59 Chevrolet	38	130	running	0
11	8	73	Johnny Beauchamp	Roy Burdick	'59 T-Bird	38	125	running	0
12	28	81	Bernie Hentges	Bernie Hentges	'59 DeSoto	38	110	running	0
13	27	29	Dick Freeman	Dick Freeman	'59 Chevrolet	38	100	running	0
14	38	71	Dick Joslin	Dick Joslin	'57 Dodge	38	85	running	0
15	5	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'57 Chevrolet	38	70	running	0
16	12	1	Speedy Thompson	Steve Pierce	'57 Chevrolet	38	60	running	0
17	21	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding	'57 Ford	37	50	running	0
18	30	38	Raul Cilloniz	Raul Cilloniz	'58 Ford	37	50	running	0
19	20	53	Ken Johnson	Ken Johnson	'57 Ford	37	50	running	0
20	26	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'59 Chevrolet	35	50	running	0
21	22	69	Harold Smith	Bob Korn	'59 Studebaker	35	50	running	0
22	33	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'57 Chevrolet	35	50	running	0
23	13	86	Carl Tyler	Carl Tyler	'57 Ford	34	50	running	0
24	2	15	Tim Flock	Beau Morgan	'59 T-Bird	30	50	push rod	0
25	29	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'57 Chevrolet	29		coil	0
26	10	58	Roscoe Thompson	Roscoe Thompson	'57 Chevrolet	28		engine	0
27	4	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'59 Chevrolet	20		crash	0
28	16	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'59 Chevrolet	20		crash	0
29	37	41	Curtis Turner	Delta Auto Sales (Doc White)	'59 T-Bird	17		transmission	2
30	11	10	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters	'57 Ford	17		overheating	0
31	19	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink	'59 Ford	17		overheating	0
32	32	16	Jim McGuirk	Happy Steigel	'59 Pontiac	15		distributor	0
33	1	3	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens	'59 Pontiac	14		distributor	0
34	25	24	Bob Potter	Bob Potter	'59 Chevrolet	13		tires	0
35	36	83	Bob Pronger	Bob Pronger	'58 Ford	13		gasket	0
36	31	80	Bob Rose	Sam Arena	'57 Chevrolet	11		steering	0
37	34	66	Dick Foley	Dick Foley	'59 Chevrolet	9		engine	0
38	35	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'57 Chevrolet	1		steering	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
WD	Jim Delaney		Ford
WD	Glen Rockey	31	Ford
WD	George Henderson	46	Ford

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Weatherly	1	1	1
Bob Welborn	2	6	5
Curtis Turner	7	7	1
Bob Welborn	8	12	5
Curtis Turner	13	13	1
Bob Welborn	14	23	10
Fritz Wilson	24	26	3
Bob Welborn	27	27	1
Fritz Wilson	28	28	1
Bob Welborn	29	40	12