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1959 Old Dominion 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 41 of 44
Sunday, September 27, 1959 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:07:56
Average speed: 60.5 mph
Pole speed: 69.471 mph

Cautions: 7
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 13500
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1959 NASCAR Grand National results / 1959 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	14	4	Rex White	Rex White	'59 Chevrolet	500	3250	running	202
2	1	16	Glen Wood	Warren's Drive-In / Auto Body & Sales Co. (Wood Brothers)	'58 Ford	500	1975	running	85
3	24	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'59 Chevrolet	497	1425	running	87
4	2	36	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin	'59 T-Bird	497	1175	running	0
5	16	22	Speedy Thompson	Ogden-Ridgeway (W.J. Ridgeway)	'59 Chevrolet	497	900	running	0
6	7	76	Larry Frank	Carolina Plating (Larry Frank)	'57 Chevrolet	496	750	running	39
7	4	59	Tom Pistone	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	'59 T-Bird	492	675	running	0
8	5	77	Joe Lee Johnson	Honest Charley (Joe Lee Johnson)	'57 Chevrolet	490	600	running	0
9	15	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'57 Chevrolet	490	500	running	0
10	6	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'59 Plymouth	488	575	running	87
11	26	75	John Dodd, Sr.	John Dodd, Sr.	'59 Ford	488	375	running	0
12	39	38	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett	'57 Ford	484	275	running	0
13	27	41	Ken Rush	–	'57 Chevrolet	476	250	running	0
14	32	87	Buck Baker	Lynton Tyson	'59 Chevrolet	476	225	running	0
15	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'59 Plymouth	470	275	running	0
16	19	32	George Green	Jess Potter	'58 Chevrolet	469	200	running	0
17	37	15	L.D. Austin	Beau Morgan	'57 Ford	469	180	running	0
18	36	18	Jerry Smith	Red Bank (Charley Griffith)	'57 Pontiac	466	165	running	0
19	12	20	Tiny Lund	Spook Crawford	'58 Ford	451	155	running	0
20	4	5	Bunk Moore	Tiny Lund	'57 Chevrolet	451	150	running	0
21	42	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'57 Chevrolet	447	130	running	0
22	21	14	Bill Taylor	Manley Britt	'58 Ford	439	125	engine	0
23	17	31	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'57 Chevrolet	434	110	engine	0
24	8	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'57 Chevrolet	431	100	running	0
25	28	64	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon	'58 Ford	425	85	running	0
26	29	45	Aubrey Boles	Aubrey Boles	'57 Plymouth	405	75	running	0
27	23	63	R.L. Combs	R.L. Combs	'57 Ford	404	75	running	0
28	9	2	Jimmy Thompson	Bruce Thompson	'57 Chevrolet	318	75	running	0
29	22	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'59 Chevrolet	305	75	rear end	0
30	30	88	Fireball Roberts	Lynton Tyson	'59 Chevrolet	303	75	rear end	0
31	25	86	Ervin Carpenter	Neil Castles	'56 Ford	299	75	crash	0
32	31	27	E.J. Trivette	E.J. Trivette	'58 Plymouth	293	75	radiator	0
33	10	6	Cotton Owens	Thunder Chicken (W.H. Watson)	'59 T-Bird	279	75	rear end	0
34	34	34	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'57 Chevrolet	263	75	transmission	0
35	35	46	Whitey Norman	Whitey Norman	'57 Chevrolet	259	75	axle	0
36	41	62	Buck Brigance	Buck Brigance	'57 Chevrolet	229	75	rear end	0
37	13	25	Gene White	Gene White	'57 Chevrolet	224	75	engine	0
38	18	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Vernon	'59 Ford	224	75	fuel pump	0
39	20	93	Banjo Matthews	Power Products (Banjo Matthews)	'59 T-Bird	216	75	rear end	0
40	11	10	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters	'59 Buick	180	75	clutch	0
41	33	40	Joe Halton	Joe Halton	'57 Chevrolet	157	25	engine	0
42	43	55	Ben Benz	Bernard Friedland	'57 Chevrolet	151	25	clutch	0
43	44	33	Bill Scott	Jess Potter	'57 Chevrolet	151	25	clutch	0
44	47	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'57 Ford	76	25	engine	0
45	46	58	Johnny Beauchamp	–	'57 Chevrolet	50	25	steering	0
46	45	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'57 Chevrolet	37	25	engine	0
47	38	78	Jimmie Lewallen	–	'57 Ford	2	25	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Glen Wood	1	85	85
Lee Petty	86	164	79
Rex White	165	171	7
Lee Petty	172	179	8
Jim Reed	180	266	87
Larry Frank	267	305	39
Rex White	306	500	195