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1959-07 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 7 of 44 Sunday, March 29, 1959 at Wilson Speedway, Wilson, NC 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:59:17 Average speed: 50.3 mph Pole speed: drew for pole Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 3 sec Attendance: 8800 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1959 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1959 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 16 20 0   Bunk Moore Richard Riley '57 Chevrolet 164 60 steering 0 21 7 1   Speedy Thompson Steve Pierce '57 Chevrolet 78 50 ball joint 0 22 16 3   Marvin Panch Don Angel '58 Ford 37 50 engine 0 17 9 5   Tiny Lund Tiny Lund '57 Chevrolet 137 50 running 0 11 3 6   Cotton Owens W.H. Watson '58 Pontiac 186 125 running 0 6 15 9   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '57 Chevrolet 194 200 running 0 18 6 10   Elmo Langley Ratus Walters '58 Ford 110 50 engine 0 1 22 11   Junior Johnson Paul Spaulding '57 Ford 200 800 running 24 24 1 14   Ken Rush Manley Britt '57 Mercury 33   clutch 0 23 23 16   Jim McGuirk Happy Steigel '59 Pontiac 37   rear end 0 8 11 33   Brownie King Jess Potter '57 Chevrolet 189 150 running 0 9 2 40   Joe Weatherly Julian Petty '57 Chevrolet 188 140 engine 4 2 5 41   Curtis Turner Delta Auto Sales   (Doc White) '59 T-Bird 200 525 running 166 4 10 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '57 Oldsmobile 196 250 running 0 3 21 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '57 Oldsmobile 198 350 running 0 20 12 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '59 Chevrolet 81 50 overheating 6 5 8 59   Tom Pistone Rupert Safety Belt   (Carl Rupert) '59 T-Bird 196 225 running 0 10 19 64   Shep Langdon Shep Langdon '58 Ford 186 130 running 0 12 14 74   L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '57 Chevrolet 182 110 running 0 13 24 81   Harvey Hege Harvey Hege '57 Ford 181 100 running 0 7 17 82   Joe Eubanks Don Every '58 Ford 190 165 running 0 15 4 88   Buck Baker Buck Baker '59 Chevrolet 175 70 rear end 0 14 18 96   Bobby Keck Bobby Keck '57 Chevrolet 177 85 running 0 19 13 99   Shorty Rollins Shorty's   (Shorty Rollins) '58 Ford 95 50 fuel line 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Joe Weatherly 1 4 4   Bob Welborn 5 10 6   Curtis Turner 11 176 166   Junior Johnson 177 200 24