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1959 NASCAR Grand National Season Stats, Race Results

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Click on the race number to see detailed 1959 NASCAR Grand National NASCAR Season Stats, race results, driver stats, and more.

26 races on dirt tracks
18 races on paved tracks

13 short track races
5 superspeedway races

Glossary   View expanded 1959 NASCAR Grand National driver standings  

#
Date
Site
Cars
Winner(s)
St
Make/Model
Len
Sfc
Miles
Purse
Pole
Cau
Laps
Speed
LC
1
11/09/58
Fayetteville
25
1
Chevrolet
0.333
P
50
3,830
61.985
56.001
2
2
02/20/59
Daytona
38
7
Chevrolet
2.500
P
100
3,885
140.581
0
0
143.198
10
3
02/22/59
Daytona
59
15
Oldsmobile
2.500
P
500
53,050
140.121
0
0
135.521
33
4
03/01/59
Hillsboro
22
1
T-Bird
0.900
D
99
3,785
87.544
2
81.612
7
5
03/08/59
Concord
19
4
T-Bird
0.500
D
100
3,635
66.420
2
59.239
2
6
03/22/59
Atlanta
21
2
T-Bird
1.000
D
100
3,735
77.888
75.172
1
7
03/29/59
Wilson
24
22
Ford
0.500
D
100
3,785
DFP
50.300
4
8
03/30/59
Winston-Salem
24
20
Ford
0.250
P
50
3,835
46.296
2
9
43.562
9
04/04/59
Columbia
21
1
Chevrolet
0.500
D
100
3,835
60.730
57.343
10
04/05/59
North Wilkesboro
23
4
Oldsmobile
0.625
P
100
3,835
85.746
4
9
71.985
2
11
04/26/59
Reading
25
1
Ford
0.500
D
100
3,795
DFP
1
12
53.011
2
12
05/02/59
Hickory
21
1
Ford
0.400
D
100
3,735
68.900
4
62.165
5
13
05/03/59
Martinsville
40
24
Oldsmobile
0.500
P
250
12,115
66.030
3
59.512
4
14
05/17/59
Trenton
18
3
T-Bird
1.000
P
150
5,620
88.950
87.350
4
15
05/22/59
Charlotte
25
4
Oldsmobile
0.500
D
100
3,785
57.950
3
12
55.300
4
16
05/24/59
Nashville
12
1
Chevrolet
0.500
P
100
3,270
70.890
0
0
71.006
5
17
05/30/59
Los Angeles
33
4
Ford
0.400
D
195
9,084
53.590
50.982
18
06/05/59
Spartanburg
20
9
Chevrolet
0.500
D
100
3,885
63.180
55.547
19
06/13/59
Greenville
25
11
Ford
0.500
D
100
3,785
65.838
51.480
20
06/14/59
Atlanta
40
37
Plymouth
1.000
D
150
10,750
DFP
58.499
21
06/18/59
Columbia
20
3
Plymouth
0.500
D
100
3,785
64.865
58.726
5
22
06/20/59
Wilson
25
18
Ford
0.500
D
100
3,785
DFP
58.065
23
06/21/59
Richmond
22
12
T-Bird
0.500
D
100
3,885
66.420
56.881
24
06/27/59
Winston-Salem
24
2
Chevrolet
0.250
P
50
3,885
47.071
41.228
1
25
06/28/59
Weaverville
20
4
Chevrolet
0.500
P
100
3,785
76.820
72.934
1
26
07/04/59
Daytona
37
1
Pontiac
2.500
P
250
26,360
144.997
0
0
140.581
7
27
07/21/59
Pittsburgh
22
6
Chevrolet
0.250
D
50
3,885
47.970
1
4
45.000
3
28
07/26/59
Charlotte
35
5
Chevrolet
0.500
D
100
3,985
63.070
9
22
49.553
29
08/01/59
Myrtle Beach
27
9
Ford
0.500
D
100
3,885
66.470
52.941
30
08/02/59
Charlotte
29
10
Ford
0.500
D
100
3,885
62.540
7
52.794
31
08/09/59
Nashville
30
2
Chevrolet
0.500
P
150
11,450
74.044
63.343
32
08/16/59
Weaverville
41
4
Chevrolet
0.500
P
250
15,275
77.687
71.633
33
08/21/59
Winston-Salem
24
1
Chevrolet
0.250
P
50
5,760
47.443
2
44.085
0
34
08/22/59
Greenville
19
4
Chevrolet
0.500
D
100
3,835
63.313
58.055
35
08/29/59
Columbia
13
9
Plymouth
0.500
D
100
3,470
DFP
1
48.264
1
36
09/07/59
Darlington
50
14
Chevrolet
1.375
P
501
51,990
123.734
2
12
111.836
11
37
09/11/59
Hickory
14
13
Plymouth
0.400
D
100
3,655
DFP
63.380
38
09/13/59
Richmond
16
1
T-Bird
0.500
D
100
3,685
62.674
60.362
39
09/13/59
Sacramento
26
19
Ford
1.000
D
100
3,885
DFP
54.753
40
09/20/59
Hillsboro
22
7
Plymouth
0.900
D
99
3,945
85.533
2
77.868
2
41
09/27/59
Martinsville
47
14
Chevrolet
0.500
P
250
15,925
69.471
7
60.500
6
42
10/11/59
Weaverville
29
4
Plymouth
0.500
P
100
3,985
78.568
76.433
43
10/18/59
North Wilkesboro
26
2
Plymouth
0.625
P
100
3,985
86.806
3
74.829
1
44
10/25/59
Concord
34
18
Chevrolet
0.500
D
150
6,540
DFP
2
54.005
2

NTT = No Time Trials; DFP = Drew For Pole; MQ = Metric Qualifying