NASCAR Grand National standings for 1959

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	Driver	Races	Win	T5	T10	Pole	Laps	Led	Earnings	AvSt	AvFn	Raf	Miles	LLF	Points	Diff
1	Lee Petty	42	11	27	35	2	8278	1176	49,219	7.4	6.2	34	4,977.39	14	11792
2	Cotton Owens	37	1	13	22	2	6733	208	14,639	9.4	10.4	27	4,397.48	5	9962	-1,830
3	Speedy Thompson	29	0	5	9	1	4785	228	6,816	10.6	14.2	13	3,435.55	1	7684	-4,108
4	Herman Beam	30	0	1	12	0	6034	0	6,379	23.0	13.1	29	4,010.65	0	7396	-4,396
5	Buck Baker	35	1	14	19	4	6056	182	11,060	10.9	11.8	22	3,605.50	6	7170	-4,622
6	Tom Pistone	22	2	12	18	0	3902	180	12,724	11.7	9.0	16	2,966.10	5	7050	-4,742
7	L.D. Austin	35	0	0	13	0	6481	0	4,670	22.7	15.5	29	3,602.68	0	6519	-5,273
8	Jack Smith	21	4	9	12	3	3594	369	13,289	9.3	10.7	13	2,734.90	5	6150	-5,642
9	Jim Reed	14	3	7	9	1	2512	371	23,534	15.1	11.4	10	2,070.90	3	5744	-6,048
10	Rex White	23	5	11	13	5	4744	1315	12,360	7.4	10.2	16	3,038.57	8	5526	-6,266
11	Junior Johnson	28	5	14	15	1	4433	164	9,675	12.7	10.9	18	2,745.33	6	4864	-6,928
12	Shep Langdon	21	0	0	6	0	3976	0	3,525	16.8	14.6	14	2,259.01	0	4768	-7,024
13	G.C. Spencer	28	0	1	5	0	4552	0	3,700	16.5	16.3	12	2,553.08	0	4260	-7,532
14	Tommy Irwin	25	0	10	16	1	4410	174	9,189	11.3	12.2	15	2,847.26	1	3876	-7,916
15	Richard Petty	21	0	6	9	0	3648	7	8,110	11.0	15.4	10	2,418.75	2	3694	-8,098
16	Fireball Roberts	8	1	1	4	3	1445	147	10,865	15.5	19.4	3	1,488.75	1	3676	-8,116
17	Bob Welborn	29	3	10	13	5	3895	254	9,370	11.1	15.4	14	2,363.80	4	3588	-8,204
18	Joe Weatherly	17	0	6	10	0	2776	189	9,815	10.2	13.7	10	2,105.45	2	3404	-8,388
19	Bobby Johns	8	0	1	2	1	1911	129	5,950	10.4	21.1	4	1,440.25	0	2732	-9,060
20	Tiny Lund	27	0	5	10	0	4837	0	4,940	11.6	13.1	19	2,971.85	1	2634	-9,158
21	Bob Burdick	6	0	1	4	2	912	25	10,050	3.7	13.0	4	1,000.25	0	2392	-9,400
22	Larry Frank	15	0	4	9	0	3300	39	5,993	12.9	10.5	10	2,647.23	1	2256	-9,536
23	Bobby Keck	18	0	0	0	0	2484	0	1,270	19.1	17.4	11	1,151.54	0	2186	-9,606
24	Curtis Turner	10	2	4	4	1	1293	438	3,845	15.3	12.2	5	1,174.88	4	2088	-9,704
25	Jim Paschal	6	0	3	4	0	1485	0	2,980	14.5	10.3	3	1,011.50	0	1792	-10,000
26	Buddy Baker	12	0	1	5	0	1639	0	1,705	18.2	15.4	7	875.50	0	1692	-10,100
27	Shorty Rollins	10	0	0	4	0	1391	0	1,500	14.2	15.8	5	1,122.38	0	1600	-10,192
28	Elmo Langley	13	0	1	2	0	1694	0	2,280	12.3	23.2	4	1,313.83	0	1568	-10,224
29	Jimmy Thompson	5	0	0	1	0	1002	0	1,580	12.6	18.6	4	1,144.91	0	1528	-10,264
30	Brownie King	18	0	1	5	0	3247	0	1,875	18.2	18.2	10	1,903.24	0	1480	-10,312
31	Tim Flock	2	0	0	1	0	223	0	850	22.0	16.5	1	557.50	0	1464	-10,328
32	Joe Eubanks	13	0	2	7	0	1279	0	2,000	15.2	18.2	5	945.35	0	1432	-10,360
33	Roy Tyner	28	0	7	14	0	5234	0	5,425	16.5	12.5	20	3,404.97	0	1416	-10,376
34	Charlie Cregar	3	0	0	0	0	496	0	560	17.7	19.0	1	725.13	0	1408	-10,384
35	Dick Freeman	3	0	0	0	0	695	0	475	27.0	14.0	2	799.50	0	1352	-10,440
36	Raul Cilloniz	2	0	0	0	0	229	0	550	32.5	15.0	2	572.50	0	1272	-10,520
37	Ned Jarrett	17	2	4	7	0	2929	193	3,860	12.9	14.0	9	1,488.58	4	1248	-10,544
38	Dave White	5	0	0	1	0	1253	0	660	12.8	15.2	4	533.25	0	1228	-10,564
39	Dick Joslin	4	0	0	0	0	338	0	485	33.0	26.8	1	793.25	0	1224	-10,568
40	Tommy Thompson	3	0	0	0	0	367	0	510	25.7	15.7	3	422.00	0	1168	-10,624
41	Harvey Hege	10	0	0	3	0	1485	0	955	18.8	15.0	6	765.45	0	1152	-10,640
42	Eduardo Dibos	3	0	2	2	0	181	0	1,050	10.0	19.3	2	452.50	0	1128	-10,664
43	Bill Champion	1	0	0	0	0	343	0	500	25.0	12.0	1	471.63	0	1120	-10,672
44	Joe Caspolich	1	0	0	0	0	342	0	470	12.0	13.0	1	470.25	0	1040	-10,752
45	Jim Austin	5	0	0	0	0	784	0	440	23.0	19.0	3	413.00	0	1016	-10,776
46	Marvin Porter	7	0	2	4	0	1696	0	1,940	18.0	14.3	6	706.43	0	984	-10,808
47	Jim McGuirk	4	0	0	0	0	314	0	325	31.0	22.3	2	589.50	0	928	-10,864
48	Harlan Richardson	10	0	0	2	0	1893	0	1,120	15.6	16.5	5	947.90	0	924	-10,868
49	Al White	5	0	0	0	0	826	0	575	22.0	14.8	4	644.25	0	872	-10,920
50	Richard Riley	10	0	0	2	0	1433	0	910	19.1	15.2	7	767.00	0	760	-11,032
51	Gerald Duke	1	0	0	0	0	249	0	125	19.0	17.0	1	124.50	0	716	-11,076
52	J.C. Hendrix	3	0	0	1	0	361	0	360	8.7	12.3	2	273.50	0	640	-11,152
53	Larry Flynn	4	0	0	0	0	206	0	275	29.5	30.8	1	282.63	0	560	-11,232
54	Earl Balmer	2	0	0	0	0	436	0	250	32.5	27.0	0	422.75	0	552	-11,240
55	Dick Foley	3	0	0	0	0	226	0	250	37.7	33.3	1	565.00	0	528	-11,264
56	Bob Rose	3	0	0	0	0	182	0	150	34.7	29.3	1	440.60	0	480	-11,312
57	Glen Wood	20	0	9	13	3	4186	98	6,875	6.5	9.7	14	2,292.48	5	470	-11,322
58	Bob Reuther	1	0	0	1	0	284	0	250	11.0	9.0	1	142.00	0	460	-11,332
59	Ken Johnson	4	0	0	1	0	408	0	370	22.0	21.3	2	366.25	0	424	-11,368
60	Bud Crothers	3	0	0	1	0	867	0	475	20.3	19.3	2	711.75	0	400	-11,392
61	Banjo Matthews	4	0	0	0	0	654	55	1,990	15.8	32.5	0	482.75	0	400	-11,392
62	Ben Benz	5	0	0	2	0	665	0	625	31.0	24.6	3	740.00	0	396	-11,396
63	Fritz Wilson	7	0	1	2	0	651	4	880	13.9	25.3	2	460.00	1	372	-11,420
64	Harold Smith	2	0	0	0	0	194	0	160	36.0	26.0	2	485.00	0	368	-11,424
65	Herb Lewis	1	0	0	0	0	221	0	100	9.0	20.0	0	110.50	0	360	-11,432
66	Marvin Panch	4	0	0	0	0	640	0	1,050	14.8	26.5	1	859.75	0	352	-11,440
67	Andy Hampton	1	0	0	0	0	76	0	50	23.0	26.0	0	38.00	0	320	-11,472
68	John Paschal	1	0	0	0	0	67	0	100	9.0	30.0	1	167.50	0	320	-11,472
69	Bill Scott	6	0	0	2	0	805	0	430	27.0	23.5	2	451.83	0	308	-11,484
70	Joe Lee Johnson	12	1	3	6	0	2743	83	6,807	14.8	15.2	8	2,007.20	1	256	-11,536
71	Bill Morton	3	0	0	0	0	398	0	100	15.0	22.7	1	218.00	0	242	-11,550
72	Lenny Page	2	0	0	1	0	251	0	280	30.5	24.5	1	142.63	0	224	-11,568
73	Bunk Moore	10	0	0	0	0	1350	0	530	17.7	22.1	2	684.20	0	220	-11,572
74	Dominic Persicketti	2	0	0	1	0	581	0	450	25.0	13.0	2	359.00	0	216	-11,576
75	Bob Perry	3	0	0	1	0	519	0	500	27.7	22.3	1	321.23	0	216	-11,576
76	Eddie Gray	2	1	1	1	0	317	0	870	10.5	14.5	1	186.80	1	200	-11,592
77	Neil Castles	5	0	0	0	0	754	0	410	27.2	22.4	4	457.50	0	200	-11,592
78	Bernie Hentges	2	0	0	0	0	176	0	210	25.5	24.5	1	440.00	0	200	-11,592
79	Scotty Cain	2	0	1	1	0	467	0	700	11.0	10.5	1	246.80	1	192	-11,600
80	Dick Blackwell	3	0	0	0	0	544	0	250	22.7	20.7	2	486.88	0	192	-11,600
81	Elmo Henderson	2	0	0	0	0	176	0	200	28.5	35.0	0	102.00	0	192	-11,600
82	Bob Ross	2	0	2	2	0	582	0	935	4.0	4.0	2	292.80	1	176	-11,616
83	Lucky Long	2	0	1	2	0	554	0	700	12.0	5.5	2	279.80	0	168	-11,624
84	Bob Pronger	2	0	0	0	0	156	0	125	41.5	35.0	1	390.00	0	168	-11,624
85	John Potter	2	0	0	2	0	549	0	550	27.0	7.0	2	277.20	0	160	-11,632
86	Lloyd Dane	2	0	1	2	0	578	0	1,100	17.5	4.5	2	285.80	1	152	-11,640
87	Buck Brigance	13	0	0	1	0	1835	0	890	19.1	18.2	6	907.20	0	152	-11,640
88	Bobby Waddell	7	0	0	0	0	512	0	360	13.6	19.7	1	262.15	0	152	-11,640
89	John Seeley	1	0	0	0	0	160	0	125		11.0	1	80.00	0	152	-11,640
90	Jim Cook	2	0	0	1	0	357	0	325	14.0	16.0	0	195.00	0	144	-11,648
91	Reds Kagle	4	0	1	1	0	627	0	525	15.3	16.3	1	340.00	0	132	-11,660
92	Mel Larson	2	0	0	2	0	529	0	350	8.5	9.5	1	258.40	0	128	-11,664
93	Bill Poor	4	0	0	0	0	484	0	190	23.8	21.0	3	218.79	0	128	-11,664
94	Parnelli Jones	2	1	1	1	0	560	0	1,905	13.5	6.0	1	267.80	1	120	-11,672
95	Gene White	9	0	0	2	0	1457	0	2,060	13.4	19.8	4	1,319.00	0	120	-11,672
96	Roscoe Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	96	0	100	10.5	19.5	0	138.00	0	120	-11,672
97	Ray Fanning	1	0	0	0	0	117	0	60		16.0	0	58.50	0	120	-11,672
98	Don Taylor	2	0	0	0	0	430	0	200	16.0	16.0	1	214.00	0	112	-11,680
99	Carl Tyler	2	0	0	0	0	63	0	150	32.5	38.5	1	157.50	0	112	-11,680
100	Chuck Tombs	1	0	0	0	0	134	0	0	27.0	25.0	0	67.00	0	112	-11,680
101	Chuck Webb	1	0	0	0	0	63	0	100	17.0	13.0	0	63.00	0	104	-11,688
102	Clarence DeZalia	1	0	0	0	0	136	0	60	20.0	18.0	1	45.29	0	104	-11,688
103	Owen Loggins	1	0	0	0	0	57	0	100	6.0	14.0	0	57.00	0	96	-11,696
104	R.L. Combs	9	0	0	1	0	1478	0	735	17.7	18.4	6	664.83	0	88	-11,704
105	Bob Potter	2	0	0	0	0	46	0	150	35.0	43.5	0	115.00	0	88	-11,704
106	Fred Harb	19	0	2	6	0	2689	0	1,875	15.3	18.6	9	1,276.54	0	80	-11,712
107	George Green	18	0	0	5	0	3337	0	2,385	20.3	18.2	12	1,965.70	0	80	-11,712
108	Bob Duell	4	0	0	0	0	672	0	650	36.3	31.8	1	578.13	0	80	-11,712
109	Jim Blomgren	1	0	0	0	0	49	0	50	9.0	16.0	0	49.00	0	80	-11,712
110	Cale Yarborough	1	0	0	0	0	219	0	150	33.0	27.0	0	301.13	0	80	-11,712
111	Johnny Patterson	1	0	0	0	0	180	0	150	50.0	30.0	0	247.50	0	80	-11,712
112	Possum Jones	1	0	0	0	0	74	0	295	13.0	38.0	0	101.75	0	80	-11,712
113	Carl Burris	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	150	37.0	50.0	0	2.75	0	80	-11,712
114	Jack D. McCoy	1	0	0	0	0	42	0	50	21.0	17.0	0	42.00	0	72	-11,720
115	Dick Carter	2	0	0	0	0	269	0	125	27.0	22.5	2	131.00	0	56	-11,736
116	Dave James	2	0	0	1	0	489	0	400	20.5	13.5	1	216.60	0	48	-11,744
117	Charles Sanchez	1	0	0	0	0	35	0	25	14.0	21.0	0	35.00	0	40	-11,752
118	Arley Scranton	2	0	0	0	0	361	0	100	18.0	22.0	1	157.60	0	32	-11,760
119	Bill Jarick	2	0	0	0	0	360	0	100	7.0	22.5	1	152.40	0	16	-11,776
120	Bob Price	2	0	0	0	0	427	0	225	4.0	18.0	1	175.60	0	8	-11,784
121	Dick Getty	2	0	0	0	0	138	0	175	24.0	28.0	0	58.80	0	8	-11,784
123	Russ Gemberling	1	0	0	0	0	127	3	85	4.0	14.0	0	31.75	0
	Ken Rush	12	0	2	3	0	2388	0	2,095	12.5	16.8	7	1,533.40	1
	Johnny Beauchamp	7	1	3	3	0	1107	130	10,465	21.5	13.7	5	1,145.50	2
	Jimmy Pardue	7	0	0	1	0	657	0	515	17.9	16.1	3	307.92	0
	Bennie Rakestraw	7	0	1	1	0	1144	0	1,165	22.6	18.9	4	773.50	0
	Jerry Draper	6	0	0	3	0	1049	0	640	21.0	15.5	3	502.75	0
	Charley Griffith	6	0	1	3	0	438	0	4,955	13.3	17.2	3	697.00	0
	Barney Shore	6	0	0	2	0	628	0	425	14.5	19.8	2	212.25	0
	Joe Halton	6	0	0	1	0	898	0	465	22.2	21.8	3	364.75	0
	Jimmie Lewallen	6	0	0	1	0	509	0	350	19.2	23.0	2	197.99	0
	Whitey Norman	6	0	0	0	0	899	0	445	25.2	26.5	2	402.50	0
	Johnny Allen	5	0	1	1	0	522	0	2,525	26.0	15.4	2	883.00	0
	George Alsobrook	4	0	0	1	0	936	0	1,150	26.0	14.0	4	723.00	0
	Curtis Crider	4	0	0	1	0	453	0	375	16.0	14.3	1	226.50	0
	Doug Cox	4	0	0	2	0	532	0	380	12.5	14.5	1	266.00	0
	Aubrey Boles	4	0	0	1	0	796	0	300	21.3	19.3	3	398.00	0
	E.J. Trivette	4	0	0	0	0	534	0	175	20.3	25.0	1	284.80	0
	John Dodd, Sr.	3	0	0	1	0	704	0	540	12.3	15.0	2	352.00	0
	Wilbur Rakestraw	3	0	0	1	0	413	0	1,025	15.3	17.3	3	815.00	0
	Bill Taylor	3	0	0	0	0	827	0	310	22.0	17.7	1	432.63	0
	Chester Barron	3	0	0	1	0	271	0	275	11.3	19.3	1	175.00	0
	Billy Carden	3	0	0	1	0	364	0	375	19.7	19.7	3	574.00	0
	Tiny Benson	2	0	0	2	0	298	0	350	16.0	8.5	2	204.50	0
	Earl Moss	2	0	0	1	0	279	0	140	9.0	16.5	1	139.50	0
	Max Berrier	2	0	0	0	0	214	0	110	15.0	17.5	0	63.75	0
	Don Angel	2	0	0	0	0	167	0	100	19.0	18.0	0	99.88	0
	Bob Hogle	2	0	0	0	0	429	0	165	11.0	18.0	0	183.60	0
	Jerry Smith	2	0	0	0	0	644	0	215	30.5	18.0	2	322.00	0
	Layman Utsman	2	0	0	0	0	235	0	50	19.5	23.0	0	131.38	0
	Pete Kelly	2	0	0	0	0	44	0	150	26.0	35.5	0	95.00	0
	Danny Weinberg	1	0	1	1	0	100	0	425	20.0	3.0	1	100.00	1
	Runt Harris	1	0	1	1	0	193	0	250	5.0	5.0	1	96.50	0
	Bob Keefe	1	0	1	1	0	459	0	500	27.0	5.0	1	183.60	0
	Buzz Woodward	1	0	1	1	0	191	0	225		5.0	1	95.50	0
	Don Dahle	1	0	0	1	0	192	0	200	10.0	6.0	1	48.00	0
	Ralph Moody	1	0	0	1	0	197	0	200	3.0	6.0	1	98.50	0
	Pedro Rodriguez	1	0	0	1	0	144	0	300	10.0	6.0	1	144.00	0
	Slim Brown	1	0	0	1	0	183	0	165	16.0	7.0	1	45.75	0
	Jim Parsley	1	0	0	1	0	177	0	150		8.0	1	88.50	0
	Fuzzy Clifton	1	0	0	1	0	214	0	140	7.0	9.0	1	85.60	0
	Ernie Gesell	1	0	0	1	0	115	0	200	17.0	9.0	1	115.00	0
	Don Strain	1	0	0	1	0	181	0	140	21.0	9.0	1	45.25	0
	Eddie Pagan	1	0	0	1	0	439	0	375	15.0	10.0	1	175.60	0
	George Dunn	1	0	0	0	0	145	0	130	10.0	11.0	1	48.29	0
	Jim Lamport	1	0	0	0	0	414	0	150	30.0	12.0	1	165.60	0
	Sam Massey	1	0	0	0	0	73	0	110	13.0	12.0	1	73.00	0
	Shorty York	1	0	0	0	0	185	0	120	13.0	12.0	1	46.25	0
	Bob Hundley	1	0	0	0	0	141	0	100	20.0	13.0	1	70.50	0
	Ermon Rush	1	0	0	0	0	188	0	140	18.0	13.0	1	47.00	0
	August Sand	1	0	0	0	0	133	0	100	11.0	13.0	0	33.25	0
	Fred Boles	1	0	0	0	0	165	0	85	23.0	14.0	1	82.50	0
	Dick Santee	1	0	0	0	0	407	0	130	10.0	14.0	1	162.80	0
	Jack Austin	1	0	0	0	0	54	0	75	11.0	15.0	0	54.00	0
	Bob Tyrell	1	0	0	0	0	406	0	120	19.0	15.0	0	162.40	0
	Bill Woolkin	1	0	0	0	0	109	0	70	14.0	15.0	0	27.25	0
	Larry Lyndstrom	1	0	0	0	0	99	0	60	22.0	16.0	0	24.75	0
	Paul Walton	1	0	0	0	0	112	0	60	13.0	16.0	0	70.00	0
	John Findlay	1	0	0	0	0	116	0	50		17.0	0	58.00	0
	Ted Chamberlain	1	0	0	0	0	68	0	50	13.0	18.0	0	17.00	0
	Ronny Myers	1	0	0	0	0	369	0	100	24.0	18.0	0	147.60	0
	Gus Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	100	0	50		18.0	0	50.00	0
	Dick Bailey	1	0	0	0	1	54	3	50	1.0	19.0	0	13.50	0
	Pee Wee Jones	1	0	0	0	0	150	0	50	8.0	19.0	0	37.50	0
	Russ Whitman	1	0	0	0	0	27	0	50	17.0	20.0	0	6.75	0
	Scott Sandman	1	0	0	0	0	20	0	50	20.0	21.0	0	5.00	0
	Jim Bickerstaff	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	50	19.0	22.0	0	3.00	0
	Ron Hornaday	1	0	0	0	0	325	0	75	26.0	23.0	0	130.00	0
	Jimmy Mairs	1	0	0	0	0	202	0	75	15.0	23.0	0	101.00	0
	Tom Edmonds	1	0	0	0	0	239	0	75	22.0	25.0	0	95.60	0
	Dave Marburger	1	0	0	0	0	22	0	0		25.0	0	11.00	0
	Cliff Timberman	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	24.0	25.0	0	1.00	0
	Danny Letner	1	0	0	0	0	224	0	100	8.0	27.0	0	89.60	0
	Mike Price	1	0	0	0	0	72	0	50	23.0	30.0	0	72.00	0
	Ervin Carpenter	1	0	0	0	0	299	0	75	25.0	31.0	0	149.50	0
	George Norton	1	0	0	0	0	73	0	50	20.0	31.0	0	29.20	0
	Kirby Miller	1	0	0	0	0	47	0	150	25.0	32.0	0	18.80	0
	Gene Peltier	1	0	0	0	0	36	0	50	7.0	33.0	0	14.40	0
	Freddy Fryar	1	0	0	0	0	53	0	0	40.0	39.0	0	26.50	0
	Paul Bass	1	0	0	0	0	52	0	100	40.0	46.0	0	130.00	0
	Gober Sosebee	1	0	0	0	0	44	0	100	36.0	49.0	0	110.00	0
	Bob Said	1	0	0	0	0	42	0	100	20.0	50.0	0	105.00	0
	Larry Odo	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	100	38.0	58.0	0	7.50	0
	Ken Marriott	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	100	56.0	59.0	0	2.50	0