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1959 Gwyn Staley 160

North Wilkesboro Speedway · 1959 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Lee Petty	4	23	11	2	3	53	160	100

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	43	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	160	53	running	200
2	8	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	160		running	192
3	7	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson (Owner)	Pontiac	159		running	184
4	9	5	Tiny Lund	Lund Racing	Chevrolet	159		running	176
5	10	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Mercury	154		running
6	17	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Chevrolet	147		running	168
7	20	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	147		running	160
8	18	33	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	145		running
9	3	99	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins (Owner)	Ford	143		running	152
10	15	81	Harvey Hege	Harvey Hege (Owner)	Ford	142		running	144
11	6	59	Curtis Turner	Carl Rupert (Owner)	Ford	141	19	push rod	136
12	12	45	Bobby Waddell	Bobby Waddell (Owner)	Pontiac	136		overheating
13	19	3	Don Angel	Don Angel (Owner)	Ford	131		lugs
14	14	27	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Plymouth	124		axle
15	23	44	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	122		running
16	13	40	Paul Walton	Paul Walton (Owner)	Chevrolet	112		piston
17	1	1	Speedy Thompson	Steve Pierce (Owner)	Chevrolet	88	88	bearing	128
18	22	64	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon (Owner)	Ford	87		engine	120
19	21	8	Whitey Norman	Whitey Norman (Owner)	Chevrolet	60		fuel line
20	2	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	35		engine
21	16	88	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	23		rear end	112
22	5	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding (Owner)	Ford	19		bearing	104
23	11	2	Jimmy Thompson	Bruce Thompson (Owner)	Chevrolet	11		engine	96

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Speedy Thompson	88	55.0%	P17
2	Lee Petty	53	33.1%	P1
3	Curtis Turner	19	11.9%	P11

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