1959 100 Miles at Reading Fairgrounds

Reading Fairgrounds · 1959 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Junior Johnson	25	10	1	2	12	200	100

Fin	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding (Owner)	Ford	200	12	running	200
2	1	Speedy Thompson	Steve Pierce (Owner)	Chevrolet	196		running	192
3	59	Tom Pistone	Carl Rupert (Owner)	Ford	196		running	184
4	36	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin (Owner)	Ford	192		running	176
5	90	Buzz Woodward	Buzz Woodward (Owner)	Ford	191		running
6	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	189	188	rear end	168
7	79	Tiny Benson	Tiny Benson (Owner)	Chevrolet	187		running
8	70	Jim Parsley	Jim Parsley (Owner)	Chevrolet	177		running	160
9	50	Ben Benz	Bernard Friedland (Owner)	Chevrolet	166		running	0
10	99	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins (Owner)	Ford	161		engine
11	52	John Seeley		Chevrolet	160		running	152
12	88	Reds Kagle	Hoss Kagle (Owner)	Chevrolet	158		fuel line
13	33	Al White	Al White (Owner)	Ford	148		running	144
14	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson (Owner)	Pontiac	128		overheating	136
15	53	Ken Johnson	Ken Johnson (Owner)	Ford	121		head gasket	128
16	200	Ray Fanning		Chevrolet	117		overheating	120
17	100	John Findlay	Jim Findley (Owner)	Chevrolet	116		hose	112
18	31	Gus Wilson	Gus Wilson (Owner)	Chevrolet	100		front end
19	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	97		push rod	104
20	72A	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	96		ignition	96
21	73	Johnny Beauchamp	Roy Burdick (Owner)	Ford	92		brakes	88
22	10	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	76		overheating	80
23	3	Don Angel	Don Angel (Owner)	Ford	36		did not finish
24	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)	Ford	22		engine	72
25	791	Dave Marburger		Ford	22		accident	64

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Lee Petty	188	94.0%	P6
2	Junior Johnson	12	6.0%	P1