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1959 Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway · 1959 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Lee Petty	24	40	22	1	4	337	500	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	24	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	500	337	running	500
2	20	76	Johnny Beauchamp	Beau Morgan (Owner)	Chevrolet	495		running	480
3	32	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding (Owner)	Ford	495	78	running	460
4	10	59	Tom Pistone	Carl Rupert (Owner)	Ford	491		running	440
5	18	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	491		running
6	34	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn (Owner)	Chevrolet	490		running	420
7	25	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	490		running	400
8	31	41	Joe Weatherly	Doc White (Owner)	Ford	489		running	380
9	17	99	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins (Owner)	Ford	486		running	360
10	3	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson (Owner)	Pontiac	484		running	340
11	19	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	482	13	running
12	11	40	Dave White	Dave White (Owner)	Chevrolet	479		running	320
13	16	5	Tiny Lund	Lund Racing	Chevrolet	478		running	300
14	39	29	Dick Freeman	Dick Freeman (Owner)	Chevrolet	469		vapor lock	280
15	9	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	468		running	260
16	4	44	Ken Rush	Chester Barron (Owner)	Chevrolet	468		running
17	12	34	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	467		running	240
18	6	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	466		running
19	14	1	Speedy Thompson	Steve Pierce (Owner)	Chevrolet	464		bearing	220
20	7	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Chevrolet	462		running	200
21	33	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Mercury	461		running
22	35	3	Bunk Moore		Ford	460		running
23	5	64	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon (Owner)	Ford	453		running	180
24	8	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	453		running	160
25	28	48	Fireball Roberts	E.C. Wilson (Owner)	Chevrolet	385		rear end	140
26	40	78	Jim Paschal	Rice Racing	Ford	371		engine
27	21	81	Harvey Hege	Harvey Hege (Owner)	Ford	339		accident	120
28	22	114	Fritz Wilson	Fritz Wilson (Owner)	Ford	333		fuel pump	100
29	1	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	297	72	rear end	80
30	2	77	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	297		head gasket
31	37	79	Jerry Draper	Jerry Draper (Owner)	Chevrolet	278		engine
32	15	36	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin (Owner)	Ford	275		engine
33	30	88	Reds Kagle	Reds Kagle (Owner)	Chevrolet	222		engine
34	27	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck (Owner)	Chevrolet	208		engine	60
35	13	33	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	143		engine
36	26	97	Barney Shore	Barney Shore (Owner)	Chevrolet	76		oil pressure
37	36	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)	Chevrolet	47		vapor lock	40
38	38	55	Ben Benz	Bernard Friedland (Owner)	Chevrolet	40		brakes
39	23	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	31		transmission	20
40	29	46	Whitey Norman	Whitey Norman (Owner)	Chevrolet	23		axle

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Lee Petty	337	67.4%	P1
2	Junior Johnson	78	15.6%	P3
3	Bobby Johns	72	14.4%	P29
4	Glen Wood	13	2.6%	P11

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