1959 Daytona Qualifier

Daytona International Speedway · 1959 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bob Welborn	7	38	23	4	4	33	40	100

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	49	Bob Welborn	W.J. Ridgeway (Owner)	Chevrolet	40	33	running	200
2	15	64	Fritz Wilson	Fritz Wilson (Owner)	Ford	40	4	running	192
3	6	59	Tom Pistone	Carl Rupert (Owner)	Ford	40		running	184
4	3	48	Joe Weatherly	E.C. Wilson (Owner)	Chevrolet	40	1	running	176
5	18	37	Eduardo Dibos	Van Acker (Owner)	Ford	39		running	168
6	23	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson (Owner)	Pontiac	39		running	160
7	17	88	Tiny Lund	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	39		running	152
8	14	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	39		running	144
9	9	18	Charley Griffith	Charley Griffith (Owner)	Pontiac	38		running
10	24	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	38		running	136
11	8	73	Johnny Beauchamp	Roy Burdick (Owner)	Ford	38		running	128
12	28	81	Bernie Hentges	Bernie Hentges (Owner)	Chrysler	38		running	120
13	27	29	Dick Freeman	Dick Freeman (Owner)	Chevrolet	38		running	112
14	38	71	Dick Joslin	Dick Joslin (Owner)	Dodge	38		running	104
15	5	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	38		running	96
16	12	1	Speedy Thompson	Steve Pierce (Owner)	Chevrolet	38		running	88
17	21	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding (Owner)	Ford	37		running	80
18	30	38	Raul Cilloniz	Raul Cilloniz (Owner)	Ford	37		running	72
19	20	53	Ken Johnson	Ken Johnson (Owner)	Ford	37		running	64
20	26	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)	Chevrolet	35		running	56
21	22	69	Harold Smith		Studebaker	35		running	48
22	33	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Chevrolet	35		running	40
23	13	86	Carl Tyler	Carl Tyler (Owner)	Ford	34		running	32
24	2	15	Tim Flock	Beau Morgan (Owner)	Ford	30		push rod	24
25	29	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	29		coil	16
26	10	58	Roscoe Thompson		Chevrolet	28		engine	8
27	4	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	20		tire	8
28	16	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	20		tire	8
29	37	41	Curtis Turner	Doc White (Owner)	Ford	17	2	transmission	8
30	11	10	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	17		overheating	8
31	19	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	17		overheating	8
32	32	16	Jim McGuirk	Happy Steigel (Owner)	Pontiac	15		distributor	8
33	1	3	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens (Owner)	Pontiac	14		distributor	8
34	25	24	Bob Potter	Bob Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	13		tire	8
35	36	83	Bob Pronger	Bob Pronger (Owner)	Ford	13		gasket	8
36	31	80	Bob Rose	Sam Arena (Owner)	Chevrolet	11		steering	8
37	34	66	Dick Foley	Dick Foley (Owner)	Chevrolet	9		engine	8
38	35	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	1		steering	8

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bob Welborn	33	82.5%	P1
2	Fritz Wilson	4	10.0%	P2
3	Curtis Turner	2	5.0%	P29
4	Joe Weatherly	1	2.5%	P4

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