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1959 Firecracker 250

Daytona International Speedway · 1959 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fireball Roberts	1	37	25	2	4	84	100	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	1	3	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens (Owner)	Pontiac	100	84	running
2	12	12	Joe Weatherly	Doc White (Owner)	Ford	100	8	running
3	11	22	Johnny Allen	W.J. Ridgeway (Owner)	Chevrolet	99		running
4	5	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	99	1	running
5	3	37	Eduardo Dibos	Van Acker (Owner)	Ford	98		running
6	2	73	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick (Owner)	Ford	97		running
7	13	59	Tom Pistone	Carl Rupert (Owner)	Ford	96	7	running
8	21	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson (Owner)	Ford	95		running
9	14	36	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin (Owner)	Ford	95		running
10	7	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)	Chevrolet	95		running
11	17	41	Speedy Thompson	Doc White (Owner)	Ford	94		running
12	6	44	Gene White		Chevrolet	92		running
13	18	20	Benny Rakestraw	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Mercury	92		running
14	16	92	George Alsobrook	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	92		running
15	29	13	Tommy Thompson	Tommy Thompson (Owner)	Chevrolet	90		running
16	34	83	Shorty Rollins	A.J. Blackwelder (Owner)	Ford	90		running
17	22	76	Larry Frank	Larry Frank (Owner)	Chevrolet	89		disqualified
18	37	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Chevrolet	89		running
19	20	77	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	88		running
20	24	14	Ken Rush	Manley Britt (Owner)	Ford	88		running
21	31	71	Dick Joslin	Dick Joslin (Owner)	Dodge	87		oil leak
22	10	99	Wilbur Rakestraw	Talmadge Cochrane (Owner)	Mercury	87		running
23	23	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	86		running
24	33	86	Larry Flynn	Larry Flynn (Owner)	Ford	85		running
25	32	89	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	84		running
26	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	78		fuel pump
27	27	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn (Owner)	Chevrolet	77		running
28	26	32	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	73		fan
29	15	16	Charlie Cregar	Happy Steigel (Owner)	Pontiac	70		engine
30	9	60	John Paschall		Ford	67		running
31	35	66	Dick Foley	Dick Foley (Owner)	Chevrolet	60		timing
32	36	97	Jim Austin		Ford	33		water pump
33	19	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	27		fuel pump
34	30	34	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	16		engine
35	25	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	12		did not finish
36	8	10	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Buick	11		engine
37	28	82	Joe Eubanks	Don Every (Owner)	Pontiac	2		bearing

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fireball Roberts	84	84.0%	P1
2	Joe Weatherly	8	8.0%	P2
3	Tom Pistone	7	7.0%	P7
4	Jack Smith	1	1.0%	P4

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