1959 Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway · 1959 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Lee Petty	15	59	31	2	7	38	200	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	15	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	200	38	running	2,000
2	21	73	Johnny Beauchamp	Roy Burdick (Owner)	Ford	200	30	running	1,920
3	17	18	Charley Griffith	Charley Griffith (Owner)	Pontiac	199		running	0
4	11	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson (Owner)	Pontiac	199		running	1,840
5	7	48	Joe Weatherly	E.C. Wilson (Owner)	Chevrolet	199	6	running	1,760
6	39	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)	Chevrolet	196		running	1,680
7	41	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	196	57	running	1,600
8	5	59	Tom Pistone	Carl Rupert (Owner)	Ford	195	39	running	1,520
9	43	15	Tim Flock	Beau Morgan (Owner)	Ford	193		running	1,440
10	31	1	Speedy Thompson	Steve Pierce (Owner)	Chevrolet	193		running	1,360
11	59	8	Johnny Allen		Chevrolet	192		running	1,280
12	35	38	Raul Cilloniz	Raul Cilloniz (Owner)	Chevrolet	192		running	1,200
13	42	41	Curtis Turner	Doc White (Owner)	Ford	189		running	1,120
14	33	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding (Owner)	Ford	189		running	1,040
15	25	29	Dick Freeman	Dick Freeman (Owner)	Chevrolet	188		running	960
16	16	77	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	187		running	2,000
17	4	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Vernon (Owner)	Ford	185		running	1,920
18	10	25	Gene White	Gene White (Owner)	Chevrolet	185		running	1,840
19	57	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	184		running	880
20	18	2	Jimmy Thompson	Bruce Thompson (Owner)	Chevrolet	182		running	1,760
21	49	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Chevrolet	182		running	800
22	22	92	Wilbur Rakestraw	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	181		running	1,680
23	53	16	Jim McGuirk	Happy Steigel (Owner)	Pontiac	181		running	720
24	12	76	Larry Frank	Larry Frank (Owner)	Chevrolet	178		running	1,600
25	48	10	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	175		running	640
26	19	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	174		engine	560
27	30	55	Ben Benz	Bernard Friedland (Owner)	Chevrolet	169		running	1,520
28	27	71	Dick Joslin	Dick Joslin (Owner)	Dodge	167		piston	480
29	24	14	Ken Rush	Manley Britt (Owner)	Mercury	163		engine	1,440
30	55	80	Bob Rose	Sam Arena (Owner)	Chevrolet	162		running	400
31	50	69	Harold Smith		Studebaker	159		running	320
32	44	66	Dick Foley	Dick Foley (Owner)	Chevrolet	157		running	1,360
33	28	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	152		engine	240
34	8	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	149		clutch	1,280
35	47	83	Bob Pronger	Bob Pronger (Owner)	Ford	143		running	160
36	26	39	Billy Carden		Mercury	140		running	1,200
37	23	81	Bernie Hentges	Bernie Hentges (Owner)	Chrysler	138		engine	80
38	2	99	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins (Owner)	Ford	115		engine	1,120
39	22	82	Joe Eubanks	Don Every (Owner)	Ford	95		transmission	1,040
40	13	88	Tiny Lund	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	92		timing	80
41	1	49	Bob Welborn	W.J. Ridgeway (Owner)	Chevrolet	75	9	engine	80
42	54	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	75		timing	80
43	37	53	Ken Johnson	Ken Johnson (Owner)	Ford	67		push rod	80
44	58	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	65		generator	80
45	46	3	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens (Owner)	Pontiac	56	21	fuel pump	80
46	40	45	Paul Bass		-	52		engine	960
47	29	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	46		overheating	80
48	9	37	Eduardo Dibos	Van Acker (Owner)	Ford	44		front end	80
49	36	50	Gober Sosebee	Sosebee Racing	Chevrolet	44		transmission	880
50	20	89	Bob Said		Chevrolet	42		transmission	800
51	51	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	38		distributor	80
52	32	36	Pete Kelly	Pete Kelly (Owner)	Chevrolet	34		engine	720
53	45	24	Bob Potter	Bob Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	33		timing	80
54	52	86	Carl Tyler	Carl Tyler (Owner)	Ford	29		overheating	80
55	34	33	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	21		engine	640
56	3	64	Fritz Wilson	Fritz Wilson (Owner)	Ford	15		piston	80
57	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	8		engine	560
58	38	79	Larry Odo	Larry Odo (Owner)	Ford	3		engine	480
59	56	75	Ken Marriott	Ken Marriott (Owner)	Ford	1		engine	400

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Jack Smith	57	28.5%	P7
2	Tom Pistone	39	19.5%	P8
3	Lee Petty	38	19.0%	P1
4	Johnny Beauchamp	30	15.0%	P2
5	Fireball Roberts	21	10.5%	P45
6	Bob Welborn	9	4.5%	P41
7	Joe Weatherly	6	3.0%	P5

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