1959 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1959 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Jim Reed	14	50	21	1	8	152	364	498.7

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	14	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)	Chevrolet	364	152	running	2,000
2	5	73	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick (Owner)	Ford	362	25	running	1,920
3	22	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	362	57	running	1,840
4	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	361	7	running	1,760
5	16	36	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin (Owner)	Ford	358		running	1,680
6	32	88	Jim Paschal	Lynton Tyson (Owner)	Chevrolet	356		running	1,600
7	1	3	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens (Owner)	Pontiac	354	42	running	1,520
8	20	76	Larry Frank	Larry Frank (Owner)	Chevrolet	350		running	1,440
9	15	87	Buck Baker	Lynton Tyson (Owner)	Chevrolet	347		running	1,360
10	18	41	Jimmy Thompson	Doc White (Owner)	Ford	346		running	1,280
11	28	64	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon (Owner)	Ford	345		running	1,200
12	25	27	Bill Champion		Ford	343		running	1,120
13	12	2	Joe Caspolich		Oldsmobile	342		running	1,040
14	3	22	Speedy Thompson	W.J. Ridgeway (Owner)	Chevrolet	333	2	spring	960
15	29	16	Charlie Cregar	Happy Steigel (Owner)	Pontiac	331		running	880
16	34	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Chevrolet	328		running	800
17	4	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	326		drive shaft	720
18	39	66	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Ford	326		running	640
19	19	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson (Owner)	Ford	320	24	running	560
20	9	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	319		running	480
21	32	56	Bud Crothers		Chevrolet	318		running	400
22	47	35	Al White	Al White (Owner)	Ford	286		running	320
23	31	34	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	272		battery	240
24	30	13	Earl Balmer	Tommy Thompson (Owner)	Chevrolet	234		piston	160
25	27	26	Dick Blackwell		Ford	225		accident	80
26	24	20	Tiny Lund	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Ford	221		clutch	80
27	33	30	Cale Yarborough	Bob Weatherly (Owner)	Ford	219		tire	80
28	10	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	218		axle	80
29	21	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Vernon (Owner)	Ford	194		camshaft	80
30	50	55	Johnny Patterson	Bernard Friedland (Owner)	Chevrolet	180		axle	80
31	7	93	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing	Ford	178	55	accident	80
32	46	32	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	175		engine	80
33	35	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	166		timing	80
34	38	5	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	151		piston	80
35	11	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn (Owner)	Chevrolet	130		accident	80
36	17	59	Tom Pistone	Carl Rupert (Owner)	Ford	119		engine	80
37	41	91	Neil Castles		Ford	92		running	80
38	13	92	Possum Jones	Gerald Duke (Owner)	Ford	74		brakes	80
39	43	83	Lennie Page	Lennie Page (Owner)	Ford	71		engine	80
40	40	95	Buddy Baker	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	64		engine	80
41	42	23	Bob Perry	Bob Perry (Owner)	Plymouth	63		engine	80
42	49	44	Joe Lee Johnson	Chester Barron (Owner)	Chevrolet	58		transmission	80
43	8	12	Joe Weatherly	Doc White (Owner)	Ford	54		oil pressure	80
44	36	71	Dick Joslin	Dick Joslin (Owner)	Dodge	46		head gasket	80
45	2	10	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Buick	41		engine	80
46	26	61	Joe Eubanks	W.H. Watson (Owner)	Pontiac	26		piston	80
47	48	15	Marvin Porter	Marvin Porter (Owner)	Ford	19		head gasket	80
48	45	82	Elmo Henderson	Don Every (Owner)	Ford	16		engine	80
49	44	86	Larry Flynn	Larry Flynn (Owner)	Ford	11		differential	80
50	37	14	Carl Burris		Ford	2		engine	80

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Jim Reed	152	41.8%	P1
2	Bobby Johns	57	15.7%	P3
3	Banjo Matthews	55	15.1%	P31
4	Fireball Roberts	42	11.5%	P7
5	Bob Burdick	25	6.9%	P2
6	Cotton Owens	24	6.6%	P19
7	Richard Petty	7	1.9%	P4
8	Speedy Thompson	2	0.5%	P14

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1959 Southern 500

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