1959 99 Miles at Occoneechee Speedway (Race 40)

Occoneechee Speedway · 1959 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Lee Petty	7	22	9	1	3	21	110	99

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	110	21	running	200
2	4	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson (Owner)	Ford	109		running	192
3	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	100		axle
4	13	76	Larry Frank	Larry Frank (Owner)	Chevrolet	100		running	184
5	16	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	100		running
6	18	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Chevrolet	99		running	176
7	14	63	R.L. Combs	R.L. Combs (Owner)	Ford	98		running
8	15	34	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	95		engine	168
9	19	23	Bill Scott (Winston-Salem)		Chevrolet	93		overheating
10	6	59	Tom Pistone	Carl Rupert (Owner)	Ford	89	39	spindle	160
11	11	64	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon (Owner)	Ford	85		running	152
12	5	88	Buck Baker	Lynton Tyson (Owner)	Chevrolet	82		sway bar	144
13	9	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	69		engine
14	10	32	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	68		running
15	17	62	Buck Brigance		Chevrolet	65		running
16	1	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	48	50	axle	136
17	8	15	Rex White	Beau Morgan (Owner)	Ford	43		hub	128
18	3	61	Speedy Thompson	W.H. Watson (Owner)	Pontiac	29		a-frame	120
19	12	38	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett (Owner)	Ford	18		axle
20	20	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck (Owner)	Chevrolet	12		head gasket	112
21	21	27	E.J. Trivette	E.J. Trivette (Owner)	Plymouth	2		transmission
22	22	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding (Owner)	Dodge	108		disqualified

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Jack Smith	50	45.5%	P16
2	Tom Pistone	39	35.5%	P10
3	Lee Petty	21	19.1%	P1