1959 Lee Kirby 300

Concord Speedway · 1959 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Jack Smith	18	34	15	1	2	211	300	150

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	18	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	300	211	running	350
2	9	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	299		running	336
3	3	87	Buck Baker	Lynton Tyson (Owner)	Chevrolet	293		running	322
4	8	88	Buddy Baker	Lynton Tyson (Owner)	Chevrolet	291		running	308
5	23	98	Glen Wood	Tom Vernon (Owner)	Ford	288		running	294
6	14	64	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon (Owner)	Ford	284		running	280
7	11	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	283		running	266
8	7	2	Speedy Thompson	Bruce Thompson (Owner)	Chevrolet	282		running	252
9	12	59	Tom Pistone	Carl Rupert (Owner)	Ford	279		transmission	238
10	31	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	279		running	224
11	15	20	Tiny Lund	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Ford	268		running	210
12	24	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	266		running
13	34	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Chevrolet	260		running	196
14	5	15	Rex White	Beau Morgan (Owner)	Ford	258		running	182
15	30	76	Larry Frank	Larry Frank (Owner)	Chevrolet	255		engine	168
16	19	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck (Owner)	Chevrolet	248		running	154
17	28	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding (Owner)	Dodge	244		overheating
18	17	63	R.L. Combs	R.L. Combs (Owner)	Ford	237		spindle
19	25	94	Bill Taylor		Ford	235		engine
20	21	31	Brownie King	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	234		axle
21	32	33	Bill Scott (Winston-Salem)		Chevrolet	220		running
22	16	4	Ken Rush	Julian Petty (Owner)	Chevrolet	177		overheating
23	33	77	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	173		head gasket
24	22	75	Curtis Turner	Frank Hayworth (Owner)	Ford	159		transmission
25	29	32	Richard Riley	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	149		engine
26	20	36	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin (Owner)	Ford	121		spindle	140
27	10	62	Buck Brigance		Chevrolet	117		rear end
28	2	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson (Owner)	Ford	111	89	hose	126
29	6	27	E.J. Trivette	E.J. Trivette (Owner)	Plymouth	103		clutch
30	13	34	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	102		spindle	112
31	1	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	82		radiator
32	4	56	Bill Morton	Bill Morton (Owner)	Ford	82		radiator	98
33	26	5	Bunk Moore	Lund Racing	Chevrolet	71		generator
34	27	38	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett (Owner)	Ford	69		engine

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Jack Smith	211	70.3%	P1
2	Cotton Owens	89	29.7%	P28

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1959 Lee Kirby 300

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