NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1959 - Hickory 250 Race Results
Race Name - Hickory 250Date - 5/2/1959Race Track - Hickory SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.4 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 68.9 mphNumber of Cautions - 4Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 62.165 mphLead Changes - 5Total Race Purse - $3,735Race Number - 12 | More Races from 1959 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 1 | Junior Johnson | 11 | Paul Spaulding | 250 | 57 Ford | 38 | $800 |
2 | 7 | Joe Weatherly | 41 | Delta Auto Sales (Doc White) | 248 | 59 T-Bird | 50 | $525 |
3 | 2 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 247 | 57 Oldsmob | 0 | $350 |
4 | 3 | Ken Rush | 40 | Paul Walton | 246 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $250 |
5 | 11 | Cotton Owens | 6 | WH Watson | 246 | 58 Pontiac | 0 | $225 |
6 | 17 | Speedy Thompson | 1 | Steve Pierce | 237 | 57 Chevrol | 138 | $200 |
7 | 9 | Shep Langdon | 64 | Shep Langdon | 237 | 58 Ford | 0 | $165 |
8 | 16 | LD Austin | 74 | LD Austin | 221 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $150 |
9 | 8 | Ned Jarrett | 38 | Ned Jarrett | 220 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $140 |
10 | 20 | Herman Beam | 19 | Herman Beam | 214 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $130 |
11 | 15 | Harvey Hege | 81 | Harvey Hege | 209 | 57 Ford | 0 | $125 |
12 | 12 | Harlan Richardson | 22 | Harlan Richardson | 193 | 58 Ford | 0 | $110 |
13 | 6 | Jim Reed | 7 | Jim Reed | 182 | 57 Ford | 0 | $100 |
14 | 4 | GC Spencer | 34 | GC Spencer | 179 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $85 |
15 | 18 | Buck Baker | 87 | Buck Baker | 167 | 59 Chevrol | 24 | $70 |
16 | 14 | Bobby Keck | 96 | Bobby Keck | 133 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $60 |
17 | 19 | Buck Brigance | 39 | 125 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $50 | |
18 | 10 | Bobby Waddell | 45 | Bobby Waddell | 81 | 57 Pontiac | 0 | $50 |
19 | 13 | Jimmy Pardue | 27 | Jimmy Pardue | 73 | 58 Plymout | 0 | $50 |
20 | 21 | Bunk Moore | 0 | Richard Riley | 28 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
21 | 5 | Rex White | 5 | Tiny Lund | 27 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |