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1959 - 20 Race Results


Race Name - 20
Date - 6/14/1959
Race Track - Lakewood Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 150 miles
Pole Speed - mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 58.499 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $10,750
Race Number - 20
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 37 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 150 59 Plymout 1 $2,200
2 27 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 150 57 Oldsmob $1,400
3 5 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 150 59 Chevrol $1,025
4 30 Curtis Turner 22 OgdenRidgeway (WJ Ridgeway) 150 59 Chevrol $950
5 25 Tom Pistone 59 Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert) 148 59 T-Bird $625
6 13 Fireball Roberts 88 Buck Baker 148 59 Chevrol $525
7 7 Jack Smith 47 Jack Smith 146 59 Chevrol $450
8 22 Wilbur Rakestraw 99 Joe Jones 145 57 Mercury $475
9 39 Tommy Irwin 36 Tommy Irwin 142 59 T-Bird $300
10 34 George Alsobrook 92 Joe Jones 142 57 Ford $325
11 26 Tiny Lund 5 Tiny Lund 142 57 Chevrol $275
12 10 Roy Tyner 79 Jerry Draper 141 57 Chevrol $250
13 1 JC Hendrix 68 134 57 Plymout $150
14 32 Johnny Beauchamp 21 Wood Brothers 132 58 Ford $190
15 33 Joe Weatherly 41 Delta Auto Sales (Doc White) 132 59 T-Bird $225
16 12 Billy Carden 27 131 57 Chevrol $110
17 38 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 126 57 Chevrol $100
18 2 Larry Frank 76 Carolina Plating (Larry Frank) 119 57 Chevrol $100
19 16 Joe Lee Johnson 77 Honest Charley (Joe Lee Johnson) 119 57 Chevrol $100
20 36 Tommy Thompson 13 Tommy Thompson 117 59 Chevrol $100
21 3 Junior Johnson 11 Paul Spaulding 115 57 Ford $75
22 14 GC Spencer 34 GC Spencer 111 57 Chevrol $75
23 28 Brownie King 32 Jess Potter 108 58 Chevrol $75
24 17 Richard Riley 2 Bruce Thompson 101 57 Chevrol $75
25 19 Cotton Owens 6 WH Watson 91 58 Pontiac $75
26 9 Speedy Thompson 1 Steve Pierce 91 57 Chevrol $50
27 35 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 85 57 Chevrol $50
28 21 Harlan Richardson 122 Harlan Richardson 81 57 Ford $50
29 6 Gene White 25 Gene White 73 57 Chevrol $50
30 23 Mike Price 71 72 57 Chevrol $50
31 18 Ned Jarrett 38 Ned Jarrett 64 57 Chevrol $50
32 29 Johnny Allen 9 Roy Tyner 57 57 Chevrol $50
33 40 Fritz Wilson 99 Shorty Rollins 49 58 Ford $50
34 31 Benny Rakestraw 20 Spook Crawford 35 57 Mercury $50
35 8 Chester Barron 44 Chester Barron 34 59 Chevrol $50
36 15 Bunk Moore 83 AJ Blackwelder 24 58 Ford $
37 24 Bob Welborn 49 Bob Welborn 15 59 Chevrol $
38 20 Ken Rush 4 Julian Petty 13 57 Chevrol $
39 11 Charley Griffith 18 Red Bank (Charley Griffith) 6 57 Pontiac $
40 4 Bob Burdick 73 Roy Burdick 3 59 T-Bird $