1959 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1959 - 28 Race Results

Race Name - 28
Date - 7/26/1959
Race Track - Southern States Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 63.07 mph
Number of Cautions - 9
Caution Laps - 22
Average Race Speed - 49.553 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $3,985
Race Number - 28

More Races from 1959

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	5	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	200	59 Chevrol	1	$900
2	33	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	200	57 Chevrol		$525
3	1	Buck Baker	87	Lynton Tyson	200	59 Chevrol		$350
4	7	Cotton Owens	6	WH Watson	200	58 Pontiac		$250
5	28	Larry Frank	76	Carolina Plating (Larry Frank)	200	57 Chevrol		$225
6	3	Ralph Moody	72	John Dodd Sr	197	59 Ford		$200
7	25	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	196	57 Chevrol		$165
8	17	Buddy Baker	88	Lynton Tyson	194	59 Chevrol		$150
9	2	Glen Wood	21	Wood Brothers	193	58 Ford		$140
10	4	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	193	59 Plymout		$230
11	8	Tiny Lund	5	Tiny Lund	191	57 Chevrol		$125
12	11	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	189	57 Oldsmob		$110
13	19	George Green	32	Jess Potter	185	58 Chevrol		$100
14	23	Buck Brigance	62		182	57 Chevrol		$85
15	21	Jim Austin	97	Jim Austin	182	59 Ford		$70
16	32	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	182	57 Chevrol		$60
17	24	Neil Castles	28	Harvey Hege	179	57 Mercury		$50
18	27	Richard Riley	0	Richard Riley	177	57 Chevrol		$50
19	20	Bobby Keck	96	Bobby Keck	174	57 Chevrol		$50
20	6	Doug Cox	30	Doug Cox	170	58 Ford		$50
21	34	LD Austin	74	LD Austin	166	57 Chevrol		$50
22	12	Elmo Henderson	82	Elmo Henderson	160	58 Ford		$50
23	30	Gene White	14	Manley Britt	155	58 Ford		$
24	10	Speedy Thompson	2	Bruce Thompson	138	57 Chevrol		$
25	26	Banjo Matthews	89	Lynton Tyson	137	58 Chevrol		$
26	9	Joe Weatherly	41	Delta Auto Sales (Doc White)	129	59 T-Bird		$
27	13	GC Spencer	34	GC Spencer	114	57 Chevrol		$
28	22	Aubrey Boles	15	Aubrey Boles	114	58 Plymout		$
29	35	Bill Poor	711	Bill Poor	64	57 Chevrol		$
30	16	Tommy Irwin	36	Tommy Irwin	55	59 T-Bird		$
31	14	Bobby Waddell	45	Bobby Waddell	41	57 Pontiac		$
32	29	Joe Halton	4		35	57 Chevrol		$
33	15	RL Combs	63	RL Combs	28	57 Ford		$
34	31	Fred Harb	17	Fred Harb	16	57 Ford		$
35	18	Junior Johnson	11	Paul Spaulding	7	57 Ford		$