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1959 - Virginia 500 Race Results


Race Name - Virginia 500
Date - 5/3/1959
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 66.03 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 59.512 mph
Lead Changes - 4
Total Race Purse - $12,115
Race Number - 13
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 24 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 500 57 Oldsmob 337 $3,630
2 20 Johnny Beauchamp 76 Carolina Plating (Beau Morgan) 495 57 Chevrol 0 $1,625
3 32 Junior Johnson 11 Paul Spaulding 495 57 Ford 78 $1,205
4 10 Tom Pistone 59 Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert) 491 59 T-Bird 0 $775
5 18 Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 491 57 Chevrol 0 $600
6 34 Bob Welborn 49 Bob Welborn 490 57 Chevrol 0 $500
7 25 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 490 57 Oldsmob 0 $375
8 31 Joe Weatherly 41 Delta Auto Sales (Doc White) 489 59 T-Bird 0 $375
9 17 Shorty Rollins 99 Shortys (Shorty Rollins) 486 58 Ford 0 $300
10 3 Cotton Owens 6 WH Watson 484 58 Pontiac 0 $300
11 19 Glen Wood 21 Wood Brothers 482 58 Ford 13 $230
12 11 Dave White 40 Dave White 479 58 Chevrol 0 $150
13 16 Tiny Lund 5 Tiny Lund 478 57 Chevrol 0 $135
14 29 Dick Freeman 29 Dick Freeman 469 59 Chevrol 0 $125
15 9 Rex White 4 Rex White 468 59 Chevrol 0 $125
16 4 Ken Rush 44 Chester Barron 468 57 Chevrol 0 $110
17 12 GC Spencer 34 GC Spencer 467 57 Chevrol 0 $110
18 6 Brownie King 32 Jess Potter 466 58 Chevrol 0 $100
19 14 Speedy Thompson 1 Steve Pierce 464 57 Chevrol 0 $100
20 7 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 462 57 Chevrol 0 $100
21 33 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 461 57 Mercury 0 $100
22 35 Bunk Moore 3 460 58 Ford 0 $100
23 5 Shep Langdon 64 Shep Langdon 453 58 Ford 0 $90
24 8 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 453 57 Chevrol 0 $90
25 28 Fireball Roberts 48 EC Wilson 385 59 Chevrol 0 $85
26 40 Jim Paschal 78 Sam Rice 371 58 Ford 0 $80
27 21 Harvey Hege 81 Harvey Hege 339 57 Ford 0 $75
28 22 Fritz Wilson 114 Fritz Wilson 333 59 T-Bird 0 $75
29 1 Bobby Johns 72 Shorty Johns 297 57 Chevrol 72 $75
30 2 Joe Lee Johnson 77 Honest Charley (Joe Lee Johnson) 297 57 Chevrol 0 $125
31 37 Jerry Draper 79 Jerry Draper 278 57 Chevrol 0 $50
32 15 Tommy Irwin 36 Tommy Irwin 275 59 T-Bird 0 $50
33 30 Reds Kagle 88 Reds Kagle 222 57 Chevrol 0 $50
34 27 Bobby Keck 96 Bobby Keck 208 57 Chevrol 0 $50
35 13 George Green 33 Jess Potter 143 57 Chevrol 0 $50
36 26 Barney Shore 97 Barney Shore 76 57 Chevrol 0 $
37 36 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 47 59 Chevrol 0 $
38 38 Ben Benz 55 Bernard Friedland 40 57 Chevrol 0 $
39 23 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 31 59 Chevrol 0 $
40 29 Whitey Norman 46 Whitey Norman 23 57 Chevrol 0 $