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1959 - 15 Race Results


Race Name - 15
Date - 5/22/1959
Race Track - Southern States Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 57.95 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 12
Average Race Speed - 55.3 mph
Lead Changes - 4
Total Race Purse - $3,785
Race Number - 15
 More Races from 1959
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 200 57 Oldsmob 58 $800
2 3 Tiny Lund 5 Tiny Lund 200 57 Chevrol 0 $525
3 9 Cotton Owens 82 Don Every 200 58 Ford 0 $350
4 7 Speedy Thompson 2 Bruce Thompson 200 57 Chevrol 0 $250
5 6 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 199 59 Chevrol 58 $225
6 18 Richard Riley 1 Richard Riley 198 57 Chevrol 0 $200
7 10 Jerry Draper 79 Jerry Draper 197 57 Chevrol 0 $165
8 1 Bob Welborn 49 Bob Welborn 196 57 Chevrol 7 $150
9 16 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 194 58 Ford 0 $140
10 13 Jack Smith 47 Jack Smith 193 59 Chevrol 0 $130
11 8 Ned Jarrett 38 Ned Jarrett 189 57 Chevrol 0 $125
12 22 GC Spencer 34 GC Spencer 171 57 Chevrol 0 $110
13 23 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 163 57 Chevrol 0 $100
14 19 Buck Brigance 62 159 57 Chevrol 0 $85
15 21 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 146 57 Chevrol 0 $70
16 2 Joe Weatherly 41 Delta Auto Sales (Doc White) 142 59 T-Bird 77 $60
17 20 Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 129 57 Chevrol 0 $50
18 14 Junior Johnson 11 Paul Spaulding 122 57 Ford 0 $50
19 11 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 108 57 Oldsmob 0 $50
20 15 Larry Frank 21 Wood Brothers 90 58 Ford 0 $50
21 25 Bobby Keck 96 Bobby Keck 82 57 Chevrol 0 $50
22 17 Shep Langdon 64 Shep Langdon 55 58 Ford 0 $50
23 12 Bobby Waddell 45 Bobby Waddell 47 57 Pontiac 0 $
24 5 Fritz Wilson 99 Shorty Rollins 17 58 Ford 0 $
25 24 Cliff Timberman 80 2 57 Chevrol 0 $