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1959 - Richmond 200 Race Results


Race Name - Richmond 200
Date - 6/21/1959
Race Track - Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 66.42 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 56.881 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $3,885
Race Number - 23
 More Races from 1959
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 12 Tom Pistone 59 Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert) 200 59 T-Bird 1 $900
2 3 Glen Wood 21 Wood Brothers 200 58 Ford $525
3 1 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 200 59 Chevrol $350
4 5 Bob Welborn 79 Jerry Draper 199 57 Chevrol $250
5 11 Cotton Owens 6 WH Watson 191 58 Pontiac $225
6 8 Tommy Irwin 36 Tommy Irwin 186 59 T-Bird $200
7 17 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 186 57 Chevrol $165
8 13 George Green 32 Jess Potter 171 58 Chevrol $150
9 16 Aubrey Boles 51 Aubrey Boles 165 58 Plymout $140
10 4 Speedy Thompson 2 Bruce Thompson 159 57 Chevrol $130
11 7 Tiny Lund 5 Tiny Lund 159 57 Chevrol $125
12 18 Richard Riley 0 Richard Riley 152 57 Chevrol $110
13 20 Bob Hundley 33 Jess Potter 141 57 Chevrol $100
14 15 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 139 57 Chevrol $85
15 14 Buck Brigance 62 122 57 Chevrol $70
16 2 Joe Weatherly 41 Delta Auto Sales (Doc White) 81 59 T-Bird $60
17 9 Harlan Richardson 22 Harlan Richardson 79 57 Ford $50
18 6 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 77 59 Plymout $50
19 19 Buddy Baker 89 Buck Baker 33 58 Chevrol $50
20 10 Junior Johnson 11 Paul Spaulding 22 57 Ford $50
21 21 Joe Eubanks 82 Don Every 1 58 Ford $50
22 22 Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 1 57 Chevrol $50