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1959 - Capital City 200 Race Results


Race Name - Capital City 200
Date - 9/13/1959
Race Track - Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 62.674 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 60.362 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $3,685
Race Number - 38
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Cotton Owens 6 Thunder Chicken (WH Watson) 200 59 T-Bird 1 $800
2 15 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 200 59 Plymout $625
3 4 Tom Pistone 59 Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert) 198 59 T-Bird $375
4 9 Reds Kagle 88 Reds Kagle 194 57 Chevrol $275
5 5 Runt Harris 90 Junie Donlavey 193 57 Chevrol $250
6 7 Shep Langdon 64 Shep Langdon 191 58 Ford $215
7 13 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 189 57 Chevrol $175
8 6 Brownie King 31 Jess Potter 187 57 Chevrol $150
9 10 Bill Scott 23 179 57 Chevrol $140
10 16 LD Austin 55 LD Austin 172 57 Chevrol $130
11 14 Al White 35 Salad Bowl Restaurant (Al White) 160 58 Ford $125
12 2 Glen Wood 21 Wood Brothers 152 58 Ford $110
13 12 George Green 32 Jess Potter 146 57 Chevrol $100
14 11 GC Spencer 34 GC Spencer 76 57 Chevrol $85
15 8 Ned Jarrett 38 Ned Jarrett 50 57 Ford $70
16 3 Jack Smith 47 Jack Smith 11 59 Chevrol $60