1959 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Wilkes 160 Race Results

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1959 - Wilkes 160 Race Results

Race Name - Wilkes 160
Date - 10/18/1959
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 86.806 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 74.829 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $3,985
Race Number - 43

More Races from 1959

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	160	59 Plymout	160	$900
2	6	Rex White	4	Rex White	160	59 Chevrol	0	$525
3	5	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	160	59 Plymout	0	$375
4	8	Tom Pistone	49	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	159	59 T-Bird	0	$275
5	18	Junior Johnson	11	Paul Spaulding	159	59 Dodge	0	$250
6	3	Larry Frank	76	Carolina Plating (Larry Frank)	159	57 Chevrol	0	$215
7	1	Glen Wood	16	Wood Brothers	158	58 Ford	0	$175
8	11	Buck Baker	87	Lynton Tyson	154	59 Chevrol	0	$150
9	15	Shep Langdon	64	Shep Langdon	154	58 Ford	0	$140
10	16	Brownie King	31	Jess Potter	154	57 Chevrol	0	$130
11	7	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	154	59 Chevrol	0	$125
12	20	Bill Taylor	94		153	57 Ford	0	$110
13	19	Bill Morton	56	Bill Morton	152	58 Ford	0	$100
14	21	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	147	57 Chevrol	0	$85
15	13	Speedy Thompson	15	Beau Morgan	147	57 Ford	0	$70
16	25	GC Spencer	34	GC Spencer	147	59 Chevrol	0	$60
17	17	Dick Blackwell	26		144	57 Ford	0	$50
18	23	EJ Trivette	27	EJ Trivette	136	57 Plymout	0	$50
19	26	Bobby Keck	96	Bobby Keck	136	57 Chevrol	0	$50
20	22	Layman Utsman	32	Jess Potter	111	58 Chevrol	0	$50
21	24	Bill Scott	33		97	57 Chevrol	0	$50
22	9	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	80	57 Chevrol	0	$50
23	4	Tommy Irwin	36	Tommy Irwin	77	59 T-Bird	0	$
24	12	Barney Shore	46	Barney Shore	62	57 Chevrol	0	$
25	10	Ned Jarrett	38	Ned Jarrett	55	57 Ford	0	$
26	14	Jimmie Lewallen	78		9	57 Ford	0	$