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1959 - 7 Race Results


Race Name - 7
Date - 3/29/1959
Race Track - Wilson Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 50.3 mph
Lead Changes - 4
Total Race Purse - $3,785
Race Number - 7
 More Races from 1959
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 22 Junior Johnson 11 Paul Spaulding 200 57 Ford 24 $800
2 5 Curtis Turner 41 Delta Auto Sales (Doc White) 200 59 T-Bird 166 $525
3 21 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 198 57 Oldsmob 0 $350
4 10 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 196 57 Oldsmob 0 $250
5 8 Tom Pistone 59 Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert) 196 59 T-Bird 0 $225
6 15 Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 194 57 Chevrol 0 $200
7 17 Joe Eubanks 82 Don Every 190 58 Ford 0 $165
8 11 Brownie King 33 Jess Potter 189 57 Chevrol 0 $150
9 2 Joe Weatherly 40 Julian Petty 188 57 Chevrol 4 $140
10 19 Shep Langdon 64 Shep Langdon 186 58 Ford 0 $130
11 3 Cotton Owens 6 WH Watson 186 58 Pontiac 0 $125
12 14 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 182 57 Chevrol 0 $110
13 24 Harvey Hege 81 Harvey Hege 181 57 Ford 0 $100
14 18 Bobby Keck 96 Bobby Keck 177 57 Chevrol 0 $85
15 4 Buck Baker 88 Buck Baker 175 59 Chevrol 0 $70
16 20 Bunk Moore 0 Richard Riley 164 57 Chevrol 0 $60
17 9 Tiny Lund 5 Tiny Lund 137 57 Chevrol 0 $50
18 6 Elmo Langley 10 Ratus Walters 110 58 Ford 0 $50
19 13 Shorty Rollins 99 Shortys (Shorty Rollins) 95 58 Ford 0 $50
20 12 Bob Welborn 49 Bob Welborn 81 59 Chevrol 6 $50
21 7 Speedy Thompson 1 Steve Pierce 78 57 Chevrol 0 $50
22 16 Marvin Panch 3 Don Angel 37 58 Ford 0 $50
23 23 Jim McGuirk 16 Happy Steigel 37 59 Pontiac 0 $
24 1 Ken Rush 14 Manley Britt 33 57 Mercury 0 $