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1959-15

NASCAR Grand National race number 15 of 44
Friday, May 22, 1959 at Southern States Fairgrounds, Charlotte, NC
200 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:48:30
Average Speed: 55.3 mph
Pole Speed: 57.95 mph

Cautions: 3 for 12 laps
Margin of Victory: 20 yards
Attendance: 4,200
Lead changes: 4

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	4	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	200	800	running	58
2	3	5	Tiny Lund	Tiny Lund	'57 Chevrolet	200	525	running	0
3	9	82	Cotton Owens	Don Every	'58 Ford	200	350	running	0
4	7	2	Speedy Thompson	Bruce Thompson	'57 Chevrolet	200	250	running	0
5	6	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'59 Chevrolet	199	225	running	58
6	18	1	Richard Riley	Richard Riley	'57 Chevrolet	198	200	running	0
7	10	79	Jerry Draper	Jerry Draper	'57 Chevrolet	197	165	running	0
8	1	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'57 Chevrolet	196	150	running	7
9	16	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'58 Ford	194	140	running	0
10	13	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'59 Chevrolet	193	130	running	0
11	8	38	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett	'57 Chevrolet	189	125	running	0
12	22	34	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'57 Chevrolet	171	110	rear end	0
13	23	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'57 Chevrolet	163	100	running	0
14	19	62	Buck Brigance		'57 Chevrolet	159	85	running	0
15	21	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'57 Chevrolet	146	70	running	0
16	2	41	Joe Weatherly	Delta Auto Sales (Doc White)	'59 T-Bird	142	60	rear end	77
17	20	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'57 Chevrolet	129	50	engine	0
18	14	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding	'57 Ford	122	50	rr axle	0
19	11	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	108	50	engine	0
20	15	21	Larry Frank	Wood Brothers	'58 Ford	90	50	axle	0
21	25	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck	'57 Chevrolet	82	50	engine	0
22	17	64	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon	'58 Ford	55	50	rr axle	0
23	12	45	Bobby Waddell	Bobby Waddell	'57 Pontiac	47		piston	0
24	5	99	Fritz Wilson	Shorty Rollins	'58 Ford	17		radiator	0
25	24	80	Cliff Timberman		'57 Chevrolet	2		engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bob Welborn	1	7	7
Joe Weatherly	8	22	15
Buck Baker	23	80	58
Joe Weatherly	81	142	62
Lee Petty	143	200	58

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