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1959-21

NASCAR Grand National race number 21 of 44
Thursday, June 18, 1959 at Columbia Speedway, Columbia, SC
200 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:42:10
Average Speed: 58.726 mph
Pole Speed: 64.865 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 5 cl
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 5

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	42	Lee Petty	Newton Chappell Motors (Petty Enterprises)	'59 Plymouth	200	900	running	7
2	10	36	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin	'59 T-Bird	200	525	running	63
3	4	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'59 Chevrolet	200	350	running	87
4	11	20	Benny Rakestraw	Spook Crawford	'57 Mercury	196	250	running	0
5	2	41	Joe Weatherly	Delta Auto Sales (Doc White)	'59 T-Bird	196	225	running	43
6	1	73	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick	'59 T-Bird	194	200	running	0
7	12	89	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'58 Chevrolet	193	165	running	0
8	18	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'57 Chevrolet	188	150	running	0
9	19	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'57 Chevrolet	188	140	running	0
10	16	28	Harvey Hege	Harvey Hege	'57 Mercury	169	130	running	0
11	20	64	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon	'58 Ford	167	125	running	0
12	5	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'59 Chevrolet	165	110	transmission	0
13	9	4	Ken Rush	Julian Petty	'57 Chevrolet	146	100	rf hub	0
14	17	0	Curtis Crider	Richard Riley	'57 Chevrolet	119	85	engine	0
15	7	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson	'58 Pontiac	108	70	overheating	0
16	8	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding	'57 Ford	43	60	crash	0
17	15	34	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'57 Chevrolet	42	50	crash	0
18	6	1	Richard Riley	Steve Pierce	'57 Chevrolet	42	50	crash	0
19	13	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'57 Chevrolet	1	50	crash	0
20	14	30	Doug Cox	Doug Cox	'58 Ford	1	50	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Weatherly	1	43	43
Buck Baker	44	126	83
Tommy Irwin	127	189	63
Buck Baker	190	193	4
Lee Petty	194	200	7

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