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1959 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 36 of 44 Monday, September 7, 1959 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 4:28:30 Average speed: 111.836 mph Pole speed: 123.734 mph Cautions: 2 for 12 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 78000 Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1959 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1959 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 14 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed's Garage   (Jim Reed) '59 Chevrolet 364 17250 running 152 2 5 73   Bob Burdick Roy Burdick '59 T-Bird 362 7760 running 25 3 22 72   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '57 Chevrolet 362 4760 running 57 4 6 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '59 Plymouth 361 2830 running 7 5 16 36   Tommy Irwin Tommy Irwin '59 T-Bird 358 2010 running 0 6 23 88   Jim Paschal Lynton Tyson '59 Chevrolet 356 1460 running 0 7 1 3   Fireball Roberts Jim Stephens '59 Pontiac 354 2330 running 42 8 20 76   Larry Frank Carolina Plating   (Larry Frank) '57 Chevrolet 350 1025 running 0 9 15 87   Buck Baker Lynton Tyson '59 Chevrolet 347 875 running 0 10 18 41   Jimmy Thompson Delta Auto Sales   (Doc White) '59 T-Bird 346 805 running 0 11 28 64   Shep Langdon Shep Langdon '58 Ford 345 600 running 0 12 25 27   Bill Champion – '57 Ford 343 500 running 0 13 12 2   Joe Caspolich City of Florence   (Paper Hangers) '59 Oldsmobile 342 470 running 0 14 3 22   Speedy Thompson Ogden-Ridgeway   (W.J. Ridgeway) '59 Chevrolet 333 565 spring 2 15 29 16   Charlie Cregar Happy Steigel '59 Pontiac 331 300 running 0 16 34 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '57 Chevrolet 328 250 running 0 17 4 4   Rex White Rex White '59 Chevrolet 326 310 driveshaft 0 18 39 66   L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '57 Ford 326 225 running 0 19 19 6   Cotton Owens Thunder Chicken   (W.H. Watson) '59 T-Bird 320 600 running 24 20 9 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '59 Plymouth 319 300 running 0 21 32 56   Bud Crothers Bud Crothers '57 Chevrolet 318 150 running 0 22 47 35   Al White Salad Bowl Restaurant   (Al White) '58 Ford 286 150 running 0 23 31 34   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '57 Chevrolet 272 150 battery 0 24 30 13   Earl Balmer Tommy Thompson '59 Chevrolet 234 150 piston 0 25 27 26   Dick Blackwell Tommy Irwin '57 Ford 225 150 crash 0 26 24 20   Tiny Lund Spook Crawford '58 Ford 221 150 clutch 0 27 33 30   Cale Yarborough Bob Weatherly '58 Ford 219 150 tires 0 28 10 47   Jack Smith Open Nov. 22 Atlanta International Raceway   (Jack Smith) '59 Chevrolet 218 150 axle 0 29 21 98   Marvin Panch Tom Vernon '59 Ford 194 150 camshaft 0 30 50 55   Johnny Patterson Bernard Friedland '57 Chevrolet 180 150 axle 0 31 7 93   Banjo Matthews T-Bird Power Products   (Banjo Matthews) '59 T-Bird 178 1915 crash 55 32 46 32   George Green Jess Potter '58 Chevrolet 175 150 engine 0 33 35 9   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '57 Chevrolet 166 150 timing 0 34 38 5   Bob Duell Julian Buesink '59 Ford 151 150 pistons 0 35 11 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '59 Chevrolet 130 200 crash 0 36 17 59   Tom Pistone Rupert Safety Belt   (Carl Rupert) '59 T-Bird 119 325 engine 0 37 41 91   Neil Castles – '57 Ford 92 150 running 0 38 13 92   Possum Jones Gerald Duke '59 T-Bird 74 295 brakes 0 39 43 83   Lenny Page Lennie Page '57 Ford 71 150 engine 0 40 40 95   Buddy Baker Julian Buesink '59 Ford 64 150 engine 0 41 42 23   Bob Perry Bob Perry '59 Plymouth 63 150 engine 0 42 49 44   Joe Lee Johnson Chester Barron '59 Chevrolet 58 150 transmission 0 43 8 12   Joe Weatherly Coca-Cola   (Doc White) '59 T-Bird 54 210 oil pressure 0 44 36 71   Dick Joslin Dick Joslin '57 Dodge 46 150 head gasket 0 45 2 10   Elmo Langley Cafe Burgundy   (Ratus Walters) '59 Buick 41 180 engine 0 46 26 61   Joe Eubanks W.H. Watson '58 Pontiac 26 190 pistons 0 47 48 15   Marvin Porter Marvin Porter '57 Ford 19 150 head gasket 0 48 45 82   Elmo Henderson Don Every '58 Ford 16 150 engine 0 49 44 86   Larry Flynn Larry Flynn '58 Ford 11 150 rear end 0 50 37 14   Carl Burris – '57 Ford 2 150 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Junior Johnson 11 WD Billy Cash 89 Lynton Tyson Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Speedy Thompson 1 2 2   Fireball Roberts 3 44 42   Banjo Matthews 45 61 17   Cotton Owens 62 85 24   Bobby Johns 86 92 7   Richard Petty 93 99 7   Banjo Matthews 100 137 38   Bobby Johns 138 187 50   Jim Reed 188 238 51   Bob Burdick 239 263 25   Jim Reed 264 364 101