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1959 Virginia 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 13 of 44 Sunday, May 3, 1959 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 4:12:03 Average speed: 59.512 mph Pole speed: 66.03 mph Cautions: 3 Margin of victory: 5 laps + Attendance: 14000 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1959 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1959 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 24 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '57 Oldsmobile 500 3630 running 337 2 20 76   Johnny Beauchamp Carolina Plating   (Beau Morgan) '57 Chevrolet 495 1625 running 0 3 32 11   Junior Johnson Paul Spaulding '57 Ford 495 1205 running 78 4 10 59   Tom Pistone Rupert Safety Belt   (Carl Rupert) '59 T-Bird 491 775 running 0 5 18 9   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '57 Chevrolet 491 600 running 0 6 34 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '57 Chevrolet 490 500 running 0 7 25 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '57 Oldsmobile 490 375 running 0 8 31 41   Joe Weatherly Delta Auto Sales   (Doc White) '59 T-Bird 489 375 running 0 9 17 99   Shorty Rollins Shorty's   (Shorty Rollins) '58 Ford 486 300 running 0 10 3 6   Cotton Owens W.H. Watson '58 Pontiac 484 300 running 0 11 19 21   Glen Wood Wood Brothers '58 Ford 482 230 running 13 12 11 40   Dave White Dave White '58 Chevrolet 479 150 running 0 13 16 5   Tiny Lund Tiny Lund '57 Chevrolet 478 135 running 0 14 29 29   Dick Freeman Dick Freeman '59 Chevrolet 469 125 vapor lock 0 15 9 4   Rex White Rex White '59 Chevrolet 468 125 running 0 16 4 44   Ken Rush Chester Barron '57 Chevrolet 468 110 running 0 17 12 34   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '57 Chevrolet 467 110 running 0 18 6 32   Brownie King Jess Potter '58 Chevrolet 466 100 running 0 19 14 1   Speedy Thompson Steve Pierce '57 Chevrolet 464 100 bearing 0 20 7 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '57 Chevrolet 462 100 running 0 21 33 17   Fred Harb Fred Harb '57 Mercury 461 100 running 0 22 35 3   Bunk Moore – '58 Ford 460 100 running 0 23 5 64   Shep Langdon Shep Langdon '58 Ford 453 90 running 0 24 8 74   L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '57 Chevrolet 453 90 running 0 25 28 48   Fireball Roberts E.C. Wilson '59 Chevrolet 385 85 rear end 0 26 40 78   Jim Paschal Sam Rice '58 Ford 371 80 engine 0 27 21 81   Harvey Hege Harvey Hege '57 Ford 339 75 crash 0 28 22 114   Fritz Wilson Fritz Wilson '59 T-Bird 333 75 fuel pump 0 29 1 72   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '57 Chevrolet 297 75 rear end 72 30 2 77   Joe Lee Johnson Honest Charley   (Joe Lee Johnson) '57 Chevrolet 297 125 head gasket 0 31 37 79   Jerry Draper Jerry Draper '57 Chevrolet 278 50 engine 0 32 15 36   Tommy Irwin Tommy Irwin '59 T-Bird 275 50 engine 0 33 30 88   Reds Kagle Reds Kagle '57 Chevrolet 222 50 engine 0 34 27 96   Bobby Keck Bobby Keck '57 Chevrolet 208 50 engine 0 35 13 33   George Green Jess Potter '57 Chevrolet 143 50 engine 0 36 26 97   Barney Shore Barney Shore '57 Chevrolet 76   oil pressure 0 37 36 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed '59 Chevrolet 47   vapor lock 0 38 38 55   Ben Benz Bernard Friedland '57 Chevrolet 40   brakes 0 39 23 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '59 Chevrolet 31   transmission 0 40 29 46   Whitey Norman Whitey Norman '57 Chevrolet 23   rr axle 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Johns 1 72 72   Glen Wood 73 85 13   Lee Petty 86 230 145   Junior Johnson 231 308 78   Lee Petty 309 500 192