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1959-01

NASCAR Convertible Series race number 1 of 15
Friday, February 20, 1959 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
40 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 0:46:26
Average Speed: 129.218 mph
Pole Speed: 128.81 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of Victory: 2 feet
Attendance: 17,000
Lead changes: 9

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	8	99	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins	'58 Ford	40	800	running	32
2	13	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Vernon	'58 Ford	40	525	running	0
3	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Engineering	'57 Oldsmobile	40	350	running	2
4	1	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'58 Ford	40	250	running	5
5	2	25	Gene White	Gene White	'57 Chevrolet	40	225	running	0
6	5	76	Larry Frank	Larry Frank	'57 Chevrolet	39	200	out of gas	0
7	19	92	Wilbur Rakestraw	B.J. Jones	'57 Ford	39	165	running	0
8	16	77	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson	'57 Chevrolet	39	150	running	0
9	17	2	Jimmy Thompson	Bruce Thompson	'57 Chevrolet	39	140	running	0
10	9	86	Bob Harkey	Buck Baker	'58 Chevrolet	39	130	running	1
11	6	82	Joe Eubanks	Don Every	'58 Ford	38	125	running	0
12	3	14	Ken Rush	Manley Britt	'57 Mercury	38	110	running	0
13	4	39	Billy Carden	David Brothers	'57 Mercury	38	100	running	0
14	15	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'58 Chevrolet	37	85	running	0
15	12	55	Ben Benz	Bernard Friedland	'57 Chevrolet	37	70	running	0
16	20	36	Pete Kelly	Pete Kelly	'57 Chevrolet	36	60	running	0
17	10	33	George Green	Jess Potter	'58 Chevrolet	35	50	running	0
18	11	50	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'57 Chevrolet	35	50	running	0
19	14	79	Fred Hoff	Larry Odo	'57 Ford	33	50	running	0
20	21	45	Paul Bass	Paul Bass	'58 Edsel	29	50	running	0
21	18	75	Ken Marriott	Frank Hayworth	'58 Ford	1	50	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Glen Wood	1	1	1
Shorty Rollins	2	2	1
Richard Petty	3	3	1
Bob Harkey	4	4	1
Shorty Rollins	5	30	26
Richard Petty	31	31	1
Glen Wood	32	32	1
Shorty Rollins	33	36	4
Glen Wood	37	39	3
Shorty Rollins	40	40	1

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