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1959 Firecracker 250

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NASCAR Grand National race number 26 of 44
Saturday, July 4, 1959 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
100 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:46:42
Average Speed: 140.581 mph
Pole Speed: 144.997 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of Victory: 57 sec
Attendance: 12,900
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1959 NASCAR Grand National results / 1959 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
37	28	82	Joe Eubanks	Don Every	'58 Pontiac	2	125	bearing	0
35	25	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'59 Chevrolet	12	100	bent rod	0
17	22	76	Larry Frank	Carolina Plating (Larry Frank)	'57 Chevrolet	89	350	dq	0
29	15	16	Charlie Cregar	Happy Steigel	'59 Pontiac	70	110	engine	0
34	30	34	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'57 Chevrolet	16	135	engine	0
36	8	10	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters	'59 Buick	11	125	engine	0
28	26	32	George Green	Jess Potter	'58 Chevrolet	73	150	fan	0
26	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'59 Plymouth	78	200	fuel pump	0
33	19	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'59 Plymouth	27	200	fuel pump	0
21	31	71	Dick Joslin	Dick Joslin	'57 Dodge	87	150	oil leak	0
1	1	3	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens	'59 Pontiac	100	7,050	running	84
2	12	12	Joe Weatherly	Dick Bennett Motors (Doc White)	'59 T-Bird	100	4,625	running	8
3	11	22	Johnny Allen	Smith Radiator (W.J. Ridgeway)	'59 Chevrolet	99	1,925	running	0
4	5	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'59 Chevrolet	99	1,175	running	1
5	3	37	Eduardo Dibos	Peru (Van Acker)	'59 T-Bird	98	725	running	0
6	2	73	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick	'59 T-Bird	97	1,850	running	0
7	13	59	Tom Pistone	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	'59 T-Bird	96	720	running	7
8	21	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson	'59 T-Bird	95	500	running	0
9	14	36	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin	'59 T-Bird	95	1,100	running	0
10	7	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'59 Chevrolet	95	400	running	0
11	17	41	Speedy Thompson	Delta Auto Sales (Doc White)	'59 T-Bird	94	375	running	0
12	6	44	Gene White		'59 Chevrolet	92	700	running	0
13	18	20	Benny Rakestraw	Spook Crawford	'57 Mercury	92	500	running	0
14	16	92	George Alsobrook	Joe Jones	'57 Ford	92	450	running	0
15	29	13	Tommy Thompson	Tommy Thompson	'59 Chevrolet	90	300	running	0
16	34	83	Shorty Rollins	A.J. Blackwelder	'58 Ford	90	300	running	0
18	37	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'57 Chevrolet	89	200	running	0
19	20	77	Joe Lee Johnson	Honest Charley (Joe Lee Johnson)	'57 Chevrolet	88	325	running	0
20	24	14	Ken Rush	Manley Britt	'58 Ford	88	300	running	0
22	10	99	Wilbur Rakestraw	Talmadge Cochrane	'57 Mercury	87	300	running	0
23	23	4	Rex White	Idewild Homes (Rex White)	'59 Chevrolet	86	135	running	0
24	33	86	Larry Flynn	Larry Flynn	'57 Ford	85	125	running	0
25	32	89	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'58 Chevrolet	84	125	running	0
27	27	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'59 Chevrolet	77	210	running	0
30	9	60	John Paschall		'58 Ford	67	100	running	0
31	35	66	Dick Foley	Dick Foley	'59 Chevrolet	60	100	timing	0
32	36	97	Jim Austin	Jim Austin	'59 Ford	33	100	water pump	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fireball Roberts	1	2	2
Joe Weatherly	3	3	1
Jack Smith	4	4	1
Fireball Roberts	5	41	37
Tom Pistone	42	48	7
Fireball Roberts	49	77	29
Joe Weatherly	78	84	7
Fireball Roberts	85	100	16

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