Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Daytona 500
Daytona International Speedway
February 22nd, 1959
Race #3 of the 1959 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Drivers Entered: 59
- Makes
- Chevrolet (27)
- Chrysler (1)
- Dodge (1)
- Ford (21)
- Mercury (2)
- Oldsmobile (2)
- Pontiac (4)
- Studebaker (1)
- Last Daytona International Speedway
race (Daytona 500 Qualifier)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
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1 | Speedy Thompson | Chevrolet | Steve Pierce | Steve Pierce | ||
10 | Elmo Langley | Ford | Ratus Walters | Ratus Walters | ||
11 | Junior Johnson | Ford | Paul Spaulding | Paul Spaulding | ||
14 | Ken Rush | Mercury | Manley Britt | Manley Britt | ||
15 | Tim Flock | Ford | Beau Morgan | Beau Morgan | ||
16 | Jim McGuirk | Pontiac | Happy Steigel | Happy Steigel | ||
18 | Charley Griffith | Pontiac | Red Bank | Charley Griffith | ||
19 | Herman Beam | Chevrolet | Herman Beam | Herman Beam | ||
2 | Jimmy Thompson | Chevrolet | Bruce Thompson | Bruce Thompson | ||
21 | Glen Wood | Ford | Wood Brothers | Wood Brothers | ||
24 | Bob Potter | Chevrolet | Bob Potter | Bob Potter | ||
25 | Gene White | Chevrolet | Gene White | Gene White | ||
29 | Dick Freeman | Chevrolet | Dick Freeman | Dick Freeman | ||
3 | Fireball Roberts | Pontiac | Pontiac America's No. 1 Road Car | Jim Stephens | ||
32 | Brownie King | Chevrolet | Jess Potter | Jess Potter | ||
33 | George Green | Chevrolet | City Motors | Jess Potter | ||
36 | Pete Kelly | Chevrolet | Pete Kelly | Pete Kelly | ||
37 | Eduardo Dibos | Ford | Peru | Van Acker | ||
38 | Raul Cilloniz | Ford | Raul Cilloniz | Raul Cilloniz | ||
39 | Billy Carden | Mercury | Davis Brothers | Davis Brothers | ||
4 | Rex White | Chevrolet | Idewild Homes | Rex White | ||
41 | Curtis Turner | Ford | Delta Auto Sales | Doc White | ||
42 | Lee Petty | Oldsmobile | Petty Enterprises | Petty Enterprises | ||
43 | Richard Petty | Oldsmobile | Petty Enterprises | Petty Enterprises | ||
45 | Paul Bass | Ford | Paul Bass | Paul Bass | ||
47 | Jack Smith | Chevrolet | Bud Moore's Garage/Georgia Chevrolet Dealers | Jack Smith | ||
48 | Joe Weatherly | Chevrolet | E.C. Wilson | E.C. Wilson | ||
49 | Bob Welborn | Chevrolet | W.J. Ridgeway | W.J. Ridgeway | ||
50 | Gober Sosebee | Chevrolet | Cherokee Garage | Gober Sosebee | ||
53 | Ken Johnson | Ford | Ken Johnson | Ken Johnson | ||
55 | Ben Benz | Chevrolet | Bernard Friedland | Bernard Friedland | ||
59 | Tom Pistone | Ford | Rupert Safety Belt | Carl Rupert | ||
6 | Cotton Owens | Pontiac | W.H. Watson | W.H. Watson | ||
64 | Fritz Wilson | Ford | Museum of Speed | Fritz Wilson | ||
66 | Dick Foley | Chevrolet | Dick Foley | Dick Foley | ||
69 | Harold Smith | Studebaker | Bob Korn | Bob Korn | ||
7 | Jim Reed | Chevrolet | Jim Reed | Jim Reed | ||
71 | Dick Joslin | Dodge | Dick Joslin | Dick Joslin | ||
72 | Bobby Johns | Chevrolet | Shorty Johns | Shorty Johns | ||
73 | Johnny Beauchamp | Ford | Roy Burdick | Roy Burdick | ||
74 | LD Austin | Chevrolet | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin | ||
75 | Ken Marriott | Ford | Ken Marriott | Ken Marriott | ||
76 | Larry Frank | Chevrolet | Carolina Plating | Larry Frank | ||
77 | Joe Lee Johnson | Chevrolet | Honest Charley | Joe Lee Johnson | ||
79 | Larry Odo | Ford | Larry Odo | Larry Odo | ||
8 | Johnny Allen | Chevrolet | Johnny Allen | Johnny Allen | ||
80 | Bob Rose | Chevrolet | Sam Arena | Sam Arena | ||
81 | Bernie Hentges | Chrysler | Bernie Hentges | Bernie Hentges | ||
82 | Joe Eubanks | Ford | Don Every | Don Every | ||
83 | Bob Pronger | Ford | Bob Pronger | Bob Pronger | ||
86 | Carl Tyler | Ford | Carl Tyler | Carl Tyler | ||
87 | Buck Baker | Chevrolet | Buck Baker | Buck Baker | ||
88 | Tiny Lund | Chevrolet | Buck Baker | Buck Baker | ||
89 | Bob Said | Chevrolet | Buck Baker | Buck Baker | ||
9 | Roy Tyner | Chevrolet | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner | ||
92 | Wilbur Rakestraw | Ford | Joe Jones | Joe Jones | ||
95 | Bob Duell | Ford | Julian Buesink | Julian Buesink | ||
98 | Marvin Panch | Ford | McGee & Taylors Inc. | Tom Vernon | ||
99 | Shorty Rollins | Ford | Shorty's | Shorty Rollins |