Race Results
NASCAR Cup Series
Western North Carolina 500
Asheville Weaverville Speedway
August 16th, 1959
Race #32 of the 1959 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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FIN | ST | Car # | Driver | Make | TOT PTS | F PTS | B PTS | Laps | Led | STUS |
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1 | 4 | 49 | Bob Welborn | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 1 | Running |
2 | 9 | 42 | Lee Petty | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 497 | 0 | Running |
3 | 5 | 47 | Jack Smith | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 493 | 0 | Running |
4 | 6 | 77 | Joe Lee Johnson | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 489 | 0 | Running |
5 | 1 | 4 | Rex White | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 489 | 0 | Running |
6 | 12 | 76 | Larry Frank | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 486 | 0 | Running |
7 | 19 | 6 | Cotton Owens | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 484 | 0 | Running |
8 | 11 | 88 | Buck Baker | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 484 | 0 | Running |
9 | 27 | 12 | Marvin Porter | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 480 | 0 | Running |
10 | 3 | 72 | Bobby Johns | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 470 | 0 | Running |
11 | 37 | 95 | Bob Duell | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 466 | 0 | Running |
12 | 31 | 34 | GC Spencer | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 463 | 0 | Fuel |
13 | 29 | 64 | Shep Langdon | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 457 | 0 | Running |
14 | 13 | 5 | Tiny Lund | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 455 | 0 | Running |
15 | 38 | 74 | LD Austin | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 454 | 0 | Running |
16 | 26 | 32 | George Green | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 453 | 0 | Running |
17 | 21 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 452 | 0 | Running |
18 | 36 | 27 | Dominic Persicketti | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 444 | 0 | Running |
19 | 28 | 192 | George Alsobrook | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 425 | 0 | Running |
20 | 30 | 20 | Benny Rakestraw | Mercury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 420 | 0 | Fuel |
21 | 23 | 19 | Herman Beam | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 410 | 0 | Lr axle |
22 | 18 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 407 | 0 | Rr axle |
23 | 8 | 10 | Elmo Langley | Buick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 379 | 0 | Rear end |
24 | 25 | 22 | Harlan Richardson | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 342 | 0 | Running |
25 | 41 | 46 | Whitey Norman | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 339 | 0 | Running |
26 | 22 | 43 | Richard Petty | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 0 | Crash |
27 | 24 | 16 | Bud Crothers | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 0 | Oil pressure |
28 | 2 | 21 | Glen Wood | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 0 | Driveshaft |
29 | 17 | 40 | Dave White | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 0 | Lr axle |
30 | 35 | 13 | Earl Balmer | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 0 | Engine |
31 | 7 | 36 | Tommy Irwin | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 0 | Engine |
32 | 20 | 25 | Gene White | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 0 | Engine |
33 | 34 | 86 | Neil Castles | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 0 | Spindle |
34 | 39 | 59 | Tom Pistone | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | Engine |
35 | 10 | 93 | Banjo Matthews | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 0 | Shocks |
36 | 16 | 17 | Fred Harb | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | Engine |
37 | 15 | 92 | Speedy Thompson | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | Rf hub |
38 | 33 | 23 | Bill Scott | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | Overheating |
39 | 40 | 18 | Freddy Fryar | Pontiac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | Pistons |
40 | 14 | 41 | Joe Weatherly | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | Engine |
41 | 32 | 31 | Brownie King | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | Fan belt |