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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Western North Carolina 500

Asheville Weaverville Speedway

August 16th, 1959

Race #32 of the 1959 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 250.0
  • Average Speed: 71.633 mph
  • Cautions: 0
  • Caution Laps: 0
  • Lead Changes: 0
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - November 16th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
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