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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 7th, 1959

Race #36 of the 1959 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 364
  • Miles: 497.2
  • Average Speed: 111.836 mph
  • Cautions: 2
  • Caution Laps: 12
  • Lead Changes: 11
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - January 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Michael Reaves | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 14 7 Jim Reed Chevrolet 0 0 0 364 152 Running
2 5 73 Bob Burdick Ford 0 0 0 362 25 Running
3 22 72 Bobby Johns Chevrolet 0 0 0 362 57 Running
4 6 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 361 7 Running
5 16 36 Tommy Irwin Ford 0 0 0 358 0 Running
6 32 88 Jim Paschal Chevrolet 0 0 0 356 0 Running
7 1 3 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 0 0 0 354 42 Running
8 20 76 Larry Frank Chevrolet 0 0 0 350 0 Running
9 15 87 Buck Baker Chevrolet 0 0 0 347 0 Running
10 18 41 Jimmy Thompson Ford 0 0 0 346 0 Running
11 28 64 Shep Langdon Ford 0 0 0 345 0 Running
12 25 27 Bill Champion Ford 0 0 0 343 0 Running
13 12 2 Joe Caspolich Oldsmobile 0 0 0 342 0 Running
14 3 22 Speedy Thompson Chevrolet 0 0 0 333 2 Spring
15 29 16 Charlie Cregar Pontiac 0 0 0 331 0 Running
16 34 19 Herman Beam Chevrolet 0 0 0 328 0 Running
17 4 4 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 0 326 0 Driveshaft
18 39 66 LD Austin Ford 0 0 0 326 0 Running
19 19 6 Cotton Owens Ford 0 0 0 320 24 Running
20 9 42 Lee Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 319 0 Running
21 32 56 Bud Crothers Chevrolet 0 0 0 318 0 Running
22 47 35 Al White Ford 0 0 0 286 0 Running
23 31 34 GC Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 0 272 0 Battery
24 30 13 Earl Balmer Chevrolet 0 0 0 234 0 Piston
25 27 26 Dick Blackwell Ford 0 0 0 225 0 Crash
26 24 20 Tiny Lund Ford 0 0 0 221 0 Clutch
27 33 30 Cale Yarborough Ford 0 0 0 219 0 Tires
28 10 47 Jack Smith Chevrolet 0 0 0 218 0 Axle
29 21 98 Marvin Panch Ford 0 0 0 194 0 Camshaft
30 50 55 Johnny Patterson Chevrolet 0 0 0 180 0 Axle
31 7 93 Banjo Matthews Ford 0 0 0 178 55 Crash
32 46 32 George Green Chevrolet 0 0 0 175 0 Engine
33 35 9 Roy Tyner Chevrolet 0 0 0 166 0 Timing
34 38 5 Bob Duell Ford 0 0 0 151 0 Pistons
35 11 49 Bob Welborn Chevrolet 0 0 0 130 0 Crash
36 17 59 Tom Pistone Ford 0 0 0 119 0 Engine
37 41 91 Neil Castles Ford 0 0 0 92 0 Running
38 13 92 Possum Jones Ford 0 0 0 74 0 Brakes
39 43 83 Lennie Page Ford 0 0 0 71 0 Engine
40 40 95 Buddy Baker Ford 0 0 0 64 0 Engine
41 42 23 Bob Perry Plymouth 0 0 0 63 0 Engine
42 49 44 Joe Lee Johnson Chevrolet 0 0 0 58 0 Transmission
43 8 12 Joe Weatherly Ford 0 0 0 54 0 Oil pressure
44 36 71 Dick Joslin Dodge 0 0 0 46 0 Head gasket
45 2 10 Elmo Langley Buick 0 0 0 41 0 Engine
46 26 61 Joe Eubanks Pontiac 0 0 0 26 0 Pistons
47 48 15 Marvin Porter Ford 0 0 0 19 0 Head gasket
48 45 82 Elmo Henderson Ford 0 0 0 16 0 Engine
49 44 86 Larry Flynn Ford 0 0 0 11 0 Rear end
50 37 14 Carl Burris Ford 0 0 0 2 0 Engine