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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 22nd, 1959

Race #3 of the 1959 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 200
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 135.521 mph
  • Cautions: 0
  • Caution Laps: 0
  • Lead Changes: 33
2022 NASCAR Next Gen Toyota Camry
Concord, North Carolina - April 22nd, 2021: The 2022 NASCAR Next Gen Toyota Camry is previewed at NASCAR R&D Center on April 22, 2021 in Concord, North Carolina. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 15 42 Lee Petty Oldsmobile 0 0 0 200 38 Running
2 21 73 Johnny Beauchamp Ford 0 0 0 200 30 Running
3 17 18 Charley Griffith Pontiac 0 0 0 199 0 Running
4 11 6 Cotton Owens Pontiac 0 0 0 199 0 Running
5 7 48 Joe Weatherly Chevrolet 0 0 0 199 6 Running
6 39 7 Jim Reed Chevrolet 0 0 0 196 0 Running
7 41 47 Jack Smith Chevrolet 0 0 0 196 57 Running
8 5 59 Tom Pistone Ford 0 0 0 195 39 Running
9 42 15 Tim Flock Ford 0 0 0 193 0 Running
10 31 1 Speedy Thompson Chevrolet 0 0 0 193 0 Running
11 59 8 Johnny Allen Chevrolet 0 0 0 192 0 Running
12 35 38 Raul Cilloniz Ford 0 0 0 192 0 Running
13 43 41 Curtis Turner Ford 0 0 0 189 0 Running
14 33 11 Junior Johnson Ford 0 0 0 189 0 Running
15 25 29 Dick Freeman Chevrolet 0 0 0 188 0 Running
16 16 77 Joe Lee Johnson Chevrolet 0 0 0 187 0 Running
17 4 98 Marvin Panch Ford 0 0 0 185 0 Running
18 10 25 Gene White Chevrolet 0 0 0 185 0 Running
19 57 9 Roy Tyner Chevrolet 0 0 0 184 0 Running
20 18 2 Jimmy Thompson Chevrolet 0 0 0 182 0 Running
21 49 19 Herman Beam Chevrolet 0 0 0 182 0 Running
22 14 92 Wilbur Rakestraw Ford 0 0 0 181 0 Running
23 53 16 Jim McGuirk Pontiac 0 0 0 181 0 Running
24 12 76 Larry Frank Chevrolet 0 0 0 178 0 Running
25 48 10 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 0 175 0 Running
26 19 4 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 0 174 0 Engine
27 30 55 Ben Benz Chevrolet 0 0 0 169 0 Running
28 27 71 Dick Joslin Dodge 0 0 0 167 0 Piston
29 24 14 Ken Rush Mercury 0 0 0 163 0 Engine
30 55 80 Bob Rose Chevrolet 0 0 0 162 0 Running
31 50 69 Harold Smith Studebaker 0 0 0 159 0 Running
32 44 66 Dick Foley Chevrolet 0 0 0 157 0 Running
33 28 32 Brownie King Chevrolet 0 0 0 152 0 Engine
34 8 21 Glen Wood Ford 0 0 0 149 0 Clutch
35 47 83 Bob Pronger Ford 0 0 0 143 0 Running
36 26 39 Billy Carden Mercury 0 0 0 140 0 Running
37 23 81 Bernie Hentges Chrysler 0 0 0 138 0 Engine
38 2 99 Shorty Rollins Ford 0 0 0 115 0 Engine
39 22 82 Joe Eubanks Ford 0 0 0 95 0 Transmission
40 13 88 Tiny Lund Chevrolet 0 0 0 92 0 Timing
41 1 49 Bob Welborn Chevrolet 0 0 0 75 9 Engine
42 54 87 Buck Baker Chevrolet 0 0 0 75 0 Timing
43 37 53 Ken Johnson Ford 0 0 0 67 0 Push rod
44 58 74 LD Austin Chevrolet 0 0 0 65 0 Generator
45 46 3 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 0 0 0 56 21 Fuel pump
46 40 45 Paul Bass Ford 0 0 0 52 0 Engine
47 29 72 Bobby Johns Chevrolet 0 0 0 46 0 Overheating
48 9 37 Eduardo Dibos Ford 0 0 0 44 0 Suspension
49 36 50 Gober Sosebee Chevrolet 0 0 0 44 0 Transmission
50 20 89 Bob Said Chevrolet 0 0 0 42 0 Transmission
51 51 95 Bob Duell Ford 0 0 0 38 0 Distributor
52 32 36 Pete Kelly Chevrolet 0 0 0 34 0 Engine
53 45 24 Bob Potter Chevrolet 0 0 0 33 0 Timing
54 52 86 Carl Tyler Ford 0 0 0 29 0 Overheating
55 34 33 George Green Chevrolet 0 0 0 21 0 Engine
56 3 64 Fritz Wilson Ford 0 0 0 15 0 Piston
57 6 43 Richard Petty Oldsmobile 0 0 0 8 0 Engine
58 38 79 Larry Odo Ford 0 0 0 3 0 Engine
59 56 75 Ken Marriott Ford 0 0 0 1 0 Engine