Race Results
NASCAR Cup Series
Firecracker 250
Daytona International Speedway
July 4th, 1959
Race #26 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 | 1 | 3 | Fireball Roberts | Pontiac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 84 | Running |
2 | 12 | 12 | Joe Weatherly | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 8 | Running |
3 | 11 | 22 | Johnny Allen | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 | Running |
4 | 5 | 47 | Jack Smith | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 1 | Running |
5 | 3 | 37 | Eduardo Dibos | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 | Running |
6 | 2 | 73 | Bob Burdick | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | Running |
7 | 13 | 59 | Tom Pistone | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 7 | Running |
8 | 21 | 6 | Cotton Owens | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0 | Running |
9 | 14 | 36 | Tommy Irwin | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0 | Running |
10 | 7 | 7 | Jim Reed | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 0 | Running |
11 | 17 | 41 | Speedy Thompson | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | Running |
12 | 6 | 44 | Gene White | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | Running |
13 | 18 | 20 | Benny Rakestraw | Mercury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | Running |
14 | 16 | 92 | George Alsobrook | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0 | Running |
15 | 29 | 13 | Tommy Thompson | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | Running |
16 | 34 | 83 | Shorty Rollins | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | Running |
17 | 22 | 76 | Larry Frank | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | Dq |
18 | 37 | 19 | Herman Beam | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | Running |
19 | 20 | 77 | Joe Lee Johnson | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 0 | Running |
20 | 24 | 14 | Ken Rush | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 0 | Running |
21 | 31 | 71 | Dick Joslin | Dodge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 | Oil leak |
22 | 10 | 99 | Wilbur Rakestraw | Mercury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 | Running |
23 | 23 | 4 | Rex White | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | Running |
24 | 33 | 86 | Larry Flynn | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | Running |
25 | 32 | 89 | Roy Tyner | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | Running |
26 | 4 | 43 | Richard Petty | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | Fuel pump |
27 | 27 | 49 | Bob Welborn | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | Running |
28 | 26 | 32 | George Green | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | Fan |
29 | 15 | 16 | Charlie Cregar | Pontiac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | Engine |
30 | 9 | 60 | John Paschall | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | Running |
31 | 35 | 66 | Dick Foley | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | Timing |
32 | 36 | 97 | Jim Austin | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | Water pump |
33 | 19 | 42 | Lee Petty | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | Fuel pump |
34 | 30 | 34 | GC Spencer | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | Engine |
35 | 25 | 87 | Buck Baker | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | Bent rod |
36 | 8 | 10 | Elmo Langley | Buick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Engine |
37 | 28 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Pontiac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Bearing |