Race Results : Martinsville Speedway

Virginia 500

Sunday, May 3rd, 1959

Martinsville Speedway , Ridgeway, VA

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  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 59.512
  • Cautions: 3 for 0 laps
  • Lead Changes: 4
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
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Entry List
Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS LAPS LED X LED STATUS
1 24 42 Lee Petty Oldsmobile 0 0 500 337 0 running
2 20 76 Johnny Beauchamp Chevrolet 0 0 495 0 0 running
3 32 11 Junior Johnson Ford 0 0 495 78 0 running
4 10 59 Tom Pistone Ford 0 0 491 0 0 running
5 18 9 Roy Tyner Chevrolet 0 0 491 0 0 running
6 34 49 Bob Welborn Chevrolet 0 0 490 0 0 running
7 25 43 Richard Petty Oldsmobile 0 0 490 0 0 running
8 31 41 Joe Weatherly Ford 0 0 489 0 0 running
9 17 99 Shorty Rollins Ford 0 0 486 0 0 running
10 3 6 Cotton Owens Pontiac 0 0 484 0 0 running
11 19 21 Glen Wood Ford 0 0 482 13 0 running
12 11 40 Dave White Chevrolet 0 0 479 0 0 running
13 16 5 Tiny Lund Chevrolet 0 0 478 0 0 running
14 29 29 Dick Freeman Chevrolet 0 0 469 0 0 vapor lock
15 9 4 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 468 0 0 running
16 4 44 Ken Rush Chevrolet 0 0 468 0 0 running
17 12 34 GC Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 467 0 0 running
18 6 32 Brownie King Chevrolet 0 0 466 0 0 running
19 14 1 Speedy Thompson Chevrolet 0 0 464 0 0 bearing
20 7 19 Herman Beam Chevrolet 0 0 462 0 0 running
21 33 17 Fred Harb Mercury 0 0 461 0 0 running
22 35 3 Bunk Moore Ford 0 0 460 0 0 running
23 5 64 Shep Langdon Ford 0 0 453 0 0 running
24 8 74 LD Austin Chevrolet 0 0 453 0 0 running
25 28 48 Fireball Roberts Chevrolet 0 0 385 0 0 rear end
26 40 78 Jim Paschal Ford 0 0 371 0 0 engine
27 21 81 Harvey Hege Ford 0 0 339 0 0 crash
28 22 114 Fritz Wilson Ford 0 0 333 0 0 fuel pump
29 1 72 Bobby Johns Chevrolet 0 0 297 72 0 rear end
30 2 77 Joe Lee Johnson Chevrolet 0 0 297 0 0 head gasket
31 37 79 Jerry Draper Chevrolet 0 0 278 0 0 engine
32 15 36 Tommy Irwin Ford 0 0 275 0 0 engine
33 30 88 Reds Kagle Chevrolet 0 0 222 0 0 engine
34 27 96 Bobby Keck Chevrolet 0 0 208 0 0 engine
35 13 33 George Green Chevrolet 0 0 143 0 0 engine
36 26 97 Barney Shore Chevrolet 0 0 76 0 0 oil pressure
37 36 7 Jim Reed Chevrolet 0 0 47 0 0 vapor lock
38 38 55 Ben Benz Chevrolet 0 0 40 0 0 brakes
39 23 87 Buck Baker Chevrolet 0 0 31 0 0 transmission
40 29 46 Whitey Norman Chevrolet 0 0 23 0 0 rr axle

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