Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway

May 3rd, 1959

Race #13 of the 1959 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 263.0
  • Average Speed: 59.512 mph
  • Cautions: 3
  • Caution Laps: 0
  • Lead Changes: 4
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 24 42 Lee Petty Oldsmobile 0 0 0 500 337 Running
2 20 76 Johnny Beauchamp Chevrolet 0 0 0 495 0 Running
3 32 11 Junior Johnson Ford 0 0 0 495 78 Running
4 10 59 Tom Pistone Ford 0 0 0 491 0 Running
5 18 9 Roy Tyner Chevrolet 0 0 0 491 0 Running
6 34 49 Bob Welborn Chevrolet 0 0 0 490 0 Running
7 25 43 Richard Petty Oldsmobile 0 0 0 490 0 Running
8 31 41 Joe Weatherly Ford 0 0 0 489 0 Running
9 17 99 Shorty Rollins Ford 0 0 0 486 0 Running
10 3 6 Cotton Owens Pontiac 0 0 0 484 0 Running
11 19 21 Glen Wood Ford 0 0 0 482 13 Running
12 11 40 Dave White Chevrolet 0 0 0 479 0 Running
13 16 5 Tiny Lund Chevrolet 0 0 0 478 0 Running
14 29 29 Dick Freeman Chevrolet 0 0 0 469 0 Vapor lock
15 9 4 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 0 468 0 Running
16 4 44 Ken Rush Chevrolet 0 0 0 468 0 Running
17 12 34 GC Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 0 467 0 Running
18 6 32 Brownie King Chevrolet 0 0 0 466 0 Running
19 14 1 Speedy Thompson Chevrolet 0 0 0 464 0 Bearing
20 7 19 Herman Beam Chevrolet 0 0 0 462 0 Running
21 33 17 Fred Harb Mercury 0 0 0 461 0 Running
22 35 3 Bunk Moore Ford 0 0 0 460 0 Running
23 5 64 Shep Langdon Ford 0 0 0 453 0 Running
24 8 74 LD Austin Chevrolet 0 0 0 453 0 Running
25 28 48 Fireball Roberts Chevrolet 0 0 0 385 0 Rear end
26 40 78 Jim Paschal Ford 0 0 0 371 0 Engine
27 21 81 Harvey Hege Ford 0 0 0 339 0 Crash
28 22 114 Fritz Wilson Ford 0 0 0 333 0 Fuel pump
29 1 72 Bobby Johns Chevrolet 0 0 0 297 72 Rear end
30 2 77 Joe Lee Johnson Chevrolet 0 0 0 297 0 Head gasket
31 37 79 Jerry Draper Chevrolet 0 0 0 278 0 Engine
32 15 36 Tommy Irwin Ford 0 0 0 275 0 Engine
33 30 88 Reds Kagle Chevrolet 0 0 0 222 0 Engine
34 27 96 Bobby Keck Chevrolet 0 0 0 208 0 Engine
35 13 33 George Green Chevrolet 0 0 0 143 0 Engine
36 26 97 Barney Shore Chevrolet 0 0 0 76 0 Oil pressure
37 36 7 Jim Reed Chevrolet 0 0 0 47 0 Vapor lock
38 38 55 Ben Benz Chevrolet 0 0 0 40 0 Brakes
39 23 87 Buck Baker Chevrolet 0 0 0 31 0 Transmission
40 29 46 Whitey Norman Chevrolet 0 0 0 23 0 Rr axle