Results

The 1959 Capital City 200 NASCAR CUP Series race results showcase the full finishing order, including race winner and key performance stats from the Richmond Raceway race.

Capital City 200

Sunday, September 13th, 1959

Richmond Raceway, Richmond, VA

  • 6 Ford
  • 9 Chevrolet
  • 1 Plymouth

  • Drivers Entered: 16
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 60.362
  • Cautions: N/A
  • Lead Changes: N/A
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
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Capital City 200 at Richmond Raceway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS LAPS LED X LED STATUS
1 1 6 Cotton Owens Ford 0 0 200 1 0 running
2 15 42 Lee Petty Plymouth 0 0 200 0 0 running
3 4 59 Tom Pistone Ford 0 0 198 0 0 running
4 9 88 Reds Kagle Chevrolet 0 0 194 0 0 running
5 5 90 Runt Harris Chevrolet 0 0 193 0 0 running
6 7 64 Shep Langdon Ford 0 0 191 0 0 running
7 13 19 Herman Beam Chevrolet 0 0 189 0 0 running
8 6 31 Brownie King Chevrolet 0 0 187 0 0 pistons
9 10 23 Bill Scott Chevrolet 0 0 179 0 0 running
10 16 55 LD Austin Chevrolet 0 0 172 0 0 running
11 14 35 Al White Ford 0 0 160 0 0 running
12 2 21 Glen Wood Ford 0 0 152 0 0 crash
13 12 32 George Green Chevrolet 0 0 146 0 0 engine
14 11 34 GC Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 76 0 0 engine
15 8 38 Ned Jarrett Ford 0 0 50 0 0 wheel
16 3 47 Jack Smith Chevrolet 0 0 11 0 0 engine

Race Infractions

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