| 1959 Gwyn Staley 160 NASCAR Cup Series Race 10 of 44 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,835 | Race Date: | Apr 5, 1959 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 1Hr 23Min 21Sec. | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 2 | Average Speed: | 71.985 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 23 | No. of Cautions: | 4 For 9 Laps | savethespeedway.net/history.html | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Lee Petty L. Petty | Driver: | Speedy Thompson S. Thompson | Oldsmobile: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #43 Oldsmobile | Car No.: | #1 Chevrolet | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Pontiac: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Lee Petty | Crew Chief: | Mercury: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 53 of 160 | Pole Speed: | 85.746 MPH | |||||
| Official 1959 Gwyn Staley 160 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 4 | 43 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 53 |
| 2 | 8 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | 6 | Cotton Owens | W.H. Watson (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | 5 | Tiny Lund | Lund racing | Running | | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | 17 | Fred Harb | Fred Harb (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 154 | 0 |
| 6 | 17 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 147 | 0 |
| 7 | 20 | 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 147 | 0 |
| 8 | 18 | 33 | George Green | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 145 | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | 99 | Shorty Rollins | Shorty's | Running |  | 0 | 143 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | 81 | Harvey Hege | Harvey Hege (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | 59 | Curtis Turner | Rupert Safety Belt | | 0 | 141 | 19 | |
| 12 | 12 | 45 | Bobby Waddell | Bobby Waddell (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 136 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | 3 | Don Angel | Don Angel (Car Owner) | Wheel Stud | | 0 | 131 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 27 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 124 | 0 | |
| 15 | 23 | 44 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Running | | 0 | 122 | 0 |
| 16 | 13 | 40 | Paul Walton | Paul Walton (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 112 | 0 |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | Speedy Thompson | Steve Pierce (Car Owner) | Hub | | 0 | 88 | 88 |
| 18 | 22 | 64 | Shep Langdon | Shep Langdon (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 87 | 0 |
| 19 | 21 | 8 | Whitey Norman | Whitey Norman (Car Owner) | | 0 | 60 | 0 | |
| 20 | 2 | 21 | Glen Wood | Wood Brothers Racing | Engine | | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 21 | 16 | 88 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 22 | 5 | 11 | Junior Johnson | Paul Spaulding (Car Owner) | Hub | | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Jimmy Thompson | Bruce Thompson (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 11 | 0 |
