| 1959 Music City 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 16 of 44 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,270 | Race Date: | May 24, 1959 | Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 1Hr 24Min 30Sec. | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | 5 | Average Speed: | 71.006 MPH | .5 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 12 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | http | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Rex White R. White | Driver: | Rex White R. White | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #4 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #4 Chevrolet | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | White-Clemens Racing | Team: | White-Clemens Racing | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Louis Clements | Crew Chief: | Pontiac: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 40 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 70.890 MPH | |||||
| Official 1959 Music City 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 1 | 4 | Rex White | Rex White (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 40 |
| 2 | 7 | 11 | Junior Johnson | Paul Spaulding (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | 36 | Tommy Irwin | Tommy Irwin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 199 | 111 |
| 4 | 5 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 77 | Joe Lee Johnson | Honest Charley | Running | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 196 | 37 |
| 7 | 8 | 18 | Charley Griffith | Red Bank | Running |  | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Cotton Owens | W.H. Watson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 73 | Bob Burdick (R) | Roy Burdick (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 179 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 34 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Running | | 0 | 171 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 13 | Tommy Thompson | Tommy Thompson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 160 | 0 |
