| 1959 Columbia 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 21 of 44 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,785 | Race Date: | Jun 18, 1959 | Columbia Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 20 Car Lengths | Race Duration: | 1Hr 42Min 10Sec. | Columbia, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 58.726 MPH | .500 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 20 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Lee Petty L. Petty | Driver: | Bob Burdick B. Burdick | Plymouth: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #42 Plymouth | Car No.: | #73 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Chevrolet: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Lee Petty | Crew Chief: | Mercury: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 7 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 64.865 MPH | |||||
| Official 1959 Columbia 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 7 |
| 2 | 10 | 36 | Tommy Irwin | Tommy Irwin (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 63 |
| 3 | 4 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 87 |
| 4 | 11 | 20 | Benny Rakestraw | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 41 | Joe Weatherly | Delta Auto Sales | Running | | 0 | 196 | 43 |
| 6 | 1 | 73 | Bob Burdick (R) | Roy Burdick (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 194 | 0 |
| 7 | 12 | 89 | Buddy Baker (R) | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 8 | 18 | 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 188 | 0 |
| 9 | 19 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 188 | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | 28 | Harvey Hege | Harvey Hege (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 169 | 0 |
| 11 | 20 | 64 | Shep Langdon | Shep Langdon (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 167 | 0 |
| 12 | 5 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Transmission | | 0 | 165 | 0 |
| 13 | 9 | 4 | Ken Rush | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Hub | | 0 | 146 | 0 |
| 14 | 17 | 0 | Curtis Crider | Richard Riley (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 119 | 0 |
| 15 | 7 | 6 | Cotton Owens | W.H. Watson (Car Owner) | Overheating |  | 0 | 108 | 0 |
| 16 | 8 | 11 | Junior Johnson | Paul Spaulding (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 17 | 15 | 34 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Accident | | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Richard Riley | Steve Pierce (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 19 | 13 | 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | 14 | 30 | Doug Cox | Doug Cox (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
