| 1959 Southern States 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 28 of 44 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,985 | Race Date: | Jul 26, 1959 | Southern States Fairgrounds | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 2Hr 1Min 5Sec. | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 3 | Average Speed: | 49.553 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 35 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jack Smith J. Smith | Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #47 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #87 Chevrolet | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | Gunderman Racing | Ford: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Bud Moore | Crew Chief: | Plymouth: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 1 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 63.070 MPH | |||||
| Official 1959 Southern States 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 5 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 2 | 33 | 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 87 | Buck Baker | Lynton Tyson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | 6 | Cotton Owens | W.H. Watson (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 5 | 28 | 76 | Larry Frank | Carolina Plating | Running | | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 72 | Ralph Moody | John Dodd Sr. (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 7 | 25 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | 88 | Buddy Baker (R) | Lynton Tyson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 194 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | 21 | Glen Wood | Wood Brothers Racing | | 0 | 193 | 0 | |
| 10 | 4 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises |  | 0 | 193 | 0 | |
| 11 | 8 | 5 | Tiny Lund | Lund racing | Running | | 0 | 191 | 0 |
| 12 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty (R) | Petty Enterprises |  | 0 | 189 | 0 | |
| 13 | 19 | 32 | George Green | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 185 | 0 |
| 14 | 23 | 62 | Buck Brigance | Running | | 0 | 182 | 0 | |
| 15 | 21 | 97 | Jim Austin | Jim Austin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 16 | 32 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | 28 | Neil Castles | Harvey Hege (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 179 | 0 |
| 18 | 27 | 0 | Richard Riley | Richard Riley (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 177 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | 96 | Bobby Keck | Bobby Keck (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 174 | 0 |
| 20 | 6 | 30 | Doug Cox | Doug Cox (Car Owner) | Distributor | | 0 | 170 | 0 |
| 21 | 34 | 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 166 | 0 |
| 22 | 12 | 82 | Elmo Henderson | Elmo Henderson (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 23 | 30 | 14 | Gene White | Manley Britt (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 155 | 0 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Speedy Thompson | Bruce Thompson (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 138 | 0 |
| 25 | 26 | 89 | Banjo Matthews | Lynton Tyson (Car Owner) | Transmission | | 0 | 137 | 0 |
| 26 | 9 | 41 | Joe Weatherly | Delta Auto Sales | Accident | | 0 | 129 | 0 |
| 27 | 13 | 34 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 114 | 0 |
| 28 | 22 | 15 | Aubrey Boles | Aubrey Boles (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 114 | 0 |
| 29 | 35 | 711 | Bill Poor | Bill Poor (Car Owner) | Fuel Pump | | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| 30 | 16 | 36 | Tommy Irwin | Tommy Irwin (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| 31 | 14 | 45 | Bobby Waddell | Bobby Waddell (Car Owner) | | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| 32 | 29 | 4 | Joe Halton | | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 33 | 15 | 63 | R.L. Combs | R.L. Combs (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 34 | 31 | 17 | Fred Harb | Fred Harb (Car Owner) | Radiator | | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 35 | 18 | 11 | Junior Johnson | Paul Spaulding (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 7 | 0 |
