| 1959 Nashville 300 NASCAR Cup Series Race 31 of 44 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $11,450 | Race Date: | Aug 9, 1959 | Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville | |
| Margin of Victory: | 3 Laps | Race Duration: | 2Hr 22Min 5Sec. | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 63.343 MPH | .5 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 30 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | http | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Joe Lee Johnson J. Johnson | Driver: | Rex White R. White | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #77 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #4 Chevrolet | Buick: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | White-Clemens Racing | Plymouth: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Louis Clements | Ford: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 1 of 300 | Pole Speed: | 74.044 MPH | |||||
| Official 1959 Nashville 300 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 77 | Joe Lee Johnson | Honest Charley | Running |  | 0 | 300 | 83 |
| 2 | 4 | 76 | Larry Frank | Carolina Plating | Running | | 0 | 297 | 0 |
| 3 | 12 | 10 | Elmo Langley | Ratus Walters (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 297 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 297 | 42 |
| 5 | 10 | 36 | Tommy Irwin | Tommy Irwin (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 295 | 0 |
| 6 | 16 | 9 | Cotton Owens | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 290 | 0 |
| 7 | 22 | 41 | Joe Weatherly | Delta Auto Sales | Running | | 0 | 289 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | 25 | Gene White | Gene White (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 286 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 12 | Bob Reuther | Marvin Porter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 284 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | 16 | Bud Crothers | Bud Crothers (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 283 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | 87 | Buck Baker | Lynton Tyson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 281 | 0 |
| 12 | 20 | 34 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | | 0 | 278 | 0 | |
| 13 | 26 | 192 | George Alsobrook | Joe Jones (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 277 | 0 |
| 14 | 30 | 32 | George Green | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 273 | 0 |
| 15 | 17 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 262 | 0 |
| 16 | 25 | 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 251 | 0 |
| 17 | 19 | 92 | Gerald Duke | Gerald Duke (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 249 | 0 |
| 18 | 6 | 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn (Car Owner) | | 0 | 234 | 0 | |
| 19 | 13 | 22 | Harlan Richardson | Harlan Richardson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 224 | 0 |
| 20 | 9 | 189 | Herb Lewis | Lynton Tyson (Car Owner) | Ball Joint | | 0 | 221 | 0 |
| 21 | 29 | 20 | Benny Rakestraw | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 213 | 0 |
| 22 | 21 | 97 | Jim Austin | Jim Austin (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 211 | 0 |
| 23 | 15 | 110 | Jimmy Mairs | Jimmy Mairs | Engine | | 0 | 202 | 0 |
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Rex White | Rex White (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 176 | 175 |
| 25 | 24 | 31 | Brownie King | City Motor Company | Fan Belt | | 0 | 84 | 0 |
| 26 | 23 | 13 | Andy Hampton | Tommy Thompson (Car Owner) | Hub | | 0 | 76 | 0 |
| 27 | 27 | 59 | Tom Pistone | Rupert Safety Belt | Engine | | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| 28 | 18 | 44 | Tiny Lund | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 29 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty (R) | Petty Enterprises | Engine | | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 30 | 28 | 89 | Buddy Baker (R) | Lynton Tyson (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 10 | 0 |
