| 1959 Southern 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 36 of 44 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $51,990 | Race Date: | Sep 7, 1959 | Darlington Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2 Laps | Race Duration: | 4Hr 28Min 30Sec. | Darlington, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 11 | Average Speed: | 111.836 MPH | 1.366 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 50 | No. of Cautions: | 2 For 12 Laps | darlingtonraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jim Reed J. Reed | Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #7 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #3 Pontiac | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | Plymouth: | 0 | |||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Pontiac: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 152 of 364 | Pole Speed: | 123.734 MPH | |||||
| Official 1959 Southern 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 7 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 364 | 152 |
| 2 | 5 | 73 | Bob Burdick (R) | Roy Burdick (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 362 | 25 |
| 3 | 22 | 72 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 362 | 57 |
| 4 | 6 | 43 | Richard Petty (R) | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 361 | 7 |
| 5 | 16 | 36 | Tommy Irwin | Tommy Irwin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 358 | 0 |
| 6 | 32 | 88 | Jim Paschal | Lynton Tyson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 356 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Fireball Roberts | Jim Stephens (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 354 | 42 |
| 8 | 20 | 76 | Larry Frank | Carolina Plating | Running | | 0 | 350 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | 87 | Buck Baker | Lynton Tyson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 347 | 0 |
| 10 | 18 | 41 | Jimmy Thompson | Delta Auto Sales | Running | | 0 | 346 | 0 |
| 11 | 28 | 64 | Shep Langdon | Shep Langdon (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 345 | 0 |
| 12 | 25 | 27 | Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Running | | 0 | 343 | 0 |
| 13 | 12 | 2 | Joe Caspolich | City of Florence | Running |  | 0 | 342 | 0 |
| 14 | 3 | 22 | Speedy Thompson | Ogden-Ridgeway | | 0 | 333 | 2 | |
| 15 | 29 | 16 | Charlie Cregar | Happy Steigel (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 331 | 0 |
| 16 | 34 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 328 | 0 |
| 17 | 4 | 4 | Rex White | Rex White (Car Owner) | Driveshaft | | 0 | 326 | 0 |
| 18 | 39 | 66 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 326 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | 6 | Cotton Owens | Thunder Chicken | Running | | 0 | 320 | 24 |
| 20 | 9 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 319 | 0 |
| 21 | 32 | 56 | Bud Crothers | Bud Crothers (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 318 | 0 |
| 22 | 47 | 35 | Al White | Salad Bowl Restaurant | Running | | 0 | 286 | 0 |
| 23 | 31 | 34 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Battery | | 0 | 272 | 0 |
| 24 | 30 | 13 | Earl Balmer | Tommy Thompson (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 234 | 0 |
| 25 | 27 | 26 | Dick Blackwell | Tommy Irwin (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 225 | 0 |
| 26 | 24 | 20 | Tiny Lund | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Clutch | | 0 | 221 | 0 |
| 27 | 33 | 30 | Cale Yarborough | Bob Weatherly (Car Owner) | Tire | | 0 | 219 | 0 |
| 28 | 10 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | | 0 | 218 | 0 | |
| 29 | 21 | 98 | Marvin Panch | Tom Vernon | Camshaft | | 0 | 194 | 0 |
| 30 | 50 | 55 | Johnny Patterson | Bernard Friedland (Car Owner) | | 0 | 180 | 0 | |
| 31 | 7 | 93 | Banjo Matthews | Ford Power Products | Accident | | 0 | 178 | 55 |
| 32 | 46 | 32 | George Green | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 175 | 0 |
| 33 | 35 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | | 0 | 166 | 0 | |
| 34 | 38 | 5 | Bob Duell | Julian Buesink (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 35 | 11 | 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 130 | 0 |
| 36 | 17 | 59 | Tom Pistone | Rupert Safety Belt | Engine | | 0 | 119 | 0 |
| 37 | 41 | 91 | Neil Castles | Running | | 0 | 92 | 0 | |
| 38 | 13 | 92 | Possum Jones | Gerald Duke (Car Owner) | Brakes | | 0 | 74 | 0 |
| 39 | 43 | 83 | Lennie Page | Lennie Page (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 71 | 0 |
| 40 | 40 | 95 | Buddy Baker (R) | Julian Buesink (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| 41 | 42 | 23 | Bob Perry | Bob Perry (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| 42 | 49 | 44 | Joe Lee Johnson | Chester Barron (Car Owner) | Transmission | | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| 43 | 8 | 12 | Joe Weatherly | Delta Auto Sales | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 54 | 0 |
| 44 | 36 | 71 | Dick Joslin | Dick Joslin (Car Owner) | Head Gasket |  | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 45 | 2 | 10 | Elmo Langley | Ratus Walters (Car Owner) | Engine |  | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 46 | 26 | 61 | Joe Eubanks | W.H. Watson (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 47 | 48 | 15 | Marvin Porter | Marvin Porter (Car Owner) | Head Gasket | | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 48 | 45 | 82 | Elmo Henderson | Don Every (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 49 | 44 | 86 | Larry Flynn | Larry Flynn (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 50 | 37 | 14 | Carl Burris | Engine | | 0 | 2 | 0 |
