| 1959 Old Dominion 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 41 of 44 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $15,925 | Race Date: | Sep 27, 1959 | Martinsville Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 4Hr 7Min 56Sec. | Ridgeway, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 6 | Average Speed: | 60.500 MPH | .526 Mile Paved Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 47 | No. of Cautions: | 7 | martinsvillespeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Rex White R. White | Driver: | Glen Wood G. Wood | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #4 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #16 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | White-Clemens Racing | Team: | Wood Brothers Racing | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Louis Clements | Crew Chief: | Leonard Wood | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 202 of 500 | Pole Speed: | 69.471 MPH | |||||
| Official 1959 Old Dominion 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 14 | 4 | Rex White | Rex White (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 500 | 202 |
| 2 | 1 | 16 | Glen Wood | Wood Brothers Racing | Running |  | 0 | 500 | 85 |
| 3 | 24 | 7 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 497 | 87 |
| 4 | 2 | 36 | Tommy Irwin | Tommy Irwin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 497 | 0 |
| 5 | 16 | 22 | Speedy Thompson | Ogden-Ridgeway | Running | | 0 | 497 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | 76 | Larry Frank | Carolina Plating | Running | | 0 | 496 | 39 |
| 7 | 4 | 59 | Tom Pistone | Rupert Safety Belt | Running | | 0 | 492 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 77 | Joe Lee Johnson | Honest Charley | Running | | 0 | 490 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 490 | 0 |
| 10 | 6 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 488 | 87 |
| 11 | 26 | 75 | John Dodd, Sr. | John Dodd Sr. (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 488 | 0 |
| 12 | 39 | 38 | Ned Jarrett | Ned Jarrett (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 484 | 0 |
| 13 | 27 | 41 | Ken Rush | Running | | 0 | 476 | 0 | |
| 14 | 32 | 87 | Buck Baker | Lynton Tyson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 476 | 0 |
| 15 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty (R) | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 470 | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | 32 | George Green | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 469 | 0 |
| 17 | 37 | 15 | L.D. Austin | Beau Morgan (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 469 | 0 |
| 18 | 36 | 18 | Jerry Smith | Red Bank | Running |  | 0 | 466 | 0 |
| 19 | 12 | 20 | Tiny Lund | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 451 | 0 |
| 20 | 4 | 5 | Bunk Moore | Tiny Lund (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 451 | 0 |
| 21 | 42 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 447 | 0 |
| 22 | 21 | 14 | Bill Taylor | Manley Britt (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 439 | 0 |
| 23 | 17 | 31 | Brownie King | City Motor Company | Engine | | 0 | 434 | 0 |
| 24 | 8 | 72 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 431 | 0 |
| 25 | 28 | 64 | Shep Langdon | Shep Langdon (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 425 | 0 |
| 26 | 29 | 45 | Aubrey Boles | Aubrey Boles (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 405 | 0 |
| 27 | 23 | 63 | R.L. Combs | R.L. Combs (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 404 | 0 |
| 28 | 9 | 2 | Jimmy Thompson | Bruce Thompson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 318 | 0 |
| 29 | 22 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 305 | 0 |
| 30 | 30 | 88 | Fireball Roberts | Lynton Tyson (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 303 | 0 |
| 31 | 25 | 86 | Ervin Carpenter | Castles Racing | Accident | | 0 | 299 | 0 |
| 32 | 31 | 27 | E.J. Trivette | E.J. Trivette (Car Owner) | Radiator | | 0 | 293 | 0 |
| 33 | 10 | 6 | Cotton Owens | Thunder Chicken | Rear Gear | | 0 | 279 | 0 |
| 34 | 34 | 34 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Transmission | | 0 | 263 | 0 |
| 35 | 35 | 46 | Whitey Norman | Whitey Norman (Car Owner) | | 0 | 259 | 0 | |
| 36 | 41 | 62 | Buck Brigance | Rear Gear | | 0 | 229 | 0 | |
| 37 | 13 | 25 | Gene White | Gene White (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 224 | 0 |
| 38 | 18 | 98 | Marvin Panch | Tom Vernon | Fuel Pump | | 0 | 224 | 0 |
| 39 | 20 | 93 | Banjo Matthews | Ford Power Products | Rear Gear | | 0 | 216 | 0 |
| 40 | 11 | 10 | Elmo Langley | Ratus Walters (Car Owner) | Clutch |  | 0 | 180 | 0 |
| 41 | 33 | 40 | Joe Halton | Engine | | 0 | 157 | 0 | |
| 42 | 43 | 55 | Ben Benz | Bernard Friedland (Car Owner) | Clutch | | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 43 | 44 | 33 | Bill Scott | Clutch | | 0 | 151 | 0 | |
| 44 | 47 | 17 | Fred Harb | Fred Harb (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 76 | 0 |
| 45 | 46 | 58 | Johnny Beauchamp | Steering | | 0 | 50 | 0 | |
| 46 | 48 | 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 47 | 38 | 78 | Jimmie Lewallen | Accident | | 0 | 2 | 0 |
