| 1959 Ashville-Weaverville 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 42 of 44 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,985 | Race Date: | Oct 11, 1959 | Asheville-Weaverville Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 1Hr 18Min 30Sec. | Weaverville, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 76.433 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 29 | No. of Cautions: | 3 | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Lee Petty L. Petty | Driver: | Tommy Irwin T. Irwin | Plymouth: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #42 Plymouth | Car No.: | #36 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Morgan Dollar Motorsports | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Lee Petty | Crew Chief: | Dodge: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 1 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 78.568 MPH | |||||
| Official 1959 Ashville-Weaverville 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 4 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 16 | Glen Wood | Wood Brothers Racing | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 199 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | 4 | Rex White | Rex White (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 199 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty (R) | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 76 | Larry Frank | Carolina Plating | Running | | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 7 | 14 | 77 | Joe Lee Johnson | Honest Charley | Running | | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 8 | 19 | 38 | Ned Jarrett | Ned Jarrett (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 11 | Junior Johnson | Paul Spaulding (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 194 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | 6 | Cotton Owens | Thunder Chicken | Running | | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | 88 | Buck Baker | Lynton Tyson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | 15 | Speedy Thompson | Beau Morgan (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 187 | 0 |
| 14 | 16 | 17 | Fred Harb | Fred Harb (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 184 | 0 |
| 15 | 26 | 12 | Benny Rakestraw | Joe Jones (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 16 | 28 | 64 | L.D. Austin | Shep Langdon (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 180 | 0 |
| 17 | 23 | 78 | Jimmie Lewallen | Running | | 0 | 179 | 0 | |
| 18 | 25 | 18 | Jerry Smith | Red Bank | Running |  | 0 | 178 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 177 | 0 |
| 20 | 24 | 26 | Dick Blackwell | Running | | 0 | 175 | 0 | |
| 21 | 5 | 72 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 171 | 0 |
| 22 | 29 | 62 | Buck Brigance | Rear Gear | | 0 | 169 | 0 | |
| 23 | 22 | 66 | Bill Morton | Bill Morton (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 164 | 0 |
| 24 | 21 | 31 | Brownie King | City Motor Company | Running | | 0 | 138 | 0 |
| 25 | 27 | 13 | Chuck Tombs | Tommy Thompson (Car Owner) | Hub | | 0 | 134 | 0 |
| 26 | 17 | 32 | Layman Utsman | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | | 0 | 124 | 0 | |
| 27 | 10 | 20 | Tiny Lund | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 119 | 0 |
| 28 | 1 | 36 | Tommy Irwin | Tommy Irwin (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 96 | 0 |
| 29 | 12 | 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn (Car Owner) | Sway Bar | | 0 | 81 | 0 |
