1959 Daytona 500 Qualifier

Race 2 of 44

Daytona
40 laps
Time of race: 0:41:54
Average speed of winner: 143.198 mph
Margin of victory: 1/2 car length
Lead changes: 10 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: Roberts pole, Weatherly 1, Welborn 2-6, Turner 7, Welborn 8-12, Turner 13, Welborn 14-23, Wilson 24-26, Welborn 27, Wilson 28, Welborn 29-40

Race notes: Debut for Raul Cilloniz, Eduardo Dibos, Jim McGuirk, Bob Potter, Harold Smith, and Fritz Wilson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Bob Welborn	49		'59 Chevrolet	Welborn			40	5	33	running	800	0
2	15	Fritz Wilson	64	Museum of Speed	'59 Ford Thunderbird	Fritz Wilson			40	2	4	running	525	0
3	6	Tom Pistone	59	Rupert Safety Belt	'59 Ford Thunderbird	Rupert			40	0	0	running	350	0
4	3	Joe Weatherly	48		'59 Chevrolet	E.C. Wilson			40	1	1	running	250	0
5	18	Eduardo Dibos	37	"Peru"	'59 Ford Thunderbird	Van Acker			39	0	0	running	225	0
6	23	Cotton Owens	6		'58 Pontiac	W.H. Watson		143.198	39	0	0	running	200	0
7	17	Tiny Lund	88		'59 Chevrolet	Buck Baker			39	0	0	running	165	0
8	14	Lee Petty	42		'59 Oldsmobile	Petty	Petty		39	0	0	running	150	0
9	9	Charley Griffith	18	Red Bank	'57 Pontiac	Griffith			38	0	0	running	140	0
10	24	Rex White	4	Idlewild Holmes	'59 Chevrolet	Rex White			38	0	0	running	130	0
11	8	Johnny Beauchamp	73		'59 Ford Thunderbird	Roy Burdick			38	0	0	running	125	0
12	28	Bernie Hentges	81		'59 DeSoto				38	0	0	running	110	0
13	27	Dick Freeman	29		'59 Chevrolet				38	0	0	running	100	0
14	38	Dick Joslin	71		'57 Dodge				38	0	0	running	85	0
15	5	Bobby Johns	72		'57 Chevrolet	Shorty Johns			38	0	0	running	70	0
16	12	Speedy Thompson	1		'57 Chevrolet	Steve Pierce			38	0	0	running	60	0
17	21	Junior Johnson	11		'57 Ford	Spaulding			37	0	0	running	50	0
18	30	Raul Cilloniz	38		'58 Ford	Cilloniz			37	0	0	running	50	0
19	20	Ken Johnson	53		'57 Ford				37	0	0	running	50	0
20	26	Jim Reed	7		'59 Chevrolet	Jim Reed			35	0	0	running	50	0
21	22	Harold Smith	69		'59 Studebaker				35	0	0	running	50	0
22	33	Herman Beam	19		'57 Chevrolet	Beam			35	0	0	running	50	0
23	13	Carl Tyler	86		'57 Ford	Carl Tyler			34	0	0	running	50	0
24	2	Tim Flock	15		'59 Ford Thunderbird	Beau Morgan			30	0	0	push rod	50	0
25	29	Roy Tyner	9		'57 Chevrolet	Tyner			29	0	0	coil	0	0
26	10	Roscoe Thompson	58		'57 Chevrolet				28	0	0	engine	0	0
27	4	Jack Smith	47	Bud Moore Garage	'59 Chevrolet	Jack Smith	Moore		20	0	0	accident	0	0
28	16	Buck Baker	87		'59 Chevrolet	Buck Baker			20	0	0	accident	0	0
29	37	Curtis Turner	41	Delta Auto Sales	'59 Ford Thunderbird	Doc White			17	2	2	transmission	0	0
30	11	Elmo Langley	10		'57 Ford	Ratus Walters			17	0	0	heating	0	0
31	19	Bob Duell	95		'59 Ford	Buesink			17	0	0	heating	0	0
32	32	Jim McGuirk	16		'59 Pontiac				15	0	0	distributor	0	0
33	1	Fireball Roberts	3		'59 Pontiac	Jim Stephens		140.581	14	0	0	distributor	0	0
34	25	Bob Potter	24		'59 Chevrolet				13	0	0	tires	0	0
35	36	Bob Pronger	83		'58 Ford				13	0	0	gasket	0	0
36	31	Bob Rose	80		'57 Chevrolet	Sam Arena			11	0	0	steering	0	0
37	34	Dick Foley	66		'59 Chevrolet				9	0	0	engine	0	0
38	35	L.D. Austin	74		'57 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			1	0	0	steering	0	0