1959 Daytona 500

Race 3 of 44

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 3:41:22
Average speed of winner: 135.521 mph
Margin of victory: 2 feet
Lead changes: 33 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: Welborn 1, Pistone 2-3, Welborn 4-7, Pistone 8, Welborn 9-10, Weatherly 11-13, Pistone 14-16, Weatherly 17-18, Welborn 19-20, Pistone 21, Weatherly 22, Roberts 23-43, Beauchamp 44-49, Pistone 50-57, J. Smith 58-65, Pistone 66, J. Smith 67, Pistone 68-86, J. Smith 87-102, Pistone 103-106, Beauchamp 107-116, J. Smith 117-148, Beauchamp 149, L. Petty 150-154, Beauchamp 155-161, L. Petty 162-182, Beauchamp 183-184, L. Petty 185-187, Beauchamp 188, L. Petty 189, Beauchamp 190-191, L. Petty 192-195, Beauchamp 196, L. Petty 197-200

Race notes: Finale for Raul Cilloniz, Bernie Hentges, Ken Marriott, Larry Odo, Gober Sosebee, and Carl Tyler. Only start for Paul Bass and Bob Said. Lee Petty took the points lead from Bob Welborn.

Video links: Highlights (Part 1), Highlights (Part 2), Highlights (Part 3)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	15	Lee Petty	42		'59 Oldsmobile	Petty	Myler		200	6	38	running	19050	0
2	21	Johnny Beauchamp	73		'59 T-Bird	Roy Burdick			200	8	30	running	7650	0
3	17	Charley Griffith	92	Red Bank	'57 Pontiac	Griffith			199	0	0	running	4600	0
4	11	Cotton Owens	6		'58 Pontiac	W.H. Watson		143.198	199	0	0	running	2525	0
5	7	Joe Weatherly	48		'59 Chevrolet	E.C. Wilson			199	3	6	running	1875	0
6	39	Jim Reed	7		'59 Chevrolet	Jim Reed			196	0	0	running	1075	0
7	41	Jack Smith	47		'59 Chevrolet	Jack Smith	Moore		196	4	57	running	2625	0
8	5	Tom Pistone	59	Rupert Safety Belt	'59 T-Bird	Rupert			195	8	39	running	1825	0
9	42	Tim Flock	15		'59 T-Bird	Beau Morgan			193	0	0	running	800	0
10	31	Speedy Thompson	1		'57 Chevrolet	Steve Pierce			193	0	0	running	600	0
11	59	Johnny Allen	8		'57 Chevrolet				192	0	0	running	400	0
12	35	Raul Cilloniz	38		'59 T-Bird	Cilloniz			192	0	0	running	500	0
13	43	Curtis Turner	41	Delta Auto Sales	'59 T-Bird	Doc White			189	0	0	running	425	0
14	33	Junior Johnson	11		'57 Ford	Spaulding			189	0	0	running	250	0
15	25	Dick Freeman	29		'59 Chevrolet				188	0	0	running	250	0
16	16	Joe Lee Johnson	77	Honest Charley	'57 Chevrolet	Joe Lee Johnson			187	0	0	running	975	0
17	4	Marvin Panch	98		'58 Ford	Tom Vernon			185	0	0	running	775	0
18	10	Gene White	25		'57 Chevrolet	Gene White			185	0	0	running	600	0
19	57	Roy Tyner	9		'57 Chevrolet	Tyner			184	0	0	running	200	0
20	18	Jimmy Thompson	2		'57 Chevrolet	Bruce Thompson			182	0	0	running	500	0
21	49	Herman Beam	19		'57 Chevrolet	Beam			182	0	0	running	165	0
22	22	Wilbur Rakestraw	92		'57 Ford	B.J. Jones			181	0	0	running	250	0
23	53	Jim McGuirk	16		'59 Pontiac				181	0	0	running	150	0
24	12	Larry Frank	76	Carolina Plating	'57 Chevrolet	Larry Frank			178	0	0	running	250	0
25	48	Elmo Langley	10		'57 Ford	Ratus Walters			175	0	0	running	175	0
26	19	Rex White	4	Idlewild Homes	'59 Chevrolet	Rex White			174	0	0	engine	100	0
27	30	Ben Benz	55		'57 Chevrolet	Friedland			169	0	0	running	200	0
28	27	Dick Joslin	71		'57 Dodge				167	0	0	piston	100	0
29	24	Ken Rush	14		'57 Mercury	Britt			163	0	0	engine	200	0
30	55	Bob Rose	80		'57 Chevrolet	Sam Arena			162	0	0	running	100	0
31	50	Harold Smith	69		'59 Studebaker				159	0	0	running	110	0
32	44	Dick Foley	66		'59 Chevrolet	Dick Foley			157	0	0	running	150	0
33	28	Brownie King	32		'58 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			152	0	0	engine	150	0
34	8	Glen Wood	21		'58 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		149	0	0	clutch	100	0
35	47	Bob Pronger	83		'58 Ford				143	0	0	running	125	0
36	26	Billy Carden	39		'57 Mercury	Davis Brothers			140	0	0	running	100	0
37	23	Bernie Hentges	81		'59 DeSoto				138	0	0	engine	100	0
38	2	Shorty Rollins	99	Shorty's	'58 Ford	Rollins			115	0	0	engine	100	0
39	22	Joe Eubanks	82		'58 Ford	Every			95	0	0	transmission	100	0
40	13	Tiny Lund	88		'59 Chevrolet	Buck Baker			92	0	0	timing	100	0
41	1	Bob Welborn	49		'59 Chevrolet	Welborn		140.121	75	4	9	engine	325	0
42	54	Buck Baker	87		'59 Chevrolet	Buck Baker			75	0	0	timing	100	0
43	37	Ken Johnson	53		'57 Ford				67	0	0	push rod	100	0
44	58	L.D. Austin	74		'57 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			65	0	0	generator	100	0
45	46	Fireball Roberts	3		'59 Pontiac	Jim Stephens			56	1	21	fuel pump	650	0
46	40	Paul Bass	45		'58 Edsel				52	0	0	engine	100	0
47	29	Bobby Johns	72		'57 Chevrolet	Shorty Johns			46	0	0	heating	100	0
48	9	Eduardo Dibos	37	"Peru"	'59 T-Bird	Van Acker			44	0	0	suspension	100	0
49	36	Gober Sosebee	50	Cherokee Garage	'57 Chevrolet	Sosebee			44	0	0	transmission	100	0
50	20	Bob Said	89		'58 Chevrolet				42	0	0	transmission	100	0
51	51	Bob Duell	95		'59 Ford	Buesink			38	0	0	distributor	100	0
52	32	Pete Kelly	36		'57 Chevrolet				34	0	0	engine	100	0
53	45	Bob Potter	24		'59 Chevrolet				33	0	0	timing	150	0
54	52	Carl Tyler	86		'57 Ford	Carl Tyler			29	0	0	heating	100	0
55	34	George Green	33	City Motors	'57 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			21	0	0	engine	100	0
56	3	Fritz Wilson	64	Museum of Speed	'59 T-Bird	Fritz Wilson			15	0	0	piston	100	0
57	6	Richard Petty	43		'57 Oldsmobile	Petty	Inman		8	0	0	engine	100	0
58	38	Larry Odo	79		'57 Ford				3	0	0	engine	100	0
59	56	Ken Marriott	75		'58 Ford				1	0	0	engine	100	0