1959 Western North Carolina 500

Race 32 of 44

Asheville-Weaverville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:28:49
Average speed of winner: 71.833 mph
Margin of victory: 3 laps
Lead changes: N/A among N/A drivers
Lead changes: N/A
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: 1-497 unknown, Welborn 498-500

Race notes: Last win for Bob Welborn. Debut for Earl Balmer and Bill Scott.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Bob Welborn	49		'59 Chevrolet	Welborn			500	1	3	running	3200	0
2	9	Lee Petty	42		'59 Plymouth	Petty	Petty		497	0	0	running	2025	0
3	5	Jack Smith	47		'59 Chevrolet	Jack Smith	Moore		493	0	0	running	1325	0
4	6	Joe Lee Johnson	77	Honest Charley	'57 Chevrolet	Joe Lee Johnson			489	0	0	running	975	0
5	1	Rex White	4		'59 Chevrolet	Rex White		77.687	489	0	0	running	800	0
6	12	Larry Frank	76	Carolina Plating	'57 Chevrolet	Larry Frank			486	0	0	running	700	0
7	19	Cotton Owens	6		'59 Ford Thunderbird	W.H. Watson			484	0	0	running	625	0
8	11	Buck Baker	88		'59 Chevrolet	Buck Baker			484	0	0	running	575	0
9	27	Marvin Porter	12		'58 Ford	Marvin Porter			480	0	0	running	455	0
10	3	Bobby Johns	72		'57 Chevrolet	Shorty Johns			470	0	0	running	425	0
11	37	Bob Duell	95		'59 Ford	Buesink			466	0	0	running	400	0
12	31	G.C. Spencer	34		'57 Chevrolet				463	0	0	fuel	375	0
13	29	Shep Langdon	64		'58 Ford	Langdon			457	0	0	running	325	0
14	13	Tiny Lund	5		'57 Chevrolet				455	0	0	running	275	0
15	38	L.D. Austin	74		'57 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			454	0	0	running	250	0
16	26	George Green	32		'57 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			453	0	0	running	250	0
17	21	Ned Jarrett	11		'57 Ford	Jarrett	Allman		452	0	0	running	250	0
18	36	Dominic Persicketti	27		'57 Ford				444	0	0	running	225	0
19	28	George Alsobrook	192		'57 Ford	B.J. Jones			425	0	0	running	225	0
20	30	Benny Rakestraw	20		'57 Mercury				420	0	0	fuel	220	0
21	23	Herman Beam	19		'57 Chevrolet	Beam			410	0	0	axle	210	0
22	18	Roy Tyner	9		'57 Chevrolet	Tyner			407	0	0	axle	200	0
23	8	Elmo Langley	10		'59 Buick	Ratus Walters			379	0	0	rear end	175	0
24	25	Harlan Richardson	22		'58 Ford				342	0	0	running	150	0
25	41	Whitey Norman	46		'57 Chevrolet				339	0	0	running	140	0
26	22	Richard Petty	43		'59 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		281	0	0	accident	100	0
27	24	Bud Crothers	16		'57 Chevrolet				266	0	0	oil pressure	100	0
28	2	Glen Wood	21		'58 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		254	0	0	drive shaft	100	0
29	17	Dave White	40		'58 Chevrolet				216	0	0	axle	100	0
30	35	Earl Balmer	13		'59 Chevrolet				202	0	0	engine	100	0
31	7	Tommy Irwin	36		'59 Ford Thunderbird	Irwin			187	0	0	engine	0	0
32	20	Gene White	25		'57 Chevrolet	Gene White			158	0	0	engine	0	0
33	34	Neil Castles	86		'56 Ford	Castles			144	0	0	spindle	0	0
34	39	Tom Pistone	59	Rupert Belt	'59 Ford Thunderbird	Rupert			142	0	0	engine	0	0
35	10	Banjo Matthews	93	T-Bird Power Products	'59 Ford Thunderbird	Banjo Matthews			123	0	0	shocks	0	0
36	16	Fred Harb	17		'57 Ford	Harb			83	0	0	engine	0	0
37	15	Speedy Thompson	92		'59 Ford Thunderbird	Gerald Duke			75	0	0	hub	0	0
38	33	Bill Scott	23		'57 Chevrolet				65	0	0	heating	0	0
39	40	Freddy Fryar	18	Red Bank	'57 Pontiac	Griffith			53	0	0	pistons	0	0
40	14	Joe Weatherly	41	Delta Auto Sales	'59 Ford Thunderbird	Doc White			44	0	0	engine	0	0
41	32	Brownie King	31		'57 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			44	0	0	fan belt	0	0