NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1959 - 21 Race Results
| Race Name - 21Date - 6/18/1959Race Track - Columbia SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 64.865 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 58.726 mphLead Changes - 5Total Race Purse - $3,785Race Number - 21 | More Races from 1959 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 3 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 200 | 59 Plymout | 7 | $900 |
| 2 | 10 | Tommy Irwin | 36 | Tommy Irwin | 200 | 59 T-Bird | 63 | $525 |
| 3 | 4 | Buck Baker | 87 | Buck Baker | 200 | 59 Chevrol | 87 | $350 |
| 4 | 11 | Benny Rakestraw | 20 | Spook Crawford | 196 | 57 Mercury | 0 | $250 |
| 5 | 2 | Joe Weatherly | 41 | Delta Auto Sales (Doc White) | 196 | 59 T-Bird | 43 | $225 |
| 6 | 1 | Bob Burdick | 73 | Roy Burdick | 194 | 59 T-Bird | 0 | $200 |
| 7 | 12 | Buddy Baker | 89 | Buck Baker | 193 | 58 Chevrol | 0 | $165 |
| 8 | 18 | LD Austin | 74 | LD Austin | 188 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $150 |
| 9 | 19 | Herman Beam | 19 | Herman Beam | 188 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $140 |
| 10 | 16 | Harvey Hege | 28 | Harvey Hege | 169 | 57 Mercury | 0 | $130 |
| 11 | 20 | Shep Langdon | 64 | Shep Langdon | 167 | 58 Ford | 0 | $125 |
| 12 | 5 | Roy Tyner | 9 | Roy Tyner | 165 | 59 Chevrol | 0 | $110 |
| 13 | 9 | Ken Rush | 4 | Julian Petty | 146 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
| 14 | 17 | Curtis Crider | 0 | Richard Riley | 119 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $85 |
| 15 | 7 | Cotton Owens | 6 | WH Watson | 108 | 58 Pontiac | 0 | $70 |
| 16 | 8 | Junior Johnson | 11 | Paul Spaulding | 43 | 57 Ford | 0 | $60 |
| 17 | 15 | GC Spencer | 34 | GC Spencer | 42 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
| 18 | 6 | Richard Riley | 1 | Steve Pierce | 42 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
| 19 | 13 | Bob Welborn | 49 | Bob Welborn | 1 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
| 20 | 14 | Doug Cox | 30 | Doug Cox | 1 | 58 Ford | 0 | $50 |
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