1959 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Western North Carolina 500 Race Results

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1959 - Western North Carolina 500 Race Results

Race Name - Western North Carolina 500
Date - 8/16/1959
Race Track - Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 77.687 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 71.633 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $15,275
Race Number - 32

More Races from 1959

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	500	59 Chevrol	1	$3,200
2	9	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	497	59 Plymout		$2,025
3	5	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	493	59 Chevrol		$1,325
4	6	Joe Lee Johnson	77	Honest Charley (Joe Lee Johnson)	489	57 Chevrol		$975
5	1	Rex White	4	Rex White	489	59 Chevrol		$800
6	12	Larry Frank	76	Carolina Plating (Larry Frank)	486	57 Chevrol		$700
7	19	Cotton Owens	6	WH Watson	484	59 T-Bird		$625
8	11	Buck Baker	88	Lynton Tyson	484	59 Chevrol		$575
9	27	Marvin Porter	12	Marvin Porter	480	58 Ford		$455
10	3	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	470	57 Chevrol		$425
11	37	Bob Duell	95	Julian Buesink	466	59 Ford		$400
12	31	GC Spencer	34	GC Spencer	463	57 Chevrol		$375
13	29	Shep Langdon	64	Shep Langdon	457	58 Ford		$325
14	13	Tiny Lund	5	Tiny Lund	455	57 Chevrol		$275
15	38	LD Austin	74	LD Austin	454	57 Chevrol		$250
16	26	George Green	32	Jess Potter	453	57 Chevrol		$250
17	21	Ned Jarrett	11	Ned Jarrett	452	57 Ford		$250
18	36	Dominic Persicketti	27		444	57 Ford		$225
19	28	George Alsobrook	192	Joe Jones	425	57 Ford		$225
20	30	Benny Rakestraw	20	Spook Crawford	420	57 Mercury		$220
21	23	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	410	57 Chevrol		$210
22	18	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	407	57 Chevrol		$200
23	8	Elmo Langley	10	Ratus Walters	379	59 Buick		$175
24	25	Harlan Richardson	22	Harlan Richardson	342	58 Ford		$150
25	41	Whitey Norman	46	Whitey Norman	339	57 Chevrol		$140
26	22	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	281	59 Plymout		$100
27	24	Bud Crothers	16	Bud Crothers	266	57 Chevrol		$100
28	2	Glen Wood	21	Wood Brothers	254	58 Ford		$100
29	17	Dave White	40	Dave White	216	58 Chevrol		$100
30	35	Earl Balmer	13	Tommy Thompson	202	59 Chevrol		$100
31	7	Tommy Irwin	36	Tommy Irwin	187	59 T-Bird		$
32	20	Gene White	25	Gene White	158	57 Chevrol		$
33	34	Neil Castles	86	Neil Castles	144	56 Ford		$
34	39	Tom Pistone	59	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	142	59 T-Bird		$
35	10	Banjo Matthews	93	TBird Power Products (Banjo Matthews)	123	59 T-Bird		$
36	16	Fred Harb	17	Fred Harb	83	57 Ford		$
37	15	Speedy Thompson	92	Gerald Duke	75	59 T-Bird		$
38	33	Bill Scott	23		65	57 Chevrol		$
39	40	Freddy Fryar	18	Red Bank (Charley Griffith)	53	57 Pontiac		$
40	14	Joe Weatherly	41	Delta Auto Sales (Doc White)	44	59 T-Bird		$
41	32	Brownie King	31	Jess Potter	44	57 Chevrol		$