1959 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Virginia 500 Race Results

NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race

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.

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. 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 - Virginia 500 Race Results

Race Name - Virginia 500
Date - 5/3/1959
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 66.03 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 59.512 mph
Lead Changes - 4
Total Race Purse - $12,115
Race Number - 13

More Races from 1959

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	24	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	500	57 Oldsmob	337	$3,630
2	20	Johnny Beauchamp	76	Carolina Plating (Beau Morgan)	495	57 Chevrol	0	$1,625
3	32	Junior Johnson	11	Paul Spaulding	495	57 Ford	78	$1,205
4	10	Tom Pistone	59	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	491	59 T-Bird	0	$775
5	18	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	491	57 Chevrol	0	$600
6	34	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	490	57 Chevrol	0	$500
7	25	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	490	57 Oldsmob	0	$375
8	31	Joe Weatherly	41	Delta Auto Sales (Doc White)	489	59 T-Bird	0	$375
9	17	Shorty Rollins	99	Shortys (Shorty Rollins)	486	58 Ford	0	$300
10	3	Cotton Owens	6	WH Watson	484	58 Pontiac	0	$300
11	19	Glen Wood	21	Wood Brothers	482	58 Ford	13	$230
12	11	Dave White	40	Dave White	479	58 Chevrol	0	$150
13	16	Tiny Lund	5	Tiny Lund	478	57 Chevrol	0	$135
14	29	Dick Freeman	29	Dick Freeman	469	59 Chevrol	0	$125
15	9	Rex White	4	Rex White	468	59 Chevrol	0	$125
16	4	Ken Rush	44	Chester Barron	468	57 Chevrol	0	$110
17	12	GC Spencer	34	GC Spencer	467	57 Chevrol	0	$110
18	6	Brownie King	32	Jess Potter	466	58 Chevrol	0	$100
19	14	Speedy Thompson	1	Steve Pierce	464	57 Chevrol	0	$100
20	7	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	462	57 Chevrol	0	$100
21	33	Fred Harb	17	Fred Harb	461	57 Mercury	0	$100
22	35	Bunk Moore	3		460	58 Ford	0	$100
23	5	Shep Langdon	64	Shep Langdon	453	58 Ford	0	$90
24	8	LD Austin	74	LD Austin	453	57 Chevrol	0	$90
25	28	Fireball Roberts	48	EC Wilson	385	59 Chevrol	0	$85
26	40	Jim Paschal	78	Sam Rice	371	58 Ford	0	$80
27	21	Harvey Hege	81	Harvey Hege	339	57 Ford	0	$75
28	22	Fritz Wilson	114	Fritz Wilson	333	59 T-Bird	0	$75
29	1	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	297	57 Chevrol	72	$75
30	2	Joe Lee Johnson	77	Honest Charley (Joe Lee Johnson)	297	57 Chevrol	0	$125
31	37	Jerry Draper	79	Jerry Draper	278	57 Chevrol	0	$50
32	15	Tommy Irwin	36	Tommy Irwin	275	59 T-Bird	0	$50
33	30	Reds Kagle	88	Reds Kagle	222	57 Chevrol	0	$50
34	27	Bobby Keck	96	Bobby Keck	208	57 Chevrol	0	$50
35	13	George Green	33	Jess Potter	143	57 Chevrol	0	$50
36	26	Barney Shore	97	Barney Shore	76	57 Chevrol	0	$
37	36	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	47	59 Chevrol	0	$
38	38	Ben Benz	55	Bernard Friedland	40	57 Chevrol	0	$
39	23	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	31	59 Chevrol	0	$
40	29	Whitey Norman	46	Whitey Norman	23	57 Chevrol	0	$