1959 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Firecracker 250 Race Results

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1959 - Firecracker 250 Race Results

Race Name - Firecracker 250
Date - 7/4/1959
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 144.997 mph
Number of Cautions - 0
Caution Laps - 0
Average Race Speed - 140.58 mph
Lead Changes - 7
Total Race Purse - $26,360
Race Number - 26

More Races from 1959

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Fireball Roberts	3	Jim Stephens	100	59 Pontiac	84	$7,050
2	12	Joe Weatherly	12	Bob Bennett Motors (Doc White)	100	59 T-Bird	8	$4,625
3	11	Johnny Allen	22	Smith Radiator (WJ Ridgeway)	99	59 Chevrol	0	$1,925
4	5	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	99	59 Chevrol	1	$1,175
5	3	Eduardo Dibos	37	Peru (Van Acker)	98	59 T-Bird	0	$725
6	2	Bob Burdick	73	Roy Burdick	97	59 T-Bird	0	$1,850
7	13	Tom Pistone	59	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	96	59 T-Bird	7	$720
8	21	Cotton Owens	6	WH Watson	95	59 T-Bird	0	$500
9	14	Tommy Irwin	36	Tommy Irwin	95	59 T-Bird	0	$1,100
10	7	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	95	59 Chevrol	0	$400
11	17	Speedy Thompson	41	Delta Auto Sales (Doc White)	94	59 T-Bird	0	$375
12	6	Gene White	44		92	59 Chevrol	0	$700
13	18	Benny Rakestraw	20	Spook Crawford	92	57 Mercury	0	$500
14	16	George Alsobrook	92	Joe Jones	92	57 Ford	0	$450
15	29	Tommy Thompson	13	Tommy Thompson	90	59 Chevrol	0	$300
16	34	Shorty Rollins	83	AJ Blackwelder	90	58 Ford	0	$300
17	22	Larry Frank	76	Carolina Plating (Larry Frank)	89	57 Chevrol	0	$350
18	37	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	89	57 Chevrol	0	$200
19	20	Joe Lee Johnson	77	Honest Charley (Joe Lee Johnson)	88	57 Chevrol	0	$325
20	24	Ken Rush	14	Manley Britt	88	58 Ford	0	$300
21	31	Dick Joslin	71	Dick Joslin	87	57 Dodge	0	$150
22	10	Wilbur Rakestraw	99	Talmadge Cochrane	87	57 Mercury	0	$300
23	23	Rex White	4	Idewild Homes (Rex White)	86	59 Chevrol	0	$135
24	33	Larry Flynn	86	Larry Flynn	85	57 Ford	0	$125
25	32	Roy Tyner	89	Roy Tyner	84	58 Chevrol	0	$125
26	4	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	78	59 Plymout	0	$200
27	27	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	77	59 Chevrol	0	$210
28	26	George Green	32	Jess Potter	73	58 Chevrol	0	$150
29	15	Charlie Cregar	16	Happy Steigel	70	59 Pontiac	0	$110
30	9	John Paschall	60		67	58 Ford	0	$100
31	35	Dick Foley	66	Dick Foley	60	59 Chevrol	0	$100
32	36	Jim Austin	97	Jim Austin	33	59 Ford	0	$100
33	19	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	27	59 Plymout	0	$200
34	30	GC Spencer	34	GC Spencer	16	57 Chevrol	0	$135
35	25	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	12	59 Chevrol	0	$100
36	8	Elmo Langley	10	Ratus Walters	11	59 Buick	0	$125
37	28	Joe Eubanks	82	Don Every	2	58 Pontiac	0	$125