1959

DAY

22 February - 22 February, 1959

Daytona International Speedway

Championship

NASCAR Cup Series

round

2

Laps

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Latest results

Race

L. Petty

Petty Enterprises

J. Beauchamp

C. Griffith

Event info

Classification

NASCAR Cup

1959

DAY

GO

NASCAR Cup Series 1959 Daytona Classification

Results

Sessions:

Race

Race

Race

Pos	№	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	KP/H	Best	Lap
1	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	200	3:41:22.000			218.101
2	73	Johnny Beauchamp		200
3	18	Charley Griffith		199		1 Lap	1 Lap
4	6	Cotton Owens		199		1 Lap
5	48	Joe Weatherly		199		1 Lap
6	7	Jim Reed		196		4 Laps	3 Laps
7	47	Jack Smith		196		4 Laps
8	59	Tom Pistone		195		5 Laps	1 Lap
9	15	Tim Flock		193		7 Laps	2 Laps
10	1	Speedy Thompson		193		7 Laps
11	8	Johnny Allen		192		8 Laps	1 Lap
12	38	Raul Cilloniz		192		8 Laps
13	41	Curtis Turner		189		11 Laps	3 Laps
14	11	Junior Johnson		189		11 Laps
15	29	Dick Freeman		188		12 Laps	1 Lap
16	77	Joe Lee Johnson		187		13 Laps	1 Lap
17	98	Marvin Panch		185		15 Laps	2 Laps
18	25	Gene White		185		15 Laps
19	9	Roy Tyner		184		16 Laps	1 Lap
20	2	Jimmy Thompson		182		18 Laps	2 Laps
21	19	Herman Beam		182		18 Laps
22	92	Wilbur Rakestraw		181		19 Laps	1 Lap
23	16	Jim McGuirk		181		19 Laps
24	76	Larry Frank		178		22 Laps	3 Laps
25	10	Elmo Langley		175		25 Laps	3 Laps
26	4	Rex White		174		26 Laps	1 Lap
27	55	Ben Benz		169		31 Laps	5 Laps
28	71	Dick Joslin		167		33 Laps	2 Laps
29	14	Ken Rush		163		37 Laps	4 Laps
30	80	Bob Rose		162		38 Laps	1 Lap
31	69	Harold Smith		159		41 Laps	3 Laps
32	66	Dick Foley		157		43 Laps	2 Laps
33	32	Brownie King		152		48 Laps	5 Laps
34	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers Racing	149		51 Laps	3 Laps
35	83	Bob Pronger		143		57 Laps	6 Laps
36	39	Billy Carden		140		60 Laps	3 Laps
37	81	Bernie Hentges		138		62 Laps	2 Laps
38	99	Shorty Rollins		115		85 Laps	23 Laps
39	82	Joe Eubanks		95		105 Laps	20 Laps
40	88	Tiny Lund		92		108 Laps	3 Laps
41	49	Bob Welborn		75		125 Laps	17 Laps
42	87	Buck Baker		75		125 Laps
43	53	Ken Johnson		67		133 Laps	8 Laps
44	74	L.D. Austin		65		135 Laps	2 Laps
45	3	Fireball Roberts		56		144 Laps	9 Laps
46	45	Paul Bass		52		148 Laps	4 Laps
47	72	Bobby Johns		46		154 Laps	6 Laps
48	37	Chi Chi Dibos		44		156 Laps	2 Laps
49	50	Gober Sosebee		44		156 Laps
50	89	Bob Said		42		158 Laps	2 Laps
51	95	Bob Duell		38		162 Laps	4 Laps
52	36	Pete Kelly		34		166 Laps	4 Laps
53	24	Bob Potter		33		167 Laps	1 Lap
54	86	Carl Tyler		29		171 Laps	4 Laps
55	33	George Green		21		179 Laps	8 Laps
56	64	Fritz Wilson		15		185 Laps	6 Laps
57	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	8		192 Laps	7 Laps
58	79	Larry Odo		3		197 Laps	5 Laps
59	75	Ken Marriott		1		199 Laps	2 Laps