1959 Virginia 500

Race 13 of 44

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 4:12:03
Average speed of winner: 59.512 mph
Margin of victory: 5 laps
Lead changes: 4 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Johns 1-72, Wood 73-85, L. Petty 86-230, Ju. Johnson 231-308, L. Petty 309-500

Race notes: First pole for Bobby Johns.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	24	Lee Petty	42		'57 Oldsmobile	Petty	Petty		500	2	337	running	3630	0
2	20	Johnny Beauchamp	76	Carolina Plating	'57 Chevrolet	Larry Frank			495	0	0	running	1625	0
3	32	Junior Johnson	11		'57 Ford	Spaulding			495	1	78	running	1205	0
4	10	Tom Pistone	59	Rupert Safety Belt	'59 Ford Thunderbird	Rupert			491	0	0	running	775	0
5	18	Roy Tyner	9		'57 Chevrolet	Tyner			491	0	0	running	600	0
6	34	Bob Welborn	49		'57 Chevrolet	Welborn			490	0	0	running	500	0
7	25	Richard Petty	43		'57 Oldsmobile	Petty	Inman		490	0	0	running	375	0
8	31	Joe Weatherly	41	Delta Auto Sales	'59 Ford Thunderbird	Doc White			489	0	0	running	375	0
9	17	Shorty Rollins	99	Shorty's	'58 Ford	Rollins			486	0	0	running	300	0
10	3	Cotton Owens	6		'58 Pontiac	W.H. Watson			484	0	0	running	300	0
11	19	Glen Wood	21		'58 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		482	1	13	running	230	0
12	11	Dave White	40		'58 Chevrolet				479	0	0	running	150	0
13	16	Tiny Lund	5		'57 Chevrolet				478	0	0	running	135	0
14	39	Dick Freeman	29		'59 Chevrolet	Dick Freeman			469	0	0	vapor lock	125	0
15	9	Rex White	4		'59 Chevrolet	Rex White			468	0	0	running	125	0
16	4	Ken Rush	44		'57 Chevrolet	Chester Barron			468	0	0	running	110	0
17	12	G.C. Spencer	34		'57 Chevrolet				467	0	0	running	110	0
18	6	Brownie King	32		'58 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			466	0	0	running	100	0
19	14	Speedy Thompson	1		'57 Chevrolet	Steve Pierce			464	0	0	bearing	100	0
20	7	Herman Beam	19		'57 Chevrolet	Beam			462	0	0	running	100	0
21	33	Fred Harb	17		'57 Mercury	Harb			461	0	0	running	100	0
22	35	Bunk Moore	3		'58 Ford				460	0	0	running	100	0
23	5	Shep Langdon	64		'58 Ford	Langdon			453	0	0	running	90	0
24	8	L.D. Austin	74		'57 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			453	0	0	running	90	0
25	28	Fireball Roberts	48		'59 Chevrolet	E.C. Wilson			385	0	0	rear end	85	0
26	40	Jim Paschal	78		'58 Ford				371	0	0	engine	80	0
27	21	Harvey Hege	81		'57 Ford	Hege			339	0	0	accident	75	0
28	22	Fritz Wilson	114		'59 Ford Thunderbird	Fritz Wilson			333	0	0	fuel pump	75	0
29	1	Bobby Johns	72		'57 Chevrolet	Shorty Johns		66.030	297	1	72	rear end	75	0
30	2	Joe Lee Johnson	77	Honest Charley	'57 Chevrolet	Joe Lee Johnson			297	0	0	head gasket	125	0
31	37	Jerry Draper	79		'57 Chevrolet				278	0	0	engine	50	0
32	15	Tommy Irwin	36		'59 Ford Thunderbird	Irwin			275	0	0	engine	50	0
33	30	Reds Kagle	88		'57 Chevrolet				222	0	0	engine	50	0
34	27	Bobby Keck	96		'57 Chevrolet	Bobby Keck			208	0	0	engine	50	0
35	13	George Green	33		'57 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			143	0	0	engine	50	0
36	26	Barney Shore	97		'57 Chevrolet				76	0	0	oil pressure	0	0
37	36	Jim Reed	7		'59 Chevrolet	Jim Reed			47	0	0	vapor lock	0	0
38	38	Ben Benz	55		'57 Chevrolet	Friedland			40	0	0	brakes	0	0
39	23	Buck Baker	87		'59 Chevrolet	Buck Baker			31	0	0	transmission	0	0
40	29	Whitey Norman	46		'57 Chevrolet				23	0	0	axle	0	0