1959 Charlotte Fairgrounds

Race 28 of 44

Charlotte (.5 mi. dirt)
200 laps
Time of race: 2:01:05
Average speed of winner: 49.553 mph
Margin of victory: N/A
Lead changes: N/A among N/A drivers
Lead changes: N/A
Cautions: 9 for 22 laps
Lap leaders: 1-199 unknown, Smith 200

Race notes: Debut for Elmo Henderson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Jack Smith	47	Bud Moore Garage	'59 Chevrolet	Jack Smith	Moore		200	1	1	running	900	0
2	33	Bob Welborn	49		'57 Chevrolet	Welborn			200	0	0	running	525	0
3	1	Buck Baker	87		'59 Chevrolet	Buck Baker		63.070	200	0	0	running	350	0
4	7	Cotton Owens	6		'58 Pontiac	W.H. Watson			200	0	0	running	250	0
5	28	Larry Frank	76	Carolina Plating	'57 Chevrolet	Larry Frank			200	0	0	running	225	0
6	3	Ralph Moody	72		'59 Ford	John Dodd			197	0	0	running	200	0
7	25	Roy Tyner	9		'57 Chevrolet	Tyner			196	0	0	running	165	0
8	17	Buddy Baker	88		'59 Chevrolet	Buck Baker			194	0	0	running	150	0
9	2	Glen Wood	21		'58 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		193	0	0	vapor lock	140	0
10	4	Lee Petty	42		'59 Plymouth	Petty	Petty		193	0	0	wheel	230	0
11	8	Tiny Lund	5		'57 Chevrolet				191	0	0	running	125	0
12	11	Richard Petty	43		'57 Oldsmobile	Petty	Inman		189	0	0	spindle	110	0
13	19	George Green	32		'58 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			185	0	0	running	100	0
14	23	Buck Brigance	62		'57 Chevrolet				182	0	0	running	85	0
15	21	Jim Austin	97		'59 Ford				182	0	0	running	70	0
16	32	Herman Beam	19		'57 Chevrolet	Beam			182	0	0	running	60	0
17	24	Neil Castles	28		'57 Mercury	Hege			179	0	0	running	50	0
18	27	Richard Riley	0		'57 Chevrolet				177	0	0	running	50	0
19	20	Bobby Keck	96		'57 Chevrolet	Bobby Keck			174	0	0	running	50	0
20	6	Doug Cox	30		'58 Ford				170	0	0	distributor	50	0
21	34	L.D. Austin	74		'57 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			166	0	0	running	50	0
22	12	Elmo Henderson	82		'58 Ford				160	0	0	heating	50	0
23	30	Gene White	14		'58 Ford	Britt			155	0	0	accident	0	0
24	10	Speedy Thompson	2		'57 Chevrolet	Bruce Thompson			138	0	0	engine	0	0
25	26	Banjo Matthews	89		'58 Chevrolet	Buck Baker			137	0	0	transmission	0	0
26	9	Joe Weatherly	41	Delta Auto Sales	'59 Ford Thunderbird	Doc White			129	0	0	accident	0	0
27	13	G.C. Spencer	34		'57 Chevrolet				114	0	0	rear end	0	0
28	22	Aubrey Boles	15		'58 Plymouth				114	0	0	heating	0	0
29	35	Bill Poor	711		'57 Chevrolet	Poor			64	0	0	fuel pump	0	0
30	16	Tommy Irwin	36		'59 Ford Thunderbird	Irwin			55	0	0	heating	0	0
31	14	Bobby Waddell	45		'57 Pontiac				41	0	0	gas line	0	0
32	29	Joe Halton	4		'57 Chevrolet				35	0	0	spindle	0	0
33	15	R.L. Combs	63		'57 Ford				28	0	0	rear end	0	0
34	31	Fred Harb	17		'57 Ford	Harb			16	0	0	radiator	0	0
35	18	Junior Johnson	11		'57 Ford	Spaulding			7	0	0	engine	0	0