1959 North Wilkesboro Speedway

Race 43 of 44

North Wilkesboro
160 laps
Time of race: 1:20:11
Average speed of winner: 74.829 mph
Margin of victory: N/A
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 3 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Wood pole, L. Petty 1-160

Race notes: Finale for Dick Blackwell.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Lee Petty	42		'59 Plymouth	Petty	Petty		160	1	160	running	900	0
2	6	Rex White	4		'59 Chevrolet	Rex White			160	0	0	running	525	0
3	5	Richard Petty	43		'59 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		160	0	0	running	375	0
4	8	Tom Pistone	59	Rupert Safety Belt	'59 Ford Thunderbird	Rupert			159	0	0	running	275	0
5	18	Junior Johnson	11		'59 Dodge	Spaulding			159	0	0	running	250	0
6	3	Larry Frank	76	Carolina Plating	'57 Chevrolet	Larry Frank			159	0	0	running	215	0
7	1	Glen Wood	16		'58 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	86.806	158	0	0	running	175	0
8	11	Buck Baker	87		'59 Chevrolet	Buck Baker			154	0	0	running	150	0
9	15	Shep Langdon	64		'58 Ford	Langdon			154	0	0	running	140	0
10	16	Brownie King	31		'57 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			154	0	0	running	130	0
11	7	Jack Smith	47		'59 Chevrolet	Jack Smith	Moore		154	0	0	running	125	0
12	20	Bill Taylor	94		'57 Ford				153	0	0	running	110	0
13	19	Bill Morton	56		'58 Ford				152	0	0	running	100	0
14	21	Herman Beam	19		'57 Chevrolet	Beam			147	0	0	running	85	0
15	13	Speedy Thompson	15		'57 Ford	Beau Morgan			147	0	0	running	70	0
16	25	G.C. Spencer	34		'59 Chevrolet				147	0	0	running	60	0
17	17	Dick Blackwell	26		'57 Ford				144	0	0	running	50	0
18	23	E.J. Trivette	27		'57 Plymouth				136	0	0	running	50	0
19	26	Bobby Keck	96		'57 Chevrolet	Bobby Keck			136	0	0	running	50	0
20	22	Layman Utsman	32		'58 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			111	0	0	rear end	50	0
21	24	Bill Scott	33		'57 Chevrolet				97	0	0	bearing	50	0
22	9	Roy Tyner	9		'57 Chevrolet	Tyner			80	0	0	engine	50	0
23	4	Tommy Irwin	36		'59 Ford Thunderbird	Irwin			77	0	0	oil pressure	0	0
24	12	Barney Shore	46		'57 Chevrolet				62	0	0	oil pressure	0	0
25	10	Ned Jarrett	38		'57 Ford	Jarrett			55	0	0	clutch	0	0
26	14	Jimmie Lewallen	78		'57 Ford				9	0	0	piston	0	0