Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — September 7, 1959

Jim Reed

Winner

364

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jim Reed won the 1959 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 7, 1959, leading 152 of 364 laps. Bob Burdick finished second; Bobby Johns rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, September 7, 1959

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1959

Winner

Jim Reed

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	14	+13	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)		364	—	Running	152	2000
2	5	+3	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick (Owner)		362	—	Running	25	1920
3	22	+19	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		362	—	Running	57	1840
4	6	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	361	—	Running	7	1760
5	16	+11	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin (Owner)		358	—	Running	—	1680
6	32	+26	Jim Paschal	Lynton Tyson (Owner)		356	—	Running	—	1600
7	1	-6	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens (Owner)		354	—	Running	42	1520
8	20	+12	Larry Frank	Larry Frank (Owner)		350	—	Running	—	1440
9	15	+6	Buck Baker	Lynton Tyson (Owner)		347	—	Running	—	1360
10	18	+8	Jimmy Thompson	Doc White (Owner)		346	—	Running	—	1280
11	28	+17	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon (Owner)		345	—	Running	—	1200
12	25	+13	Bill Champion			343	—	Running	—	1120
13	12	-1	Joe Caspolich			342	—	Running	—	1040
14	3	-11	Speedy Thompson	W.J. Ridgeway (Owner)		333	—	DNF	2	960
15	29	+14	Charlie Cregar	Happy Steigel (Owner)		331	—	Running	—	880
16	34	+18	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		328	—	Running	—	800
17	4	-13	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		326	—	DNF	—	720
18	39	+21	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)		326	—	Running	—	640
19	19	—	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson (Owner)		320	—	Running	24	560
20	9	-11	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	319	—	Running	—	480
21	32	+11	Bud Crothers			318	—	Running	—	400
22	47	+25	Al White	Al White (Owner)		286	—	Running	—	320
23	31	+8	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing		272	—	DNF	—	240
24	30	+6	Earl Balmer	Tommy Thompson (Owner)		234	—	DNF	—	160
25	27	+2	Dick Blackwell			225	—	DNF - Crash	—	80
26	24	-2	Tiny Lund	Spook Crawford (Owner)		221	—	DNF	—	80
27	33	+6	Cale Yarborough	Bob Weatherly (Owner)		219	—	DNF	—	80
28	10	-18	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		218	—	DNF	—	80
29	21	-8	Marvin Panch	Tom Vernon (Owner)		194	—	DNF	—	80
30	50	+20	Johnny Patterson	Bernard Friedland (Owner)		180	—	DNF	—	80
31	7	-24	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing		178	—	DNF - Crash	55	80
32	46	+14	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)		175	—	DNF - Engine	—	80
33	35	+2	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		166	—	DNF	—	80
34	38	+4	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink (Owner)		151	—	DNF	—	80
35	11	-24	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn (Owner)		130	—	DNF - Crash	—	80
36	17	-19	Tom Pistone	Carl Rupert (Owner)		119	—	DNF - Engine	—	80
37	41	+4	Neil Castles			92	—	Running	—	80
38	13	-25	Possum Jones	Gerald Duke (Owner)		74	—	DNF	—	80
39	43	+4	Lennie Page	Lennie Page (Owner)		71	—	DNF - Engine	—	80
40	40	—	Buddy Baker	Julian Buesink (Owner)		64	—	DNF - Engine	—	80
41	42	+1	Bob Perry	Bob Perry (Owner)	Plymouth	63	—	DNF - Engine	—	80
42	49	+7	Joe Lee Johnson	Chester Barron (Owner)		58	—	DNF	—	80
43	8	-35	Joe Weatherly	Doc White (Owner)		54	—	DNF - Engine	—	80
44	36	-8	Dick Joslin	Dick Joslin (Owner)	Dodge	46	—	DNF	—	80
45	2	-43	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters (Owner)		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	80
46	26	-20	Joe Eubanks	W.H. Watson (Owner)		26	—	DNF	—	80
47	48	+1	Marvin Porter	Marvin Porter (Owner)		19	—	DNF	—	80
48	45	-3	Elmo Henderson	Don Every (Owner)		16	—	DNF - Engine	—	80
49	44	-5	Larry Flynn	Larry Flynn (Owner)		11	—	DNF	—	80
50	37	-13	Carl Burris			2	—	DNF - Engine	—	80