Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — February 22, 1959

Lee Petty

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Lee Petty won the 1959 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 22, 1959, leading 38 of 200 laps. Johnny Beauchamp finished second; Charley Griffith rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, February 22, 1959

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1959

Winner

Lee Petty

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	15	+14	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises		200	—	Running	38	2000
2	21	+19	Johnny Beauchamp	Roy Burdick (Owner)		200	—	Running	30	1920
3	17	+14	Charley Griffith	Charley Griffith (Owner)		199	—	Running	—	0
4	11	+7	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson (Owner)		199	—	Running	—	1840
5	7	+2	Joe Weatherly	E.C. Wilson (Owner)		199	—	Running	6	1760
6	39	+33	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	1680
7	41	+34	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		196	—	Running	57	1600
8	5	-3	Tom Pistone	Carl Rupert (Owner)		195	—	Running	39	1520
9	43	+34	Tim Flock	Beau Morgan (Owner)		193	—	Running	—	1440
10	31	+21	Speedy Thompson	Steve Pierce (Owner)		193	—	Running	—	1360
11	59	+48	Johnny Allen			192	—	Running	—	1280
12	35	+23	Raul Cilloniz	Raul Cilloniz (Owner)		192	—	Running	—	1200
13	42	+29	Curtis Turner	Doc White (Owner)		189	—	Running	—	1120
14	33	+19	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding (Owner)		189	—	Running	—	1040
15	25	+10	Dick Freeman	Dick Freeman (Owner)		188	—	Running	—	960
16	16	—	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)		187	—	Running	—	2000
17	4	-13	Marvin Panch	Tom Vernon (Owner)		185	—	Running	—	1920
18	10	-8	Gene White	Gene White (Owner)		185	—	Running	—	1840
19	57	+38	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		184	—	Running	—	880
20	18	-2	Jimmy Thompson	Bruce Thompson (Owner)		182	—	Running	—	1760
21	49	+28	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		182	—	Running	—	800
22	22	—	Wilbur Rakestraw	Joe Jones (Owner)		181	—	Running	—	1680
23	53	+30	Jim McGuirk	Happy Steigel (Owner)		181	—	Running	—	720
24	12	-12	Larry Frank	Larry Frank (Owner)		178	—	Running	—	1600
25	48	+23	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters (Owner)		175	—	Running	—	640
26	19	-7	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		174	—	DNF - Engine	—	560
27	30	+3	Ben Benz	Bernard Friedland (Owner)		169	—	Running	—	1520
28	27	-1	Dick Joslin	Dick Joslin (Owner)	Dodge	167	—	DNF	—	480
29	24	-5	Ken Rush	Manley Britt (Owner)	Mercury	163	—	DNF - Engine	—	1440
30	55	+25	Bob Rose	Sam Arena (Owner)		162	—	Running	—	400
31	50	+19	Harold Smith		Studebaker	159	—	Running	—	320
32	44	+12	Dick Foley	Dick Foley (Owner)		157	—	Running	—	1360
33	28	-5	Brownie King	Jess Potter (Owner)		152	—	DNF - Engine	—	240
34	8	-26	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers Racing		149	—	DNF	—	1280
35	47	+12	Bob Pronger	Bob Pronger (Owner)		143	—	Running	—	160
36	26	-10	Billy Carden		Mercury	140	—	Running	—	1200
37	23	-14	Bernie Hentges	Bernie Hentges (Owner)	Chrysler	138	—	DNF - Engine	—	80
38	2	-36	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins (Owner)		115	—	DNF - Engine	—	1120
39	22	-17	Joe Eubanks	Don Every (Owner)		95	—	DNF	—	1040
40	13	-27	Tiny Lund	Buck Baker Racing		92	—	DNF	—	80
41	1	-40	Bob Welborn	W.J. Ridgeway (Owner)		75	—	DNF - Engine	9	80
42	54	+12	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		75	—	DNF	—	80
43	37	-6	Ken Johnson	Ken Johnson (Owner)		67	—	DNF	—	80
44	58	+14	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)		65	—	DNF	—	80
45	46	+1	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens (Owner)		56	—	DNF	21	80
46	40	-6	Paul Bass		-	52	—	DNF - Engine	—	960
47	29	-18	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		46	—	DNF	—	80
48	9	-39	Eduardo Dibos	Van Acker (Owner)		44	—	DNF	—	80
49	36	-13	Gober Sosebee	Sosebee Racing		44	—	DNF	—	880
50	20	-30	Bob Said			42	—	DNF	—	800
51	51	—	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink (Owner)		38	—	DNF	—	80
52	32	-20	Pete Kelly	Pete Kelly (Owner)		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	720
53	45	-8	Bob Potter	Bob Potter (Owner)		33	—	DNF	—	80
54	52	-2	Carl Tyler	Carl Tyler (Owner)		29	—	DNF	—	80
55	34	-21	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)		21	—	DNF - Engine	—	640
56	3	-53	Fritz Wilson	Fritz Wilson (Owner)		15	—	DNF	—	80
57	6	-51	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		8	—	DNF - Engine	—	560
58	38	-20	Larry Odo	Larry Odo (Owner)		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	480
59	56	-3	Ken Marriott	Ken Marriott (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	400