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Lee Petty
1959 Season Results
NASCAR Grand National


Race-By-Race
Race Track St Fin # Sponsor/Owner Make Laps Led Status Pts
1
Champion Speedway 6 9 42 1957 Oldsmobile 146/150 0 running
2
Daytona International Speedway 14 8 42 Newton Chappell Motors 1959 Oldsmobile Super 88 Scenic 39/40 0 running 144
3
Daytona International Speedway 15 1 42 Newton Chappell Motors 1959 Oldsmobile Super 88 Scenic 200/200 38 running 2,000
4
Occoneechee Speedway 3 4 42 1957 Oldsmobile 109/110 0 running
5
Widenhouse-Cadwell Speedway 6 3 42 1957 Oldsmobile 198/200 0 running
6
Lakewood Speedway 7 17 42 1957 Oldsmobile 39/100 0 lr axle
7
Wilson Speedway 10 4 42 1957 Oldsmobile 196/200 0 running
8
Bowman Gray Stadium 3 2 43 1957 Oldsmobile 200/200 running
9
Columbia Speedway 5 3 42 1957 Oldsmobile 191/200 running
10
North Wilkesboro Speedway 4 1 43 1957 Oldsmobile 160/160 running
11
Reading Fairgrounds 6 42 1957 Oldsmobile 189/200 188 axle
12
Hickory Motor Speedway 2 3 42 1957 Oldsmobile 247/250 0 running
13
Martinsville Speedway 24 1 42 1957 Oldsmobile 500/500 337 running
14
Trenton Speedway 8 3 42 1959 Plymouth 149/150 0 running
15
Southern States Fairgrounds 4 1 42 1957 Oldsmobile 200/200 58 running
16
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway 2 6 42 1959 Plymouth 196/200 37 running
18
Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds 7 12 42 1957 Oldsmobile 131/200 rr axle
19
Greenville-Pickens Speedway 4 3 42 1957 Oldsmobile 198/200 running
20
Lakewood Speedway 37 1 42 1959 Plymouth 150/150 running
21
Columbia Speedway 3 1 42 1959 Plymouth 200/200 7 running
22
Wilson Speedway 10 4 42 1957 Oldsmobile 194/200 running
23
Richmond Raceway (VA) 6 18 42 1959 Plymouth 77/200 engine
24
Bowman Gray Stadium 1 10 42 1959 Plymouth 186/200 0 running
25
Asheville-Weaverville Speedway 3 2 42 1959 Plymouth 200/200 running
26
Daytona International Speedway 19 33 42 Decatur Dodge-Plymouth 1959 Plymouth 27/100 0 fuel pump
27
Heidelberg Raceway 3 3 42 1959 Plymouth 197/200 0 running
28
Southern States Fairgrounds 4 10 42 1959 Plymouth 193/200 rf wheel
29
Myrtle Beach Speedway 2 6 42 1959 Plymouth 197/200 running
30
Southern States Fairgrounds 2 18 42 1959 Plymouth 131/200 52 engine
31
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway 3 4 42 1959 Plymouth 297/300 42 running
32
Asheville-Weaverville Speedway 9 2 42 1959 Plymouth 497/500 running
33
Bowman Gray Stadium 3 3 42 1959 Plymouth 198/200 0 running
34
Greenville-Pickens Speedway 1 18 42 1959 Plymouth 20/200 accident
35
Columbia Speedway 9 1 42 Newton Chappell Motors 1959 Plymouth 200/200 76 running
36
Darlington Raceway 9 20 42 Petty Enterprises 1959 Plymouth 319/364 0 running
37
Hickory Motor Speedway 13 1 42 1959 Plymouth 250/250 running
38
Richmond Raceway (VA) 15 2 42 1959 Plymouth 200/200 running
40
Occoneechee Speedway 7 1 42 1959 Plymouth 110/110 21 running
41
Martinsville Speedway 6 10 42 Petty Enterprises 1959 Plymouth 488/500 87 running
42
Asheville-Weaverville Speedway 4 1 42 Plymouth 200/200 running
43
North Wilkesboro Speedway 2 1 42 1959 Plymouth 160/160 160 running
44
Widenhouse-Cadwell Speedway 9 2 42 1959 Plymouth 299/300 0 running


Aggregates
TOP-LINE STATS
Starts 42
Wins 11
T5 27
T10 35
MEANS & MEDIANS
Avg. Start 7.41
Avg. Fin 6.17
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Laps Completed 8278/8994 (92.04%)
Laps Led 1103
Lead Lap Finishes 14
DNFs 8