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Official NASCAR Race Results

Bob Welborn won the 1959 NASCAR Grand National Series Daytona 500 Qualifier at Daytona International Speedway.

02-20-1959 | Daytona 500 Qualifier | Daytona International Speedway

Table initially ordered on Finish Position. Click a column header to re-sort by that value.

Fin     St     #     Driver Make Sponsor Pts     Laps     Led     Status Money    
1 7 49 Bob Welborn Chevrolet W.J. Ridgeway 0 40 33 Running 800
2 15 64 Fritz Wilson T-Bird Museum of Speed 0 40 4 Running 525
3 6 59 Tom Pistone T-Bird Rupert Safety Belt 0 40 0 Running 350
4 3 48 Joe Weatherly Chevrolet E.C. Wilson 0 40 1 Running 250
5 18 37 Eduardo Dibos T-Bird Peru 0 39 0 Running 225
6 23 6 Cotton Owens Pontiac W.H. Watson 0 39 0 Running 200
7 17 88 Tiny Lund Chevrolet Buck Baker 0 39 0 Running 165
8 14 42 Lee Petty Oldsmobile Petty Enterprises 0 39 0 Running 150
9 9 18 Charley Griffith Pontiac Red Bank 0 38 0 Running 140
10 24 4 Rex White Chevrolet Idewild Homes 0 38 0 Running 130
11 8 73 Johnny Beauchamp T-Bird Roy Burdick 0 38 0 Running 125
12 28 81 Bernie Hentges DeSoto Bernie Hentges 0 38 0 Running 110
13 27 29 Dick Freeman Chevrolet Dick Freeman 0 38 0 Running 100
14 38 71 Dick Joslin Dodge Dick Joslin 0 38 0 Running 85
15 5 72 Bobby Johns Chevrolet Shorty Johns 0 38 0 Running 70
16 12 1 Speedy Thompson Chevrolet Steve Pierce 0 38 0 Running 60
17 21 11 Junior Johnson Ford Paul Spaulding 0 37 0 Running 50
18 30 38 Raul Cilloniz Ford Raul Cilloniz 0 37 0 Running 50
19 20 53 Ken Johnson Ford Ken Johnson 0 37 0 Running 50
20 26 7 Jim Reed Chevrolet Jim Reed 0 35 0 Running 50
21 22 69 Harold Smith Studebaker -- 0 35 0 Running 50
22 33 19 Herman Beam Chevrolet Herman Beam 0 35 0 Running 50
23 13 86 Carl Tyler Ford Carl Tyler 0 34 0 Running 50
24 2 15 Tim Flock T-Bird Beau Morgan 0 30 0 Push rod 50
25 29 9 Roy Tyner Chevrolet Roy Tyner 0 29 0 Coil 0
26 10 58 Roscoe Thompson Chevrolet -- 0 28 0 Engine 0
27 4 47 Jack Smith Chevrolet Jack Smith 0 20 0 Crash 0
28 16 87 Buck Baker Chevrolet Buck Baker 0 20 0 Crash 0
29 37 41 Curtis Turner T-Bird Delta Auto Sales 0 17 2 Transmission 0
30 11 10 Elmo Langley Ford Ratus Walters 0 17 0 Overheating 0
31 19 95 Bob Duell Ford Julian Buesink 0 17 0 Overheating 0
32 32 16 Jim McGuirk Pontiac Happy Steigel 0 15 0 Distributor 0
33 1 3 Fireball Roberts Pontiac Jim Stephens 0 14 0 Distributor 0
34 25 24 Bob Potter Chevrolet Bob Potter 0 13 0 Tires 0
35 36 83 Bob Pronger Ford Bob Pronger 0 13 0 Gasket 0
36 31 80 Bob Rose Chevrolet Sam Arena 0 11 0 Steering 0
37 34 66 Dick Foley Chevrolet Dick Foley 0 9 0 Engine 0
38 35 74 L.D. Austin Chevrolet L.D. Austin 0 1 0 Steering 0

Race Recap

  • Date: 02-20-1959
  • Track: Daytona International Speedway
  • Race: Daytona 500 Qualifier
  • Race #: 2
  • Cars: 38
  • Winner: Bob Welborn
  • Start Position: 7th
  • Car Make: 1959 Chevrolet
  • Avg Speed: 143.198 mph
  • Distance: 100 miles
  • Purse: $3,885
  • Cautions: 0
  • Caution Laps: 0
  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Pole: 140.581 mph

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