As the decade wound down, the 1959 NASCAR Grand National season heated up with the running of the first Daytona 500. To get the results of the Daytona 500 -- along with all of the 44 races in the 1959 NASCAR Grand National season -- see the chart below.

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The NASCAR Grand Nationals and Convertibles race through the third turn in the first Daytona 500.
The NASCAR Grand Nationals and Convertibles
race through the third turn in the first Daytona 500.
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Number Date Site Race Winner Car Speed
1 11/09/58
 Fayetteville, NC
 Bob Welborn
 Chevrolet
 56.001
2 2/20/59
 Daytona Beach, FL
 Bob Welborn
 Chevrolet 143.198
3 2/22/59
 Daytona Beach, FL
 Lee Petty
 Olds
 135.521
4 3/01/59
 Hillsboro, NC
 Curtis Turner
 T-Bird
 81.612
5 3/08/59
 Concord, NC
 Curtis Turner
 T-Bird
 59.239
6 3/22/59
 Atlanta, GA
 Johnny Beauchamp
 T-Bird
 75.172
7 3/29/59
 Wilson, NC
 Junior Johnson
 Ford
 50.300
8
3/30/59
 Winston-Salem, NC
 Jim Reed
 Ford
 43.562
9
4/04/59
 Columbia, SC
 Jack Smith
 Chevrolet 57.343
10
4/05/59
 N. Wilkesboro, NC
 Lee Petty
 Olds
 71.985
11
4/26/59
 Reading, PA
 Junior Johnson Ford
 53.011
12
5/02/59
 Hickory, NC
 Junior Johnson Ford
 62.165
13
5/03/59
 Martinsville, VA
 Lee Petty
 Olds
 59.512
14
5/17/59
 Trenton, NJ
 Tom Piston
 T-Bird
 87.350
15
5/22/59
 Charlotte, NC
 Lee Petty
 Olds
 55.300
16
5/24/59
 Nashville, TN
 Rex White
 Chevrolet 71.006
17
5/30/59
 Los Angeles, CA
 Parnelli Jones
 Ford
 50.982
18
6/05/59
 Spartanburg, SC
 Jack Smith
 Chevrolet 55.547
19
6/13/59
 Greenville, SC
 Junior Johnson Ford
 51.480
20
6/14/59
 Atlanta, GA
 Lee Petty
 Plymouth
 58.499
21
6/18/59
 Columbia, SC
 Lee Petty
 Plymouth
 58.726
22
6/20/59
 Wilson, NC
 Junior Johnson Ford
 58.065
23
6/21/59
 Richmond, VA
 Tom Pistone
 T-Bird
 56.881
24
6/27/59
 Winston-Salem, NC
 Rex White
 Chevrolet 41.228
25
6/28/59
 Weaverville, NC
 Rex White
 Chevrolet 72.934
26
7/04/59
 Daytona Beach, FL
 Fireball Roberts
 Pontiac
 140.581
27
7/21/59
 Pittsburgh, PA
 Jim Reed
 Chevrolet 45.000
28
7/26/59
 Charlotte, NC
 jack Smith
 Chevrolet 49.533
29
8/01/59
 Myrtle Beach, SC
 Ned Jarrett
 Ford
 52.941
30
8/02/59
 Charlotte, NC
 Ned Jarrett
 Ford
 52.794
31
8/09/59
 Nashville, TN
 Joe Lee Johnson
 Chevrolet 63.343
32
8/16/59
 Weaverville, NC
 Bob Welborn
 Chevrolet 71.833
33
8/21/59
 Winston-Salem, NC
 Rex White
 Chevrolet 44.085
34
8/22/59
 Greenville, SC
 Buck Baker
 Chevrolet 58.055
35
8/29/59
 Columbia, SC
 Lee Petty
 Plymouth
 48.264
36
9/07/59
 Darlington, SC
 Jim Reed
 Chevrolet 111.836
37
9/11/59
 Hickory, NC
 Lee Petty
 Plymouth
 63.380
38
9/13/59
 Richmond, VA
 Cotton Owens
 T-Bird
 60.382
39
9/13/59
 Sacramento, CA
 Eddie Gray
 Ford
 54.753
40
9/20/59
 Hillsboro, NC
 Lee Petty
 Plymouth
 77.868
41
9/27/59
 Martinsville, VA
 Rex White
 Chevrolet 60.500
42
10/11/59
 Weaverville, NC
 Lee Petty
 Plymouth
 76.433
43
10/18/59
 N. Wilkesboro, NC
 Lee Petty
 Plymouth
 74.829
44
10/25/59
 Concord, NC
 Jack Smith
 Chevrolet 54.005

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