1959 NASCAR Grand National Results

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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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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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1959 NASCAR Grand National Results