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NASCAR Grand National race
Columbia Speedway, Cayce, SC
June 18, 1959
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 3
| Lee Petty
| 42
| Petty Enterprises
| 1959 Plymouth
| 200
| 900
| running
| 7 |
| 2
| 10
| Tommy Irwin
| 36
| Tommy Irwin
| 1959 Ford Thunderbird
| 200
| 525
| running
| 63 |
| 3
| 4
| Buck Baker
| 87
| Buck Baker
| 1959 Chevrolet
| 200
| 350
| running
| 87 |
| 4
| 11
| Benny Rakestraw
| 20
| Spook Crawford
| 1957 Mercury
| 196
| 250
| running
| 0 |
| 5
| 2
| Joe Weatherly
| 41
| Doc White
| 1959 Ford Thunderbird
| 196
| 225
| running
| 43 |
| 6
| 1
| Bob Burdick
| 73
| Roy Burdick
| 1959 Ford Thunderbird
| 194
| 200
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 12
| Buddy Baker
| 89
| Buck Baker
| 1958 Chevrolet
| 193
| 165
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 18
| L.D. Austin
| 74
| L.D. Austin
| 1957 Chevrolet
| 188
| 150
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 19
| Herman Beam
| 19
| Herman Beam
| 1957 Chevrolet
| 188
| 140
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 16
| Harvey Hege
| 28
| Harvey Hege
| 1957 Mercury
| 169
| 130
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 20
| Shep Langdon
| 64
| Shep Langdon
| 1958 Ford
| 167
| 125
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 5
| Roy Tyner
| 9
| Roy Tyner
| 1959 Chevrolet
| 165
| 110
| transmission
| 0 |
| 13
| 9
| Ken Rush
| 4
| Julian Petty
| 1957 Chevrolet
| 146
| 100
| hub
| 0 |
| 14
| 17
| Curtis Crider
| 0
| Richard Riley
| 1957 Chevrolet
| 119
| 85
| engine
| 0 |
| 15
| 7
| Cotton Owens
| 6
| W.H. Watson
| 1958 Pontiac
| 108
| 70
| overheating
| 0 |
| 16
| 8
| Junior Johnson
| 11
| Paul Spaulding
| 1957 Ford
| 43
| 60
| accident
| 0 |
| 17
| 15
| G.C. Spencer
| 34
| G.C. Spencer
| 1957 Chevrolet
| 42
| 50
| accident
| 0 |
| 18
| 6
| Richard Riley
| 1
| Steve Pierce
| 1957 Chevrolet
| 42
| 50
| accident
| 0 |
| 19
| 13
| Bob Welborn
| 49
| Bob Welborn
| 1957 Chevrolet
| 1
| 50
| accident
| 0 |
| 20
| 14
| Doug Cox
| 30
| Doug Cox
| 1958 Ford
| 1
| 50
| accident
| 0 |
Time of race: 01:42:10
Average Speed: 58.726 MPH
Pole Speed: 27.75 seconds