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Quick Index: Drivers IOwners ITrac~s IN~xtel Cup IBusch Series ICTS I!ROCIRandom You Are Here> racing-reference.com > 1959 Firecracker 250 1959 Firecracker 250 Previousrace Nextrace Glossary 1959 Grand National page Grand National race number 26 of 44 Time of race: 2:46:42 Cautions: none July 4, 1959 at Daytona International Speedway, Average Speed: 140.581 Margin of Victory: 57 sec Daytona Beach, FL mph 100 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (250.0 miles) Pole Speed: 144.997 mph Attendance: 12,900 Comments on this race Click on a column heading to sort the data by that column Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 3 Jim Stephens '59 100 7,050 runnmg 84 6 2 73 Bob Burdick Roy Burdick '59 T-Bird 97 1,850 runmng 0 5 3 37 Eduardo Dibos Peru (Van Acker) '59 T-Bird 98 725 runmng 0 26 443 '59 78 200 fuel pump 0 '59 99 1 4 547 Jack Smith Jack Smith 1,175 runnmg '59 92 700 0 12 644 Gene Whit Chevrolet runnmg '59 95 400 0 10 7 7 Jim Reed Jim Reed Chevrolet runnmg 36 810 Elmo Langley Ratus Walters '59 11 125 engine 0 30 960 John Paschall '58 Ford 67 100 runnmg 0 22 10 99 Wilbur Rakestraw Talmadge Cochrane '57 Mercury 87 300 runnmg 0 '59 99 0 3 11 22 Johnny Allen Smith Radiator (W.J. Ridgeway) Chevrolet 1,925 runnmg Bob Bennett Motors (Do 2 12 12 Joe Weatherlx '59 T-Bird 100 4,625 runnmg 8 White) 7 13 59 Tom Pistone Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert) '59 T-Bird 96 720 runnmg 7 9 14 36 Tommy Irwin Tommy Irwin '59 T-Bird 95 1,100 runnmg 0 29 15 16 Charlie Cregm: HaRRY W '59 Pontiac 70 110 engine 0 14 16 92 George Alsobrook Joe Jones '57 Ford 92 450 runmng 0 11 17 41 Speedy ThomJlli)n Delta Auto Sales (Doc-White) '59 T-Bird 94 375 runnmg 0 13 18 20 Benny Rakestraw Spook Crawford '57 Mercury 92 500 runnmg 0 33 19 42 Petty Enterprises '59 Plymouth 27 200 fuel pump 0 '57 19 20 77 Joe Lee Johnson Honest Charley (Joe Lee 88 325 runnmg 0 Johnson) Chevrolet

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