NASCAR Seri Grand National musim 1959

NASCAR Seri Grand National 1959
Sebelum:	1958	Sesudah:	1960

NASCAR Seri Grand National musim 1959 adalah musim kesebelas dari kejuaraan NASCAR seri utama yang diadakan di Amerika Serikat. Musim dimulai pada 9 November 1958 di Fayetteville dan berakhir pada 25 Oktober 1959 di Concord. Lee Petty memenangkan kejuaraan untuk ketiga kalinya dan terakhir dalam karirnya. Putranya Richard Petty memenangkan penghargaan rookie of the year. Tahun ini adalah tahun debut untuk perlombaan Daytona 500.

Rekapitulasi musim

No.	Tanggal	Lomba	Sirkuit	Pemenang	Kedua	Ketiga
1	9-nov	Race 1	Champion Speedway1	Bob Welborn	Glen Wood	Buck Baker
2	20-feb	Daytona 500 Qualifier	Daytona International Speedway	Bob Welborn	Fritz Wilson	Tom Pistone
3	22-feb	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway	Lee Petty	Johnny Beauchamp	Charley Griffith
4	1-mrt	Race 4	Occoneechee Speedway	Curtis Turner	Tom Pistone	Bob Welborn
5	8-mrt	Race 5	Concord Speedway2	Curtis Turner	Cotton Owens	Lee Petty
6	22-mrt	Race 6	Lakewood Speedway3	Johnny Beauchamp	Buck Baker	Tom Pistone
7	29-mrt	Race 7	Wilson Speedway4	Junior Johnson	Curtis Turner	Richard Petty
8	30-mrt	Race 8	Bowman Gray Stadium	Jim Reed	Lee Petty	Rex White
9	4-apr	Race 9	Columbia Speedway	Jack Smith	Ned Jarrett	Lee Petty
10	5-apr	Gwyn Staley 160	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Lee Petty	Jack Smith	Cotton Owens
11	26-apr	Race 11	Reading Fairgrounds5	Junior Johnson	Speedy Thompson	Tom Pistone
12	2-mei	Hickory 250	Hickory Motor Speedway	Junior Johnson	Joe Weatherly	Lee Petty
13	3-mei	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway	Lee Petty	Johnny Beauchamp	Junior Johnson
14	17-mei	Race 14	Trenton Speedway	Tom Pistone	Cotton Owens	Lee Petty
15	22-mei	Race 15	Southern States Fairgrounds	Lee Petty	Tiny Lund	Cotton Owens
16	24-mei	Music City 200	Music City Motorplex	Rex White	Junior Johnson	Tommy Irwin
17	30-mei	Race 17	Ascot Stadium6	Parnelli Jones	Lloyd Dane	Marvin Porter
18	5-jun	Race 18	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds	Jack Smith	Joe Eubanks	Junior Johnson
19	13-jun	Race 19	Greenville-Pickens Speedway	Junior Johnson	Roy Tyner	Lee Petty
20	14-jun	Race 20	Lakewood Speedway3	Lee Petty	Richard Petty	Buck Baker
21	18-jun	Race 21	Columbia Speedway	Lee Petty	Tommy Irwin	Buck Baker
22	20-jun	Race 22	Wilson Speedway4	Junior Johnson	Tom Pistone	Glen Wood
23	21-jun	Richmond 200	Richmond International Raceway	Tom Pistone	Glen Wood	Buck Baker
24	27-jun	Race 24	Bowman Gray Stadium	Rex White	Ken Rush	Bob Welborn
25	28-jun	Race 25	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway	Rex White	Lee Petty	Junior Johnson
26	4-jul	Firecracker 250	Daytona International Speedway	Fireball Roberts	Joe Weatherly	Johnny Allen
27	21-jul	Race 27	Heidelberg Raceway7	Jim Reed	Rex White	Lee Petty
28	26-jul	Race 28	Southern States Fairgrounds	Jack Smith	Bob Welborn	Buck Baker
29	1-aug	Race 29	Rambi Raceway8	Ned Jarrett	Jim Paschal	Tommy Irwin
30	2-aug	Race 30	Southern States Fairgrounds	Ned Jarrett	Jim Paschal	Bob Welborn
31	9-aug	Nashville 300	Music City Motorplex	Joe Lee Johnson	Larry Frank	Elmo Langley
32	16-aug	Western North Carolina 500	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway	Bob Welborn	Lee Petty	Jack Smith
33	21-aug	Race 33	Bowman Gray Stadium	Rex White	Glen Wood	Lee Petty
34	22-aug	Race 34	Greenville-Pickens Speedway	Buck Baker	Cotton Owens	Ned Jarrett
35	29-aug	Race 35	Columbia Speedway	Lee Petty	Tiny Lund	Fred Harb
36	7-sep	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	Jim Reed	Bob Burdick	Bobby Johns
37	11-sep	Buddy Shuman 250	Hickory Motor Speedway	Lee Petty	Buck Baker	Rex White
38	13-sep	Capital City 200	Richmond International Raceway	Cotton Owens	Lee Petty	Tom Pistone
39	13-sep	Race 39	California State Fairgrounds9	Eddie Gray	Scotty Cain	Danny Weinberg
40	20-sep	Race 40	Occoneechee Speedway	Lee Petty	Cotton Owens	Richard Petty
41	27-sep	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway	Rex White	Glen Wood	Jim Reed
42	11-okt	Race 42	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway	Lee Petty	Glen Wood	Jack Smith
43	18-okt	Wilkes 160	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Lee Petty	Rex White	Richard Petty
44	25-okt	Lee Kirby 300	Concord Speedway2	Jack Smith	Lee Petty	Buck Baker

• ¹ Empat balapan diadakan antara tahun 1958 dan 1959 di [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]|Fayetteville]] di Champion Speedway.
• ² Dua belas balapan diadakan di Concord di Concord Speedway antara tahun 1956 dan 1964.
• ³ Sebelas balapan diadakan di Atlanta di Lakewood Speedway antara tahun 1951 dan 1959.
• ⁴ Dua belas balapan diadakan antara tahun 1951 dan 1960 di [[Wilson, North Carolina]|Wilson]] di Wilson Speedway.
• ⁵ Sebuah perlombaan diadakan di Membaca di Reading Fairgrounds pada tahun 1958 dan 1959.
• ⁶ Tiga balapan diadakan antara tahun 1957 dan 1961 di Los Angeles di Stadion Ascot.
• ⁷ Empat balapan diadakan di Pittsburgh di Heidelberg Raceway antara tahun 1949 dan 1961.
• ⁸ Sembilan balapan diadakan antara tahun 1958 dan 1965 di Myrtle Beach di Rambi Raceway.
• ⁹ Enam balapan diadakan antara tahun 1956 dan 1961 di Sacramento di California State Fairgrounds.

Klasemen Top 10

1	Lee Petty	11792
2	Cotton Owens	9962
3	Speedy Thompson	7684
4	Herman Beam	7396
5	Buck Baker	7170
6	Tom Pistone	7050
7	L.D. Austin	6519
8	Jack Smith	6150
9	Jim Reed	5744
10	Rex White	5526

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