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Music City 200
NASCAR Grand National race
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, TN
May 24, 1959
200 laps on 0.5 mile paved oval; 100 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 1
| Rex White
| 4
| Rex White
| 1959 Chevrolet
| 200
| 900
| running
| 40 |
| 2
| 7
| Junior Johnson
| 11
| Paul Spaulding
| 1957 Ford
| 200
| 525
| running
| 12 |
| 3
| 3
| Tommy Irwin
| 36
| Tommy Irwin
| 1959 Ford Thunderbird
| 199
| 350
| running
| 111 |
| 4
| 5
| Buck Baker
| 87
| Buck Baker
| 1959 Chevrolet
| 198
| 250
| running
| 0 |
| 5
| 4
| Joe Lee Johnson
| 77
| Joe Lee Johnson
| 1957 Chevrolet
| 198
| 225
| running
| 0 |
| 6
| 2
| Lee Petty
| 42
| Petty Enterprises
| 1959 Plymouth
| 196
| 200
| running
| 37 |
| 7
| 8
| Charles Griffith
| 18
| Charley Griffith
| 1957 Pontiac
| 193
| 165
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 6
| Cotton Owens
| 6
| W.H. Watson
| 1958 Pontiac
| 193
| 150
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 9
| Bob Burdick
| 73
| Roy Burdick
| 1959 Ford Thunderbird
| 192
| 140
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 11
| Herman Beam
| 19
| Herman Beam
| 1957 Chevrolet
| 179
| 130
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 10
| G.C. Spencer
| 34
| G.C. Spencer
| 1957 Chevrolet
| 171
| 125
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 12
| Tommy Thompson
| 13
| Tommy Thompson
| 1959 Chevrolet
| 160
| 110
| running
| 0 |
Time of race: 01:24:30
Average Speed: 71.006 MPH
Pole Speed: 25.39 seconds
Attendance: 9,634