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First Race - March 1, 1959

The 1959-04 was the 4th race of the 1959 NASCAR Cup Series season and took place at Occoneechee Speedway on 03-01-1959.

Curtis Turner won the race in his 1959 T-Bird from the 1 starting position against 21 other drivers with an average race speed of 81.612 mph.

The race distance was 99 miles and offered a total prize purse of $3,785. The 1959-04 was slowed by 2 caution flags for a total of 0 caution laps.

There were a total of 7 lead changes during the race. The pole speed was 87.544.

Fin	St	#	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Pts	Laps	Status	Money
1	1	41	Curtis Turner	T-Bird	Delta Auto…	0	110/66	Running	800
2	2	59	Tom Pistone	T-Bird	Rupert Safety…	0	110/41	Running	525
3	5	49	Bob Welborn	Chevrolet	Bob Welborn	0	109/3	Fuel	350
4	3	42	Lee Petty	Oldsmobile	Petty Enterprises	0	109/0	Running	250
5	7	88	Buck Baker	Chevrolet	Buck Baker	0	109/0	Running	225
6	8	21	Glen Wood	Ford	Wood Brothers	0	106/0	Running	200
7	16	33	Brownie King	Chevrolet	Jess Potter	0	105/0	Running	165
8	15	82	Joe Eubanks	Ford	Don Every	0	104/0	Running	150
9	4	6	Cotton Owens	Pontiac	W.H. Watson	0	104/0	Running	140
10	20	27	Jimmy Pardue	Plymouth	Jimmy Pardue	0	99/0	Running	130
11	14	9	Roy Tyner	Chevrolet	Roy Tyner	0	99/0	Running	125
12	19	81	Harvey Hege	Ford	Harvey Hege	0	98/0	Running	110
13	9	1	Speedy Thompson	Chevrolet	Steve Pierce	0	96/0	Fuel	100
14	12	89	Tiny Lund	Chevrolet	Buck Baker	0	96/0	Running	85
15	22	96	Bobby Keck	Chevrolet	Bobby Keck	0	95/0	Running	70
16	11	76	Larry Frank	Chevrolet	Carolina Plating	0	94/0	Crash	60
17	13	10	Elmo Langley	Ford	Ratus Walters	0	93/0	Running	50
18	21	74	L.D. Austin	Chevrolet	L.D. Austin	0	90/0	Running	50
19	6	11	Junior Johnson	Ford	Paul Spaulding	0	66/0	Coil	50
20	10	26	Tommy Irwin	Ford	Tommy Irwin	0	24/0	Crash	50
21	17	7	Jimmie Lewallen	Ford	--	0	21/0	Engine	50
22	18	80	Bob Rose	Chevrolet	Sam Arena	0	9/0	Rear end	50

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Second Race - October 12, 1959

The 1959-40 was the 40th race of the 1959 NASCAR Cup Series season and took place at Occoneechee Speedway on 09-20-1959.

Lee Petty won the race in his 1959 Plymouth from the 7 starting position against 21 other drivers with an average race speed of 77.868 mph.

The race distance was 99 miles and offered a total prize purse of $3,945. The 1959-40 was slowed by 0 caution flags for a total of 0 caution laps.

There were a total of 2 lead changes during the race. The pole speed was 85.533.

Fin	St	#	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Pts	Laps	Status	Money
1	7	42	Lee Petty	Plymouth	Petty Enterprises	0	110/21	Running	900
2	4	6	Cotton Owens	T-Bird	Thunder Chicken	0	109/0	Running	525
3	2	43	Richard Petty	Plymouth	Petty Enterprises	0	100/0	Axle	375
4	13	76	Larry Frank	Chevrolet	Carolina Plating	0	100/0	Running	250
5	16	9	Roy Tyner	Chevrolet	Roy Tyner	0	100/0	Running	250
6	18	19	Herman Beam	Chevrolet	Herman Beam	0	99/0	Running	250
7	14	63	R.L. Combs	Ford	R.L. Combs	0	98/0	Running	175
8	15	34	G.C. Spencer	Chevrolet	G.C. Spencer	0	95/0	Engine	150
9	19	23	Bill Scott	Chevrolet	--	0	93/0	Overheating	140
10	6	59	Tom Pistone	T-Bird	Rupert Safety…	0	89/39	Spindle	130
11	11	64	Shep Langdon	Ford	Shep Langdon	0	85/0	Running	125
12	5	88	Buck Baker	Chevrolet	Lynton Tyson	0	82/0	Sway bar	110
13	9	17	Fred Harb	Ford	Fred Harb	0	69/0	Engine	100
14	10	32	George Green	Chevrolet	Jess Potter	0	68/0	Running	85
15	17	62	Buck Brigance	Chevrolet	--	0	65/0	Running	70
16	1	47	Jack Smith	Chevrolet	Jack Smith	0	48/50	Axle	60
17	8	15	Rex White	Ford	Beau Morgan	0	43/0	Axle hub	50
18	3	61	Speedy Thompson	Pontiac	W.H. Watson	0	29/0	A frame	50
19	12	38	Ned Jarrett	Ford	Ned Jarrett	0	18/0	Axle	50
20	20	96	Bobby Keck	Chevrolet	Bobby Keck	0	12/0	Head gasket	50
21	21	27	E.J. Trivette	Plymouth	E.J. Trivette	0	2/0	Transmission	50
22	22	11	Junior Johnson	Dodge	Paul Spaulding	0	108/0	Dq	0