AUTO RACING FACTS


NASCAR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS HISTORY

 



NASCAR 1959 Grand National Points Standings

  DRIVER STARTS WINS POINTS MONEY
1 Lee Petty 42 11 11,792 49,220
2 Cotton Owens 37 1 9,962 14,640
3 Speedy Thompson 29 0 7,684 6,816
4 Herman Beam 30 0 7,396 6,380
5 Buck Baker 35 1 7,170 11,061
6 Tom Pistone 22 2 7,050 12,725
7 L. D. Austin 35 0 6,519 4,671
8 Jack Smith 21 4 6,150 13,290
9 Jim Reed 14 3 5,744 23,534
10 Rex White 23 5 5,526 12,360
11 Junior Johnson 28 5 4,864 9,675
12 Shep Langdon 21 0 4,768 3,526
13 G. C. Spencer 28 0 4,260 3,701
14 Tommy Irwin 25 0 3,876 9,190
15 Richard Petty 21 0 3,694 8,111
16 Fireball Roberts 8 1 3,676 10,661
17 Bob Welborn 29 3 3,588 6,491
18 Joe Weatherly 17 0 3,404 9,816
19 Bobby Jones 1 0 2,732 5,951
20 Tiny Lund 27 0 2,634 4,941
21 Bob Burdick 6 0 2,392 10,050
22 Larry Frank 15 0 2,256 5,993
23 Bobby Keck 18 0 2,186 1,270
24 Curtis Turner 10 2 2,088 3,845
25 Jim Paschal 6 0 1,792 2,980
26 Buddy Baker 12 0 1,692 1,705
27 Shorty Rollins 10 0 1,600 1,500
28 Elmo Langley 13 0 1,568 2,286
29 Jimmy Thompson 5 0 1,528 1,580
30 Brownie King 18 0 1,480 1,875
31 Tim Flock 2 0 1,464 850
32 Joe Eubanks 13 0 1,432 2,000
33 Roy Tyner 28 0 1,416 5,425
34 Charlie Cregar 3 0 1,408 550
35 Dick Freeman 3 0 1,352 475
36 Raul Cilloniz 2 0 1,272 550
37 Ned Jarrett 17 2 1,248 3,860
38 Dave White 5 0 1,228 660
39 Dick Joslin 4 0 1,224 485
40 Tommy Thompson 3 0 1,168 510
41 Harvey Hege 10 0 1,152 955
42 Eduardo Dibos 3 0 1,128 1,050
43 Bill Champion 1 0 1,120 500
44 Joe Caspolich 1 0 1,040 470
45 Jim Austin 5 0 1,016 440
46 Marvin Porter 7 0 984 1,940
47 Jim McGuirk 4 0 928 325
48 Harlan Richardson 10 0 924 1,120
49 Al White 5 0 872 575
50 Richard Riley 10 0 760 910