NASCAR Convertible Series 1959 standings

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NASCAR Convertible Series 1959 standings

Championship points standings for the NASCAR Convertible Series 1959

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Joe Lee Johnson		Chevrolet	7656
2.	Larry Frank			7656
3.	Gene White		Chevrolet	5872
4.	Richard Petty		1957 Oldsmobile	5192
5.	Brownie King			4388
6.	Ken Rush		Mercury Chevrolet Ford	4336
7.	Joseph Weatherly		Ford T-Bird Ford Chevrolet	4276
8.	George Green		Chevrolet	4160
9.	Glen Wood		Ford	4148
10.	Roy Tyner		Ford Chevrolet	3804
11.	Bob Welborn		Chevrolet	3404
12.	Joe Eubanks			3368
13.	Wilbur Rakestraw			3196
14.	Shorty Rollins		Ford Chevrolet	2544
15.	Jimmy Thompson			2516
16.	Marvin Panch	Tom Vernon	Ford	2424
17.	G.C. Spencer		Chevrolet	2416
18.	George Alsobrook			2352
19.	Bennie Rakestraw			2332
20.	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick	Ford T-Bird	1924
21.	Billy Carden			1844
22.	Bernard Friedland		Chevrolet	1752
23.	Fred Harb			1680
24.	Elmo Langley			1572
25.	Tommy Irwin			1560
26.	DeWayne Louis Lund		Chevrolet	1428
27.	Shep Langdon		Ford	1300
28.	Gober Sosebee			1064
29.	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	Chevrolet	1056
30.	Lee Arnold Petty		Oldsmobile Plymouth	1028
31.	Paul Bass			1008
32.	Buck Baker Sr		Chevrolet	916
33.	R L Combs			900
34.	Curtis Turner	Doc White	Ford T-Bird	880
35.	Fireball Roberts		Chevrolet	824
36.	Pete Kelly			800
37.	Buddy Baker		Chevrolet	728
37.	Ned Jarrett			728
39.	Joe Halton			724
40.	Fritz Wilson			624
41.	Jimmy Massey			572
42.	Jack Smith	Bud Moore	Chevrolet	552
43.	Edward O Brigance			524
44.	Jim Paschal	Bob Welborn	Chevrolet	496
45.	Barney Shore			464
46.	Rex White	Bud Moore, Rex White	Chevrolet	456
47.	Ken Marriott			440
48.	Max Berrier			392
49.	Jim Reed		Chevrolet	368
50.	Banjo Matthews	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	364
51.	Neil Castles			348
52.	Chester Barron			288
52.	Dean Pelton			288
54.	Dick Dixon			264
55.	L.D. Austin			256
56.	Ermon Rush	Julian Petty	Chevrolet	228
57.	Harvey Hege			216
58.	Junior Johnson	Wood Brothers Racing, Paul Spaulding	Ford	192
58.	Whitey Norman			192
60.	Jimmy Pardue			184
61.	Bunk Moore			180
62.	Ralph Lee Earnhardt	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	176
63.	Alfred Bruce Thompson	Bruce Thompson	Chevrolet	168
64.	Herman Beam			160
64.	Reds Kagle			160
66.	Jerry Draper			152
67.	Tom Pistone		Ford T-Bird	144
67.	Paul Walton		Mercury	144
69.	Doug Cox			136
69.	Frank Thompson			136
71.	Bob Harkey			128
72.	Bill Poor			120
73.	George Dunn			80
74.	Emanuel Zervakis			64
75.	Fred Hoff			56
76.	Jimmie Lewallen			8
76.	Bobby Waddell			8
	Johnny Allen			0
	Johnny Beauchamp	Petty Engineering	Oldsmobile	0
	Ervin Carpenter		Ford	0
	Clarence DeZalia			0
	John Dodd, Sr.	Frank Hayworth	Ford	0
	Johnny Gardner			0
	Bobby Lee		Ford	0
	Bill Morton			0
	Jim Parsley		Chevrolet	0
	Ken Rice		Chevrolet	0
	Buzz Woodward		Ford	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Joe Lee Johnson	2
	Joseph Weatherly	2
	Bob Welborn	2
Most pole positions	Glen Wood	5
Most podium positions	Larry Frank	6
	Joe Lee Johnson	6
Most podium positions without a win	Larry Frank	6

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
100%	U.S.A.		Johnny Beauchamp, Larry Frank, Richard Petty, Brownie King, Ken Rush, Joe Lee Johnson, Gene White, Lee Arnold Petty, Buddy Baker, Ned Jarrett, Ralph Lee Earnhardt, Joseph Weatherly, George Green, Glen Wood, Roy Tyner, Bob Welborn, Joe Eubanks, Wilbur Rakestraw, Shorty Rollins, Jimmy Thompson, Marvin Panch, G.C. Spencer, George Alsobrook, Bennie Rakestraw, Bob Burdick, Billy Carden, Bernard Friedland, Fred Harb, Elmo Langley, Tommy Irwin, DeWayne Louis Lund, Shep Langdon, Gober Sosebee, Bobby Johns, Paul Bass, Buck Baker Sr, R L Combs, Curtis Turner, Fireball Roberts, Pete Kelly, Joe Halton, Fritz Wilson, Jimmy Massey, Jack Smith, Edward O Brigance, Jim Paschal, Barney Shore, Rex White, Ken Marriott, Max Berrier, Jim Reed, Banjo Matthews, Neil Castles, Chester Barron, Dean Pelton, Dick Dixon, L.D. Austin, Ermon Rush, Harvey Hege, Junior Johnson, Whitey Norman, Jimmy Pardue, Bunk Moore, Alfred Bruce Thompson, Herman Beam, Reds Kagle, Jerry Draper, Tom Pistone, Paul Walton, Doug Cox, Frank Thompson, Bob Harkey, Bill Poor, George Dunn, Emanuel Zervakis, Fred Hoff, Jimmie Lewallen, Bobby Waddell, Johnny Allen, Clarence DeZalia, Johnny Gardner, John Dodd, Sr., Buzz Woodward, Jim Parsley, Ervin Carpenter, Bill Morton, Ken Rice, Bobby Lee	88

Individual driver statistics for the 1959 NASCAR Convertible Series

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Allen, Johnny	24 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Alsobrook, George	25 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Austin, L.D.	40 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Baker, Buddy	18 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Baker Sr, Buck	40 y/o	9	0	0	0	0
Barron, Chester	32 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Bass, Paul	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Beam, Herman	29 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Beauchamp, Johnny	36 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Berrier, Max	23 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Brigance, Edward O	38 y/o	7	0	0	0	0
Burdick, Bob	22 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Carden, Billy	35 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Carpenter, Ervin	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Castles, Neil	24 y/o	11	0	0	0	0
Combs, R L	35 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Cox, Doug	33 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
DeZalia, Clarence	39 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Dixon, Dick	31 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Dodd, Sr., John	46 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Draper, Jerry	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Dunn, George	27 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Earnhardt, Ralph Lee	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Eubanks, Joe	33 y/o	11	0	0	0	0
Frank, Larry	30 y/o	15	0	6	0
Friedland, Bernard	45 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Gardner, Johnny	n/a	3	0	0	0	0
Green, George	31 y/o	12	0	0	0	0
Halton, Joe	31 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Harb, Fred	29 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Harkey, Bob	29 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Hege, Harvey	36 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Hoff, Fred	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Irwin, Tommy	31 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Jarrett, Ned	26 y/o	8	1	1	0
Johns, Bobby	27 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Johnson, Joe Lee	29 y/o	14	2	6	0
Johnson, Junior	28 y/o	2	0	1	0
Kagle, Reds	27 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Kelly, Pete	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
King, Brownie	25 y/o	15	0	0	0	0
Langdon, Shep	25 y/o	10	0	0	0	0
Langley, Elmo	30 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Lee, Bobby	25 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Lewallen, Jimmie	39 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Lund, DeWayne Louis	29 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Marriott, Ken	39 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Massey, Jimmy	30 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Matthews, Banjo	27 y/o	1	0	1	0
Moore, Bunk	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Morton, Bill	20 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Norman, Whitey	33 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Panch, Marvin	33 y/o	4	0	1	0
Pardue, Jimmy	28 y/o	6	0	0	0	0
Parsley, Jim	32 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Paschal, Jim	32 y/o	2	0	1	0
Pelton, Dean	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Petty, Lee Arnold	45 y/o	4	1	1	0
Petty, Richard	21 y/o	12	1	3	0
Pistone, Tom	30 y/o	3	1	1	0
Poor, Bill	48 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Rakestraw, Bennie	26 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Rakestraw, Wilbur	31 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Reed, Jim	33 y/o	3	0	1	0
Rice, Ken	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Roberts, Fireball	30 y/o	2	1	1	0
Rollins, Shorty	30 y/o	5	1	2	0
Rush, Ermon	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Rush, Ken	27 y/o	12	0	1	0
Shore, Barney	23 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Smith, Jack	35 y/o	7	0	2	0
Sosebee, Gober	43 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Spencer, G.C.	33 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Thompson, Alfred Bruce	33 y/o	1	0	0	1
Thompson, Frank	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Thompson, Jimmy	35 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Turner, Curtis	35 y/o	3	1	1	1
Tyner, Roy	25 y/o	12	0	2	0
Waddell, Bobby	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Walton, Paul	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Weatherly, Joseph	37 y/o	10	2	5	3
Welborn, Bob	31 y/o	11	2	4	1
White, Gene	28 y/o	14	0	1	0
White, Rex	29 y/o	5	1	1	1
Wilson, Fritz	30 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Wood, Glen	33 y/o	9	1	2	5
Woodward, Buzz	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Zervakis, Emanuel	29 y/o	1	0	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL