USAC Stock Car Series 1959 standings

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USAC Stock Car Series 1959 standings

Championship points standings for the USAC Stock Car Series 1959

Position	Driver	Team	Car
1.	Fred Lorenzen	Louis Miller	1958 Ford
2.	Mike Klapak		1957 Ford
3.	Nelson Stacy	Willie Holt	1957 Chevrolet
	Telford Aase		1957 Pontiac
	Red Adams		Nash Rambler
	Johnny Allen		1957 Chevrolet
	Dale Anderson		1959 Ford
	John Auxter		1957 Ford Convertible
	Ralph Baker		1957 Chevrolet
	Earl Balmer
	Virgil Barbe		1959 Oldsmobile
	Paul Bass		1958 Ford Edsel Convertible
	Jerry Benjamin		1956 Ford
	Tony Bettenhausen	Rodger Ward	1959 Chevrolet,1958 Ford
	Jim Bickerstaff		1957 Ford
	Don Boorse		Chevrolet
	Jack Edward Bowsher		1958 Ford
	Bill Brown		1958 Ford
	Jimmy Bryan		1957 Mercury
	Les Chandler		Chevrolet
	Rob Chauncey		1957 Pontiac
	Bill Cheesbourg		1957 Ford
	Bud Cochran		1958 Ford
	Jack Conely
	Bill Cornwall		1957 Chevrolet
	Tom Cox		1959 Chevrolet
	Roy Czach		1957 Pontiac
	Wally Dallenbach		1957 Oldsmobile
	Jimmy Davies
	Darel Dieringer	Darel Dieringer	1958 Ford Convertible
	John Dodd Jr		1959 Ford,1958 Mercury
	John Dodd Sr		1959 Ford
	Norm Drew
	Bob Duell		1959 Ford
	Dick Dunlevy		1957 Chevrolet Convertible
	Red Duvall		1958 Ford
	Bob Estes		1957 Ford
	Joy Fair		1956 Dodge
	Alvin Farmer
	Jack Farris		1958 Mercury Convertible
	Lou Fegers		1958 Chevrolet
	Jim Findley		1958 Ford
	Ken Finley		Ford
	Bill Forney		1957 Chevrolet
	Dick Freeman		1959 Chevrolet
	Vaughn Gehrke		1957 Chevrolet
	Roy A Gemberling		1959 Plymouth
	William J Gerken		1957 Pontiac
	Ernie Gesell		1957 Ford
	Gordon Gorman		1957 Chevrolet
	Eddie Gray		1959 Ford
	Andy Hampton
	Mack Hanbury
	Chuck Hansen
	Ed Harrow		1959 Chevrolet
	Art Hec		1959 Ford
	Bill Henderson
	Dave Hirschfield		1957 Pontiac
	Fred Hoff		1957 Pontiac
	Jack Holbrook		1957 Chevrolet
	Jim Hurtubise		1957 Pontiac
	Bruce Jacobi
	Bob James		1957 Chevrolet
	Roy Jelinek		1958 Ford
	Ken Johnson		1957 Ford
	Hoss Kagle		1957 Chevrolet
	Reds Kagle		1956 Ford
	John Kapovich		1957 Buick
	Iggy Katona		1958 Ford
	Shorty Kershner
	Ed Kozbiel		1958 Ford
	Ron Krejic		1958 Chevrolet
	Mel Lane		1957 Chevrolet
	Elmo Langley
	Ralph Latham		1957 Chevrolet Convertible
	Ralph Liguori		1957 Nash Rambler
	Leon Listrom		1957 Ford
	Bill Lutz		1958 Ford
	Johnny Mantz		1958 Mercury
	Gene Marmor		1957 Chevrolet
	Nace Mattingly		1957 Ford
	Bob May		1957 Chevrolet
	Bob Merritt		1957 Pontiac
	Gil Michaels		Chevrolet
	Les Mixell		1957 Chevrolet
	Bill Moore		1957 Chevrolet
	Sonny Morgan		1957 Chevrolet
	Wes Morgan
	Earl Motter
	Jim Murphy
	Elmer Musgrave		1957 Pontiac
	Norm Nelson		1958 Mercury
	Homer Newland		1957 Chevrolet
	Joe Noeske		1958 Pontiac
	Don Oldenberg		1957 Pontiac
	Clyde Parker		1958 Chevrolet
	Paul Parks		1957 Ford Convertible
	Jim Parsley		1957 Chevrolet
	Johnnie Parsons
	Bob Perry		1959 Plymouth
	Bob Phillippi		1957 Ford
	Howard Phillippi
	Keith Ploughe		Chevrolet
	Bob Pronger		1957 Nash Rambler
	Dick Rathmann		1957 Ford
	Jim Rathmann		1959 Chevrolet
	Joie Ray		1957 Chevrolet Convertible
	Kenny Reeder
	Bob Reuther		1957 Chevrolet
	Jerry Richards		1957 Ford
	Marvin Roath		1959 Plymouth
	Shorty Rollins		1958 Chevrolet
	Bob Ross		1957 Ford
	John Rostek		1958 Mercury
	Cliff Rowland
	Auggie Sandman
	Bob Sandman		1958 Ford Edsel Convertible
	Don Schisler		1959 Ford Convertible
	Frankie Schneider		1957 Chevrolet
	Bob Schultz		1957 Pontiac
	Bill Schwister		1958 Ford
	Les (William L) Scott		1958 Ford
	George Seeger		1957 Ford
	John Seeley		1957 Chevrolet
	Jack Shanklin		1958 Ford
	Herb Shannon		1959 Pontiac
	Al Shear		1957 Ford
	Bill Shoulders		1958 Oldsmobile
	Bob Slensby		1959 Ford
	Harold Smith		1959 Studebaker Lark,1959 Chevrolet
	Les Snow		1959 Pontiac
	Wally Stanton		1957 Chevrolet
	Red Swanberg		1957 Chevrolet
	Wesley Allen Swenson		1957 Ford
	Mike Terrafino		Chevrolet
	Al Terrell		1958 Chevrolet
	Frankie Thompson		1958 Mercury
	Sal Tovella		1957 Chevrolet
	Bobby Unser		1958 Ford
	Nook Walters
	Rodger Ward	Rodger Ward	1958 Ford
	Bobby Watson		1957 Ford
	Chuck Webb		1959 Ford
	Wayne Weiler		1958 Plymouth
	Paul Wensink
	Don White		1959 Ford
	Grant Wilmot		Mercury
	Buzz Wilson		1957 Mercury
	Dempsey Wilson
	Buzz Woodward

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Fred Lorenzen	6
Most pole positions	Rodger Ward	4
Most podium positions	Fred Lorenzen	8
Most podium positions without a win	Bill Lutz	3

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
100%	U.S.A.		Fred Lorenzen, Mike Klapak, Nelson Stacy, Bill Lutz, Bob Duell, Dick Rathmann, Bill Brown, John Dodd Jr, Iggy Katona, William J Gerken, Frankie Schneider, Don White, Dick Dunlevy, Bob James, Dave Hirschfield, Ralph Latham, Les (William L) Scott, John Auxter, Paul Parks, Bill Forney, Paul Bass, Fred Hoff, Bud Cochran, Elmer Musgrave, Virgil Barbe, Bob Sandman, Les Snow, Clyde Parker, John Kapovich, Dick Freeman, Joy Fair, Bill Moore, Jack Conely, Frankie Thompson, Hoss Kagle, Jim Parsley, Ken Johnson, Bob Ross, John Seeley, John Rostek, Ernie Gesell, Les Mixell, Wally Dallenbach, Bob Phillippi, Jack Shanklin, Homer Newland, Kenny Reeder, Cliff Rowland, Auggie Sandman, Wayne Weiler, Bobby Watson, Bruce Jacobi, Norm Drew, Andy Hampton, Earl Balmer, Paul Wensink, Tony Bettenhausen, Jack Edward Bowsher, Bob Reuther, Bill Cheesbourg, Howard Phillippi, Joie Ray, Darel Dieringer, Red Duvall, Gordon Gorman, Jimmy Bryan, Sal Tovella, Bill Shoulders, Don Oldenberg, Bob Schultz, Ralph Baker, Johnny Allen, Herb Shannon, Red Swanberg, Jerry Richards, Norm Nelson, Joe Noeske, Mel Lane, Al Shear, Bobby Unser, Wesley Allen Swenson, Gene Marmor, Ralph Liguori, Bob Slensby, Ed Kozbiel, Rob Chauncey, Don Schisler, Harold Smith, Telford Aase, Jack Farris, Roy A Gemberling, Bill Cornwall, Bob Estes, Art Hec, Wally Stanton, Bob May, Marvin Roath, Leon Listrom, Vaughn Gehrke, Alvin Farmer, Keith Ploughe, Rodger Ward, Jim Rathmann, Roy Czach, Jim Findley, Jack Holbrook, Jim Bickerstaff, Bill Schwister, Wes Morgan, Chuck Hansen, Mack Hanbury, Buzz Woodward, Nook Walters, Nace Mattingly, John Dodd Sr, Reds Kagle, Jerry Benjamin, Elmo Langley, Shorty Kershner, Ken Finley, Grant Wilmot, Gil Michaels, Les Chandler, Mike Terrafino, Lou Fegers, Don Boorse, Red Adams, Dale Anderson, Ron Krejic, Buzz Wilson, Bob Pronger, Tom Cox, Johnny Mantz, Jim Hurtubise, Bill Henderson, Al Terrell, Eddie Gray, George Seeger, Chuck Webb, Johnnie Parsons, Earl Motter, Bob Merritt, Bob Perry, Dempsey Wilson, Jim Murphy, Jimmy Davies, Ed Harrow, Sonny Morgan, Shorty Rollins, Roy Jelinek	150

Individual driver statistics for the 1959 USAC Stock Car Series

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Aase, Telford	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Adams, Red	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Allen, Johnny	24 y/o	9	0	1	0
Anderson, Dale	n/a	1	0	1	0
Auxter, John	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Baker, Ralph	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Balmer, Earl	23 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Barbe, Virgil	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Bass, Paul	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Benjamin, Jerry	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Bettenhausen, Tony	42 y/o	5	1	2	0
Bickerstaff, Jim	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Boorse, Don	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Bowsher, Jack Edward	28 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Brown, Bill	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Bryan, Jimmy	33 y/o	6	0	1	0
Chandler, Les	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Chauncey, Rob	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Cheesbourg, Bill	32 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Cochran, Bud	25 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Conely, Jack	29 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Cornwall, Bill	35 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Cox, Tom	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Czach, Roy	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Dallenbach, Wally	22 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Davies, Jimmy	29 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Dieringer, Darel	33 y/o	3	0	1	0
Dodd Jr, John	26 y/o	4	0	1	0
Dodd Sr, John	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Drew, Norm	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Duell, Bob	30 y/o	3	0	1	0
Dunlevy, Dick	n/a	2	0	1	0
Duvall, Red	35 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Estes, Bob	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Fair, Joy	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Farmer, Alvin	30 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Farris, Jack	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Fegers, Lou	n/a	5	0	0	0	0
Findley, Jim	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Finley, Ken	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Forney, Bill	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Freeman, Dick	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Gehrke, Vaughn	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Gemberling, Roy A	31 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Gerken, William J	29 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Gesell, Ernie	44 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Gorman, Gordon	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Gray, Eddie	39 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Hampton, Andy	30 y/o	1	0	0	1
Hanbury, Mack	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Hansen, Chuck	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Harrow, Ed	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Hec, Art	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Henderson, Bill	12 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Hirschfield, Dave	28 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Hoff, Fred	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Holbrook, Jack	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Hurtubise, Jim	26 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Jacobi, Bruce	24 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
James, Bob	36 y/o	9	0	2	2
Jelinek, Roy	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Johnson, Ken	-4 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Kagle, Hoss	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Kagle, Reds	27 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Kapovich, John	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Katona, Iggy	42 y/o	7	0	0	0	0
Kershner, Shorty	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Klapak, Mike	46 y/o	11	1	3	0
Kozbiel, Ed	n/a	3	0	0	0	0
Krejic, Ron	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Lane, Mel	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Langley, Elmo	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Latham, Ralph	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Liguori, Ralph	32 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Listrom, Leon	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Lorenzen, Fred	24 y/o	13	6	8	2
Lutz, Bill	30 y/o	8	0	3	0
Mantz, Johnny	40 y/o	2	0	0	1
Marmor, Gene	29 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Mattingly, Nace	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
May, Bob	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Merritt, Bob	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Michaels, Gil	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Mixell, Les	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Moore, Bill	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Morgan, Sonny	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Morgan, Wes	36 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Motter, Earl	40 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Murphy, Jim	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Musgrave, Elmer	n/a	9	1	4	0
Nelson, Norm	36 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Newland, Homer	29 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Noeske, Joe	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Oldenberg, Don	36 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Parker, Clyde	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Parks, Paul	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Parsley, Jim	32 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Parsons, Johnnie	40 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Perry, Bob	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Phillippi, Bob	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Phillippi, Howard	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Ploughe, Keith	28 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Pronger, Bob	37 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Rathmann, Dick	33 y/o	9	0	0	0	0
Rathmann, Jim	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Ray, Joie	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Reeder, Kenny	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Reuther, Bob	31 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Richards, Jerry	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Roath, Marvin	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Rollins, Shorty	30 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Ross, Bob	44 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Rostek, John	33 y/o	9	0	1	0
Rowland, Cliff	n/a	5	0	0	0	0
Sandman, Auggie	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Sandman, Bob	n/a	3	0	0	0	0
Schisler, Don	25 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Schneider, Frankie	32 y/o	4	1	2	0
Schultz, Bob	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Schwister, Bill	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Scott, Les (William L)	32 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Seeger, George	40 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Seeley, John	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Shanklin, Jack	n/a	6	0	1	0
Shannon, Herb	27 y/o	6	0	1	0
Shear, Al	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Shoulders, Bill	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Slensby, Bob	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Smith, Harold	32 y/o	5	1	2	0
Snow, Les	33 y/o	12	1	3	2
Stacy, Nelson	37 y/o	13	3	6	3
Stanton, Wally	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Swanberg, Red	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Swenson, Wesley Allen	44 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Terrafino, Mike	23 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Terrell, Al	29 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Thompson, Frankie	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Tovella, Sal	30 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Unser, Bobby	25 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Walters, Nook	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Ward, Rodger	38 y/o	5	1	5	4
Watson, Bobby	23 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Webb, Chuck	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Weiler, Wayne	24 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Wensink, Paul	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
White, Don	33 y/o	7	1	1	0
Wilmot, Grant	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Wilson, Buzz	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Wilson, Dempsey	32 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Woodward, Buzz	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL