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1959 225 Miles at Trenton Speedway
1959-05-17 at Trenton Speedway
	| 1 | 
	3 | 
	Tom Pistone | 
	52 | 
	#59 Ford T-Bird | 
	
	300 | 
	150 | 
	Finish | 
	$1,450 | 
	| 2 | 
	2 | 
	Cotton Owens | 
	95 | 
	#6 Pontiac  | 
	
	285 | 
	150 | 
	Finish | 
	$750 | 
	| 3 | 
	8 | 
	Lee Petty | 
	0 | 
	#42 Plymouth  | 
	
	276 | 
	149 | 
	Finish | 
	$575 | 
	| 4 | 
	5 | 
	Jim Reed | 
	3 | 
	#7 Chevy  | 
	
	264 | 
	148 | 
	Finish | 
	$375 | 
	| 5 | 
	4 | 
	Tommy Irwin | 
	0 | 
	#36 Ford T-Bird | 
	
	252 | 
	147 | 
	Finish | 
	$350 | 
	| 6 | 
	10 | 
	Pedro Rodriguez | 
	0 | 
	#10 Ford  | 
	
	240 | 
	144 | 
	Finish | 
	$300 | 
	| 7 | 
	13 | 
	Ben Benz | 
	0 | 
	#55 Chevy  | 
	
	228 | 
	139 | 
	Finish | 
	$250 | 
	| 8 | 
	14 | 
	Dominic Persicketti | 
	0 | 
	#27 Ford  | 
	
	216 | 
	137 | 
	Finish | 
	$225 | 
	| 9 | 
	17 | 
	Ernie Gesell | 
	0 | 
	#61 Ford  | 
	
	204 | 
	115 | 
	Finish | 
	$200 | 
	| 10 | 
	18 | 
	Tiny Benson | 
	0 | 
	#79 Chevy  | 
	
	0 | 
	111 | 
	Finish | 
	$185 | 
	| 11 | 
	6 | 
	Junior Johnson | 
	0 | 
	#11 Ford  | 
	
	192 | 
	103 | 
	Finish | 
	$175 | 
	| 12 | 
	11 | 
	Richard Petty | 
	0 | 
	#43 Oldsmobile  | 
	
	180 | 
	95 | 
	Accident | 
	$165 | 
	| 13 | 
	9 | 
	Charlie Cregar | 
	0 | 
	#16 Pontiac  | 
	
	168 | 
	95 | 
	Rear End | 
	$150 | 
	| 14 | 
	16 | 
	L.D. Austin | 
	0 | 
	#74 Chevy  | 
	
	156 | 
	87 | 
	Carburetor | 
	$130 | 
	| 15 | 
	1 | 
	Bob Burdick | 
	0 | 
	#73 Ford T-Bird | 
	
	144 | 
	64 | 
	Fire | 
	$100 | 
	| 16 | 
	7 | 
	Reds Kagle | 
	0 | 
	#88 Chevy  | 
	
	132 | 
	53 | 
	Oil Leak | 
	$90 | 
	| 17 | 
	15 | 
	Al White | 
	0 | 
	#33 Ford  | 
	
	120 | 
	52 | 
	U-Joint | 
	$75 | 
	| 18 | 
	12 | 
	Elmo Langley | 
	0 | 
	#110 Ford  | 
	
	108 | 
	25 | 
	Clutch | 
	$75 |