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From 1949 to 1972, Richard and Lee Petty were the most dominant drivers on any circuit in NASCAR. David
Pearson was easily the third most dominant NASCAR driver. Buck Baker and Rex White were considered to be the middle-of-the road competitors in NASCAR from 1949 to 1972. Fonty and Tim Flock along
266:(and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power any more.
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were the typical example of maverick stock car drivers who drove during the days when it was affordable for the daring to go without a sponsor. All the inside starters were hardtops while all the outside starters were convertibles.
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in a 1959 Plymouth hardtop vehicle by three laps averaging speeds up to 71.633 miles per hour (115.282 km/h). Welborn would go winless after this race until he retired after the running of the
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vehicles participated in this race. These vehicles were considered to be the quintessential vehicles own during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The only problems with fuel occurred when
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didn't make his introduction into NASCAR until the next decade. There were 500 laps on this race that took almost three and a half hours to resolve.
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The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of
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with Herb Thomas, Joe
Weatherly, Ned Jarrett, and Bobby Isaac were considered to be below-average performers during the early years of NASCAR.
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would zoom into the pole position driving at speeds up to 77.687 miles per hour (125.025 km/h) during solo qualifying runs,
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would make his grand exit from top-level NASCAR racing after this event while
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problems emerged within the first 100 laps in addition to faulty
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was the last-place finisher in this race due to trouble with his
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Auto race held at
Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in 1959
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1959 Western North
Carolina 500 crew chief information
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235:event that was held on August 16, 1959, at
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378:Notable crew chiefs for this race were
1013:racing information at Racing Reference
375:would make their introductions here.
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1027:racing information at Race Database
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243:. This event took place after the
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1166:1959 NASCAR Grand National Series
1106:1959 NASCAR Grand National Series
1058:Western North Carolina 500 races
34:1959 NASCAR Grand National Series
1161:1959 in sports in North Carolina
21:1959 Western North Carolina 500
1024:1959 Western North Carolina 500
1010:1959 Western North Carolina 500
989:1959 Western North Carolina 500
226:1959 Western North Carolina 500
197:Television in the United States
251:(now Fairgrounds Speedway) in
237:Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
71:Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
1:
987:Weather information for the
992:at the Old Farmers' Almanac
352:ran out of gas on lap 463.
241:Weaverville, North Carolina
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1140:Western North Carolina 500
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84:Permanent racing facility
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46:; 65 years ago
323:1964 Pennsylvania 200
233:Grand National Series
32:Race 32 of 44 in the
253:Nashville, Tennessee
44:August 16, 1959
1039:at Racing Reference
852:Dominic Persicketti
764:Section reference:
358:Dominic Persicketti
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249:Nashville Speedway
245:1959 Nashville 300
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759:Finishing order
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508:Joe Lee Johnson
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1113:Points races
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957:Freddy Fryar
927:Neil Castles
897:Bud Crothers
877:Elmo Langley
842:George Green
827:Shep Langdon
822:G.C. Spencer
797:Cotton Owens
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729:Cotton Owens
542:Elmo Langley
380:Shorty Johns
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350:G.C. Spencer
342:Thunderbirds
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331:Pennsylvania
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284:Brownie King
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264:homologation
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27:Race details
1130:Hickory 250
1120:Daytona 500
932:Tom Pistone
917:Tommy Irwin
912:Earl Balmer
847:Ned Jarrett
837:L.D. Austin
812:Bobby Johns
792:Larry Frank
770:Bob Welborn
610:Larry Frank
525:Tommy Irwin
474:Bob Welborn
457:Bobby Johns
388:Jess Potter
384:Mario Rossi
369:Chuck Tombs
315:Bob Welborn
301:, decaying
290:on lap 44.
270:Race report
207:untelevised
191:Bob Welborn
186:Bob Welborn
161:Bob Welborn
155:Bob Welborn
1155:Categories
974:References
952:Bill Scott
922:Gene White
907:Dave White
802:Buck Baker
777:Jack Smith
746:Gene White
695:Dave White
593:Buck Baker
491:Jack Smith
394:Qualifying
354:Bill Scott
338:Chevrolets
327:New Oxford
212:Announcers
51:1959-08-16
942:Fred Harb
902:Glen Wood
872:Roy Tyner
832:Tiny Lund
817:Bob Duell
787:Rex White
773:Lee Petty
751:Chevrolet
717:Chevrolet
712:Roy Tyner
700:Chevrolet
678:Fred Harb
632:Chevrolet
627:Tiny Lund
615:Chevrolet
598:Chevrolet
559:Lee Petty
513:Chevrolet
496:Chevrolet
479:Chevrolet
462:Chevrolet
440:Glen Wood
428:Chevrolet
423:Rex White
336:A lot of
319:Lee Petty
311:Rex White
293:A lot of
139:Rex White
130:Rex White
564:Plymouth
299:spindles
288:fan belt
276:American
91:Distance
67:Location
409:Driver
203:Network
99:Weather
49: (
344:, and
295:engine
230:NASCAR
228:was a
181:No. 49
175:Winner
150:Driver
122:Driver
81:Course
36:season
1061:1959
547:Buick
401:Grid
303:axles
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1052:1958
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445:Ford
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386:and
371:and
356:and
346:Ford
224:The
215:none
167:Laps
41:Date
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405:No.
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