# NASCAR Grand National de 1959

A Temporada da NASCAR Grand National de 1959 foi a 11º edição da Nascar, com 44 etapas disputadas o campeão foi Lee Petty.

## Calendário

| N. | Data | Corridas | Circuito | Campeão | Segundo | Terceiro |
| 1 | 9-nov | Race 1 | Champion Speedway$^1$ | Bob Welborn | Glen Wood | Buck Baker |
| 2 | 20-feb | Daytona 500 Qualifier | Daytona International Speedway | Bob Welborn | Fritz Wilson | Tom Pistone |
| 3 | 22-feb | Daytona 500 | Daytona International Speedway | Lee Petty | Johnny Beauchamp | Charley Griffith |
| 4 | 1-mrt | Race 4 | Occoneechee Speedway | Curtis Turner | Tom Pistone | Bob Welborn |
| 5 | 8-mrt | Race 5 | Concord Speedway$^2$ | Curtis Turner | Cotton Owens | Lee Petty |
| 6 | 22-mrt | Race 6 | Lakewood Speedway$^3$ | Johnny Beauchamp | Buck Baker | Tom Pistone |
| 7 | 29-mrt | Race 7 | Wilson Speedway$^4$ | Junior Johnson | Curtis Turner | Richard Petty |
| 8 | 30-mrt | Race 8 | Bowman Gray Stadium | Jim Reed | Lee Petty | Rex White |
| 9 | 4-apr | Race 9 | Columbia Speedway | Jack Smith | Ned Jarrett | Lee Petty |
| 10 | 5-apr | Gwyn Staley 160 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | Lee Petty | Jack Smith | Cotton Owens |
| 11 | 26-apr | Race 11 | Reading Fairgrounds$^5$ | Junior Johnson | Speedy Thompson | Tom Pistone |
| 12 | 2-mei | Hickory 250 | Hickory Motor Speedway | Junior Johnson | Joe Weatherly | Lee Petty |
| 13 | 3-mei | Virginia 500 | Martinsville Speedway | Lee Petty | Johnny Beauchamp | Junior Johnson |
| 14 | 17-mei | Race 14 | Trenton Speedway | Tom Pistone | Cotton Owens | Lee Petty |
| 15 | 22-mei | Race 15 | Southern States Fairgrounds | Lee Petty | Tiny Lund | Cotton Owens |
| 16 | 24-mei | Music City 200 | Music City Motorplex | Rex White | Junior Johnson | Tommy Irwin |
| 17 | 30-mei | Race 17 | Ascot Stadium$^6$ | Parnelli Jones | Lloyd Dane | Marvin Porter |
| 18 | 5-jun | Race 18 | Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds | Jack Smith | Joe Eubanks | Junior Johnson |
| 19 | 13-jun | Race 19 | Greenville-Pickens Speedway | Junior Johnson | Roy Tyner | Lee Petty |
| 20 | 14-jun | Race 20 | Lakewood Speedway$^3$ | Lee Petty | Richard Petty | Buck Baker |
| 21 | 18-jun | Race 21 | Columbia Speedway | Lee Petty | Tommy Irwin | Buck Baker |
| 22 | 20-jun | Race 22 | Wilson Speedway$^4$ | Junior Johnson | Tom Pistone | Glen Wood |
| 23 | 21-jun | Richmond 200 | Richmond International Raceway | Tom Pistone | Glen Wood | Buck Baker |
| 24 | 27-jun | Race 24 | Bowman Gray Stadium | Rex White | Ken Rush | Bob Welborn |
| 25 | 28-jun | Race 25 | Asheville-Weaverville Speedway | Rex White | Lee Petty | Junior Johnson |
| 26 | 4-jul | Firecracker 250 | Daytona International Speedway | Fireball Roberts | Joe Weatherly | Johnny Allen |
| 27 | 21-jul | Race 27 | Heidelberg Raceway$^7$ | Jim Reed | Rex White | Lee Petty |
| 28 | 26-jul | Race 28 | Southern States Fairgrounds | Jack Smith | Bob Welborn | Buck Baker |
| 29 | 1-aug | Race 29 | Rambi Raceway$^8$ | Ned Jarrett | Jim Paschal | Tommy Irwin |
| 30 | 2-aug | Race 30 | Southern States Fairgrounds | Ned Jarrett | Jim Paschal | Bob Welborn |
| 31 | 9-aug | Nashville 300 | Music City Motorplex | Joe Lee Johnson | Larry Frank | Elmo Langley |
| 32 | 16-aug | Western North Carolina 500 | Asheville-Weaverville Speedway | Bob Welborn | Lee Petty | Jack Smith |
| 33 | 21-aug | Race 33 | Bowman Gray Stadium | Rex White | Glen Wood | Lee Petty |
| 34 | 22-aug | Race 34 | Greenville-Pickens Speedway | Buck Baker | Cotton Owens | Ned Jarrett |
| 35 | 29-aug | Race 35 | Columbia Speedway | Lee Petty | Tiny Lund | Fred Harb |
| 36 | 7-sep | Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway | Jim Reed | Bob Burdick | Bobby Johns |
| 37 | 11-sep | Buddy Shuman 250 | Hickory Motor Speedway | Lee Petty | Buck Baker | Rex White |
| 38 | 13-sep | Capital City 200 | Richmond International Raceway | Cotton Owens | Lee Petty | Tom Pistone |
| 39 | 13-sep | Race 39 | California State Fairgrounds$^9$ | Eddie Gray | Scotty Cain | Danny Weinberg |
| 40 | 20-sep | Race 40 | Occoneechee Speedway | Lee Petty | Cotton Owens | Richard Petty |
| 41 | 27-sep | Old Dominion 500 | Martinsville Speedway | Rex White | Glen Wood | Jim Reed |
| 42 | 11-okt | Race 42 | Asheville-Weaverville Speedway | Lee Petty | Glen Wood | Jack Smith |
| 43 | 18-okt | Wilkes 160 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | Lee Petty | Rex White | Richard Petty |
| 44 | 25-okt | Lee Kirby 300 | Concord Speedway$^2$ | Jack Smith | Lee Petty | Buck Baker |

## Classificação final

| 1 | Lee Petty | 11792 |
| 2 | Cotton Owens | 9962 |
| 3 | Speedy Thompson | 7684 |
| 4 | Herman Beam | 7396 |
| 5 | Buck Baker | 7170 |
| 6 | Tom Pistone | 7050 |
| 7 | L.D. Austin | 6519 |
| 8 | Jack Smith | 6150 |
| 9 | Jim Reed | 5744 |
| 10 | Rex White | 5526 |