October 11, 1959: Starting fourth in his #42 Plymouth, Lee Petty motored to the front and won the 200-laps, 100-miles event at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in North Carolina. Coincidentally, the race was the 42nd event of the 1959 season.
Tommy Irwin won the pole. With the race nearing half-way, however, he lost an engine and finished 28th - one spot ahead of Bob Welborn, who made several starts in NASCAR's Grand National and Convertible series driving for for Lee Petty's brother, Julian. The previous race at Asheville-Weaverville was the Western Carolina 500 just a couple of months earlier in August 1959. Welborn won the race, but he finished 29th - dead last - in the October one.
Read on for more (though not much more):
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/10/october-11-1959-lee-petty-wins.html
| Fin | Driver | Car |
| 1 | Lee Petty | '59 Plymouth |
| 2 | Glen Wood | '58 Ford |
| 3 | Jack Smith | '59 Chevrolet |
| 4 | Rex White | '59 Chevrolet |
| 5 | Richard Petty | '59 Plymouth |
| 6 | Larry Frank | '57 Chevrolet |
| 7 | Joe Lee Johnson | '57 Chevrolet |
| 8 | Ned Jarrett | '57 Ford |
| 9 | Junior Johnson | '59 Dodge |
| 10 | Roy Tyner | '57 Chevrolet |
| 11 | Cotton Owens | '59 T-Bird |
| 12 | Buck Baker | '59 Chevrolet |
| 13 | Speedy Thompson | '57 Ford |
| 14 | Fred Harb | '57 Ford |
| 15 | Benny Rakestraw | '57 Mercury |
| 16 | L.D. Austin | '58 Ford |
| 17 | Jimmie Lewallen | '57 Ford |
| 18 | Jerry Smith | '57 Pontiac |
| 19 | Herman Beam | '57 Chevrolet |
| 20 | Dick Blackwell | '57 Ford |
| 21 | Bobby Johns | '57 Chevrolet |
| 22 | Buck Brigance | '57 Chevrolet |
| 23 | Bill Morton | '58 Ford |
| 24 | Brownie King | '57 Chevrolet |
| 25 | Chuck Tombs | '59 Chevrolet |
| 26 | Layman Utsman | '57 Chevrolet |
| 27 | Tiny Lund | '58 Ford |
| 28 | Tommy Irwin | '59 T-Bird |
| 29 | Bob Welborn | '59 Chevrolet |
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updated by @tmc-chase: 10/11/17 01:02:26PM
