Daytona 1000 Kilometres 1959 - Race Results

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Event: Daytona 1000 Kilometres International Sports Car Race		Date: 5.4.1959
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.132 kms	Organiser: USAC/FIA
Daytona 1000 Kilometres
USAC Road Racing Championship (round 2)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	86	Mières / von Döry	Porsche 718 RSK	Antonio von Dory	147	901.3453 kms	150.2242
2^nd	72	Said / Bunker	Porsche 718 RSK	Art Bunker	146
3^rd	7	O'Shea / Pabst	Jaguar D-type	Jack Rutherford	146				1^st	S+3.0
4^th	12	Loyal Katskee	Ferrari 121 LM	Loyal Katskee	142
5^th	22	Roberts / Moody / Rathmann / Daigh	Ford Thunderbird	Holman Moody	138
6^th	99	Gonzalez / Hudson	Ferrari 250 GT	Hans Hirch	138				1^st	S3.0
7^th	8	Casner / Lilly	Ferrari 250 TR Scaglietti Spyder	Anthony Cameradi	137			Distributor	2^nd	S3.0
8^th	6	Kaperonis / Sargeant	Astari Special Corvette	Jim Kaperonis	127
9^th	62	Remo Cattini	Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato	Team Roosevelt	121
10^th	64	Alfonso Thiele	Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato	Team Roosevelt	120
11^th	63	Lanzo Cussini	Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato	Team Roosevelt	119
12^th	1	Montalvo / Gómez Mena	Ferrari 250 GT		116			Engine
13^th	45	Krause / Ruby / Shelby	Maserati 450S	Micro Lube Special	110			Oil line
14^th	78	Stiles / Findlay	Austin-Healey Sprite	Phil Stiles	110
15^th	46	Carroll Shelby	Maserati 300S Corvette	Micro Lube Special	98			Drive shaft
16^th	61	Fred Pfisterer	Lotus Eleven		98
17^th	36	Windridge / Holbert	Lister - Corvette	Kelso Autodynamics	96			Drive shaft
18^th	212	A. J. Foyt	Lister - Corvette	Jimmy Younger	93			Differential
19^th	15	Saidel / Mansen	Jomar	Ray Saidel	88					S2.0
20^th	81	Love / Sutton	AC Ace Bristol	William Love	86
21^st	65	Moody / Daigh	Ford Thunderbird	Holman Moody	40
22^nd	38	Ricardo Rodriguez	Osca	Reeds Makin	30			Connecting rod
23^rd	21	Utsman	Williams Buick Special	Jimmy Williams	22			Engine
24^th	27	Bill Krause	Jaguar D-type	Bill Krause	13			Clutch
25^th	68	Rathmann	Maserati 450S Pontiac	John Edgar	11			Piston
26^th	88	Chuck Daigh	Ferrari 410 Sport	John Edgar	7			Differential
27^th	3	Paul Goldsmith	Kurtis - Corvette	Ray Crawford	7			Engine
28^th	49	George Constantine	Aston Martin DBR2	Elisha Walker	1			Piston

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
	Rodriguez / Hudson	Ferrari 3.5
	Bob Stonedale	Jaguar

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