Langhorne 100
Langhorne Speedway
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
June 14, 1959
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 11 | Van Johnson | 56 | Vargo | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 100 | 1:00:16.176 99.553 | 200 |
2 | 1 | Jud Larson | 4 | Bowes Seal Fast | Lesovsky | Offy | 100 | 1:00:22.02 99.392 | 160 |
3 | 13 | Ed Elisian | 39 | Hart Fullerton | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 100 | Finished | 140 |
4 | 7 | Rex Easton | 78 | Stearly Motor Freight | Lesovsky | Offy | 100 | Finished | 120 |
5 | 2 | Elmer George | 21 | HOW | Watson | Offy | 100 | Finished | 73 |
6 | 15 | Ralph Liguori | 54 | Bill Forbes Racing | Kuzma R | Offy | 100 | Finished | 80 |
7 | 12 | Dick Rathmann | 25 | Hardwood Door | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 100 | Finished | 60 |
8 | 5 | Don Freeland | 52 | Leader Card Duo | Watson | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 50 |
9 | 3 | Don Branson | 9 | Bob Estes | Phillips | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 40 |
10 | 4 | Bob Veith | 17 | Tiz-So | Silnes | Offy | 97 | Flagged | 30 |
11 | 18 | Jim Packard | 22 | Glessner | Silnes | Offy | 97 | Flagged | 20 |
12 | 17 | Chuck Weyant | 76 | Leitenberger | Silnes/Sherman | Offy | 96 | Flagged | 10 |
13 | 6 | A. J. Foyt | 10 | Dean Van Lines | Kuzma | Offy | 76 | Split fuel tank | |
14 | 10 | Len Sutton | 8 | Wolcott | Lesovsky | Offy | 64 | Broken shock absorber | |
15 | 16 | Dempsey Wilson | 81 | Central Excavating | Kuzma | Offy | 57 | Broken torsion bar | |
16 | 8 | Bobby Grim | 48 | Sumar | Kuzma | Offy | 33 | Steering | |
17 | 14 | Tony Bettenhausen | 83 | Dean Van Lines | Epperly R | Offy | 21 | Engine | |
18 | 9 | Eddie Sachs | 44 | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma | Offy | 16 | Overheated | |
-- | -- | Eddie Sachs | 21 | HOW | Watson | Offy | 27 | Relieved George 74-100 | 27 |
-- | -- | Bill Cheesbourg | 18 | Braund Plywood | Kuzma | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Chuck Arnold | 71 | Hall-Mar | Curtis R | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Jimmy Davies | 15 | Peter Wales | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Joe Barzda | 33 | Harden | Russo/Nichels D | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Bill Homeier | 94 | Tassi Vatis | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
-- | -- | Jim McWithey | 59 | Ray Brady | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Johnny Thomson | 3 | Racing Associates | Kuzma | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice | |
-- | -- | Duane Carter | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not appear | |
-- | -- | Paul Goldsmith | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not appear | |
-- | -- | Buddy Cagle | X | John Zink | Watson | Offy | -- | Did not appear |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Elmer George | 45 | 29-73 |
Jud Larson | 28 | 1-28 |
Van Johnson | 27 | 74-100 |