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1950 Southern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 13 of 19
Monday, September 4, 1950 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
400 laps on a 1.250 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 6:38:40
Average speed: 75.25 mph
Pole speed: 82.034 mph

Cautions: 2 for 13 laps
Margin of victory: 9 laps +
Attendance: 25000
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1950 NASCAR Grand National results / 1950 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	43	98	Johnny Mantz	Hubert Westmoreland	'50 Plymouth	400	10510	running	351
2	67	82	Fireball Roberts	Sam Rice	'50 Oldsmobile	391	3500	running	0
3	7	22	Red Byron	Parks Novelty (Raymond Parks)	'50 Cadillac	390	2000	running	0
4	23	59	Bill Rexford	Julian Buesink	'50 Oldsmobile	385	1500	running	0
5	15	77	Chuck Mahoney	Brooks Motors	'50 Mercury	381	1000	running	0
6	35	42	Lee Petty	Petty Special (Petty Enterprises)	'49 Plymouth	380	800	running	0
7	38	71	Cotton Owens	F.J. Bland	'50 Plymouth	380	930	running	23
8	64	2	Bill Blair	Sam Rice	'49 Cadillac	375	600	running	0
9	44	52	Hershel McGriff	City of Roses (Hershel McGriff)	'50 Oldsmobile	374	500	running	0
10	26	61	George Hartley	Julian Buesink	'50 Oldsmobile	371	450	running	0
11	16	9	Tim Flock	Buddy Elliott	'50 Oldsmobile	370	400	running	0
12	57	44	Johnny Grubb	Johnny Grubb	'50 Plymouth	368	350	running	0
13	62	26	Dick Linder	Don Rogala	'50 Oldsmobile	367	300	running	0
14	68	89	John DuBoise	John DuBoise	'50 Ford	367	250	running	0
15	72	72	Weldon Adams	Harold Mays	'49 Plymouth	367	225	running	0
16	32	99	Barney Smith	Barney Smith	'50 Oldsmobile	366	275	running	0
17	3	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'50 Oldsmobile	364	290	running	4
18	52	39	Elmer Wilson	Elmer Wilson	'49 Plymouth	360	100	running	0
19	21	4	Joe Eubanks	Joe Eubanks	'50 Mercury	359		running	0
20	19	43	Shorty York	B.S. Beeson	'50 Buick	358		running	0
21	51	64	Walt Crawford	South's Garden Spot / Carolina Motors (Walt Crawford)	'50 Buick	358		running	0
22	33		Murrace Walker	Murrace Walker	'50 Oldsmobile	358		running	0
23	48		Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock	'50 Oldsmobile	355		–	0
24	27	17	Jack White	Dailey Moyer	'50 Ford	354		–	0
25	71	65	Byron Beatty	Byron Beatty	'50 Ford	351		–	0
26	53		Bill Widenhouse	Bill Widenhouse	'49 Plymouth	350		–	0
27	4	7	Bob Flock	Bob Flock Garage (Frank Christian)	'50 Oldsmobile	348		running	0
28	10	47	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	'50 Oldsmobile	346		–	0
29	13	19	Jack Smith	R & W Auto Service	'50 Oldsmobile	345		crash	0
30	30	34	Pee Wee Martin	Eanes Motor Co. / Firestone Tires (John Eanes)	'50 Oldsmobile	344	100	overheating	0
31	5	5	Lee Morgan	Lee Morgan	'49 Oldsmobile	342		running	0
32	8		Hub McBride	Hub McBride	'50 Mercury	341		–	0
33	11		Slick Smith	–	'50 Oldsmobile	340		–	0
34	12	45	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain	'50 Plymouth	338		running	0
35	6	66	Virgil Livengood	Virgil Livengood	'50 Oldsmobile	338		running	0
36	9		Billy Carden	–	'50 Ford	338		running	0
37	14	37	Bill Snowden	Nash Motor Co. (Nash Motor Co.)	'50 Nash	338		running	0
38	22	21	Harold Kite	Edmunds Motors (Harold Kite)	'49 Lincoln	334		–	0
39	25	49	Glenn Dunaway	Glenn Dunaway	'50 Lincoln	333		–	0
40	2	25	Jimmy Thompson	Leland Colvin	'50 Lincoln	332	125	engine	0
41	65	27	Jimmy Florian	Euclid Motor Co. (Jimmy Florian)	'50 Ford	331		spindle	0
42	20	35	Bob Smith	Central Chevrolet Corp.	'50 Oldsmobile	331		running	0
43	24	0	Jimmie Lewallen	Sam Rice	'50 Oldsmobile	330		–	0
44	75		Jesse James Taylor	Jesse James Taylor	'50 Mercury	329		–	0
45	29		Bub King	T.L. King	'50 Mercury	329		–	0
46	36	24	Gene Darragh	–	'50 Hudson	323		–	0
47	39		Roy Bentley	Roy Bentley	'50 Studebaker	319		–	0
48	42		J.E. Hardie	–	'50 Studebaker	317		–	0
49	34		Jerry Kempf	–	'50 Lincoln	315		–	0
50	46	36	Bill Osborne	–	'50 Mercury	311	100	–	0
51	37		Carson Dyer	Carson Dyer	'50 Lincoln	310		–	0
52	60	33	Wally Campbell	Wally Marks	'50 Oldsmobile	309	100	–	0
53	40	79	Jim Paschal	Julian Buesink	'50 Ford	307		–	0
54	45	18	Charles Tidwell	–	'49 Oldsmobile	300	100	–	0
55	41		Ruel Smith	–	'50 Pontiac	289		–	0
56	47		Al Keller	W.O. Taylor	'50 Oldsmobile	284		–	0
57	50		Dick Soper	–	'50 Kaiser	282		–	0
58	54		Pete Keller	–	'50 Studebaker	281		–	0
59	56		P.E. Godfrey	–	'49 Lincoln	278		–	0
60	1	41	Curtis Turner	Eanes Motor Co. (John Eanes)	'50 Oldsmobile	275	320	crash	22
61	49		Bob Apperson	Bob Apperson	'49 Oldsmobile	249		–	0
62	55		Tommy Thompson	Tommy Thompson	'50 Hudson	238		–	0
63	61	6	Marshall Teague	Paul Cox	'50 Lincoln	230		–	0
64	70	14	Tex Keene	Tex Keene	'50 Plymouth	229		crash	0
65	31	38	Clyde Minter	Clyde Minter	'50 Lincoln	219	100	–	0
66	74		Rollin Smith	–	'50 Hudson	208		–	0
67	17	86	Bill Henson	–	'49 Oldsmobile	200	100	–	0
68	50	48	Gayle Warren	Earl Blevins	'49 Oldsmobile	188	100	–	0
69	28	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors / Darlington Intl. Raceway (Bob Griffin)	'49 Oldsmobile	176		crash	0
70	58	46	Kenneth Wagner	Moyer Co. (Dailey Moyer)	'49 Lincoln	155	100	–	0
71	18	62	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink	'50 Lincoln	112	100	–	0
72	73	48	Alton Haddock	Alton Haddock	'50 Ford	98	100	–	0
73	69	54	Jack Yardley	Saverance Motors	'50 Ford	89		–	0
74	66		Jack Carr	–	'50 Mercury	52		engine	0
75	63		Roscoe Thompson	Charles Venable	'49 Oldsmobile	24		overheating	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Bill Bennett			Bill Bennett	Kaiser
	Lewis Hawkins				Plymouth
	Dorothy Shull				Oldsmobile
	Pap White				Mercury
	Pat Sutton	54	Saverance Motors		Ford
	Louise Smith	94	Leslie Motor Co.	Louise Smith	Nash
WD	Herb Thomas	92		Herb Thomas	Plymouth

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Gober Sosebee	1	4	4
Curtis Turner	5	26	22
Cotton Owens	27	49	23
Johnny Mantz	50	400	351