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1951 Southern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 24 of 41
Monday, September 3, 1951 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
400 laps on a 1.250 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 6:30:05
Average Speed: 76.906 mph
Pole Speed: 84.173 mph

Cautions: 4 for 26 laps
Margin of Victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 40,000
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1951 NASCAR Grand National results / 1951 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'51 Hudson	400	8,800	running	311
2	3	31	Jesse James Taylor	Jesse James Taylor	'51 Hudson	399	2,800	running	6
3	19	17	Buddy Shuman	R.H. Yandell	'51 Ford	391	1,500	running	0
4	5	77	Hershel McGriff	Hershel McGriff	'51 Oldsmobile	390	1,210	running	1
5	7	11	Fireball Roberts	Saverance Motors (Ed Saverance)	'51 Ford	387	910	running	0
6	38	1	Harold Kite	Julian Buesink	'51 Oldsmobile	384	800	running	0
7	27	46	Leon Sales	Hubert Westmoreland	'51 Oldsmobile	384	700	running	0
8	4	14	Fonty Flock	Red Devil (Frank Christian)	'51 Oldsmobile	383	600	running	0
9	6	16	Bill Snowden	Bill Snowden	'51 Ford	383	500	running	0
10	55	24	Pap White	Julian Petty	'51 Plymouth	383	400	running	0
11	45	91	Tim Flock	Black Phantom (Ted Chester)	'51 Oldsmobile	379	350	running	0
12	16	12	Slick Smith	Frank Christian	'50 Oldsmobile	379	240	running	0
13	52	34	Jack Goodwin	Bill Caltrider	'51 Plymouth	378	300	running	0
14	12	8	Billy Carden	West Peachtree Motors (Sam Knox)	'51 Cadillac	377	300	running	0
15	24	42	Lee Petty	Petty Special (Petty Enterprises)	'51 Plymouth	373	250	running	0
16	51	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'51 Oldsmobile	373	250	running	0
17	44	70	Bud Farrell	William Gundaker	'51 Plymouth	373	200	running	0
18	23	99	Billy Myers	Hubert Westmoreland	'51 Plymouth	373	200	running	0
19	80	64	Bill Widenhouse	Bill Widenhouse	'51 Plymouth	371	150	running	0
20	39	18	George Seeger	Tony Sampo	'51 Studebaker	371	150	running	0
21	11	4	Gayle Warren	Blevins Motor Co. (Earl Blevins)	'51 Studebaker	370	100	crash	0
22	30	95	Freddie Farmer	Tom's Grill (Freddie Farmer)	'51 Nash	370	100	running	0
23	82	71	Cotton Owens	F.J. Bland	'51 Plymouth	370	100	running	0
24	60	56	Ed Benedict	Ken Swihart	'51 Hudson	370	100	running	0
25	54	83	Red Byron	Dantone Racing Stable (B.J. Dantone)	'51 Ford	368	100	crash	0
26	29	66	Bud Riley	Northeast Motors (Joe Beccue)	'51 Hudson	368	50	running	0
27	10	7	Bob Flock	Gray Ghost (Ted Chester)	'51 Oldsmobile	368	50		0
28	62	0	Jimmie Lewallen	Hubert Hamilton	'51 Plymouth	367	50		0
29	63	61	Tommy Melvin	Clarence Burbank	'51 Oldsmobile	367	50		0
30	31	86	Earl Moss	J.B. Watkins	'51 Studebaker	366	50		0
31	25	50	Ewell Weddle	Al Wheatley	'51 Ford	365	50		0
32	48	90	Shorty York	Russ Loh	'51 Nash	363	50		0
33	47	6	Marshall Teague	FABULOUS (Marshall Teague)	'51 Hudson	361	500	crash	39
34	43	78	Johnny Yountz	Hubert Westmoreland	'51 Plymouth	361	50	crash	0
35	49	10	Ted Swaim	Hight-Riley Motors	'51 Ford	360	50		0
36	50	67	Jim Fiebelkorn	Jim Fiebelkorn	'51 Lincoln	360	50		0
37	21	37	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock	'50 Oldsmobile	357	50		0
38	65	74	Oliver Dial	Preston Jones	'51 Chevrolet	355	50		0
39	22	60	Jim Paschal	Wheatley Motors (Al Wheatley)	'50 Ford	353	50		0
40	79	32	Reino Tulonen	Reino Tulonen	'51 Henry J	353	50		0
41	61	94	Ted Chamberlain	Del Pearson	'51 Plymouth	340	50		0
42	73	96	J.E. Hardie	J.E. Hardie	'51 Ford	339	50		0
43	41	93	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas	'51 Plymouth	337	50		0
44	75	9	Iggy Katona	Iggy Katona	'51 Chrysler	337	50		0
45	70	20	Joe Merola	Joe Merola	'51 Oldsmobile	335	50		0
46	76	33	Dave Anderson	Bill Caltrider	'51 Kaiser	335	50		0
47	57	49	Bob Pronger	Bob Pronger	'50 Oldsmobile	332	50		0
48	17	57	Jack Smith	Wally Marks	'51 Oldsmobile	323	50		0
49	78	43	Billy Tibbert	Billy Tibbett	'51 Dodge	318	50		0
50	69	75	Jimmy Warden	Cain-Bowman	'51 Hudson	314	50		0
51	58	5	Gene Darragh	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'50 Oldsmobile	309	50		0
52	53	27	Gwyn Staley	The Wilkes Boys	'51 Ford	303	50		0
53	72	21	Jim Delaney	Bob Osiecki	'51 Ford	294	50		0
54	33	15	Erick Erickson	Packer	'51 Pontiac	281	50		0
55	68	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'51 Ford	275	50		0
56	14	87	Buck Baker	Troy Motor Co. (Buck Baker)	'51 Ford	275	50		0
57	26	41	Curtis Turner	Eanes Motor Co. (John Eanes)	'51 Oldsmobile	272	480	engine	43
58	40	72	Wade Fields	James Hinnant	'51 Plymouth	268	50		0
59	15	22	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane	'51 Ford	263	50		0
60	64	48	John Barker	Leo Sigman	'51 Studebaker	258	50		0
61	77	44	Buck Baity	Buck Baity	'50 Buick	248			0
62	8	28	Ray Chase	Bill Sheldon	'50 Oldsmobile	237			0
63	18	25	Jimmy Thompson	Bowie Motor Company (Leland Colvin)	'51 Ford	236			0
64	67	3	Jimmy Ayers	Jimmy Ayers	'50 Plymouth	225			0
65	9	38	Frank Gise	B.R. Waller	'51 Studebaker	215		wheel	0
66	32	97	Sandy Lynch	Sandy Lynch	'51 Ford	215			0
67	28	80	Bob Johnson	I.D. Stenstrom	'51 Studebaker	214			0
68	66	89	Herb Trimble	Herb Trimble	'51 Oldsmobile	198			0
69	37	55	Bub King	Bub King	'50 Plymouth	149			0
70	74	40	Tommy Thompson	A.L. Miller	'51 Nash	148		rf hub	0
71	34	52	Bill Rexford	George Hartley	'50 Oldsmobile	143			0
72	81	58	Fred Moore	Walt Jarrod	'51 Mercury	112			0
73	46	26	Weldon Adams	Leland Colvin	'51 Plymouth	104			0
74	36	47	Murrace Walker	Murrace Walker	'51 Studebaker	104			0
75	71	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'51 Oldsmobile	92			0
76	35	98	Johnny Mantz	Johnny Mantz	'51 Nash	88		valve	0
77	56	39	Rudy Hires	Rudy Hires	'51 Ford	82			0
78	59	35	Sonny Black	Sonny Black	'51 Plymouth	73			0
79	13	59	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink	'51 Ford	61			0
80	42	19	Lee Connell	Lee Connell	'51 Pontiac	58		crash	0
81	20	73	Bobby Booth	Stanley Moore	'50 Oldsmobile	53			0
82	1	23	Frank Mundy	Perry Smith	'51 Studebaker	12		oil pressure	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Herb Thomas	1	5	5
Jesse James Taylor	6	11	6
Hershel McGriff	12	12	1
Marshall Teague	13	51	39
Curtis Turner	52	94	43
Herb Thomas	95	400	306

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