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1950 Southern 500 qualifying results Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post 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

Qualifying results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Car Time Speed   1   Curtis Turner 41 Oldsmobile 43.884   82.034   2   Jimmy Thompson 25 Lincoln 45.309   79.454   3   Gober Sosebee 51 Oldsmobile 44.742   80.461   4   Bob Flock 7 Oldsmobile 44.180   81.484   5   Lee Morgan 5 Oldsmobile 45.645   78.869   6   Virgil Livengood 66 Oldsmobile 46.482   77.449   7   Red Byron 22 Cadillac 44.560   80.789   8   Hub McBride ? Mercury 45.720   78.740   9   Billy Carden ? Ford 46.277   77.792   10   Fonty Flock 47 Oldsmobile 44.980   80.035   11   Slick Smith ? Oldsmobile 46.260   77.821   12   Ted Chamberlain 45 Plymouth 47.016   76.569   13   Jack Smith 19 Oldsmobile 45.555   79.024   14   Bill Snowden 37 Nash 47.393   75.960   15   Chuck Mahoney 77 Mercury 16   Tim Flock 9 Oldsmobile 44.582   80.750   17   Bill Henson 86 Oldsmobile 45.624   78.905   18   Lloyd Moore 62 Lincoln 45.317   79.440   19   Shorty York 43 Buick 46.159   77.991   20   Bob Smith 35 Oldsmobile 46.034   78.202   21   Joe Eubanks 4 Mercury 46.233   77.866   22   Harold Kite 21 Lincoln 46.562   77.316   23   Bill Rexford 59 Oldsmobile 46.277   77.792   24   Jimmie Lewallen 0 Oldsmobile 46.341   77.684   25   Glenn Dunaway 49 Lincoln 46.810   76.906   26   George Hartley 61 Oldsmobile 46.771   76.970   27   Jack White 17 Ford 46.777   76.960   28   Buck Baker 87 Oldsmobile 48.451   74.301   29   Bub King ? Mercury 47.131   76.382   30   Pee Wee Martin 34 Oldsmobile 44.354   81.165   31   Clyde Minter 38 Lincoln 45.175   79.690   32   Barney Smith 99 Oldsmobile 45.409   79.279   33   Murrace Walker ? Oldsmobile 45.024   79.957   34   Jerry Kempf ? Lincoln 46.053   78.170   35   Lee Petty 42 Plymouth 45.696   78.781   36   Gene Darragh 24 Hudson 45.959   78.330   37   Carson Dyer ? Lincoln 46.739   77.023   38   Cotton Owens 71 Plymouth 46.535   77.361   39   Roy Bentley ? Studebaker 47.337   76.050   40   Jim Paschal 79 Ford 47.941   75.092   41   Ruel Smith ? Pontiac 46.712   77.067   42   J.E. Hardie ? Studebaker 47.632   75.579   43   Johnny Mantz 98 Plymouth 49.006   73.460   44   Hershel McGriff 52 Oldsmobile 44.675   80.581   45   Charles Tidwell 18 Oldsmobile 46.315   77.728   46   Bill Osborne 36 Mercury 45.791   78.618   47   Al Keller ? Oldsmobile 45.873   78.477   48   Gene Comstock ? Oldsmobile 46.487   77.441   49   Bob Apperson ? Oldsmobile 46.068   78.145   50   Dick Soper 48 Kaiser 47.475   75.829   51   Walt Crawford 64 Buick 47.017   76.568   52   Elmer Wilson 39 Plymouth 46.577   77.291   53   Bill Widenhouse ? Plymouth 48.233   74.637   54   Pete Keller ? Studebaker 47.383   75.976   55   Tommy Thompson ? Hudson 46.611   77.234   56   P.E. Godfrey ? Lincoln 47.707   75.465   57   Johnny Grubb 44 Plymouth 46.694   77.097   58   Kenneth Wagner 46 Lincoln 44.829   80.305   59   Gayle Warren 48 Oldsmobile 44.212   81.425   60   Wally Campbell 33 Oldsmobile 43.689   82.400   61   Marshall Teague 6 Lincoln 44.929   80.126   62   Dick Linder 26 Oldsmobile 45.118   79.790   63   ? Oldsmobile 44.939   80.108   64   Bill Blair 2 Cadillac 45.083   79.852   65   Jimmy Florian 27 Ford 45.134   79.762   66   Jack Carr ? Mercury 44.959   80.072   67   Fireball Roberts 82 Oldsmobile 45.617   78.917   68   John DuBoise 89 Ford 45.403   79.289   69   Jack Yardley 54 Ford 45.446   79.214   70   Tex Keene 14 Plymouth 46.056   78.165   71   Byron Beatty 65 Ford 45.443   79.220   72   Weldon Adams 72 Plymouth 45.559   79.018   73   Alton Haddock 48 Ford 45.807   78.590   74   Rollin Smith ? Hudson 46.098   78.094   75   Jesse James Taylor ? Mercury 76   Dorothy Shull ? Oldsmobile 77   Herb Thomas 92 Plymouth 78   Bill Bennett ? Kaiser 79   Lewis Hawkins ? Plymouth 80   Pap White ? Mercury 81   Louise Smith 94 Nash 82   Pat Sutton 54 Ford OP: qualified via owners points PC: qualified as past champion PR: provisional QR: via qualifying race * - had to qualify on time Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   Dorothy Shull, Bill Bennett, Lewis Hawkins, Pap White, Louise Smith (#94), Pat Sutton (#54), Herb Thomas (#92-WD)