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NASCAR Grand National race number 1 of 41
Sunday, February 11, 1951 at Beach & Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL
39 laps on a 4.100 mile road course (159.900 miles)

Time of race: 1:56:32
Average speed: 82.328 mph
Pole speed: 102.2 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 1 mn 14 sc
Attendance: 14000
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1951 NASCAR Grand National results / 1951 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	6	6	Marshall Teague	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Marshall Teague)	'51 Hudson	39	1500	running	12
2	1	91	Tim Flock	Esquire Motors (Sam Knox)	'50 Lincoln	39	1000	running	27
3	3	14	Fonty Flock	Red Devil (Frank Christian)	'50 Oldsmobile	39	600	running	0
4	14	41.5	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'49 Oldsmobile	–	550	running	0
5	7	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'50 Oldsmobile	–	450	running	0
6	9	55	Les Snow	Les Snow	'49 Lincoln	–	350	–	0
7	22	41	Curtis Turner	Nash Motor Co. (Nash Motor Co.)	'51 Nash	–	250	–	0
8	30	16	Bill Snowden	Police Special (Bill Snowden)	'50 Ford	–	200	–	0
9	16	98	Johnny Mantz	Don Willis Motors (Johnny Mantz)	'51 Nash	–	175	–	0
10	8	59	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink	'51 Lincoln	–	150	–	0
11	13	1	Red Byron	Wally Marks	'50 Oldsmobile	–	50	–	0
12	21	83	Tommy Thompson	San Juan Motors (Tommy Thompson)	'47 Chrysler	–	50	–	0
13	12	61	Bill Rexford	Julian Buesink	'50 Oldsmobile	–	50	–	0
14	–	68	Barney Smith	Barney Smith	'50 Plymouth	–	50	–	0
15	15	60	Don Eggert	Julian Buesink	'49 Ford	–	50	–	0
16	27	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'50 Plymouth	–	50	–	0
17	19	25	Speedy Thompson	Leland Colvin	'50 Oldsmobile	–	50	–	0
18	–	77	Dick Linder	John Marcum	'51 Studebaker	–	50	–	0
19	28	144X	Len Fanelli	Len Fanelli	'50 Plymouth	–	50	–	0
20	32	86	Eddie Sheeler	–	'51 Hudson	–	50	–	0
21	–	138	Clyde Minter	B.F. Goodrich (Clyde Minter)	'47 Buick	–	25	–	0
22	34	72	Weldon Adams	Harold Mays	'50 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
23	20	3	Rocky DiNatale	Chick DiNatale	'50 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
24	–	8	Billy Carden	Wheatley Motors (Al Wheatley)	'49 Lincoln	–	25	–	0
25	33	101	Bucky Sager	Bucky Sager	'49 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
26	39	13	Elmer Wilson	Elmer Wilson	'50 Mercury	–	25	–	0
27	26	33	Fred Thompson	–	'51 Mercury	–	25	–	0
28	–	188	Don Oldenberg	Don Oldenberg	'50 Packard	–	25	–	0
29	38	2-B	Jack Smith	Hubert Westmoreland	'50 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
30	41	94	Buck Clardy	Louise Smith	'50 Nash	–	25	–	0
31	40	42	Lee Petty	Petty Special (Petty Enterprises)	'49 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
32	44	81-A	Pappy Hough	Pappy Hough	'50 Ford	–	25	–	0
33	–	110	Jim Fiebelkorn	Jim Fiebelkorn	'49 Mercury	–	25	–	0
34	11	31	Carson Dyer	Carson Dyer	'50 Oldsmobile	–	25	spun	0
35	–	139	Ray Thompson	–	'51 Kaiser	–	25	–	0
36	31	94-A	Joe Rogers	–	'50 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
37	42	73	Ed Rooney	Ed Rooney	'47 Ford	–	25	–	0
38	17	32	Alton Haddock	Alton Haddock	'51 Lincoln	–	25	–	0
39	5	81	Ben Lalomia	–	'50 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
40	35	34	Tip R. Key	Tip R. Key	'51 Kaiser	–	25	–	0
41	29	25-A	Jimmy Thompson	Leland Colvin	'50 Lincoln	–		–	0
42	–	23	Mike Klapak	Perry Smith	'51 Studebaker	–		–	0
43	43	46	Gordon Harvey	J.P. Robertson	'51 Henry J	–		–	0
44	4	9	Ed Samples	Sam Knox	'49 Lincoln	–		–	0
45	–	85	Fireball Roberts	–	'50 Plymouth	–		crash	0
46	25	56	Joe Jernigan	Lambert's Auto (Joe Jernigan)	'49 Ford	–		crash	0
47	–	28	Bill Holland	Nash Motor Co.	'51 Nash	–		camshaft	0
48	36	67	Earl Coleman	Earl Coleman	'50 Pontiac	–		–	0
49	37	111	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan	'48 Nash	–		–	0
50	18	70	Dawson Lechlider	Dawson Lechlider	'50 Oldsmobile	–		–	0
51	23	57	Felix Wilkes	Felix Wilkes	'49 Hudson	–		–	0
52	2	50	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'50 Oldsmobile	–		engine	0
53	10	88	Frank Luptow	Rocket (Joe Winter)	'50 Oldsmobile	–		–	0
54	24	18	Eddie Anderson	Nash of Blue Island (Eddie Anderson)	'51 Nash	–		–	0
55	–	10	Ray Duhigg	Ray Duhigg	'50 Plymouth	–		wheel	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Flock	1	27	27
Marshall Teague	28	39	12