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NASCAR Grand National race number 2 of 41
Sunday, April 1, 1951 at Charlotte Speedway, Charlotte, NC
150 laps on a 0.750 mile dirt track (112.500 miles)

Time of race: 1:35:41
Average speed: 70.545 mph
Pole speed: 68.337 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 1 sec
Attendance: 10000
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1951 NASCAR Grand National results / 1951 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	7	41	Curtis Turner	Nash Motor Co. (Nash Motor Co.)	'51 Nash	150	1000	running	104
2	21	42	Lee Petty	Petty Special (Petty Enterprises)	'49 Plymouth	150	700	running	0
3	4	6	Marshall Teague	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Marshall Teague)	'51 Hudson	148	450	running	0
4	10	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'50 Plymouth	145	350	running	0
5	8	88	Frank Luptow	Rocket (Joe Winter)	'50 Oldsmobile	143	200	running	0
6	20	72	Weldon Adams	Harold Mays	'50 Plymouth	142	150	–	0
7	26	77	Ewell Weddle	Al Wheatley	'49 Lincoln	142	125	–	0
8	11	11	Fireball Roberts	Sam Rice	'50 Oldsmobile	139	100	–	0
9	19	19	Joe Merola	Joe Merola	'51 Oldsmobile	137	75	–	0
10	33	10	Jim Fiebelkorn	Jim Fiebelkorn	'49 Mercury	136	50	–	0
11	25	0	Jimmie Lewallen	Buddy Teasley	'49 Lincoln	135	25	–	0
12	22	26	Bill Harrison	Bill Harrison	'49 Plymouth	133	25	–	0
13	36	97	Buddy Helms	Buddy Helms	'46 Hudson	132	25	–	0
14	9	98	Bill Holland	Southern 500 Winner (Hubert Westmoreland)	'50 Plymouth	131	25	crash	0
15	12	89	John DuBoise	John DuBoise	'51 Plymouth	127	25	–	0
16	27	28	Slick Smith	–	'51 Plymouth	123	25	–	0
17	31	5	Ray Erickson	Ed Hastings	'49 Mercury	120	25	–	0
18	3	41.5	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'50 Oldsmobile	117	25	wheel	0
19	28	55	Bub King	T.L. King	'49 Ford	98	25	–	0
20	1	14	Fonty Flock	Red Devil / Northside Body Shop (Frank Christian)	'50 Oldsmobile	97	25	overheating	46
21	13	8	Bill Rexford	Julian Buesink	'49 Mercury	96	25	–	0
22	30	64	Ken Klutzz	–	'47 Ford	95	25	–	0
23	32	79	Ray Pruitt	Ray Pruitt	'50 Dodge	93	25	–	0
24	24	70	Lee Schneider	–	'51 Kaiser	64	25	–	0
25	23	38	Clyde Minter	Clyde Minter	'50 Chevrolet	59	25	–	0
26	29	15	James Ward	–	'50 Packard	55	25	–	0
27	16	12	Guy Waller	–	'50 Oldsmobile	52	25	–	0
28	18	60	Walt Sprague	Julian Buesink	'50 Mercury	46	25	–	0
29	34	39	John Barker	Chaney Motors (Ralph Chaney)	'51 Henry J	40	25	–	0
30	15	25	Speedy Thompson	Leland Colvin	'50 Plymouth	39	25	–	0
31	17	80	Jim Paschal	Julian Buesink	'50 Oldsmobile	39	10	–	0
32	35	76	Lloyd Dennis	B-HAM (Lloyd Dennis)	'51 Oldsmobile	39	10	crash	0
33	2	91	Tim Flock	Black Phantom (Ted Chester)	'51 Oldsmobile	33	10	–	0
34	6	23	Frank Mundy	Perry Smith	'51 Studebaker	33	10	–	0
35	14	59	Lloyd Moore	Buesink Police Special (Julian Buesink)	'49 Ford	22	10	–	0
36	38	57	Felix Wilkes	Felix Wilkes	'49 Hudson	18	10	–	0
37	5	9	Ed Samples	Sam Knox	'49 Lincoln	15	10	–	0
38	40	18	Eddie Anderson	Nash of Blue Island (Eddie Anderson)	'51 Nash	8	10	–	0
39	39	110	Earl Moss	J.B. Watkins	'50 Ford	3	10	–	0
40	37	16	Cliff Woodson	–	'50 Oldsmobile	0	10	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fonty Flock	1	46	46
Curtis Turner	47	150	104