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1951-35


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NASCAR Grand National race number 35 of 41
Sunday, October 14, 1951 at Oakland Stadium, Oakland, CA
250 laps on a 0.625 mile dirt track (156.250 miles)

Time of race: 1:59:03
Average speed: 78.748 mph
Pole speed: n/a		Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 3 laps +
Attendance: 12000
Lead changes: 5

Glossary    1951 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1951 standings

PosSt#DriverCarLapsMoneyStatusLed
1 418   Marvin Burke Bob Phillippi'50 Mercury2501875running156
2–84   Robert Caswell Lou Mangini'50 Plymouth2471250running24
3–88   Woody Brown Joe Mangini'50 Oldsmobile–900running0
4–55   Sam Hawks Marvin Panch'50 Plymouth–600running0
5–9   Dick Meyer Grant Sniffen'50 Mercury–450running0
6–56   Marvin Panch Marvin Panch'50 Mercury–350running0
7–33   Lou Figaro Jack Gaynor'51 Hudson–200running39
8–48   Bill Norton Larry Bettinger'50 Mercury–150running0
9–41   John Soares Harry Schilling'50 Mercury–125running1
10–38   Walt Davis Walt Davis'50 Plymouth–100running0
11–14   Fonty Flock Red Devil   (Frank Christian)'51 Oldsmobile–75–0
12–7   Fred Bince Speedway Auto Sales   (Chuck Meekins)'51 Hudson–50–0
13–16   Fred Steinbroner Bob Carpenter'50 Ford–25–0
14–6   Bill Ledbetter Bill Ledbetter'50 Ford–25–0
15–22   Lloyd Dane Lloyd Dane'51 Ford20225crash0
16–19   Les Bomar V-Gap Spark Plugs   (Les Bomar)'49 Pontiac–25–0
17–    Hal Cole –'51 Plymouth–25–0
18–35   Fuzzy Anderson Bert Letner'51 Hudson–25–0
19–2   Danny Weinberg Tony Sampo'51 Studebaker–25–0
20 1120   Dick Rathmann Walt Chapman'51 Hudson–25–30
21–66   Bud Riley Northeast Motors   (Joe Beccue)'51 Hudson–25–0
22–25   Erick Erickson Advance Electric   (Erick Erickson)'48 Pontiac–25–0
23–27   Jim Byrd El Paso Special'49 Buick15925crash0
24–    Pug Blalock Pug Blalock'51 Henry J–25–0
25–    Claude Wallington –'50 Plymouth–25–0
26–3   Allen Heath Allen Heath'50 Plymouth–25–0
27–36   Danny Letner Bert Letner'51 Hudson–25–0
28–95   Freddie Farmer Freddie Farmer'51 Nash–25crash0
29–31   Lloyd Porter Stan Noble'51 Henry J–25–0
30–    Bill Amberg Bill Amberg Engl. Austin9425crash0
31–77   Hershel McGriff Hershel McGriff'51 Oldsmobile–25mechanical0
32–2jr   George Seeger George Seeger'51 Studebaker–25crash0
33–54   Andy Pierce –'49 Plymouth–25crash0
34–17   Al Jacobs Al Jacobs'50 Ford–25mechanical0
35–72   Bill Stickler J & M Garage'48 Hudson–25mechanical0

Lap leader breakdown:
LeaderFrom
Lap		To
Lap		# Of
Laps
  Dick Rathman13030
  Lou Figaro316939
  Robert Caswell709324
  Marvin Burke9412027
  John Soares1211211
  Marvin Burke122250129