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NASCAR Grand National race number 40 of 41
Sunday, November 11, 1951 at Carrell Speedway, Gardena, CA
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:50:15
Average speed: 54.422 mph
Pole speed: n/a

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 6100
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1951 NASCAR Grand National results / 1951 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	10	48	Bill Norton	Larry Bettinger	'50 Mercury	200	1000	running	19
2	3	9	Dick Meyer	Grant Sniffen	'50 Mercury	–	700	running	82
3	20	25	Erick Erickson	Packer (Erick Erickson)	'51 Pontiac	–	450	running	0
4	4	33	Lou Figaro	Jack Gaynor	'51 Hudson	–	350	running	0
5	2	2	Danny Weinberg	Tony Sampo	'51 Studebaker	–	200	running	0
6	7	6	Bill Ledbetter	Bill Ledbetter	'50 Ford	–	150	–	0
7	22	77	Burt Jackson	Hershel McGriff	'51 Oldsmobile	–	125	–	0
8	8	98	Johnny Mantz	Johnny Mantz	'51 Nash	–	100	–	28
9	9	39	Danny Letner	Bert Letner	'51 Hudson	–	75	–	0
10	29	38	Walt Davis	Walt Davis	'50 Plymouth	–	50	–	0
11	1	14	Fonty Flock	Red Devil (Frank Christian)	'51 Oldsmobile	–	25	did not finish	71
12	5	99	Ben Gregory	Cos Cancilla	'50 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
13	6	35	Fuzzy Anderson	Bert Letner	'51 Hudson	–	25	–	0
14	11	76	Don McLeish	Lloyd Dennis	'50 Ford	–	25	–	0
15	12	27	George Seeger	George Hicks	'51 Hudson	–	25	–	0
16	13	56	Marvin Panch	Marvin Panch	'50 Mercury	–	25	–	0
17	14	66	Bud Riley	Northeast Motors (Joe Beccue)	'51 Hudson	–	25	–	0
18	15	10	Tommy Melvin	Smith & Jones	'50 Ford	–	25	crash	0
19	16	84	Robert Caswell	Lou Mangini	'50 Plymouth	–	25	crash	0
20	17	95	Freddie Farmer	Freddie Farmer	'51 Nash	–	25	brakes	0
21	18	12	Bill Stammer	Bill Stammer	'51 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
22	19	7	Fred Bince	Speedway Auto Sales (Cliff Caldwell)	'49 Plymouth	98	25	–	0
23	21	54	Andy Pierce	Harley Briggs	'49 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
24	23	97	Jack Gaynor	Jack Gaynor	'51 Hudson	–	25	lf wheel	0
25	24	3	Allen Heath	Allen Heath	'50 Plymouth	–	25	overheating	0
26	25	55	Sam Hawks	Marvin Panch	'50 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
27	26	11	Chuck Meekins	Speedway Auto Sales (Chuck Meekins)	'51 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
28	27	31	Lloyd Porter	Stan Noble	'51 Henry J	–	25	–	0
29	28	16	Fred Steinbroner	Bob Carpenter	'50 Ford	–	25	–	0
30	30	22	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane	'51 Ford	0	25	did not start	0
31	31	17	John Soares	–	'50 Oldsmobile	0	25	did not start	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fonty Flock	1	71	71
Dick Meyer	72	104	33
Johnny Mantz	105	108	4
Dick Meyer	109	157	49
Johnny Mantz	158	181	24
Bill Norton	182	200	19