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1951 Motor City 250 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 20 of 41 Sunday, August 12, 1951 at Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, MI 250 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 4:20:28 Average speed: 57.588 mph Pole speed: 69.131 mph Cautions: 5 Margin of victory: 37 sec Attendance: 16352 Lead changes: 14 Glossary    1951 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1951 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 5 40   Tommy Thompson Tommy Thompson '51 Chrysler 250 5000 running 58 2 13 82   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates) '50 Oldsmobile 250 2000 running 7 3 15 98   Johnny Mantz Johnny Mantz '51 Nash 244 1000 running 0 4 25 83   Red Byron Dantone Racing Stable   (B.J. Dantone) '50 Ford 241 600 running 0 5 38 43   Paul Newkirk Paul Newkirk '51 Nash 241 500 running 0 6 47 34   Jack Goodwin Bill Caltrider '51 Plymouth 239 400 running 0 7 22 59   Lloyd Moore Julian Buesink '51 Oldsmobile 239 300 running 0 8 20 50   Ewell Weddle Wheatley Motors   (Al Wheatley) '50 Ford 236 200 running 0 9 30 41   Curtis Turner Eanes Motor Co.   (John Eanes) '51 Oldsmobile 233 100 overheating 92 10 45 1-X   Erick Erickson Packer / Advanced Electric   (Erick Erickson) '51 Pontiac 233 100 running 0 11 56 135   Bill Majot Jim White '50 Chevrolet 233 50 running 0 12 52 10   Jim Fiebelkorn Jim Fiebelkorn '51 Mercury 233 50 running 0 13 44 42   Lee Petty Hodges for Dodges   (Petty Enterprises) '51 Plymouth 233 50 running 0 14 14 33   Lou Figaro Jack Gaynor '51 Hudson 231 50 running 0 15 32 142   Bob Myers St. Mary's   (Hank Salat) '51 Packard 230 50 – 0 16 55 60   Jim Paschal Wheatley Motors   (Julian Buesink) '50 Ford 228 25 – 0 17 2 91   Tim Flock Black Phantom   (Ted Chester) '51 Oldsmobile 228 125 – 0 18 54 67   Bob Jeffries Dave Kennedy '51 Lincoln 225 25 – 0 19 43 120   John McGinley Walt Chapman '51 Hudson 224 25 – 0 20 8 7   Bob Flock Gray Ghost   (Ted Chester) '51 Oldsmobile 223 25 – 0 21 35 151   Les Snow Les Snow '50 Oldsmobile 222 25 – 0 22 33 38   Iggy Katona Custom Car Expts.   (Iggy Katona) '51 Ford 222 25 – 0 23 39 88   Dell Pearson Sheldon Motors   (Dell Pearson) '51 Oldsmobile 216 25 – 0 24 41 85   Bob Prince Bob Prince '50 Hudson 199 25 – 0 25 34 2   Bobby Myers Ewell Weddle '51 Hudson 199 25 – 0 26 37 22   Oda Greene Harold Lucas '51 Hudson 173 25 – 0 27 48 48   John Barker Leo Sigman '51 Studebaker 173 25 – 0 28 46 102   Ray Duhigg Ray Duhigg '51 Oldsmobile 167 25 crash 0 29 53 65   Jack White George Hartley '50 Oldsmobile 158 25 crash 0 30 27 36   Danny Letner Bert Letner '51 Hudson 153 25 overheating 0 31 51 140   Walt Flanders Floyd Rice '51 Ford 145 10 crash 0 32 10 12   Billy Carden Sam Knox '50 Oldsmobile 142 10 – 0 33 1 6   Marshall Teague Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Marshall Teague) '51 Hudson 136 10 overheating 1 34 17 18   George Seeger George's Motors   (George Seeger) '51 Studebaker 133 10 – 0 35 4 14   Fonty Flock Red Devil   (Frank Christian) '51 Oldsmobile 130 10 crash 85 36 12 75   Bob Greer Connell Cadillac   (Bob Greer) '50 Oldsmobile 126   crash 0 37 49 44   Jack Smith Dantone Racing Stable   (B.J. Dantone) '51 Plymouth 123   crash 0 38 42 198   Billy Myers Hubert Westmoreland '51 Plymouth 123   crash 0 39 11 777   Tom Suligoy Tom Suligoy '51 Packard 115   crash 0 40 58 750   Al Miller Sam Clark '51 Henry J 115   – 0 41 29 1   Walt Sprague Julian Buesink '50 Oldsmobile 113   – 0 42 3 51   Gober Sosebee West Peach Motors   (Sam Knox) '50 Cadillac 104   tie rod 7 43 18 133   Bobby Booth Stanley Moore '50 Oldsmobile 103   – 0 44 31 32   Tommy Melvin Clarence Burbank '50 Oldsmobile 92   crash 0 45 16 8   Bud Riley Joe Beccue '51 Hudson 89   crash 0 46 23 28   Ray Chase Oster-Barry   (Bill Sheldon) '51 Hudson 89   overheating 0 47 24 41.5   Bill Blair Bill Blair '50 Oldsmobile 88   – 0 48 40 175   Bill Holland Connell Cadillac   (Cal Connell) '51 Cadillac 80   crash 0 49 57 30   Elmer Wilson Elmer Wilson '50 Buick 80   crash 0 50 21 23   Frank Mundy Perry Smith '51 Studebaker 80   crash 0 51 50 9   Freddie Farmer Tom's Grill   (Freddie Farmer) '51 Nash 77   – 0 52 9 90   Jim Rathmann Jim Rathmann '50 Packard 76   – 0 53 26 118   Ed Benedict Ken Swihart '51 Hudson 75   overheating 0 54 28 11   Hershel McGriff Superior   (Hershel McGriff) '51 Oldsmobile 73   crash 0 55 59 21   Dick Rathmann Walt Chapman '51 Hudson 31   overheating 0 56 36 70   Johnny Wohlfiel Copper Heat Ind.   (Johnny Wohlfiel) '51 Nash 27   – 0 57 6 92   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '51 Hudson 26   overheating 0 58 7 31   Jesse James Taylor Jesse James Taylor '51 Hudson 14   overheating 0 59 19 188   Pat Flaherty Charlie Padovich '51 Oldsmobile 13   – 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Leo Kosecki Hudson Leo Richards 182 Leo Richards Mercury Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Marshall Teague 1 1 1   Fonty Flock 2 24 23   Tommy Thompson 25 26 2   Fonty Flock 27 27 1   Tommy Thompson 28 28 1   Fonty Flock 29 29 1   Tommy Thompson 30 63 34   Fonty Flock 64 95 32   Gober Sosebee 96 102 7   Fonty Flock 103 130 28   Curtis Turner 131 212 82   Tommy Thompson 213 215 3   Curtis Turner 216 225 10   Joe Eubanks 226 232 7   Tommy Thompson 233 250 18