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1951 Poor Man's 500


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NASCAR Grand National race number 9 of 41
Wednesday, May 30, 1951 at Canfield Speedway, Canfield, OH
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:01:41
Average speed: 49.308 mph
Pole speed: 54.233 mph		Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 3 laps +
Attendance: 17000
Lead changes: n/a

Glossary    1951 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1951 standings

PosSt#DriverCarLapsMoneyStatusLed
1 46   Marshall Teague Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Marshall Teague)'51 Hudson2001000running–
2 291   Tim Flock Black Phantom   (Ted Chester)'51 Oldsmobile197700running–
3 514   Fonty Flock Red Devil   (Frank Christian)'50 Oldsmobile–450running–
4–92   Herb Thomas Herb Thomas'50 Plymouth–350running–
5–42   Lee Petty Petty Special   (Petty Enterprises)'49 Plymouth–200running–
6 97   Bob Flock Ted Chester'51 Plymouth–150––
7 623   Frank Mundy W. Perry Smith Motors   (Perry Smith)'51 Studebaker–125––
8–77   Mike Klapak John Marcum'51 Nash–100crash–
9–120   Dick Rathmann Walt Chapman'51 Hudson–75––
101065   Don Eggert Julian Buesink'50 Ford–50crash–
11–    Nook Walters –'50 Mercury–25––
12–10   Jim Fiebelkorn Jim Fiebelkorn'49 Mercury–25––
13–    Bill Cheesbourg –'49 Lincoln–25––
14–    Owen Jones –'49 Ford–25––
15–17   Jim Romine –'51 Henry J–25––
16 326   Jim Delaney Bob Osiecki'48 Ford–25––
17–    Walt Hartman –'50 Plymouth–25––
18–33   Lou Figaro Jack Gaynor'47 Hudson–25––
19–    Ray Erickson –'50 Oldsmobile–25––
20–    Eddie Lenz –'47 Ford–25––
21 160   Bill Rexford Julian Buesink'51 Oldsmobile11525crash–
22–    Mike Little –'51 Chrysler–25––
23–    Leo Caldwell –'50 Plymouth–25––
24–    Bob Matson –'51 Studebaker–25––
25–777   Jimmy Longo Jimmy Longo'51 Hudson–25––
26–25   Dick Linder Don Rogala'50 Oldsmobile–25––
27–    Dick Stone –'50 Ford–25––
28–    Jack Goodwin Frank Carlini'51 Studebaker–25––
29–12   Erick Erickson Packer   (Erick Erickson)'47 Pontiac–25––
30–    Jimmy Florian Don Rogala'50 Oldsmobile–25––
31–    Mike Ernest –'50 Oldsmobile–10––
32–62   Pepper Cunningham Pepper Cunningham'51 Hudson–10––
33–    Bob Greer Bob Greer'50 Plymouth–10––
34–    Jack Fleming –'50 Ford–10––
35–1   Walt Sprague Police Special   (J.B. Watkins)'49 Ford–10––
36–    Bob Jeffries –'51 Ford–10––
37–    Bob Shaw –'51 Kaiser–10––
38 859   Lloyd Moore Julian Buesink'49 Oldsmobile–10––