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1951 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Grand National race number 24 of 41 Monday, September 3, 1951 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 400 laps on a 1.250 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 6:30:05 Average speed: 76.906 mph Pole speed: 84.173 mph Cautions: 4 for 26 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 40000 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1951 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1951 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 92   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '51 Hudson 400 8800 running 311 2 3 31   Jesse James Taylor Jesse James Taylor '51 Hudson 399 2800 running 6 3 19 17   Buddy Shuman R.H. Yandell '51 Ford 391 1500 running 0 4 5 77   Hershel McGriff Hershel McGriff '51 Oldsmobile 390 1210 running 1 5 7 11   Fireball Roberts Saverance Motors   (Ed Saverance) '51 Ford 387 910 running 0 6 38 1   Harold Kite Julian Buesink '51 Oldsmobile 384 800 running 0 7 27 46   Leon Sales Hubert Westmoreland '51 Oldsmobile 384 700 running 0 8 4 14   Fonty Flock Red Devil   (Frank Christian) '51 Oldsmobile 383 600 running 0 9 6 16   Bill Snowden Bill Snowden '51 Ford 383 500 running 0 10 55 24   Pap White Julian Petty '51 Plymouth 383 400 running 0 11 45 91   Tim Flock Black Phantom   (Ted Chester) '51 Oldsmobile 379 350 running 0 12 16 12   Slick Smith Frank Christian '50 Oldsmobile 379 240 running 0 13 52 34   Jack Goodwin Bill Caltrider '51 Plymouth 378 300 running 0 14 12 8   Billy Carden West Peachtree Motors   (Sam Knox) '51 Cadillac 377 300 running 0 15 24 42   Lee Petty Petty Special   (Petty Enterprises) '51 Plymouth 373 250 running 0 16 51 51   Gober Sosebee Cherokee Garage   (Gober Sosebee) '51 Oldsmobile 373 250 running 0 17 44 70   Bud Farrell William Gundaker '51 Plymouth 373 200 running 0 18 23 99   Billy Myers Hubert Westmoreland '51 Plymouth 373 200 running 0 19 80 64   Bill Widenhouse Bill Widenhouse '51 Plymouth 371 150 running 0 20 39 18   George Seeger Tony Sampo '51 Studebaker 371 150 running 0 21 11 4   Gayle Warren Blevins Motor Co.   (Earl Blevins) '51 Studebaker 370 100 crash 0 22 30 95   Freddie Farmer Tom's Grill   (Freddie Farmer) '51 Nash 370 100 running 0 23 82 71   Cotton Owens F.J. Bland '51 Plymouth 370 100 running 0 24 60 56   Ed Benedict Ken Swihart '51 Hudson 370 100 running 0 25 54 83   Red Byron Dantone Racing Stable   (B.J. Dantone) '51 Ford 368 100 crash 0 26 29 66   Bud Riley Northeast Motors   (Joe Beccue) '51 Hudson 368 50 running 0 27 10 7   Bob Flock Gray Ghost   (Ted Chester) '51 Oldsmobile 368 50   0 28 62 30   Jimmie Lewallen Hubert Hamilton '51 Plymouth 367 50   0 29 63 61   Tommy Melvin Clarence Burbank '51 Oldsmobile 367 50   0 30 31 86   Earl Moss J.B. Watkins '51 Studebaker 366 50   0 31 25 50   Ewell Weddle Al Wheatley '51 Ford 365 50   0 32 48 90   Shorty York Russ Loh '51 Nash 363 50   0 33 47 6   Marshall Teague Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Marshall Teague) '51 Hudson 361 500 crash 39 34 43 78   Johnny Yountz Hubert Westmoreland '51 Plymouth 361 50 crash 0 35 49 10   Ted Swaim Hight-Riley Motors '51 Ford 360 50   0 36 50 67   Jim Fiebelkorn Jim Fiebelkorn '51 Lincoln 360 50   0 37 21 37   Gene Comstock Gene Comstock '50 Oldsmobile 357 50   0 38 65 74   Oliver Dial Preston Jones '51 Chevrolet 355 50   0 39 22 60   Jim Paschal Wheatley Motors   (Al Wheatley) '50 Ford 353 50   0 40 79 32   Reino Tulonen Reino Tulonen '51 Henry J 353 50   0 41 61 94   Ted Chamberlain Dell Pearson '51 Plymouth 340 50   0 42 73 96   J.E. Hardie J.E. Hardie '51 Ford 339 50   0 43 41 93   Donald Thomas Herb Thomas '51 Plymouth 337 50   0 44 75 9   Iggy Katona Iggy Katona '51 Chrysler 337 50   0 45 70 20   Joe Merola Joe Merola '51 Oldsmobile 335 50   0 46 76 33   Dave Anderson Bill Caltrider '51 Kaiser 335 50 crash 0 47 57 49   Bob Pronger Bob Pronger '50 Oldsmobile 332 50   0 48 17 57   Jack Smith Wally Marks '51 Oldsmobile 323 50   0 49 78 43   Billy Tibbert Billy Tibbert '51 Dodge 318 50   0 50 69 75   Jimmy Warden Cain-Bowman '51 Hudson 314 50   0 51 58 5   Gene Darragh Griffin Motors   (Bob Griffin) '50 Oldsmobile 309 50   0 52 53 27   Gwyn Staley The Wilkes Boys '51 Ford 303 50   0 53 72 21   Jim Delaney Bob Osiecki '51 Ford 294 50   0 54 33 15   Erick Erickson Advance Electric / Packer   (Erick Erickson) '51 Pontiac 281 50   0 55 68 2   Bill Blair Bill Blair '51 Ford 275 50   0 56 14 87   Buck Baker Troy Motor Co.   (Buck Baker) '51 Ford 275 50   0 57 26 41   Curtis Turner Eanes Motor Co.   (John Eanes) '51 Oldsmobile 272 480 engine 43 58 40 72   Wade Fields James Hinnant '51 Plymouth 268 50   0 59 15 22   Lloyd Dane Lloyd Dane '51 Ford 263 50   0 60 64 48   John Barker Leo Sigman '51 Studebaker 258 50   0 61 77 44   Buck Baity Buck Baity '50 Buick 248     0 62 8 28   Ray Chase Bill Sheldon '50 Oldsmobile 237     0 63 18 25   Jimmy Thompson Bowie Motor Company   (Leland Colvin) '51 Ford 236     0 64 67 3   Jimmy Ayers Jimmy Ayers '50 Plymouth 225     0 65 9 38   Frank Gise B.R. Waller '51 Studebaker 215   wheel 0 66 32 97   Sandy Lynch Sandy Lynch '51 Ford 215     0 67 28 80   Bob Johnson I.D. Stenstrom '51 Studebaker 214     0 68 66 89   Herb Trimble Herb Trimble '51 Oldsmobile 198     0 69 37 55   Bub King Bub King '50 Plymouth 149     0 70 74 40   Tommy Thompson A.W. Miller '51 Nash 148   rf hub 0 71 34 52   Bill Rexford George Hartley '50 Oldsmobile 143     0 72 81 58   Fred Moore Walt Jarrod '51 Mercury 112     0 73 46 26   Weldon Adams Leland Colvin '51 Plymouth 104     0 74 36 47   Murrace Walker Murrace Walker '51 Studebaker 104     0 75 71 82   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates) '51 Oldsmobile 92     0 76 35 98   Johnny Mantz Johnny Mantz '51 Nash 88   valve 0 77 56 39   Rudy Hires Rudy Hires '51 Ford 82     0 78 59 35   Sonny Black Sonny Black '51 Plymouth 73     0 79 13 59   Lloyd Moore Julian Buesink '51 Ford 61     0 80 42 19   Lee Connell Lee Connell '51 Pontiac 58   crash 0 81 20 73   Bobby Booth Stanley Moore '50 Oldsmobile 53     0 82 1 23   Frank Mundy Perry Smith '51 Studebaker 12   oil pressure 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Joe Weatherly 29 Jack Tyler Oldsmobile Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Herb Thomas 1 5 5   Jesse James Taylor 6 11 6   Hershel McGriff 12 12 1   Marshall Teague 13 51 39   Curtis Turner 52 94 43   Herb Thomas 95 400 306