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1951 Wilkes 200


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NASCAR Grand National race number 36 of 41
Sunday, October 21, 1951 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
200 laps on a 0.625 mile dirt track (125.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:50:38
Average speed: 67.791 mph
Pole speed: 68.828 mph
Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 7800
Lead changes: 1

Glossary    1951 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1951 standings

PosSt#DriverCarLapsMoneyStatusLed
1 47   Fonty Flock Gray Ghost   (Ted Chester)'51 Oldsmobile2001000running118
21242   Lee Petty Petty Special   (Petty Enterprises)'51 Plymouth700running0
3 382   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates)'50 Oldsmobile450running0
4 591   Tim Flock Black Phantom   (Ted Chester)'51 Oldsmobile350running0
52571   Cotton Owens Cotton Owens'51 Studebaker200running0
6 816   Bill Snowden Bill Snowden'51 Ford1500
7140   Jimmie Lewallen Hubert Hamilton'51 Plymouth1250
81117   Buddy Shuman R.H. Yandell'51 Ford1000
9 9    Jerry Wimbish Jerry Wimbish'51 Oldsmobile750
10 277   Bob Flock Ted Chester'51 Hudson500
112198   Leon Sales Hubert Westmoreland'50 Plymouth250
122388   Dell Pearson Dell Pearson'51 Plymouth250
131393   Donald Thomas Herb Thomas'50 Plymouth16125tie rod0
141660   Jim Paschal Julian Buesink'50 Ford250
151764   Bill Widenhouse Bill Widenhouse'50 Plymouth250
162437   Coleman Lawrence Coleman Lawrence'51 Ford250
1719    Glenn Dunaway Glenn Dunaway'51 Nash250
18 622   Billy Myers R.G. Shelton'51 Hudson250
19269   Jack Wade '51 Oldsmobile25crash0
20 799   Leonard Tippett Leonard Tippett'51 Hudson12425crash0
21 192   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas)'51 Hudson8225radiator82
222290   Shorty York Russ Loh'50 Plymouth250
232028   Bob Walters '51 Plymouth7225crash0
24102   Bill Blair Bill Blair'51 Ford250
251527   Gwyn Staley The Wilkes Boys'50 Ford250
261855   J.C. White '51 Studebaker250

Lap leader breakdown:
LeaderFrom
Lap
To
Lap
# Of
Laps
  Herb Thomas18282
  Fonty Flock83200118