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1951 Wilkes 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 21 1 92   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '51 Hudson 82 25 radiator 82 10 2 77   Bob Flock Ted Chester '51 Hudson – 50 – 0 3 3 82   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates) '50 Oldsmobile – 450 running 0 1 4 7   Fonty Flock Gray Ghost   (Ted Chester) '51 Oldsmobile 200 1000 running 118 4 5 91   Tim Flock Black Phantom   (Ted Chester) '51 Oldsmobile – 350 running 0 18 6 22   Billy Myers R.G. Shelton '51 Hudson – 25 – 0 20 7 99   Leonard Tippett Leonard Tippett '51 Hudson 124 25 crash 0 6 8 16   Bill Snowden Bill Snowden '51 Ford – 150 – 0 9 9     Jerry Wimbish Jerry Wimbish '51 Oldsmobile – 75 – 0 24 10 2   Bill Blair Bill Blair '51 Ford – 25 – 0 8 11 17   Buddy Shuman R.H. Yandell '51 Ford – 100 – 0 2 12 42   Lee Petty Petty Special   (Petty Enterprises) '51 Plymouth – 700 running 0 13 13 93   Donald Thomas Herb Thomas '50 Plymouth 161 25 tie rod 0 7 14 0   Jimmie Lewallen Hubert Hamilton '51 Plymouth – 125 – 0 25 15 27   Gwyn Staley The Wilkes Boys '50 Ford – 25 – 0 14 16 60   Jim Paschal Julian Buesink '50 Ford – 25 – 0 15 17 64   Bill Widenhouse Bill Widenhouse '50 Plymouth – 25 – 0 26 18 55   J.C. White – '51 Studebaker – 25 – 0 17 19     Glenn Dunaway Glenn Dunaway '51 Nash – 25 – 0 23 20 28   Bob Walters – '51 Plymouth 72 25 crash 0 11 21 98   Leon Sales Hubert Westmoreland '50 Plymouth – 25 – 0 22 22 90   Shorty York Russ Loh '50 Plymouth – 25 – 0 12 23 88   Dell Pearson Dell Pearson '51 Plymouth – 25 – 0 16 24 37   Coleman Lawrence Coleman Lawrence '51 Ford – 25 – 0 5 25 71   Cotton Owens Cotton Owens '51 Studebaker – 200 running 0 19 26 9   Jack Wade – '51 Oldsmobile – 25 crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Herb Thomas 1 82 82   Fonty Flock 83 200 118