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NASCAR Grand National race number 8 of 41
Sunday, May 6, 1951 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: n/a
Average speed: n/a
Pole speed: 55.062 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 9000
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1951 NASCAR Grand National results / 1951 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
12	32	39	John Barker	Chaney Motors (Ralph Chaney)	'51 Henry J	–	25	–	0
8	8	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'50 Oldsmobile	–	100	–	0
9	31	26	Leland Colvin	Leland Colvin	'50 Plymouth	–	75	–	0
19	3	62	Pepper Cunningham	Pepper Cunningham	'51 Hudson	–	25	–	0
15	22	155	Glenn Dunaway	Glenn Dunaway	'50 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
24	27	12	Erick Erickson	Packer (Erick Erickson)	'47 Pontiac	–	25	–	0
33	11	10	Jim Fiebelkorn	Jim Fiebelkorn	'49 Mercury	56	10	crash	0
20	10	33	Lou Figaro	Jack Gaynor	'47 Hudson	–	25	–	0
10	21	7	Bob Flock	Ted Chester	'51 Plymouth	187	50	crash	0
5	2	14	Fonty Flock	Red Devil (Frank Christian)	'50 Oldsmobile	–	200	spindle	26
3	1	91	Tim Flock	General Auto Sales (Ted Chester)	'51 Oldsmobile	–	450	running	10
30	12	98	Bill Holland	Hubert Westmoreland	'50 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
11	30	90	Jack Holloway	Jack Holloway	'50 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
29	26	8	Bill Holluck	Wheatley Motors (Al Wheatley)	'49 Mercury	–	25	–	0
28	25	50	Bill Joslin	Bill Joslin	'49 Mercury	108	25	crash	0
14	14	55	Bub King	Bub King	'50 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
25	18	38	Bill Lawrence	B.F. Goodrich (Clyde Minter)	'47 Buick	–	25	–	0
17	33	37	Coleman Lawrence	Coleman Lawrence	'50 Ford	–	25	–	0
26	17	69	Dawson Lechlider	Dawson Lechlider	'50 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
13	23	53	Clyde Minter	Lee Coonis	'50 Ford	–	25	–	0
21	19	59	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink	'49 Ford	–	25	–	0
27	16	110	Earl Moss	Police Special (J.B. Watkins)	'50 Ford	110	25	crash	0
2	6	23	Frank Mundy	Perry Smith	'51 Studebaker	–	700	running	0
31	13	60	Jim Paschal	Julian Buesink	'50 Ford	–	10	–	0
6	15	42	Lee Petty	Petty Special (Petty Enterprises)	'49 Plymouth	–	150	–	0
16	35	5	Bill Rexford	Julian Buesink	'49 Mercury	–	25	–	0
32	5	11	Fireball Roberts	Sam Rice	'50 Oldsmobile	–	10	–	0
7	24	1	Walt Sprague	Police Special (J.B. Watkins)	'49 Ford	–	125	–	0
18	20	74	Paul Stanley	–	'49 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
23	4	6	Marshall Teague	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Marshall Teague)	'51 Hudson	125	25	crash	83
35	29	93	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas	'50 Plymouth	–	10	–	0
4	28	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'50 Plymouth	–	350	running	0
1	7	41	Curtis Turner	Eanes Motor Co. (John Eanes)	'50 Oldsmobile	200	1000	running	81
22	34	J-6	Bob Walters	Lloyd Dennis	'51 Henry J	–	25	–	0
34	9	2	Ewell Weddle	–	'48 Ford	–	10	–	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Flock	1	2	2
Marshall Teague	3	10	8
Tim Flock	11	18	8
Fonty Flock	19	44	26
Marshall Teague	45	90	46
Curtis Turner	91	96	6
Marshall Teague	97	125	29
Curtis Turner	126	200	75