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1951-05


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NASCAR Grand National race number 5 of 41
Sunday, April 15, 1951 at Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsborough, NC
150 laps* on a 1.000 mile dirt track (150.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:10:20
Average speed: 80.889 mph
Pole speed: 88.287 mph
Cautions: 1 for 7 laps
Margin of victory: .75 lap
Attendance: 11247
Lead changes: 0

Glossary    1951 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1951 standings

PosSt#DriverCarLapsMoneyStatusLed
1 114   Fonty Flock Red Devil   (Frank Christian)'50 Oldsmobile951250running95
2 723   Frank Mundy Perry Smith'51 Studebaker95800running0
30119   Frank Luptow Rocket   (Joe Winter)'50 Oldsmobile1825wheel0
311698   Bill Holland Southern 500 Winner   (Hubert Westmoreland)'50 Plymouth1310valve0
32 85   Ray Erickson Ed Hastings'49 Mercury020–0
333279   Ray Pruitt Ray Pruitt'50 Dodge010–0
3 241.5   Bill Blair Bill Blair'50 Oldsmobile–600running0
4 391   Tim Flock Black Phantom   (Ted Chester)'51 Oldsmobile–500running0
5 552   Neil Cole John Golabek'50 Oldsmobile–300running0
617110   Earl Moss Police Special   (J.B. Watkins)'50 Ford–200–0
7 992   Herb Thomas Sanford Motors   (Herb Thomas)'50 Plymouth–150–0
81371   Jim Paschal Sam Rice'49 Oldsmobile–125–0
92042   Lee Petty Petty Special   (Petty Enterprises)'49 Plymouth–100–0
101555   Glenn Dunaway Glenn Dunaway'50 Plymouth–100–0
11182   Ewell Weddle Ewell Weddle'50 Ford–25–0
122250   Bill Joslin Bill Joslin'49 Lincoln–25–0
132972   Weldon Adams Harold Mays'50 Plymouth–25–0
14 411   Fireball Roberts Sam Rice'50 Oldsmobile–25wheel0
153166   Red Ryder Pappy Hough'49 Ford–25–0
1626144   Johnny Grubb Johnny Grubb'50 Plymouth–25–0
173337   Coleman Lawrence Mitchell Motor Co.   (Coleman Lawrence)'50 Ford–25–0
182410   Jim Fiebelkorn Jim Fiebelkorn'49 Mercury–25–0
191960   Bill Rexford Julian Buesink'50 Mercury–25wheels0
201259   Lloyd Moore Buesink Police Special   (Julian Buesink)'49 Ford–25overheating0
21144   Joe Jernigan Lambert's Auto   (Joe Jernigan)'49 Ford–25–0
223019   Bill Schade Bill Schade'51 Oldsmobile–25–0
232890   Shorty York Russ Loh'50 Plymouth–25–0
242726   Jimmy Thompson Leland Colvin'50 Plymouth–25–0
25101   Walt Sprague Police Special   (J.B. Watkins)'49 Ford–25overheating0
26 662   Pepper Cunningham Pepper Cunningham'51 Hudson–25wheel0
272141   Curtis Turner Nash Motor Co.   (Nash Motor Co.)'51 Nash–25overheating0
282345   Eddie Anderson Nash of Blue Island   (Eddie Anderson)'51 Nash–25overheating0
292515   Ben Dixon Wesley McBell'50 Lincoln–25–0
* Race shortened to 95 laps due to rain.

Lap leader breakdown:
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  Fonty Flock19595