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1951-27


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NASCAR Grand National race number 27 of 41
Saturday, September 15, 1951 at Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA
150 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (150.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:06:41
Average speed: 71.043 mph
Pole speed: 81.733 mph		Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: .25 lap
Attendance: 37000
Lead changes: 2

Glossary    1951 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1951 standings

PosSt#DriverCarLapsMoneyStatusLed
1 392   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas)'51 Hudson1501275running5
2 114   Fonty Flock Red Devil   (Frank Christian)'51 Oldsmobile150800running130
3–21   Dick Rathmann Walt Chapman'51 Hudson–600running0
4–120   John McGinley Walt Chapman'51 Hudson–500running0
5 691   Tim Flock Black Phantom   (Ted Chester)'51 Oldsmobile–300running15
6 26   Marshall Teague Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Marshall Teague)'51 Hudson–200running0
7–67   Jim Fiebelkorn Jim Fiebelkorn'51 Lincoln–150running0
8–66   Bud Riley Northeast Motors   (Joe Beccue)'51 Hudson–125running0
9–42   Lee Petty Petty Special   (Petty Enterprises)'51 Plymouth–100running0
10–2   Bill Blair Hubert Westmoreland'51 Ford–100running0
24–86   Eddie Sheeler –'51 Hudson–25–0
36–    Dawson Lechlider Dawson Lechlider'51 Henry J4925crash0
25–    Sammy Packard –'49 Ford–25–0
26–    Rusty Rushton –'50 Ford–25–0
27–    Jim Ross –'49 Ford–25–0
28–    John DuBoise –'50 Plymouth8425crash0
29–    Bill Remaly –'49 Ford8025crash0
30 57   Bob Flock Gray Ghost   (Ted Chester)'51 Oldsmobile–25–0
31–    Augie Walackas –'51 Oldsmobile–25–0
32–    Sam DiRusso –'49 Ford–25–0
33–    Eddie LaRue –'50 Ford–25–0
34–    Reino Tulonen Reino Tulonen'51 Henry J–25–0
35–    Frank Holzhauer –'50 Plymouth–25crash0
23–    Charles Gattilia –'51 Ford–25–0
22–    Dick Eagan Dick Eagan'50 Plymouth–25–0
21–    Don Black –'50 Ford–25crash0
20–55   Marshall Weatherly Blythe Motors   (Buddy Helms)'51 Nash–25–0
19–    Bill Miller –'51 Studebaker–25–0
18–66   Pappy Hough Pappy Hough'51 Ford–25–0
17–99   Leonard Tippett Leonard Tippett'51 Hudson–25–0
16–    George Clark –'50 Oldsmobile–25–0
15–31   Jesse James Taylor Jesse James Taylor'51 Hudson–25–0
14–421   Jack Reynolds Wiss Brothers'51 Plymouth–25–0
13–    Nelson Applegate –'51 Hudson–25–0
12–70   Bud Farrell William Gundaker'51 Plymouth–25–0
11 49   Iggy Katona Iggy Katona'51 Chrysler–25–0

Lap leader breakdown:
LeaderFrom
Lap		To
Lap		# Of
Laps
  Fonty Flock1130130
  Tim Flock13114515
  Herb Thomas1461505