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1951-35 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 35 of 41 Sunday, October 14, 1951 at Oakland Stadium, Oakland, CA 250 laps on a 0.625 mile dirt track (156.250 miles) Time of race: 1:59:03 Average speed: 78.748 mph Pole speed: n/a Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 3 laps + Attendance: 12000 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1951 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1951 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 18   Marvin Burke Bob Phillippi '50 Mercury 250 1875 running 156 2 – 84   Robert Caswell Lou Mangini '50 Plymouth 247 1250 running 24 3 – 88   Woody Brown Joe Mangini '50 Oldsmobile – 900 running 0 4 – 55   Sam Hawks Marvin Panch '50 Plymouth – 600 running 0 5 – 9   Dick Meyer Grant Sniffen '50 Mercury – 450 running 0 6 – 56   Marvin Panch Marvin Panch '50 Mercury – 350 running 0 7 – 33   Lou Figaro Jack Gaynor '51 Hudson – 200 running 39 8 – 48   Bill Norton Larry Bettinger '50 Mercury – 150 running 0 9 – 41   John Soares Harry Schilling '50 Mercury – 125 running 1 10 – 38   Walt Davis Walt Davis '50 Plymouth – 100 running 0 11 – 14   Fonty Flock Red Devil   (Frank Christian) '51 Oldsmobile – 75 – 0 12 – 7   Fred Bince Speedway Auto Sales   (Chuck Meekins) '51 Hudson – 50 – 0 35 – 72   Bill Stickler J & M Garage '48 Hudson – 25 mechanical 0 34 – 17   Al Jacobs Al Jacobs '50 Ford – 25 mechanical 0 33 – 54   Andy Pierce – '49 Plymouth – 25 crash 0 32 – 2jr   George Seeger George Seeger '51 Studebaker – 25 crash 0 31 – 77   Hershel McGriff Hershel McGriff '51 Oldsmobile – 25 mechanical 0 30 –     Bill Amberg Bill Amberg Engl. Austin 94 25 crash 0 29 – 31   Lloyd Porter Stan Noble '51 Henry J – 25 – 0 28 – 95   Freddie Farmer Freddie Farmer '51 Nash – 25 crash 0 27 – 36   Danny Letner Bert Letner '51 Hudson – 25 – 0 26 – 3   Allen Heath Allen Heath '50 Plymouth – 25 – 0 25 –     Claude Wallington – '50 Plymouth – 25 – 0 24 –     Pug Blalock Pug Blalock '51 Henry J – 25 – 0 23 – 27   Jim Byrd El Paso Special '49 Buick 159 25 crash 0 22 – 25   Erick Erickson Advance Electric   (Erick Erickson) '48 Pontiac – 25 – 0 21 – 66   Bud Riley Northeast Motors   (Joe Beccue) '51 Hudson – 25 – 0 20 1 120   Dick Rathmann Walt Chapman '51 Hudson – 25 – 30 19 – 2   Danny Weinberg Tony Sampo '51 Studebaker – 25 – 0 18 – 35   Fuzzy Anderson Bert Letner '51 Hudson – 25 – 0 17 –     Hal Cole – '51 Plymouth – 25 – 0 16 – 19   Les Bomar V-Gap Spark Plugs   (Les Bomar) '49 Pontiac – 25 – 0 15 – 22   Lloyd Dane Lloyd Dane '51 Ford 202 25 crash 0 14 – 6   Bill Ledbetter Bill Ledbetter '50 Ford – 25 – 0 13 – 16   Fred Steinbroner Bob Carpenter '50 Ford – 25 – 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dick Rathman 1 30 30   Lou Figaro 31 69 39   Robert Caswell 70 93 24   Marvin Burke 94 120 27   John Soares 121 121 1   Marvin Burke 122 250 129