1951 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Southern 500 Race Results

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1951 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/3/1951
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.25 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 84.173 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 26
Average Race Speed - 76.906 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $23,740
Race Number - 24

More Races from 1951

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Herb Thomas	92	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	400	51 Hudson	311	$8,800
2	3	Jesse James Taylor	31	Jesse James Taylor	399	51 Hudson	6	$2,800
3	19	Buddy Shuman	17	RH Yandell	391	51 Ford	0	$1,500
4	5	Hershel McGriff	77	Hershel McGriff	390	51 Oldsmob	1	$1,210
5	7	Fireball Roberts	11	Saverance Motors (Ed Saverance)	387	51 Ford	0	$910
6	38	Harold Kite	1	Julian Buesink	384	51 Oldsmob	0	$800
7	27	Leon Sales	46	Hubert Westmoreland	384	51 Oldsmob	0	$700
8	4	Fonty Flock	14	Red Devil (Frank Christian)	383	51 Oldsmob	0	$600
9	6	Bill Snowden	16	Bill Snowden	383	51 Ford	0	$500
10	55	Pap White	24	Julian Petty	383	51 Plymout	0	$400
11	45	Tim Flock	91	Black Phantom (Ted Chester)	379	51 Oldsmob	0	$350
12	16	Slick Smith	12	Frank Christian	379	50 Oldsmob	0	$240
13	52	Jack Goodwin	34	Bill Caltrider	378	51 Plymout	0	$300
14	12	Billy Carden	8	West Peachtree Motors (Sam Knox)	377	51 Cadilla	0	$300
15	24	Lee Petty	42	Petty Special (Petty Enterprises)	373	51 Plymout	0	$250
16	51	Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	373	51 Oldsmob	0	$250
17	44	Bud Farrell	70	William Gundaker	373	51 Plymout	0	$200
18	23	Billy Myers	99	Hubert Westmoreland	373	51 Plymout	0	$200
19	80	Bill Widenhouse	64	Bill Widenhouse	371	51 Plymout	0	$150
20	39	George Seeger	18	Tony Sampo	371	51 Studeba	0	$150
21	11	Gayle Warren	4	Blevins Motor Co (Earl Blevins)	370	51 Studeba	0	$100
22	30	Freddie Farmer	95	Toms Grill (Freddie Farmer)	370	51 Nash	0	$100
23	82	Cotton Owens	71	FJ Bland	370	51 Plymout	0	$100
24	60	Ed Benedict	56	Ken Swihart	370	51 Hudson	0	$100
25	54	Red Byron	83	Dantone Racing Stable (BJ Dantone)	368	51 Ford	0	$100
26	29	Bud Riley	66	Northeast Motors (Joe Beccue)	368	51 Hudson	0	$50
27	10	Bob Flock	7	Gray Ghost (Ted Chester)	368	51 Oldsmob	0	$50
28	62	Jimmie Lewallen	0	Hubert Hamilton	367	51 Plymout	0	$50
29	63	Tommy Melvin	61	Clarence Burbank	367	51 Oldsmob	0	$50
30	31	Earl Moss	86	JB Watkins	366	51 Studeba	0	$50
31	25	Ewell Weddle	50	Al Wheatley	365	51 Ford	0	$50
32	48	Shorty York	90	Russ Lou	363	51 Nash	0	$50
33	47	Marshall Teague	6	FABULOUS (Marshall Teague)	361	51 Hudson	39	$500
34	43	Johnny Yountz	78	Hubert Westmoreland	361	51 Plymout	0	$50
35	49	Ted Swaim	10	HightRiley Motors	360	51 Ford	0	$50
36	50	Jim Fiebelkorn	67	Jim Fiebelkorn	360	51 Lincoln	0	$50
37	21	Gene Comstock	37	Gene Comstock	357	50 Oldsmob	0	$50
38	65	Oliver Dial	74	Preston Jones	355	51 Chevrol	0	$50
39	22	Jim Paschal	60	Wheatley Motors (Al Wheatley)	353	50 Ford	0	$50
40	79	Reino Tulonen	32	Reino Tulonen	353	51 Henry J	0	$50
41	61	Ted Chamberlain	94	Del Pearson	340	51 Plymout	0	$50
42	73	JE Hardie	96	JE Hardie	339	51 Ford	0	$50
43	41	Donald Thomas	93	Herb Thomas	337	51 Plymout	0	$50
44	75	Iggy Katona	9	Iggy Katona	337	51 Chrysle	0	$50
45	70	Joe Merola	20	Joe Merola	335	51 Oldsmob	0	$50
46	76	Dave Anderson	33	Bill Caltrider	335	51 Kaiser	0	$50
47	57	Bob Pronger	49	Bob Pronger	332	50 Oldsmob	0	$50
48	17	Jack Smith	57	Wally Marks	323	51 Oldsmob	0	$50
49	78	Billy Tibbert	43	Billy Tibbett	318	51 Dodge	0	$50
50	69	Jimmy Warden	75	CainBowman	314	51 Hudson	0	$50
51	58	Gene Darragh	5	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	309	50 Oldsmob	0	$50
52	53	Gwyn Staley	27	The Wilkes Boys	303	51 Ford	0	$50
53	72	Jim Delaney	21	Bob Osiecki	294	51 Ford	0	$50
54	33	Erick Erickson	15	Packer	281	51 Pontiac	0	$50
55	68	Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair	275	51 Ford	0	$50
56	14	Buck Baker	87	Troy Motor Co (Buck Baker)	275	51 Ford	0	$50
57	26	Curtis Turner	41	Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes)	272	51 Oldsmob	43	$480
58	40	Wade Fields	72	James Hinnant	268	51 Plymout	0	$50
59	15	Lloyd Dane	22	Lloyd Dane	263	51 Ford	0	$50
60	64	John Barker	48	Leo Sigman	258	51 Studeba	0	$50
61	77	Buck Baity	44	Buck Baity	248	50 Buick	0	$
62	8	Ray Chase	28	Bill Sheldon	237	50 Oldsmob	0	$
63	18	Jimmy Thompson	25	Bowie Motor Company (Leland Colvin)	236	51 Ford	0	$
64	67	Jimmy Ayers	3	Jimmy Ayers	225	50 Plymout	0	$
65	9	Frank Gise	38	BR Waller	215	51 Studeba	0	$
66	32	Sandy Lynch	97	Sandy Lynch	215	51 Ford	0	$
67	28	Bob Johnson	80	ID Stenstrom	214	51 Studeba	0	$
68	66	Herb Trimble	89	Herb Trimble	198	51 Oldsmob	0	$
69	37	Bub King	55	Bub King	149	50 Plymout	0	$
70	74	Tommy Thompson	40	AL Miller	148	51 Nash	0	$
71	34	Bill Rexford	52	George Hartley	143	50 Oldsmob	0	$
72	81	Fred Moore	58	Walt Jarrod	112	51 Mercury	0	$
73	46	Weldon Adams	26	Leland Colvin	104	51 Plymout	0	$
74	36	Murrace Walker	47	Murrace Walker	104	51 Studeba	0	$
75	71	Joe Eubanks	82	Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates)	92	51 Oldsmob	0	$
76	35	Johnny Mantz	98	Johnny Mantz	88	51 Nash	0	$
77	56	Rudy Hires	39	Rudy Hires	82	51 Ford	0	$
78	59	Sonny Black	35	Sonny Black	73	51 Plymout	0	$
79	13	Lloyd Moore	59	Julian Buesink	61	51 Ford	0	$
80	42	Lee Connell	19	Lee Connell	58	51 Pontiac	0	$
81	20	Bobby Booth	73	Stanley Moore	53	50 Oldsmob	0	$
82	1	Frank Mundy	23	Perry Smith	12	51 Studeba	0	$