1951 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1951 - 8 Race Results

Race Name - 8
Date - 5/6/1951
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 55.062 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 0 mph
Lead Changes - 7
Total Race Purse - $3,750
Race Number - 8

More Races from 1951

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	7	Curtis Turner	41	Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes)	200	50 Oldsmob	81	$1,000
2	6	Frank Mundy	23	Perry Smith		51 Studeba	0	$700
3	1	Tim Flock	91	Black Phantom (Ted Chester)		51 Oldsmob	10	$450
4	28	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas		50 Plymout	0	$350
5	2	Fonty Flock	14	Red Devil (Frank Christian)		50 Oldsmob	26	$200
6	15	Lee Petty	42	Petty Special (Petty Enterprises)		49 Plymout	0	$150
7	24	Walt Sprague	1	Police Special (JB Watkins)		49 Ford	0	$125
8	8	Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair		50 Oldsmob	0	$100
9	31	Leland Colvin	26	Leland Colvin		50 Plymout	0	$75
10	21	Bob Flock	7	Ted Chester	187	51 Plymout	0	$50
11	30	Jack Holloway	90			50 Plymout	0	$25
12	32	John Barker	39	Chaney Motors (Ralph Chaney)		51 Henry J	0	$25
13	23	Clyde Minter	53	Lee Coonis		50 Ford	0	$25
14	14	Bub King	55	Bub King		50 Plymout	0	$25
15	22	Glenn Dunaway	155	Glenn Dunaway		50 Plymout	0	$25
16	35	Bill Rexford	5	Julian Buesink		49 Mercury	0	$25
17	33	Coleman Lawrence	37	Coleman Lawrence		50 Ford	0	$25
18	20	Paul Stanley	74			49 Oldsmob	0	$25
19	3	Pepper Cunningham	62	Pepper Cunningham		51 Hudson	0	$25
20	10	Lou Figaro	33	Jack Gaynor		47 Hudson	0	$25
21	19	Lloyd Moore	59	Julian Buesink		49 Ford	0	$25
22	34	Bob Walters	0	Lloyd Dennis		51 Henry J	0	$25
23	4	Marshall Teague	6	FABULOUS (Marshall Teague)	125	51 Hudson	83	$25
24	27	Erick Erickson	12	Packer		47 Pontiac	0	$25
25	18	Bill Lawrence	38	BF Goodrich (Clyde Minter)		47 Buick	0	$25
26	17	Dawson Lechlider	69	Dawson Lechlider		50 Oldsmob	0	$25
27	16	Earl Moss	110	Police Special (JB Watkins)	110	50 Ford	0	$25
28	25	Bill Joslin	50	Bill Joslin	108	49 Mercury	0	$25
29	26	Bill Holluck	8	Wheatley Motors (Al Wheatley)		49 Mercury	0	$25
30	12	Bill Holland	98	Hubert Westmoreland		50 Plymout	0	$25
31	13	Jim Paschal	60	Julian Buesink		50 Ford	0	$10
32	5	Fireball Roberts	11	Sam Rice		50 Oldsmob	0	$10
33	11	Jim Fiebelkorn	10	Jim Fiebelkorn	56	49 Mercury	0	$10
34	9	Ewell Weddle	2			48 Ford	0	$10
35	23	Donald Thomas	93	Herb Thomas		50 Plymout	0	$10