1951 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1951 - 5 Race Results

Race Name - 5
Date - 4/15/1951
Race Track - Occoneechee Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 95 miles
Pole Speed - 88.287 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 7
Average Race Speed - 80.889 mph
Lead Changes - 0
Total Race Purse - $4,665
Race Number - 5

More Races from 1951

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Fonty Flock	14	Red Devil (Frank Christian)	95	50 Oldsmob	95	$1,250
2	7	Frank Mundy	23	Perry Smith	95	51 Studeba	0	$800
3	2	Bill Blair	42	Bill Blair		50 Oldsmob	0	$600
4	3	Tim Flock	91	Black Phantom (Ted Chester)		51 Oldsmob	0	$500
5	5	Neil Cole	52	John Golabek		50 Oldsmob	0	$300
6	17	Earl Moss	110	Police Special (JB Watkins)		50 Ford	0	$200
7	9	Herb Thomas	92	Sanford Motors (Herb Thomas)		50 Plymout	0	$150
8	13	Jim Paschal	71	Sam Rice		49 Oldsmob	0	$125
9	20	Lee Petty	42	Petty Special (Petty Enterprises)		49 Plymout	0	$100
10	15	Glenn Dunaway	55	Glenn Dunaway		50 Plymout	0	$100
11	18	Ewell Weddle	2	Ewell Weddle		50 Ford	0	$25
12	22	Bill Joslin	50	Bill Joslin		49 Lincoln	0	$25
13	29	Weldon Adams	72	Harold Mays		50 Plymout	0	$25
14	4	Fireball Roberts	11	Sam Rice		50 Oldsmob	0	$25
15	31	Red Ryder	66	Pappy Hough		49 Ford	0	$25
16	26	Johnny Grubb	144	Johnny Grubb		50 Plymout	0	$25
17	33	Coleman Lawrence	37	Mitchell Motor Co (Coleman Lawrence)		50 Ford	0	$25
18	24	Jim Fiebelkorn	10	Jim Fiebelkorn		49 Mercury	0	$25
19	19	Bill Rexford	60	Julian Buesink		50 Mercury	0	$25
20	12	Lloyd Moore	59	Buesink Police Special (Julian Buesink)		49 Ford	0	$25
21	14	Joe Jernigan	4	Lamberts Auto (Joe Jernigan)		49 Ford	0	$25
22	30	Bill Schade	19	Bill Schade		51 Oldsmob	0	$25
23	28	Shorty York	90	Russ Lou		50 Plymout	0	$25
24	27	Jimmy Thompson	26	Leland Colvin		50 Plymout	0	$25
25	10	Walt Sprague	1	Police Special (JB Watkins)		49 Ford	0	$25
26	6	Pepper Cunningham	62	Pepper Cunningham		51 Hudson	0	$25
27	21	Curtis Turner	41	Nash Motor Co (Nash Motor Co)		51 Nash	0	$25
28	23	Eddie Anderson	45	Nash of Blue Island (Eddie Anderson)		51 Nash	0	$25
29	25	Ben Dixon	15	Wesley McBell		50 Lincoln	0	$25
30	11	Frank Luptow	9	Rocket (Joe Winter)	18	50 Oldsmob	0	$25
31	16	Bill Holland	98	Southern 500 Winner (Hubert Westmoreland)	13	50 Plymout	0	$10
32	8	Ray Erickson	5	Ed Hastings	0	49 Mercury	0	$20
33	32	Ray Pruitt	79	Ray Pruitt	0	50 Dodge	0	$10