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1951 - Motor City 250 Race Results


Race Name - Motor City 250
Date - 8/12/1951
Race Track - Michigan State Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 69.131 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 57.588 mph
Lead Changes - 14
Total Race Purse - $10,975
Race Number - 20
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 5 Tommy Thompson 40 Tommy Thompson 250 51 Chrysle 58 $5,000
2 13 Joe Eubanks 82 Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates) 250 50 Oldsmob 7 $2,000
3 15 Johnny Mantz 98 Johnny Mantz 244 51 Nash 0 $1,000
4 25 Red Byron 83 Dantone Racing Stable (BJ Dantone) 241 50 Ford 0 $600
5 38 Paul Newkirk 43 Paul Newkirk 241 51 Nash 0 $500
6 47 Jack Goodwin 34 Bill Caltrider 239 51 Plymout 0 $400
7 22 Lloyd Moore 59 Julian Buesink 239 51 Oldsmob 0 $300
8 20 Ewell Weddle 50 Al Wheatley 236 50 Ford 0 $200
9 30 Curtis Turner 41 Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes) 233 51 Oldsmob 92 $100
10 45 Erick Erickson 1 Packer 233 51 Pontiac 0 $100
11 56 Bill Majot 135 Jim White 233 50 Chevrol 0 $50
12 52 Jim Fiebelkorn 10 Jim Fiebelkorn 233 51 Mercury 0 $50
13 44 Lee Petty 42 Hodges Dodges (Petty Enterprises) 233 51 Plymout 0 $50
14 14 Lou Figaro 33 Jack Gaynor 231 51 Hudson 0 $50
15 32 Bob Myers 142 St Marys 230 51 Packard 0 $50
16 55 Jim Paschal 60 Julian Buesink 228 50 Ford 0 $25
17 2 Tim Flock 91 Black Phantom (Ted Chester) 228 51 Oldsmob 0 $125
18 54 Bob Jeffries 67 225 51 Lincoln 0 $25
19 43 John McGinley 120 Walt Chapman 224 51 Hudson 0 $25
20 8 Bob Flock 7 Gray Ghost (Ted Chester) 223 51 Oldsmob 0 $25
21 35 Les Snow 151 Les Snow 222 50 Oldsmob 0 $25
22 33 Iggy Katona 38 Iggy Katona 222 51 Ford 0 $25
23 39 Dell Pearson 88 Del Pearson 216 51 Oldsmob 0 $25
24 41 Bob Prince 85 199 50 Hudson 0 $25
25 34 Bobby Myers 2 199 51 Hudson 0 $25
26 37 Oda Greene 22 Harold Lucas 173 51 Hudson 0 $25
27 48 John Barker 48 Leo Sigman 173 51 Studeba 0 $25
28 46 Ray Duhigg 102 167 51 Oldsmob 0 $25
29 53 Jack White 65 158 50 Oldsmob 0 $25
30 27 Danny Letner 36 Bert Letner 153 51 Hudson 0 $25
31 51 Walt Flanders 140 Floyd Rice 145 Ford 0 $10
32 10 Billy Carden 12 Sam Knox 142 50 Oldsmob 0 $10
33 1 Marshall Teague 6 FABULOUS (Marshall Teague) 136 51 Hudson 1 $10
34 17 George Seeger 18 Georges Motors (George Seeger) 133 51 Studeba 0 $10
35 4 Fonty Flock 14 Red Devil (Frank Christian) 130 51 Oldsmob 85 $10
36 12 Bob Greer 75 Connell Cadillac (Bob Greer) 126 50 Oldsmob 0 $
37 49 Jack Smith 44 Dantone Racing Stable (BJ Dantone) 123 51 Plymout 0 $
38 42 Billy Myers 198 Hubert Westmoreland 123 51 Plymout 0 $
39 11 Tony Suligoy 777 115 51 Packard 0 $
40 58 Al Miller 750 115 51 Henry J 0 $
41 29 Walt Sprague 1 Julian Buesink 113 50 Oldsmob 0 $
42 3 Gober Sosebee 51 West Peach Motors (Sam Knox) 104 50 Cadilla 7 $
43 18 Bobby Booth 133 Stanley Moore 103 50 Oldsmob 0 $
44 31 Tommy Melvin 32 92 50 Oldsmob 0 $
45 16 Bud Riley 8 Joe Beccue 89 51 Hudson 0 $
46 23 Ray Chase 28 OsterBarry (Bill Sheldon) 89 51 Hudson 0 $
47 24 Bill Blair 42 Bill Blair 88 50 Oldsmob 0 $
48 40 Bill Holland 175 Connell Cadillac (Cal Connell) 80 51 Cadilla 0 $
49 57 Elmer Wilson 30 Elmer Wilson 80 50 Buick 0 $
50 21 Frank Mundy 23 Perry Smith 80 51 Studeba 0 $
51 50 Freddie Farmer 9 Toms Grill (Freddie Farmer) 77 51 Nash 0 $
52 9 Jim Rathmann 90 76 50 Packard 0 $
53 26 Ed Benedict 118 Ken Swihart 75 51 Hudson 0 $
54 28 Hershel McGriff 11 Superior (Hershel McGriff) 73 51 Oldsmob 0 $
55 59 Dick Rathman 21 Walt Chapman 31 51 Hudson 0 $
56 36 Johnny Wohlfiel 70 27 51 Nash 0 $
57 6 Herb Thomas 92 FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) 26 51 Hudson 0 $
58 7 Jesse James Taylor 31 Jesse James Taylor 14 51 Hudson 0 $
59 19 Pat Flaherty 188 13 51 Oldsmob 0 $