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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
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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 $