1950 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1950 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Johnny Mantz	43	75	4	351	400	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	43	98	Johnny Mantz	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Plymouth	400	351	running
2	67	82	Fireball Roberts	Rice Racing	Oldsmobile	391		running
3	7	22	Red Byron	Raymond Parks (Owner)	Cadillac	390		running
4	23	59	Bill Rexford	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Oldsmobile	385		running
5	15	77	Chuck Mahoney		Mercury	381		running
6	35	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	380		running
7	38	71	Cotton Owens	F.J. Bland (Owner)	Plymouth	380	23	running
8	64	2	Bill Blair	Rice Racing	Cadillac	375		running
9	44	52	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports	Oldsmobile	374		running
10	26	61	George Hartley	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Oldsmobile	371		running
11	16	9	Tim Flock	Buddy Elliott (Owner)	Oldsmobile	370		running
12	57	44	Johnny Grubb	Johnny Grubb (Owner)	Plymouth	368		running
13	62	26	Dick Linder	Don Rogalla (Owner)	Oldsmobile	367		running
14	68	89	John DuBoise	John DuBoise (Owner)	Ford	367		running
15	72	72	Weldon Adams	Harold Mays (Owner)	Plymouth	367		running
16	32	99	Barney Smith	Barney Smith (Owner)	Oldsmobile	366		running
17	3	51	Gober Sosebee	Sosebee Racing	Oldsmobile	364	4	running
18	52	39	Elmer Wilson	Elmer Wilson (Owner)	Plymouth	360		running
19	21	4	Joe Eubanks	Joe Eubanks (Owner)	Mercury	359		running
20	19	43	Shorty York	B.S. Beeson (Owner)	Buick	358		running
21	51	64	Walt Crawford	Walt Crawford (Owner)	Buick	358		running
22	33	—	Murrace Walker	Murrace Walker (Owner)	Oldsmobile	358		running
23	48	—	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Oldsmobile	355		-
24	27	17	Jack White	Dailey Moyer (Owner)	Ford	354		-
25	71	—	Byron Beatty	Byron Beatty (Owner)	Ford	351		-
26	53	—	Bill Widenhouse	Bill Widenhouse (Owner)	Plymouth	350		-
27	4	7	Bob Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	348		running
28	10	47	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	346		-
29	13	19	Jack Smith		Oldsmobile	345		accident
30	30	34	Pee Wee Martin	John Eanes (Owner)	Oldsmobile	344		-
31	5	—	Lee Morgan	Lee Morgan (Owner)	Oldsmobile	342		-
32	8	—	Hub McBride	Hub McBride (Owner)	Mercury	341		-
33	11	—	Slick Smith		Oldsmobile	340		-
34	12	45	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain (Owner)	Plymouth	358		running	0
35	6	—	Virgil Livengood	Virgil Livengood (Owner)	Oldsmobile	338		running
36	9	—	Billy Carden		Ford	338		running
37	14	37	Bill Snowden		Nash Motor Company	338		running
38	22	21	Harold Kite	Harold Kite (Owner)	Lincoln	334		-
39	25	49	Glenn Dunaway	Glenn Dunaway (Owner)	Lincoln	333		-
40	2	25	Jimmy Thompson	Leland Colvin (Owner)	Lincoln	332		-
41	65	27	Jimmy Florian	Jimmy Florian (Owner)	Ford	331		spindle
42	20	—	Bob Smith		Oldsmobile	331		running
43	24	0	Jimmie Lewallen	Rice Racing	Oldsmobile	330		-
44	75	—	Jesse James Taylor	Jesse James Taylor (Owner)	Mercury	329		-
45	29	—	Bub King	T.L. King (Owner)	Mercury	329		-
46	36	24	Gene Darragh		Hudson	323		-
47	39	—	Roy Bentley	Roy Bentley (Owner)	Studebaker	319		-
48	42	—	J.E. Hardie		Studebaker	317		-
49	34	—	Jerry Kemp		Lincoln	315		-
50	46	36	Bill Osborne		Mercury	311		-
51	37	—	Carson Dyer	Carson Dyer (Owner)	Lincoln	310		-
52	60	33	Wally Campbell	Wally Marks (Owner)	Oldsmobile	309		-
53	40	79	Jim Paschal	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	307		-
54	45	18	Charles Tidwell		Oldsmobile	300		-
55	41	—	Ruel Smith		Pontiac	289		-
56	47	—	Al Keller	W.O. Taylor (Owner)	Oldsmobile	284		-
57	50	—	Dick Soper		Kaiser	282		-
58	54	—	Pete Keller		Studebaker	281		-
59	56	—	P.E. Godfrey		Lincoln	278		-
60	1	41	Curtis Turner	John Eanes (Owner)	Oldsmobile	275	22	accident
61	49	—	Bob Apperson	Bob Apperson (Owner)	Oldsmobile	249		-
62	55	—	Tommy Thompson	Tommy Thompson (Owner)	Hudson	238		-
63	61	6	Marshall Teague	Paul Cox (Owner)	Lincoln	230		-
64	70	14	Tex Keene	Tex Keene (Owner)	Plymouth	229		accident
65	31	—	Clyde Minter	Clyde Minter (Owner)	Lincoln	219		-
66	74	—	Rollin Smith		Hudson	208		-
67	17	86	Bill Henson		Oldsmobile	200		-
68	50	48	Gayle Warren		Oldsmobile	188		-
69	28	87	Buck Baker	Bob Griffin (Owner)	Oldsmobile	176		accident
70	58	46	Kenneth Wagner	Dailey Moyer (Owner)	Lincoln	155		-
71	18	62	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Lincoln	112		-
72	73	48	Alton Haddock	Alton Haddock (Owner)	Ford	98		-
73	69	—	Jack Yardley		Ford	89		-
74	66	—	Jack Carr		Mercury	52		-
75	63	—	Roscoe Thompson	Charles Venable (Owner)	Oldsmobile	24		-

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Johnny Mantz	351	87.8%	P1
2	Cotton Owens	23	5.8%	P7
3	Curtis Turner	22	5.5%	P60
4	Gober Sosebee	4	1.0%	P17

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