1951 Motor City 250

Michigan State Fairgrounds · 1951 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Tommy Thompson	5	59	6	58	250	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	5	40	Tommy Thompson	Tommy Thompson (Owner)	Chrysler	250	58	running
2	13	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)	Oldsmobile	250	7	running
3	15	98	Johnny Mantz	Johnny Mantz (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	244		running
4	25	83	Red Byron	B.J. Dantone (Owner)	Ford	241		running
5	38	43	Paul Newkirk	Paul Newkirk (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	241		running
6	47	34	Jack Goodwin	Bill Caltrider (Owner)	Plymouth	239		running
7	22	59	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Oldsmobile	239		running
8	20	50	Ewell Weddle	Al Wheatley (Owner)	Ford	236		running
9	30	41	Curtis Turner	John Eanes (Owner)	Oldsmobile	233	92	overheating
10	45	1-X	Erick Erickson		Pontiac	233		running
11	56	135	Bill Majot	Jim White (Owner)	Chevrolet	233		running
12	52	10	Jim Fiebelkorn	Jim Fiebelkorn (Owner)	Mercury	233		running
13	44	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	233		running
14	14	33	Lou Figaro	Jack Gaynor (Owner)	Hudson	231		running
15	32	142	Bob Myers		Packard Motor Car Company	230		-
16	55	60	Jim Paschal	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	228		-
17	2	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Oldsmobile	228		-
18	54	67	Bob Jeffries		Lincoln	225		-
19	43	120	John McGinley	Walt Chapman (Owner)	Hudson	224		-
20	8	7	Bob Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Oldsmobile	223		-
21	35	151	Les Snow	Les Snow (Owner)	Oldsmobile	222		-
22	33	38	Iggy Katona	Iggy Katona (Owner)	Ford	222		-
23	39	88	Dell Pearson	Del Pearson (Owner)	Oldsmobile	216		-
24	41	85	Bob Prince		Hudson	199		-
25	34	2	Bobby Myers		Hudson	199		-
26	37	22	Oda Greene	Harold Lucas (Owner)	Hudson	173		-
27	48	48	John Barker	Leo Sigman (Owner)	Studebaker	173		-
28	46	102	Ray Duhigg		Oldsmobile	167		-
29	53	65	Jack White		Oldsmobile	158		-
30	27	36	Danny Letner	Bert Letner (Owner)	Hudson	153		overheating
31	51	140	Walt Flanders	Floyd Rice (Owner)	Ford	145		-
32	10	12	Billy Carden	Sam Knox (Owner)	Oldsmobile	142		-
33	1	6	Marshall Teague	Marshall Teague (Owner)	Hudson	136	1	overheating
34	17	18	George Seeger	George Seeger (Owner)	Studebaker	133		-
35	4	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	130	85	accident
36	12	75	Bob Greer	Bob Greer (Owner)	Oldsmobile	126		accident
37	49	44	Jack Smith	B.J. Dantone (Owner)	Plymouth	123		accident
38	42	198	Billy Myers	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Plymouth	123		accident
39	11	777	Tom Suligoy		Packard Motor Car Company	115		accident
40	58	750	Al Miller		Kaiser	115		-
41	29	1	Walt Sprague		Oldsmobile	113		-
42	3	51	Gober Sosebee	Sam Knox (Owner)	Cadillac	104	7	tie rod
43	18	133	Bobby Booth	Stanley Moore (Owner)	Oldsmobile	103		-
44	31	32	Tommy Melvin		Oldsmobile	92		accident
45	16	8	Bud Riley	Joe Beccue (Owner)	Hudson	89		accident
46	23	28	Ray Chase	Bill Sheldon (Owner)	Hudson	89		overheating
47	24	41.5	Bill Blair	Bill Blair (Owner)	Oldsmobile	88		-
48	40	175	Bill Holland	Cal Connell (Owner)	Cadillac	80		accident
49	57	30	Elmer Wilson	Elmer Wilson (Owner)	Buick	80		-
50	21	23	Frank Mundy	Perry Smith (Owner)	Studebaker	80		accident
51	50	9	Freddie Farmer	Freddie Farmer (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	77		-
52	9	90	Jim Rathmann		Packard Motor Car Company	76		-
53	26	118	Ed Benedict	Ken Swihart (Owner)	Hudson	75		overheating
54	28	11	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports	Oldsmobile	73		accident
55	59	21	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman (Owner)	Hudson	31		overheating
56	36	70	Johnny Wohlfiel		Nash Motor Company	27		-
57	6	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	26		overheating
58	7	31	Jesse James Taylor	Jesse James Taylor (Owner)	Hudson	14		overheating
59	19	188	Pat Flaherty		Oldsmobile	13		-

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Curtis Turner	92	36.8%	P9
2	Fonty Flock	85	34.0%	P35
3	Tommy Thompson	58	23.2%	P1
4	Joe Eubanks	7	2.8%	P2
5	Gober Sosebee	7	2.8%	P42
6	Marshall Teague	1	0.4%	P33

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