1951 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1951 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Herb Thomas	2	82	5	311	400	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	2	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	400	311	running
2	3	31	Jesse James Taylor	Jesse James Taylor (Owner)	Hudson	399	6	running
3	19	17	Buddy Shuman	R.H. Yandell (Owner)	Ford	391		running
4	5	77	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports	Oldsmobile	390	1	running
5	7	11	Fireball Roberts	Ed Saverance (Owner)	Ford	387		running
6	38	1	Harold Kite	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Oldsmobile	384		running
7	27	46	Leon Sales	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Oldsmobile	384		running
8	4	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	383		running
9	6	16	Bill Snowden	Snowden Racing	Ford	383		running
10	55	24	Pap White	Julian Petty (Owner)	Plymouth	383		running
11	45	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Oldsmobile	379		running
12	16	12	Slick Smith	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	379		running
13	52	34	Jack Goodwin	Bill Caltrider (Owner)	Plymouth	378		running
14	15	8	Billy Carden	Sam Knox (Owner)	Cadillac	377		running
15	24	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	373		running
16	51	51	Gober Sosebee	Sosebee Racing	Oldsmobile	373		running
17	47	70	Bud Farrell	William Gundaker (Owner)	Plymouth	373		running
18	23	99	Billy Myers	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Plymouth	373		running
19	80	64	Bill Widenhouse	Bill Widenhouse (Owner)	Plymouth	371		running
20	39	18	George Seeger	Tony Sampo (Owner)	Studebaker	371		running
21	11	4	Gayle Warren	Earl Blevins (Owner)	Studebaker	370		accident
22	30	95	Freddie Farmer	Freddie Farmer (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	370		running
23	82	71	Cotton Owens	F.J. Bland (Owner)	Plymouth	370		running
24	60	56	Ed Benedict	Ken Swihart (Owner)	Hudson	370		running
25	54	83	Red Byron	B.J. Dantone (Owner)	Ford	368		accident
26	29	66	Bud Riley	Joe Beccue (Owner)	Hudson	368		running
27	10	7	Bob Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Oldsmobile	368		-
28	62	0	Jimmie Lewallen	Hubert Hamilton (Owner)	Plymouth	367		-
29	63	61	Tommy Melvin	Clarence Burbank (Owner)	Oldsmobile	367		-
30	31	86	Earl Moss	J.B. Watkins (Owner)	Studebaker	366		-
31	25	50	Ewell Weddle	Al Wheatley (Owner)	Ford	365		-
32	48	90	Shorty York	Russ Lou (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	363		-
33	47	6	Marshall Teague	Marshall Teague (Owner)	Hudson	361	39	accident
34	41	78	Johnny Yountz	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Plymouth	361		accident
35	49	10	Ted Swaim		Ford	360		-
36	50	67	Jim Fiebelkorn	Jim Fiebelkorn (Owner)	Lincoln	360		-
37	21	37	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Oldsmobile	357		-
38	65	74	Oliver Dial	Preston Jones (Owner)	Chevrolet	355		-
39	22	60	Jim Paschal	Al Wheatley (Owner)	Ford	353		-
40	79	32	Reino Tulonen	Reino Tulonen (Owner)	Kaiser	353		-
41	61	94	Ted Chamberlain	Del Pearson (Owner)	Plymouth	340		-
42	73	96	J.E. Hardie	J.E. Hardie (Owner)	Ford	339		-
43	—	93	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Plymouth	337		-
44	75	9	Iggy Katona	Iggy Katona (Owner)	Chrysler	337		-
45	70	20	Joe Merola	Joe Merola (Owner)	Oldsmobile	335		-
46	76	33	Dave Anderson	Bill Caltrider (Owner)	Kaiser	335		-
47	57	49	Bob Pronger	Bob Pronger (Owner)	Oldsmobile	332		-
48	17	57	Jack Smith	Wally Marks (Owner)	Oldsmobile	323		-
49	78	43	Billy Tibbett	Billy Tibbett (Owner)	Dodge	318		-
50	69	75	Jimmy Warden	Cain Bowman (Owner)	Hudson	314		-
51	58	5	Gene Darragh	Bob Griffin (Owner)	Oldsmobile	309		-
52	53	27	Gwyn Staley		Ford	303		-
53	72	21	Jim Delaney	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Ford	294		-
54	33	15	Erick Erickson		Pontiac	281		-
55	68	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair (Owner)	Ford	275		-
56	18	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Ford	275		-
57	26	41	Curtis Turner	John Eanes (Owner)	Oldsmobile	272	43	engine
58	40	72	Wade Fields	James Hinnant (Owner)	Plymouth	268		-
59	15	22	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane (Owner)	Ford	263		-
60	64	48	John Barker	Leo Sigman (Owner)	Studebaker	258		-
61	77	44	Buck Baity	Buck Baity (Owner)	Buick	248		-
62	8	28	Ray Chase	Bill Sheldon (Owner)	Oldsmobile	237		-
63	18	25	Jimmy Thompson	Leland Colvin (Owner)	Ford	236		-
64	67	3	Jimmy Ayers	Jimmy Ayers (Owner)	Plymouth	225		-
65	9	38	Frank Gise	B.R. Waller (Owner)	Studebaker	215		wheel
66	32	97	Sandy Lynch	Sandy Lynch (Owner)	Ford	215		-
67	28	80	Bob Johnson	I.D. Stenstrom (Owner)	Studebaker	214		-
68	66	89	Herb Trimble	Herb Trimble (Owner)	Oldsmobile	198		-
69	37	55	Bub King	Bub King (Owner)	Plymouth	149		-
70	74	40	Tommy Thompson	A.L. Miller (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	148		hub
71	34	52	Bill Rexford	George Hartley (Owner)	Oldsmobile	143		-
72	81	58	Fred Moore	Walt Jarrod (Owner)	Mercury	112		-
73	46	26	Weldon Adams	Leland Colvin (Owner)	Plymouth	104		-
74	36	47	Murrace Walker	Murrace Walker (Owner)	Studebaker	104		-
75	72	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)	Oldsmobile	92		-
76	35	98	Johnny Mantz	Johnny Mantz (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	88		valve
77	56	39	Rudy Hires	Rudy Hires (Owner)	Ford	82		-
78	59	35	Sonny Black	Sonny Black (Owner)	Plymouth	73		-
79	13	59	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	61		-
80	42	19	Lee Connell	Lee Connell (Owner)	Pontiac	58		accident
81	20	73	Bobby Booth	Stanley Moore (Owner)	Oldsmobile	53		-
82	1	23	Frank Mundy	Perry Smith (Owner)	Studebaker	12		oil pressure

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Herb Thomas	311	77.8%	P1
2	Curtis Turner	43	10.8%	P57
3	Marshall Teague	39	9.8%	P33
4	Jesse James Taylor	6	1.5%	P2
5	Hershel McGriff	1	0.3%	P4

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