1951 Southern 500

Race 24 of 41

Darlington
400 laps
Time of race: 6:30:05
Average speed of winner: 76.906 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 6 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 26 laps
Lap leaders: Mundy pole, H. Thomas 1-5, Taylor 6-11, McGriff 12, Teague 13-51, Turner 52-94, H. Thomas 95-400

Race notes: Debut for Oliver Dial, Frank Gise, Rudy Hires, Sandy Lynch, Fred Moore, Bob Pronger, Gwyn Staley, Billy Tibbett, and Herb Trimble. Finale for John Barker, Bobby Booth, Red Byron, Murrace Walker, and Pap White. Only start for Dave Anderson, Buck Baity, Lee Connell, Bob Johnson, Jimmy Warden, and Johnny Yountz. Herb Thomas took the points lead from Tim Flock.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Herb Thomas	92		'51 Hudson	Teague	Yunick		400	2	311	running	8800	0
2	3	Jesse James Taylor	31		'51 Hudson	Jesse James Taylor			399	1	6	running	2800	0
3	19	Buddy Shuman	17		'51 Ford 8	Yandell			391	0	0	running	1500	0
4	5	Hershel McGriff	77		'51 Oldsmobile 88				390	1	1	running	1210	0
5	7	Fireball Roberts	11		'51 Ford	Saverance			387	0	0	running	910	0
6	38	Harold Kite	1		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Buesink			384	0	0	running	800	0
7	27	Leon Sales	46		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Westmoreland			384	0	0	running	700	0
8	4	Fonty Flock	14	Red Devil	'51 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian			383	0	0	running	600	0
9	6	Bill Snowden	16		'51 Ford 8	Snowden			383	0	0	running	500	0
10	55	Pap White	24		'51 Plymouth	Petty			383	0	0	running	400	0
11	45	Tim Flock	91	Black Phantom	'51 Oldsmobile 88	Chester			379	0	0	running	350	0
12	16	Slick Smith	12		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian			379	0	0	running	240	0
13	52	Jack Goodwin	34		'51 Plymouth	Caltrider			378	0	0	running	300	0
14	15	Billy Carden	8	W. Peachtree Motors	'50 Cadillac				377	0	0	running	300	0
15	24	Lee Petty	42		'51 Plymouth	Petty	Petty		373	0	0	running	250	0
16	51	Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage	'51 Oldsmobile 88	Sosebee			373	0	0	running	250	0
17	47	Bud Farrell	70		'50 Plymouth	Gundaker			373	0	0	running	200	0
18	23	Billy Myers	99		'51 Plymouth	Westmoreland			373	0	0	running	200	0
19	80	Bill Widenhouse	64		'51 Plymouth				371	0	0	running	150	0
20	39	George Seeger	18		'51 Studebaker	Sampo			371	0	0	running	150	0
21	11	Gayle Warren	4	Blevin Motor Co.	'51 Studebaker				370	0	0	accident	100	0
22	30	Freddie Farmer	95	Tom's Grill	'51 Nash Ambassador				370	0	0	running	100	0
23	82	Cotton Owens	71		'51 Plymouth				370	0	0	running	100	0
24	60	Ed Benedict	56		'51 Hudson	Swihart			370	0	0	running	100	0
25	54	Red Byron	83		'51 Ford	Dantone			368	0	0	accident	100	0
26	29	Bud Riley	66	Northwest Motors	'51 Hudson				368	0	0	running	50	0
27	10	Bob Flock	7	Gray Ghost	'51 Oldsmobile 88	Chester			368	0	0		50	0
28	62	Jimmie Lewallen	0		'51 Plymouth				367	0	0		50	0
29	63	Tommy Melvin	61		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Burbank			367	0	0		50	0
30	31	Earl Moss	86		'51 Studebaker	J.B. Watkins			366	0	0		50	0
31	25	Ewell Weddle	50		'50 Ford 8	Wheatley			365	0	0		50	0
32	48	Shorty York	90		'51 Nash Ambassador	Russ Lou			363	0	0		50	0
33	47	Marshall Teague	6		'51 Hudson	Teague	Yunick	87.636	361	1	39	accident	500	0
34	41	Johnny Yountz	78		'51 Plymouth	Westmoreland			361	0	0	accident	50	0
35	49	Ted Swaim	10		'50 Ford 8	Hight-Raley			360	0	0		50	0
36	50	Jim Fiebelkorn	67		'51 Lincoln				360	0	0		50	0
37	21	Gene Comstock	37		'50 Oldsmobile 88				357	0	0		50	0
38	65	Oliver Dial	74		'51 Chevrolet	Preston Jones			355	0	0		50	0
39	22	Jim Paschal	60		'50 Ford 8	Wheatley			353	0	0		50	0
40	79	Reino Tulonen	32		'51 Henry J				353	0	0		50	0
41	61	Ted Chamberlain	94		'51 Plymouth	Dell Pearson			340	0	0		50	0
42	73	J.E. Hardie	96		'51 Ford				339	0	0		50	0
43		Donald Thomas	93		'51 Plymouth	Donald Thomas			337	0	0		50	0
44	75	Iggy Katona	9		'51 Chrysler				337	0	0		50	0
45	70	Joe Merola	20		'51 Oldsmobile 88				335	0	0		50	0
46	76	Dave Anderson	33		'51 Kaiser	Caltrider			335	0	0		50	0
47	57	Bob Pronger	49		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Bob Griffin			332	0	0		50	0
48	17	Jack Smith	57		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Wally Marks			323	0	0		50	0
49	78	Billy Tibbett	43		'51 Dodge				318	0	0		50	0
50	69	Jimmy Warden	75		'51 Hudson	Cain-Bowman			314	0	0		50	0
51	58	Gene Darragh	5		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Bob Griffin			309	0	0		50	0
52	53	Gwyn Staley	27	The Wilkes Boys	'51 Ford 6				303	0	0		50	0
53	72	Jim Delaney	21		'51 Ford	Osiecki			294	0	0		50	0
54	33	Erick Erickson	15	Packer Pontiac	'51 Pontiac				281	0	0		50	0
55	68	Bill Blair	2		'51 Ford 6				275	0	0		50	0
56	18	Buck Baker	87	Troy Motor Co.	'51 Ford 6				275	0	0		50	0
57	26	Curtis Turner	41		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Eanes			272	1	43	engine	480	0
58	40	Wade Fields	72		'51 Plymouth	Hinnant			268	0	0		50	0
59	15	Lloyd Dane	22		'51 Ford				263	0	0		50	0
60	64	John Barker	48		'51 Studebaker	Sigman			258	0	0		50	0
61	77	Buck Baity	44		'50 Buick				248	0	0		0	0
62	8	Ray Chase	28		'50 Oldsmobile 88				237	0	0		0	0
63	18	Jimmy Thompson	25	Bowie Motor Co.	'51 Ford 8				236	0	0		0	0
64	67	Jimmy Ayers	3		'50 Plymouth				225	0	0		0	0
65	9	Frank Gise	38		'51 Studebaker	Waller			215	0	0	wheel	0	0
66	32	Sandy Lynch	97		'51 Ford 6				215	0	0		0	0
67	28	Bob Johnson	80		'51 Studebaker	Stenstrom			214	0	0		0	0
68	66	Herb Trimble	89		'51 Oldsmobile 88				198	0	0		0	0
69	37	Bub King	55		'50 Plymouth				149	0	0		0	0
70	74	Tommy Thompson	40		'51 Nash Ambassador	A.L. Miller			148	0	0	hub	0	0
71	34	Bill Rexford	52		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Hartley			143	0	0		0	0
72	81	Fred Moore	58		'51 Mercury	Jarrod			112	0	0		0	0
73	46	Weldon Adams	26		'51 Plymouth	Leland Colvin			104	0	0		0	0
74	36	Murrace Walker	47		'51 Studebaker				104	0	0		0	0
75	72	Joe Eubanks	82		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Oates			92	0	0		0	0
76	35	Johnny Mantz	98		'51 Nash Ambassador	Mantz			88	0	0	valve	0	0
77	56	Rudy Hires	39		'51 Ford 6				82	0	0		0	0
78	59	Sonny Black	35		'51 Plymouth				73	0	0		0	0
79	13	Lloyd Moore	59		'51 Ford 8	Buesink			61	0	0		0	0
80	42	Lee Connell	19		'51 Pontiac				58	0	0	accident	0	0
81	20	Bobby Booth	73		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Stanley Moore			53	0	0		0	0
82	1	Frank Mundy	23		'51 Studebaker	Perry Smith		84.173	12	0	0	oil pressure	0	0