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1950 Southern 500
Held on September 4, 1950 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC (Original configuration)
400 L, 500 M, 804.67 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

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

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify: Bill Bennett; Lewis Hawkins; Dorothy Shull; Pap White; Pat Sutton; Herb Thomas; Louise Smith
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered