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1951 Running of the Southern 500

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1951 Southern 500
Held on September 3, 1951 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	2	92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS	'51 Hudson	400	311	running
2	3	31	Jesse James Taylor		'51 Hudson	399	6	running
3	19	17	Buddy Shuman		'51 Ford	391	0	running
4	5	77	Hershel McGriff		'51 Oldsmobile	390	1	running
5	7	11	Fireball Roberts	Saverance Motors	'51 Ford	387	0	running
6	38	1	Harold Kite		'51 Oldsmobile	384	0	running
7	27	46	Leon Sales		'51 Oldsmobile	384	0	running
8	4	14	Fonty Flock	Red Devil	'51 Oldsmobile	383	0	running
9	6	16	Bill Snowden		'51 Ford	383	0	running
10	55	24	Pap White		'51 Plymouth	383	0	running
11	45	91	Tim Flock	Black Phantom	'51 Oldsmobile	379	0	running
12	16	12	Slick Smith		'50 Oldsmobile	379	0	running
13	52	34	Jack Goodwin		'51 Plymouth	378	0	running
14	12	8	Billy Carden	West Peachtree Motors	'51 Cadillac	377	0	running
15	24	42	Lee Petty	Petty Special	'51 Plymouth	373	0	running
16	51	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage	'51 Oldsmobile	373	0	running
17	44	70	Bud Farrell		'51 Plymouth	373	0	running
18	23	99	Billy Myers		'51 Plymouth	373	0	running
19	80	64	Bill Widenhouse		'51 Plymouth	371	0	running
20	39	18	George Seeger		'51 Studebaker	371	0	running
21	11	4	Gayle Warren	Blevins Motor Co.	'51 Studebaker	370	0	accident
22	30	95	Freddie Farmer	Tom's Grill	'51 Nash	370	0	running
23	82	71	Cotton Owens		'51 Plymouth	370	0	running
24	60	56	Ed Benedict		'51 Hudson	370	0	running
25	54	83	Red Byron	Dantone Racing Stable	'51 Ford	368	0	accident
26	29	66	Bud Riley	Northeast Motors	'51 Hudson	368	0	running
27	10	7	Bob Flock	Gray Ghost	'51 Oldsmobile	368	0
28	62	30	Jimmie Lewallen		'51 Plymouth	367	0
29	63	61	Tommy Melvin		'51 Oldsmobile	367	0
30	31	86	Earl Moss		'51 Studebaker	366	0
31	25	50	Ewell Weddle		'51 Ford	365	0
32	48	90	Shorty York		'51 Nash	363	0
33	47	6	Marshall Teague	FABULOUS	'51 Hudson	361	39	accident
34	43	78	Johnny Yountz		'51 Plymouth	361	0	accident
35	49	10	Ted Swaim	Hight-Riley Motors	'51 Ford	360	0
36	50	67	Jim Fiebelkorn		'51 Lincoln	360	0
37	21	37	Gene Comstock		'50 Oldsmobile	357	0
38	65	74	Oliver Dial		'51 Chevrolet	355	0
39	22	60	Jim Paschal	Wheatley Motors	'50 Ford	353	0
40	79	32	Reino Tulonen		'51 Henry J	353	0
41	61	94	Ted Chamberlain		'51 Plymouth	340	0
42	73	96	J.E. Hardie		'51 Ford	339	0
43	41	93	Donald Thomas		'51 Plymouth	337	0
44	75	9	Iggy Katona		'51 Chrysler	337	0
45	70	20	Joe Merola		'51 Oldsmobile	335	0
46	76	33	Dave Anderson		'51 Kaiser	335	0
47	57	49	Bob Pronger		'50 Oldsmobile	332	0
48	17	57	Jack Smith		'51 Oldsmobile	323	0
49	78	43	Billy Tibbert		'51 Dodge	318	0
50	69	75	Jimmy Warden		'51 Hudson	314	0
51	58	5	Gene Darragh	Griffin Motors	'50 Oldsmobile	309	0
52	53	27	Gwyn Staley	The Wilkes Boys	'51 Ford	303	0
53	72	21	Jim Delaney		'51 Ford	294	0
54	33	15	Erick Erickson	Advance Electric, Packer	'51 Pontiac	281	0
55	68	2	Bill Blair		'51 Ford	275	0
56	14	87	Buck Baker	Troy Motor Co.	'51 Ford	275	0
57	26	41	Curtis Turner	Eanes Motor Co.	'51 Oldsmobile	272	43	engine
58	40	72	Wade Fields		'51 Plymouth	268	0
59	15	22	Lloyd Dane		'51 Ford	263	0
60	64	48	John Barker		'51 Studebaker	258	0
61	77	44	Buck Baity		'50 Buick	248	0
62	8	28	Ray Chase		'50 Oldsmobile	237	0
63	18	25	Jimmy Thompson	Bowie Motor Company	'51 Ford	236	0
64	67	3	Jimmy Ayers		'50 Plymouth	225	0
65	9	38	Frank Gise		'51 Studebaker	215	0	wheel
66	32	97	Sandy Lynch		'51 Ford	215	0
67	28	80	Bob Johnson		'51 Studebaker	214	0
68	66	89	Herb Trimble		'51 Oldsmobile	198	0
69	37	55	Bub King		'50 Plymouth	149	0
70	74	40	Tommy Thompson		'51 Nash	148	0	rf hub
71	34	52	Bill Rexford		'50 Oldsmobile	143	0
72	81	58	Fred Moore		'51 Mercury	112	0
73	46	26	Weldon Adams		'51 Plymouth	104	0
74	36	47	Murrace Walker		'51 Studebaker	104	0
75	71	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co.	'51 Oldsmobile	92	0
76	35	98	Johnny Mantz		'51 Nash	88	0	valve
77	56	39	Rudy Hires		'51 Ford	82	0
78	59	35	Sonny Black		'51 Plymouth	73	0
79	13	59	Lloyd Moore		'51 Ford	61	0
80	42	19	Lee Connell		'51 Pontiac	58	0	accident
81	20	73	Bobby Booth		'50 Oldsmobile	53	0
82	1	23	Frank Mundy		'51 Studebaker	12	0	oil pressure
DID NOT START
		29	Joe Weatherly		'51 Oldsmobile			DNS

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 6h:30:05
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: 1 laps
Average Speed: 76.906 mph
Cautions: 4 for 26 laps - not available
Lead Changes: 6 among 5 drivers - Herb Thomas (1-5); Jesse James Taylor (6-11); Hershel McGriff (12); Marshall Teague (13-51); Curtis Turner (52-94); H. Thomas (95-400)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered