Southern 500 1951

Southern 500 1951 var ett stockcarlopp ingående i Nascar Grand National Series (nuvarande Nascar Cup Series) som kördes 3 september 1951 på den 1,25 mile (2,012 km) långa ovalbanan Darlington Raceway i Darlington i South Carolina. Totalt avverkades 500 miles (804,672 km) fördelat på 400 varv. Banunderlaget var asfalt. Loppet vanns av Herb Thomas i en Hudson Hornet på tiden 6:30.05 körande för det egna teamet Herb Thomas Racing. Thomas snitthastighet var 76,906 mph. Han var vid målgång ensam förare på ledarvarvet, ett varv före tvåan Jesse James Taylor. Prispotten uppgick till 23 740 dollar, varav 8 800 dollar gick till segraren.

Resultat

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