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Official NASCAR Race Results

Johnny Mantz won the 1950 NASCAR Grand National Series Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

09-04-1950 | Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway

Table initially ordered on Finish Position. Click a column header to re-sort by that value.

Fin     St     #     Driver Make Sponsor Pts     Laps     Led     Status Money    
1 43 98 Johnny Mantz Plymouth Hubert Westmoreland 0 400 351 Running 10,510
2 67 82 Fireball Roberts Oldsmobile Sam Rice 0 391 0 Running 3,500
3 7 22 Red Byron Cadillac Parks Novelty 0 390 0 Running 2,000
4 23 59 Bill Rexford Oldsmobile Julian Buesink 0 385 0 Running 1,500
5 15 77 Chuck Mahoney Mercury Brooks Motors 0 381 0 Running 1,000
6 35 42 Lee Petty Plymouth Petty Special 0 380 0 Running 800
7 38 71 Cotton Owens Plymouth F.J. Bland 0 380 23 Running 930
8 64 2 Bill Blair Cadillac Sam Rice 0 375 0 Running 600
9 44 52 Hershel McGriff Oldsmobile City of Roses 0 374 0 Running 500
10 26 61 George Hartley Oldsmobile Julian Buesink 0 371 0 Running 450
11 16 9 Tim Flock Oldsmobile Buddy Elliott 0 370 0 Running 400
12 57 44 Johnny Grubb Plymouth Johnny Grubb 0 368 0 Running 350
13 62 26 Dick Linder Oldsmobile Don Rogalla 0 367 0 Running 300
14 68 89 John DuBoise Ford John DuBoise 0 367 0 Running 250
15 72 72 Weldon Adams Plymouth Harold Mays 0 367 0 Running 225
16 32 99 Barney Smith Oldsmobile Barney Smith 0 366 0 Running 275
17 3 51 Gober Sosebee Oldsmobile Cherokee Garage 0 364 4 Running 290
18 52 39 Elmer Wilson Plymouth Elmer Wilson 0 360 0 Running 100
19 21 4 Joe Eubanks Mercury Joe Eubanks 0 359 0 Running 0
20 19 43 Shorty York Buick B.S. Beeson 0 358 0 Running 0
21 51 64 Walt Crawford Buick Walt Crawford 0 358 0 Running 0
22 33 -- Murrace Walker Oldsmobile Murrace Walker 0 358 0 Running 0
23 48 -- Gene Comstock Oldsmobile Gene Comstock 0 355 0 -- 0
24 27 17 Jack White Ford Dailey Moyer 0 354 0 -- 0
25 71 -- Byron Beatty Ford Byron Beatty 0 351 0 -- 0
26 53 -- Bill Widenhouse Plymouth Bill Widenhouse 0 350 0 -- 0
27 4 7 Bob Flock Oldsmobile Bob Flock Garage 0 348 0 Running 0
28 10 47 Fonty Flock Oldsmobile Frank Christian 0 346 0 -- 0
29 13 19 Jack Smith Oldsmobile R & W Auto Service 0 345 0 Crash 0
30 30 34 Pee Wee Martin Oldsmobile Eanes Motor Co. 0 344 0 -- 100
31 5 -- Lee Morgan Oldsmobile Lee Morgan 0 342 0 -- 0
32 8 -- Hub McBride Mercury Hub McBride 0 341 0 -- 0
33 11 -- Slick Smith Oldsmobile -- 0 340 0 -- 0
34 12 45 Ted Chamberlain Plymouth Ted Chamberlain 0 338 0 Running 0
35 6 -- Virgil Livengood Oldsmobile Virgil Livengood 0 338 0 Running 0
36 9 -- Billy Carden Ford -- 0 338 0 Running 0
37 14 37 Bill Snowden Nash Nash Motor Co. 0 338 0 Running 0
38 22 21 Harold Kite Lincoln Edmunds Motors 0 334 0 -- 0
39 25 49 Glenn Dunnaway Lincoln Glenn Dunnaway 0 333 0 -- 0
40 2 25 Jimmy Thompson Lincoln Leland Colvin 0 332 0 -- 125
41 65 27 Jimmy Florian Ford Euclid Motor Co. 0 331 0 Spindle 0
42 20 -- Bob Smith Oldsmobile -- 0 331 0 Running 0
43 24 0 Jimmie Lewallen Oldsmobile Sam Rice 0 330 0 -- 0
44 75 -- Jesse James Taylor Mercury Jesse James Taylor 0 329 0 -- 0
45 29 -- Bub King Mercury T.L. King 0 329 0 -- 0
46 36 24 Gene Darragh Hudson -- 0 323 0 -- 0
47 39 -- Roy Bentley Studebaker Roy Bentley 0 319 0 -- 0
48 42 -- J.E. Hardie Studebaker -- 0 317 0 -- 0
49 34 -- Jerry Kemp Lincoln -- 0 315 0 -- 0
50 46 36 Bill Osborne Mercury -- 0 311 0 -- 100
51 37 -- Carson Dyer Lincoln Carson Dyer 0 310 0 -- 0
52 60 33 Wally Campbell Oldsmobile Wally Marks 0 309 0 -- 100
53 40 79 Jim Paschal Ford Julian Buesink 0 307 0 -- 0
54 45 18 Charles Tidwell Oldsmobile -- 0 300 0 -- 100
55 41 -- Ruel Smith Pontiac -- 0 289 0 -- 0
56 47 -- Al Keller Oldsmobile W.O. Taylor 0 284 0 -- 0
57 50 -- Dick Soper Kaiser -- 0 282 0 -- 0
58 54 -- Pete Keller Studebaker -- 0 281 0 -- 0
59 56 -- P.E. Godfrey Lincoln -- 0 278 0 -- 0
60 1 41 Curtis Turner Oldsmobile Eanes Motor Co. 0 275 22 Crash 320
61 49 -- Bob Apperson Oldsmobile Bob Apperson 0 249 0 -- 0
62 55 -- Tommy Thompson Hudson Tommy Thompson 0 238 0 -- 0
63 61 6 Marshall Teague Lincoln Paul Cox 0 230 0 -- 0
64 70 14 Tex Keene Plymouth Tex Keene 0 229 0 Crash 0
65 31 -- Clyde Minter Lincoln Clyde Minter 0 219 0 -- 100
66 74 -- Rollin Smith Hudson -- 0 208 0 -- 0
67 17 86 Bill Henson Oldsmobile -- 0 200 0 -- 100
68 50 48 Gayle Warren Oldsmobile -- 0 188 0 -- 0
69 28 87 Buck Baker Oldsmobile Griffin Motors 0 176 0 Crash 0
70 58 46 Kenneth Wagner Lincoln Moyer Co. 0 155 0 -- 100
71 18 62 Lloyd Moore Lincoln Julian Buesink 0 112 0 -- 100
72 73 48 Alton Haddock Ford Alton Haddock 0 98 0 -- 100
73 69 -- Jack Yardley Ford -- 0 89 0 -- 0
74 66 -- Jack Carr Mercury -- 0 52 0 -- 0
75 63 -- Roscoe Thompson Oldsmobile Charles Venable 0 24 0 -- 0

Race Recap

  • Date: 09-04-1950
  • Track: Darlington Raceway
  • Race: Southern 500
  • Race #: 13
  • Cars: 75
  • Winner: Johnny Mantz
  • Start Position: 43rd
  • Car Make: 1950 Plymouth
  • Avg Speed: 75.250 mph
  • Distance: 500 miles
  • Purse: $25,325
  • Cautions: 2
  • Caution Laps: 13
  • Lead Changes: 4
  • Pole: 82.034 mph

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