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Official NASCAR Race Results

Herb Thomas won the 1951 NASCAR Grand National Series Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

09-03-1951 | 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 2 92 Herb Thomas Hudson FABULOUS 0 400 311 Running 8,800
2 3 31 Jesse James Taylor Hudson Jesse James Taylor 0 399 6 Running 2,800
3 19 17 Buddy Shuman Ford R.H. Yandell 0 391 0 Running 1,500
4 5 77 Hershel McGriff Oldsmobile Hershel McGriff 0 390 1 Running 1,210
5 7 11 Fireball Roberts Ford Saverance Motors 0 387 0 Running 910
6 38 1 Harold Kite Oldsmobile Julian Buesink 0 384 0 Running 800
7 27 46 Leon Sales Oldsmobile Hubert Westmoreland 0 384 0 Running 700
8 4 14 Fonty Flock Oldsmobile Red Devil 0 383 0 Running 600
9 6 16 Bill Snowden Ford Bill Snowden 0 383 0 Running 500
10 55 24 Pap White Plymouth Julian Petty 0 383 0 Running 400
11 45 91 Tim Flock Oldsmobile Black Phantom 0 379 0 Running 350
12 16 12 Slick Smith Oldsmobile Frank Christian 0 379 0 Running 240
13 52 34 Jack Goodwin Plymouth Bill Caltrider 0 378 0 Running 300
14 15 8 Billy Carden Cadillac West Peachtree Motors 0 377 0 Running 300
15 24 42 Lee Petty Plymouth Petty Special 0 373 0 Running 250
16 51 51 Gober Sosebee Oldsmobile Cherokee Garage 0 373 0 Running 250
17 47 70 Bud Farrell Plymouth William Gundaker 0 373 0 Running 200
18 23 99 Billy Myers Plymouth Hubert Westmoreland 0 373 0 Running 200
19 80 64 Bill Widenhouse Plymouth Bill Widenhouse 0 371 0 Running 150
20 39 18 George Seeger Studebaker Tony Sampo 0 371 0 Running 150
21 11 4 Gayle Warren Studebaker Blevins Motor Co. 0 370 0 Crash 100
22 30 95 Freddie Farmer Nash Tom's Grill 0 370 0 Running 100
23 82 71 Cotton Owens Plymouth F.J. Bland 0 370 0 Running 100
24 60 56 Ed Benedict Hudson Ken Swihart 0 370 0 Running 100
25 54 83 Red Byron Ford Dantone Racing Stable 0 368 0 Crash 100
26 29 66 Bud Riley Hudson Northeast Motors 0 368 0 Running 50
27 10 7 Bob Flock Oldsmobile Gray Ghost 0 368 0 -- 50
28 62 0 Jimmie Lewallen Plymouth Hubert Hamilton 0 367 0 -- 50
29 63 61 Tommy Melvin Oldsmobile Clarence Burbank 0 367 0 -- 50
30 31 86 Earl Moss Studebaker J.B. Watkins 0 366 0 -- 50
31 25 50 Ewell Weddle Ford Al Wheatley 0 365 0 -- 50
32 48 90 Shorty York Nash Russ Lou 0 363 0 -- 50
33 47 6 Marshall Teague Hudson FABULOUS 0 361 39 Crash 500
34 41 78 Johnny Yountz Plymouth Hubert Westmoreland 0 361 0 Crash 50
35 49 10 Ted Swaim Ford Hight-Riley Motors 0 360 0 -- 50
36 50 67 Jim Fiebelkorn Lincoln Jim Fiebelkorn 0 360 0 -- 50
37 21 37 Gene Comstock Oldsmobile Gene Comstock 0 357 0 -- 50
38 65 74 Oliver Dial Chevrolet Preston Jones 0 355 0 -- 50
39 22 60 Jim Paschal Ford Wheatley Motors 0 353 0 -- 50
40 79 32 Reino Tulonen Henry J Reino Tulonen 0 353 0 -- 50
41 61 94 Ted Chamberlain Plymouth Del Pearson 0 340 0 -- 50
42 73 96 J.E. Hardie Ford J.E. Hardie 0 339 0 -- 50
43 0 93 Donald Thomas Plymouth Herb Thomas 0 337 0 -- 50
44 75 9 Iggy Katona Chrysler Iggy Katona 0 337 0 -- 50
45 70 20 Joe Merola Oldsmobile Joe Merola 0 335 0 -- 50
46 76 33 Dave Anderson Kaiser Bill Caltrider 0 335 0 -- 50
47 57 49 Bob Pronger Oldsmobile Bob Pronger 0 332 0 -- 50
48 17 57 Jack Smith Oldsmobile Wally Marks 0 323 0 -- 50
49 78 43 Billy Tibbert Dodge Billy Tibbett 0 318 0 -- 50
50 69 75 Jimmy Warden Hudson Cain-Bowman 0 314 0 -- 50
51 58 5 Gene Darragh Oldsmobile Griffin Motors 0 309 0 -- 50
52 53 27 Gwyn Staley Ford The Wilkes Boys 0 303 0 -- 50
53 72 21 Jim Delaney Ford Bob Osiecki 0 294 0 -- 50
54 33 15 Erick Erickson Pontiac Packer 0 281 0 -- 50
55 68 2 Bill Blair Ford Bill Blair 0 275 0 -- 50
56 18 87 Buck Baker Ford Troy Motor Co. 0 275 0 -- 50
57 26 41 Curtis Turner Oldsmobile Eanes Motor Co. 0 272 43 Engine 480
58 40 72 Wade Fields Plymouth James Hinnant 0 268 0 -- 50
59 15 22 Lloyd Dane Ford Lloyd Dane 0 263 0 -- 50
60 64 48 John Barker Studebaker Leo Sigman 0 258 0 -- 50
61 77 44 Buck Baity Buick Buck Baity 0 248 0 -- 0
62 8 28 Ray Chase Oldsmobile Bill Sheldon 0 237 0 -- 0
63 18 25 Jimmy Thompson Ford Bowie Motor Company 0 236 0 -- 0
64 67 3 Jimmy Ayers Plymouth Jimmy Ayers 0 225 0 -- 0
65 9 38 Frank Gise Studebaker B.R. Waller 0 215 0 Wheel 0
66 32 97 Sandy Lynch Ford Sandy Lynch 0 215 0 -- 0
67 28 80 Bob Johnson Studebaker I.D. Stenstrom 0 214 0 -- 0
68 66 89 Herb Trimble Oldsmobile Herb Trimble 0 198 0 -- 0
69 37 55 Bub King Plymouth Bub King 0 149 0 -- 0
70 74 40 Tommy Thompson Nash A.L. Miller 0 148 0 Rf hub 0
71 34 52 Bill Rexford Oldsmobile George Hartley 0 143 0 -- 0
72 81 58 Fred Moore Mercury Walt Jarrod 0 112 0 -- 0
73 46 26 Weldon Adams Plymouth Leland Colvin 0 104 0 -- 0
74 36 47 Murrace Walker Studebaker Murrace Walker 0 104 0 -- 0
75 72 82 Joe Eubanks Oldsmobile Oates Motor Co. 0 92 0 -- 0
76 35 98 Johnny Mantz Nash Johnny Mantz 0 88 0 Valve 0
77 56 39 Rudy Hires Ford Rudy Hires 0 82 0 -- 0
78 59 35 Sonny Black Plymouth Sonny Black 0 73 0 -- 0
79 13 59 Lloyd Moore Ford Julian Buesink 0 61 0 -- 0
80 42 19 Lee Connell Pontiac Lee Connell 0 58 0 Crash 0
81 20 73 Bobby Booth Oldsmobile Stanley Moore 0 53 0 -- 0
82 1 23 Frank Mundy Studebaker Perry Smith 0 12 0 Oil pressure 0

Race Recap

  • Date: 09-03-1951
  • Track: Darlington Raceway
  • Race: Southern 500
  • Race #: 24
  • Cars: 82
  • Winner: Herb Thomas
  • Start Position: 2nd
  • Car Make: 1951 Hudson
  • Avg Speed: 76.906 mph
  • Distance: 500 miles
  • Purse: $23,740
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 26
  • Lead Changes: 6
  • Pole: 84.173 mph

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