Results
The 1951 Poor Man's 500 NASCAR CUP Series race results showcase the full finishing order, including race winner and key performance stats from the Canfield Fairgrounds race.
Poor Man's 500
Wednesday, May 30th, 1951
Canfield Fairgrounds, Canfield, OH
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- Drivers Entered: 38
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
- Time of Race: N/A
- Average Speed: 49.308
- Cautions: N/A
- Lead Changes: N/A
- Green Flag Passes: N/A
| FIN | ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | TOT PTS | FIN PTS | LAPS | LED | X LED | STATUS |
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| 13 | 0 | -- | Bill Cheesbourg | Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 21 | 1 | -- | Bill Rexford | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 6 | 0 | 7 | Bob Flock | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 33 | 0 | -- | Bob Greer | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 36 | 0 | -- | Bob Jeffries | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 24 | 0 | -- | Bob Matson | Studebaker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 37 | 0 | -- | Bob Shaw | Kaiser-Frazer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 26 | 0 | 25 | Dick Linder | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 9 | 0 | 120 | Dick Rathman | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 27 | 0 | -- | Dick Stone | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 10 | 0 | 60 | Don Eggett | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 20 | 0 | -- | Eddie Lenz | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 29 | 0 | 12 | Erick Erickson | Pontiac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 3 | 0 | 14 | Fonty Flock | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 7 | 0 | 23 | Frank Mundy | Studebaker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 4 | 0 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 34 | 0 | -- | Jack Fleming | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 28 | 0 | -- | Jack Goodwin | Studebaker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 16 | 0 | 26 | Jim Delaney | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 12 | 0 | 10 | Jim Fiebelkorn | Mercury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 15 | 0 | -- | Jim Romine | Kaiser-Frazer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 30 | 0 | -- | Jimmy Florian | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 25 | 0 | -- | Jimmy Longo | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 5 | 0 | 42 | Lee Petty | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 23 | 0 | -- | Leo Caldwell | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 38 | 0 | 59 | Lloyd Moore | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 18 | 0 | 33 | Lou Figaro | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 1 | 0 | 6 | Marshall Teague | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 31 | 0 | -- | Mike Ernest | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 8 | 0 | 77 | Mike Klapak | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 22 | 0 | -- | Mike Little | Chrysler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 11 | 0 | -- | Nook Walters | Mercury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 14 | 0 | -- | Owen Jones | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 32 | 0 | 62 | Pepper Cunningham | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 19 | 0 | -- | Ray Erickson | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 2 | 0 | 91 | Tim Flock | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 197 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 17 | 0 | -- | Walt Hartman | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| 35 | 0 | 1 | Walt Sprague | Ford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
Race Infractions
Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.