Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
1951-01
Daytona Beach Road Course
February 11th, 1951
Race #1 of the 1951 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 39
- Drivers Entered: 54
- Makes
- Buick (1)
- Chrysler (1)
- Ford (5)
- Hudson (3)
- Kaiser-Frazer (3)
- Lincoln (7)
- Mercury (3)
- Nash (6)
- Oldsmobile (13)
- Packard (1)
- Plymouth (8)
- Pontiac (1)
- Studebaker (2)
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race (1950-01)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
| Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Byron | Oldsmobile | Wally Marks | Wally Marks | ||
| 101 | Bucky Sager | Plymouth | Bucky Sager | Bucky Sager | ||
| 110 | Jim Fiebelkorn | Mercury | Jim Fiebelkorn | Jim Fiebelkorn | ||
| 111 | Herschel Buchanan | Nash | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan | ||
| 13 | Elmer Wilson | Mercury | Elmer Wilson | Elmer Wilson | ||
| 138 | Clyde Minter | Buick | B.F. Goodrich | Clyde Minter | ||
| 139 | Ray Thompson | Kaiser-Frazer | -- | -- | ||
| 14 | Fonty Flock | Oldsmobile | Red Devil | Frank Christian | ||
| 144X | Len Fanelli | Plymouth | -- | -- | ||
| 16 | Bill Snowden | Ford | Police Special | Bill Snowden | ||
| 18 | Eddie Anderson | Nash | Nash of Blue Island | Eddie Anderson | ||
| 188 | Don Oldenberg | Packard | Don Oldenberg | Don Oldenberg | ||
| 2-B | Jack Smith | Plymouth | Hubert Westmoreland | Hubert Westmoreland | ||
| 23 | Mike Klapak | Studebaker | Perry Smith | Perry Smith | ||
| 25 | Speedy Thompson | Oldsmobile | Leland Colvin | Leland Colvin | ||
| 25-A | Jimmy Thompson | Lincoln | Leland Colvin | Leland Colvin | ||
| 28 | Bill Holland | Nash | Nash Motor Co. | Nash Motor Co. | ||
| 3 | Rocky DiNatale | Oldsmobile | -- | -- | ||
| 31 | Carson Dyer | Oldsmobile | Carson Dyer | Carson Dyer | ||
| 32 | Alton Haddock | Lincoln | -- | -- | ||
| 33 | Fred Thompson | Mercury | -- | -- | ||
| 34 | Tip R Key | Kaiser-Frazer | -- | -- | ||
| 41 | Curtis Turner | Nash | Nash Motor Co. | Nash Motor Co. | ||
| 41.5 | Bill Blair | Oldsmobile | Bill Blair | Bill Blair | ||
| 42 | Lee Petty | Plymouth | Petty Special | Petty Enterprises | ||
| 46 | Gordon Harvey | Kaiser-Frazer | -- | -- | ||
| 50 | Gober Sosebee | Oldsmobile | Cherokee Garage | Gober Sosebee | ||
| 55 | Les Snow | Lincoln | Les Snow | Les Snow | ||
| 56 | Joe Jernigan | Ford | Lambert's Auto | Joe Jernigan | ||
| 57 | Felix Wilkes | Hudson | Felix Wilkes | Felix Wilkes | ||
| 59 | Lloyd Moore | Lincoln | Julian Buesink | Julian Buesink | ||
| 6 | Marshall Teague | Hudson | FABULOUS | Marshall Teague | ||
| 60 | Don Eggett | Ford | Julian Buesink | Julian Buesink | ||
| 61 | Bill Rexford | Oldsmobile | Julian Buesink | Julian Buesink | ||
| 67 | Earl Coleman | Pontiac | -- | -- | ||
| 68 | Barney Smith | Plymouth | Barney Smith | Barney Smith | ||
| 70 | Dawson Lechlider | Oldsmobile | Dawson Lechlider | Dawson Lechlider | ||
| 72 | Weldon Adams | Plymouth | Harold Mays | Harold Mays | ||
| 73 | Ed Rooney | Ford | Ed Rooney | Ed Rooney | ||
| 77 | Dick Linder | Studebaker | John Marcum | John Marcum | ||
| 8 | Billy Carden | Lincoln | Wheatley Motors | Al Wheatley | ||
| 81 | Ben Lalomia | Oldsmobile | -- | -- | ||
| 81-A | Pappy Hough | Ford | Pappy Hough | Pappy Hough | ||
| 83 | Tommy Thompson | Chrysler | San Juan Motors | Tommy Thompson | ||
| 85 | Fireball Roberts | Plymouth | -- | -- | ||
| 86 | Eddie Sheeler | Hudson | -- | -- | ||
| 87 | Buck Baker | Oldsmobile | Griffin Motors | Bob Griffin | ||
| 88 | Frank Luptow | Oldsmobile | Rocket | Joe Winter | ||
| 9 | Ed Samples | Lincoln | Sam Knox | Sam Knox | ||
| 91 | Tim Flock | Lincoln | Esquire Motors | Sam Knox | ||
| 92 | Herb Thomas | Plymouth | Herb Thomas | Herb Thomas | ||
| 94 | Buck Clardy | Nash | Louise Smith | Louise Smith | ||
| 94-A | Joe Rogers | Oldsmobile | -- | -- | ||
| 98 | Johnny Mantz | Nash | Don Willis Motors | Johnny Mantz |