Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 3rd, 1951

Race #24 of the 1951 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 400
  • Miles: 546.4
  • Average Speed: 76.906 mph
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 26
  • Lead Changes: 6
Kyle Larson his wife, son and daughter
Nashville, Tennessee - December 1st, 2021: The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series championship driver, Kyle Larson his wife, Katelyn, son, Owen and daughter Audrey for pose for photos on Broadway December 01, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 2 92 Herb Thomas Hudson 0 0 0 400 311 Running
2 3 31 Jesse James Taylor Hudson 0 0 0 399 6 Running
3 19 17 Buddy Shuman Ford 0 0 0 391 0 Running
4 5 77 Hershel McGriff Oldsmobile 0 0 0 390 1 Running
5 7 11 Fireball Roberts Ford 0 0 0 387 0 Running
6 38 1 Harold Kite Oldsmobile 0 0 0 384 0 Running
7 27 46 Leon Sales Oldsmobile 0 0 0 384 0 Running
8 4 14 Fonty Flock Oldsmobile 0 0 0 383 0 Running
9 6 16 Bill Snowden Ford 0 0 0 383 0 Running
10 55 24 Pap White Plymouth 0 0 0 383 0 Running
11 45 91 Tim Flock Oldsmobile 0 0 0 379 0 Running
12 16 12 Slick Smith Oldsmobile 0 0 0 379 0 Running
13 52 34 Jack Goodwin Plymouth 0 0 0 378 0 Running
14 15 8 Billy Carden Cadillac 0 0 0 377 0 Running
15 24 42 Lee Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 373 0 Running
16 51 51 Gober Sosebee Oldsmobile 0 0 0 373 0 Running
17 47 70 Bud Farrell Plymouth 0 0 0 373 0 Running
18 23 99 Billy Myers Plymouth 0 0 0 373 0 Running
19 80 64 Bill Widenhouse Plymouth 0 0 0 371 0 Running
20 39 18 George Seeger Studebaker 0 0 0 371 0 Running
21 11 4 Gayle Warren Studebaker 0 0 0 370 0 Crash
22 30 95 Freddie Farmer Nash 0 0 0 370 0 Running
23 82 71 Cotton Owens Plymouth 0 0 0 370 0 Running
24 60 56 Ed Benedict Hudson 0 0 0 370 0 Running
25 54 83 Red Byron Ford 0 0 0 368 0 Crash
26 29 66 Bud Riley Hudson 0 0 0 368 0 Running
27 10 7 Bob Flock Oldsmobile 0 0 0 368 0 --
28 62 0 Jimmie Lewallen Plymouth 0 0 0 367 0 --
29 63 61 Tommy Melvin Oldsmobile 0 0 0 367 0 --
30 31 86 Earl Moss Studebaker 0 0 0 366 0 --
31 25 50 Ewell Weddle Ford 0 0 0 365 0 --
32 48 90 Shorty York Nash 0 0 0 363 0 --
33 47 6 Marshall Teague Hudson 0 0 0 361 39 Crash
34 41 78 Johnny Yountz Plymouth 0 0 0 361 0 Crash
35 49 10 Ted Swaim Ford 0 0 0 360 0 --
36 50 67 Jim Fiebelkorn Lincoln 0 0 0 360 0 --
37 21 37 Gene Comstock Oldsmobile 0 0 0 357 0 --
38 65 74 Oliver Dial Chevrolet 0 0 0 355 0 --
39 22 60 Jim Paschal Ford 0 0 0 353 0 --
40 79 32 Reino Tulonen Kaiser-Frazer 0 0 0 353 0 --
41 61 94 Ted Chamberlain Plymouth 0 0 0 340 0 --
42 73 96 JE Hardie Ford 0 0 0 339 0 --
43 0 93 Donald Thomas Plymouth 0 0 0 337 0 --
44 75 9 Iggy Katona Chrysler 0 0 0 337 0 --
45 70 20 Joe Merola Oldsmobile 0 0 0 335 0 --
46 76 33 Dave Anderson Kaiser-Frazer 0 0 0 335 0 --
47 57 49 Bob Pronger Oldsmobile 0 0 0 332 0 --
48 17 57 Jack Smith Oldsmobile 0 0 0 323 0 --
49 78 43 Billy Tibbert Dodge 0 0 0 318 0 --
50 69 75 Jimmy Warden Hudson 0 0 0 314 0 --
51 58 5 Gene Darragh Oldsmobile 0 0 0 309 0 --
52 53 27 Gwyn Staley Ford 0 0 0 303 0 --
53 72 21 Jim Delaney Ford 0 0 0 294 0 --
54 33 15 Erick Erickson Pontiac 0 0 0 281 0 --
55 68 2 Bill Blair Ford 0 0 0 275 0 --
56 18 87 Buck Baker Ford 0 0 0 275 0 --
57 26 41 Curtis Turner Oldsmobile 0 0 0 272 43 Engine
58 40 72 Wade Fields Plymouth 0 0 0 268 0 --
59 15 22 Lloyd Dane Ford 0 0 0 263 0 --
60 64 48 John Barker Studebaker 0 0 0 258 0 --
61 77 44 Buck Baity Buick 0 0 0 248 0 --
62 8 28 Ray Chase Oldsmobile 0 0 0 237 0 --
63 18 25 Jimmy Thompson Ford 0 0 0 236 0 --
64 67 3 Jimmy Ayers Plymouth 0 0 0 225 0 --
65 9 38 Frank Gise Studebaker 0 0 0 215 0 Wheel
66 32 97 Sandy Lynch Ford 0 0 0 215 0 --
67 28 80 Bob Johnson Studebaker 0 0 0 214 0 --
68 66 89 Herb Trimble Oldsmobile 0 0 0 198 0 --
69 37 55 Bub King Plymouth 0 0 0 149 0 --
70 74 40 Tommy Thompson Nash 0 0 0 148 0 Rf hub
71 34 52 Bill Rexford Oldsmobile 0 0 0 143 0 --
72 81 58 Fred Moore Mercury 0 0 0 112 0 --
73 46 26 Weldon Adams Plymouth 0 0 0 104 0 --
74 36 47 Murrace Walker Studebaker 0 0 0 104 0 --
75 72 82 Joe Eubanks Oldsmobile 0 0 0 92 0 --
76 35 98 Johnny Mantz Nash 0 0 0 88 0 Valve
77 56 39 Rudy Hires Ford 0 0 0 82 0 --
78 59 35 Sonny Black Plymouth 0 0 0 73 0 --
79 13 59 Lloyd Moore Ford 0 0 0 61 0 --
80 42 19 Lee Connell Pontiac 0 0 0 58 0 Crash
81 20 73 Bobby Booth Oldsmobile 0 0 0 53 0 --
82 1 23 Frank Mundy Studebaker 0 0 0 12 0 Oil pressure