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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
#41 NASCAR Next Gen car
Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: A detail view of the #41 NASCAR Next Gen car driven by Cole Custer is seen in the garage during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | 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