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1951 Motor City 250

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NASCAR Grand National race number 20 of 41
Sunday, August 12, 1951 at Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, MI
250 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:20:28
Average Speed: 57.588 mph
Pole Speed: 69.131 mph

Cautions: 5
Margin of Victory: 37 sec
Attendance: 16,352
Lead changes: 14

Glossary 1951 NASCAR Grand National results / 1951 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	5	40	Tommy Thompson	Tommy Thompson	'51 Chrysler	250	5,000	running	58
2	13	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'50 Oldsmobile	250	2,000	running	7
3	15	98	Johnny Mantz	Johnny Mantz	'51 Nash	244	1,000	running	0
4	25	83	Red Byron	Dantone Racing Stable (B.J. Dantone)	'50 Ford	241	600	running	0
5	38	43	Paul Newkirk	Paul Newkirk	'51 Nash	241	500	running	0
6	47	34	Jack Goodwin	Bill Caltrider	'51 Plymouth	239	400	running	0
7	22	59	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink	'51 Oldsmobile	239	300	running	0
8	20	50	Ewell Weddle	Al Wheatley	'50 Ford	236	200	running	0
9	30	41	Curtis Turner	Eanes Motor Co. (John Eanes)	'51 Oldsmobile	233	100	overheating	92
10	45	1-X	Erick Erickson	Packer	'51 Pontiac	233	100	running	0
11	56	135	Bill Majot	Jim White	'50 Chevrolet	233	50	running	0
12	52	10	Jim Fiebelkorn	Jim Fiebelkorn	'51 Mercury	233	50	running	0
13	44	42	Lee Petty	Hodges Dodges (Petty Enterprises)	'51 Plymouth	233	50	running	0
14	14	33	Lou Figaro	Jack Gaynor	'51 Hudson	231	50	running	0
15	32	142	Bob Myers	St. Mary's	'51 Packard	230	50		0
16	55	60	Jim Paschal	Julian Buesink	'50 Ford	228	25		0
17	2	91	Tim Flock	Black Phantom (Ted Chester)	'51 Oldsmobile	228	125		0
18	54	67	Bob Jeffries		'51 Lincoln	225	25		0
19	43	120	John McGinley	Walt Chapman	'51 Hudson	224	25		0
20	8	7	Bob Flock	Gray Ghost (Ted Chester)	'51 Oldsmobile	223	25		0
21	35	151	Les Snow	Les Snow	'50 Oldsmobile	222	25		0
22	33	38	Iggy Katona	Iggy Katona	'51 Ford	222	25		0
23	39	88	Dell Pearson	Del Pearson	'51 Oldsmobile	216	25		0
24	41	85	Bob Prince		'50 Hudson	199	25		0
25	34	2	Bobby Myers		'51 Hudson	199	25		0
26	37	22	Oda Greene	Harold Lucas	'51 Hudson	173	25		0
27	48	48	John Barker	Leo Sigman	'51 Studebaker	173	25		0
28	46	102	Ray Duhigg		'51 Oldsmobile	167	25	crash	0
29	53	65	Jack White		'50 Oldsmobile	158	25		0
30	27	36	Danny Letner	Bert Letner	'51 Hudson	153	25	overheating	0
31	51	140	Walt Flanders	Floyd Rice	Ford	145	10		0
32	10	12	Billy Carden	Sam Knox	'50 Oldsmobile	142	10		0
33	1	6	Marshall Teague	FABULOUS (Marshall Teague)	'51 Hudson	136	10	overheating	1
34	17	18	George Seeger	George's Motors (George Seeger)	'51 Studebaker	133	10		0
35	4	14	Fonty Flock	Red Devil (Frank Christian)	'51 Oldsmobile	130	10	crash	85
36	12	75	Bob Greer	Connell Cadillac (Bob Greer)	'50 Oldsmobile	126		crash	0
37	49	44	Jack Smith	Dantone Racing Stable (B.J. Dantone)	'51 Plymouth	123		crash	0
38	42	198	Billy Myers	Hubert Westmoreland	'51 Plymouth	123		crash	0
39	11	777	Tony Suligoy		'51 Packard	115		crash	0
40	58	750	Al Miller		'51 Henry J	115			0
41	29	1	Walt Sprague	Julian Buesink	'50 Oldsmobile	113			0
42	3	51	Gober Sosebee	West Peach Motors (Sam Knox)	'50 Cadillac	104		tie rod	7
43	18	133	Bobby Booth	Stanley Moore	'50 Oldsmobile	103			0
44	31	32	Tommy Melvin		'50 Oldsmobile	92		crash	0
45	16	8	Bud Riley	Joe Beccue	'51 Hudson	89		crash	0
46	23	28	Ray Chase	Oster-Barry (Bill Sheldon)	'51 Hudson	89		overheating	0
47	24	41.5	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'50 Oldsmobile	88			0
48	40	175	Bill Holland	Connell Cadillac (Cal Connell)	'51 Cadillac	80		crash	0
49	57	30	Elmer Wilson	Elmer Wilson	'50 Buick	80			0
50	21	23	Frank Mundy	Perry Smith	'51 Studebaker	80		crash	0
51	50	9	Freddie Farmer	Tom's Grill (Freddie Farmer)	'51 Nash	77			0
52	9	90	Jim Rathmann		'50 Packard	76			0
53	26	118	Ed Benedict	Ken Swihart	'51 Hudson	75		overheating	0
54	28	11	Hershel McGriff	Superior (Hershel McGriff)	'51 Oldsmobile	73		crash	0
55	59	21	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman	'51 Hudson	31		overheating	0
56	36	70	Johnny Wohlfiel		'51 Nash	27			0
57	6	92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'51 Hudson	26		overheating	0
58	7	31	Jesse James Taylor	Jesse James Taylor	'51 Hudson	14		overheating	0
59	19	188	Pat Flaherty		'51 Oldsmobile	13			0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Marshall Teague	1	1	1
Fonty Flock	2	24	23
Tommy Thompson	25	26	2
Fonty Flock	27	27	1
Tommy Thompson	28	28	1
Fonty Flock	29	29	1
Tommy Thompson	30	63	34
Fonty Flock	64	95	32
Gober Sosebee	96	102	7
Fonty Flock	103	130	28
Curtis Turner	131	212	82
Tommy Thompson	213	215	3
Curtis Turner	216	225	10
Joe Eubanks	226	232	7
Tommy Thompson	233	250	18

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