1951 NASCAR Grand National Series

(Redirected from 1951 in NASCAR)

The 1951 NASCAR Grand National season was the third season of professional stock car racing in the United States. Beginning at the Daytona Beach Road Course on February 5, 1951, the season included forty-one races. The season concluded at New Mobile Speedway on November 25. Herb Thomas won the Drivers' Championship with a 21st-place finish at the final race of the season.

Schedule

edit

The schedule more than doubled for the 1951 season, increasing to 41 races. 32 different circuits in 14 different states held races. Race 1951–04 was the first race held west of the Mississippi River; five races were held in California, in addition to one race held in Arizona. The Southern 500 and the Motor City 250 had the largest purses and therefore awarded the highest points.

No. Date Race Title Track Miles Purse
1 February 5 1951–01   Daytona Beach Road Course, Daytona Beach 160 $6225
2 April 1 1951–02   Charlotte Speedway, Charlotte 113 $3790
3 April 8 1951–03   Lakeview Speedway, Mobile 113 $3550
4 1951–04   Carrell Speedway, Gardena 100 $3450
5 April 15 1951–05   Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsboro 95 $4665
6 April 22 1951–06   Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix 150 $4650
7 April 29 Wilkes County 150   North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro 94 $3780
8 May 6 1951–08   Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway 100 $3750
9 May 30 Poor Man's 500   Canfield Speedway, Canfield 100 $3780
10 June 10 1951–10   Columbus Speedway, Columbus 100 $3710
11 June 16 1951–11   Columbia Speedway, Columbia 100 $3740
12 June 24 1951–12   Dayton Speedway, Dayton 100 $3675
13 June 30 1951–13   Carrell Speedway, Gardena 100 $3600
14 July 1 1951–14   Grand River Speedrome, Grand Rapids 100 $3475
15 July 8 1951–15   Bainbridge Speedway, Bainbridge 100 $3740
16 July 15 1951–16   Heidelberg Raceway, Heidelberg 100 $3800
17 July 29 1951–17   Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville 100 $3700
18 July 31 1951–18   Monroe County Fairgrounds, Rochester 100 $3525
19 August 1 1951–19   Altamont-Schenectady Fairgrounds, Altamont 100 $3450
20 August 12 Motor City 250   Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway, Detroit 250 $10975
21 August 19 1951–21   Fort Miami Speedway, Toledo 100 $3730
22 August 24 1951–22   Morristown Speedway, Morristown 100 $3840
23 August 25 1951–23   Air Base Speedway, Greenville 100 $3325
24 September 3 Southern 500   Darlington Raceway, Darlington 500 $23740
25 September 7 1951–25   Columbia Speedway, Columbia 100 $3675
26 September 8 1951–26   Central City Speedway, Macon 100 $3500
27 September 15 1951–27   Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne 150 $4800
28 September 23 1951–28   Charlotte Speedway, Charlotte 150 $3600
29 1951–29   Dayton Speedway, Dayton 100 $3710
30 September 30 1951–30   Wilson Speedway, Wilson 100 $3375
31 October 7 1951–31   Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsboro 150 $3550
32 October 12 1951–32   Thompson Speedway, Thompson 100 $3500
33 October 14 1951–33   Pine Grove Speedway, Shippenville 100 $3450
34 1951–34   Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway 100 $3523
35 1951–35   Oakland Stadium, Oakland 156 $6625
36 October 21 Wilkes 200   North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro 125 $3600
37 October 28 1951–37   Marchbanks Speedway, Hanford 100 $3550
38 November 4 1951–38   Jacksonville Speedway Park, Jacksonville 100 $3500
39 November 11 1951–39   Lakewood Speedway, Atlanta 100 $3725
40 1951–40   Carrell Speedway, Gardena 100 $3675
41 November 25 1951–41   Lakeview Speedway, Mobile 113 $3550

Race summaries

edit

1951–01

edit

The first race of the 1951 season was run on February 5 at the Daytona Beach Road Course in Daytona Beach, Florida. Tim Flock won the pole position.

Top ten results

  1. 6-Marshall Teague
  2. 91-Tim Flock
  3. 14-Fonty Flock
  4. 41.5-Bill Blair
  5. 87-Buck Baker
  6. 55-Lee Snow
  7. 41-Curtis Turner
  8. 16-Bill Snowden
  9. 98-Johnny Mantz
  10. 59-Lloyd Moore

1951–02

edit

The second race of the 1951 season was held on April 1 at the Charlotte Speedway. Fonty Flock won the pole

Top ten results

  1. 41-Curtis Turner
  2. 42-Lee Petty
  3. 6-Marshall Teague
  4. 92-Herb Thomas
  5. 88-Frank Luptow
  6. 72-Weldon Adams
  7. 77-Ewell Weddie
  8. 11-Fireball Roberts
  9. 19-Joe Merola
  10. 10-Jim Fiebelkorn

1951–03

edit

The third race of the 1951 season was held on April 8 at the Lakeview Speedway in Mobile, Alabama. Red Harrelson won the pole

Top ten results

  1. 91-Tim Flock
  2. 14-Fonty Flock
  3. 92-Herb Thomas
  4. 9-Bill Osbourne
  5. 93-Donald Thomas
  6. 19-Lamar Crabtree
  7. 42-Lee Petty
  8. 7-Bob Flock
  9. 8-Sonny Black
  10. 3-Jimmy Ayers

1951–04

edit

The fourth race of the 1951 season was held on April 8 at the Carrell Speedway in Gardena, California. It was the first NASCAR race ever staged west of the Mississippi River. Andy Pierce won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 6-Marshall Teague
  2. 98-Johnny Mantz
  3. George Seeger
  4. 16-Fred Steinbroner
  5. 1-Erick Erickson
  6. 9-Dick Meyer
  7. Dick Rathman
  8. Danny Letner
  9. Leo Breithaupt
  10. 22-Lloyd Dane

1951–05

edit

The fifth race of the 1951 season was held on April 15 at the Occoneechee Speedway. Fonty Flock won the pole. The race ended after 95 laps due to rain.

Top ten results

  1. 14-Fonty Flock
  2. 23-Frank Mundy
  3. 41.5-Bill Blair
  4. 91-Tim Flock
  5. 52-Neil Cole
  6. 110-Earl Moss
  7. 92-Herb Thomas
  8. 71-Jim Paschal
  9. 42-Lee Petty
  10. 55-Glenn Dunaway

1951–06

edit

The sixth race of the 1951 season was held on April 22 at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, Arizona. Fonty Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 6-Marshall Teague
  2. 11-Erick Erickson
  3. 91-Tim Flock
  4. 14-Fonty Flock
  5. 9-Dick Meyer
  6. 12-Danny Weinberg
  7. 1-Walt Sprague
  8. Bill Holland
  9. 26-Leland Colvin
  10. 18-Bill Stammer

Wilkes County 150

edit

The seventh race of the 1951 season was held on April 29 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway. Fonty Flock won the pole

Top ten results

  1. 14-Fonty Flock
  2. 91-Tim Flock
  3. 42-Lee Petty
  4. 98-Bill Holland
  5. 93-Donald Thomas
  6. 59-Lloyd Moore
  7. 60-Jimmie Lewallen
  8. 155-Glenn Dunaway
  9. 5-Dale Williams
  10. 83-Jimmy Ayers

1951–08

edit

The eight race of the 1951 season was held on May 6 at the Martinsville Speedway. Tim Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 41-Curtis Turner
  2. 23-Frank Mundy
  3. 91-Tim Flock
  4. 92-Herb Thomas
  5. 14-Fonty Flock
  6. 42-Lee Petty
  7. 1-Walt Sprague
  8. 2-Bill Blair
  9. 26-Leland Colvin
  10. 7-Bob Flock

Poor Man's 500

edit

The ninth race of the 1951 season was held on May 30 at the Canfield Speedway. Bill Rexford won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 6-Marshall Teague
  2. 91-Tim Flock
  3. 14-Fonty Flock
  4. 92-Herb Thomas
  5. 42-Lee Petty
  6. 7-Bob Flock
  7. 23-Frank Mundy
  8. 77-Mike Klapak
  9. 120-Dick Rathmann
  10. 6-Don Eggett

1951–10

edit

The tenth race of the 1951 season was held on June 10 at the Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Georgia. Gober Sosebee won the pole. During the first caution, Marshall Teague suffered a leg injury when his car was hit in the side near the back straightaway by Fireball Roberts.

Top ten results

  1. 91-Tim Flock
  2. 51-Gober Sosebee
  3. 92-Herb Thomas
  4. 60-Jim Paschal
  5. 42-Lee Petty
  6. 22-Red Byron
  7. 93-Donald Thomas
  8. 23-Frank Mundy
  9. 83-Jimmy Ayers
  10. 4-Ed Massey

1951–11

edit

The eleventh race of the 1951 season was held on June 16 at the Columbia Speedway in Columbia, South Carolina. Frank Mundy won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 23-Frank Mundy
  2. 98-Bill Blair
  3. 6-Marshall Teague
  4. 92-Herb Thomas
  5. 87-Buck Baker
  6. 60-Jim Paschal
  7. 91-Tim Flock
  8. 16-Bill Snowden
  9. 72-Weldon Adams
  10. Jim Harris

1951–12

edit

The twelfth race of the 1951 season was held on June 24 at the Dayton Speedway. Tim Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 41-Curtis Turner
  2. 120-Dick Rathmann
  3. 91-Tim Flock
  4. 14-Fonty Flock
  5. 59-Lloyd Moore
  6. 6-Marshall Teague
  7. 1-Walt Sprague
  8. Bub King
  9. 60-Don Eggett
  10. Red Harvey

1951–13

edit

The thirteenth race of the 1951 season was held on June 30 at the Carrell Speedway. Lou Figaro won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 33-Lou Figaro
  2. 7-Chuck Meekins
  3. 22-Lloyd Dane
  4. 11-Fred Bince
  5. 16-Fred Steinbroner
  6. 1-Erick Erickson
  7. Hal Cole
  8. 98-Freddie Farmer
  9. 18-Bill Stammer
  10. 27-Jim Byrd

1951–14

edit

The fourteenth race of the 1951 season was held on July 1 at the Grand River Speedrome in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Marshall Teague won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 6-Marshall Teague
  2. 120-Dick Rathmann
  3. 14-Fonty Flock
  4. 91-Tim Flock
  5. 59-Lloyd Moore
  6. 42-Lee Petty
  7. 23-Frank Mundy
  8. 27-Jimmy Florian
  9. Quinton Daniels
  10. Tommy Lane

1951–15

edit

The fifteenth race of the 1951 season was held on July 8 at the Bainbridge Speedway in Bainbridge, Ohio. Fonty Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 14-Fonty Flock
  2. 120-Dick Rathmann
  3. 23-Frank Mundy
  4. 27-Jimmy Florian
  5. 22-Oda Greene
  6. 42-Lee Petty
  7. 10-Jim Fiebelkorn
  8. Norm McCarthy
  9. Lyle Scott
  10. Jim Romine

1951–16

edit

The sixteenth race of the 1951 season was held on July 15 at the Heidelberg Raceway. Fonty Flock won the pole. A six-car crash on the 21st lap took Flock out of the race, and let Herb Thomas inherit the lead. The crash left Wally Campbell hospitalized and Flock with a cut over his eye, though he continued racing. Thomas led the remaining 179 laps and went on to win his first race of the season, over a lap ahead of second-place Firbelkorn.[1][2]

Top ten results

  1. 92-Herb Thomas
  2. 10-Jim Fiebelkorn
  3. Augie Walackas
  4. Bud Farrell
  5. Tom Jerris
  6. Jack Flynn
  7. Bob Dietrich
  8. Dick Moffitt
  9. Harry Scott
  10. Charles Gillman

1951–17

edit

The seventeenth race of the 1951 season was held on July 29 at the Asheville-Weaverville Speedway. Fonty Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 14-Fonty Flock
  2. 51-Gober Sosebee
  3. 92-Herb Thomas
  4. 23-Frank Mundy
  5. Speedy Thompson
  6. Bub King
  7. 217-Bill Miller
  8. Billy Myers
  9. 16-Bill Snowden
  10. 7-Bob Flock

1951–18

edit

The eighteenth race of the 1951 season was held on July 31 at the Monroe County Fairgrounds in Rochester, New York. Fonty Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 42-Lee Petty
  2. Charles Gattalia
  3. Ronnie Kohler
  4. 54-Don Bailey
  5. 81-Pappy Hough
  6. 60-Bill Rexford
  7. Chuck Stimus
  8. 93-Ted Chamberlain
  9. Ernie Yorton
  10. 25-Dick Linder

1951–19

edit

The nineteenth race of the 1951 season was held on August 1 at the Altamont-Schenectady Fairgrounds. Fonty Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 14-Fonty Flock
  2. 92-Herb Thomas
  3. 42-Lee Petty
  4. 23-Perry Smith
  5. 227-Jerry Morese
  6. 81-Pappy Hough
  7. Dick Moffitt
  8. Wimpy Ervin
  9. Jim Little
  10. 25-Dick Linder

Motor City 250

edit

The twentieth race of the 1951 season was held on August 12 at the Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway. Marshall Teague won the pole. This race had five cautions including nine cars with mechanical problems and a 10-car wreck on lap 130. The race ended with 21 cars on the lead lap. Late in the race leaders Curtis Turner and Tommy Thompson tangled. Thompson went on to win while Turner finished ninth.

Top ten results

  1. 40-Tommy Thompson
  2. 82-Joe Eubanks
  3. 98-Johnny Mantz
  4. 83-Red Byron
  5. 43-Paul Newkirk
  6. 34-Jack Goodwin
  7. 59-Lloyd Moore
  8. 50-Ewell Weddie
  9. 41-Curtis Turner
  10. 1-X-Erick Erickson

1951–21

edit

The twenty-first race of the 1951 season was held on August 19 at the newly surfaced Fort Miami Speedway in Toledo, Ohio. Fonty Flock won the pole. This was the first NASCAR Grand National race held at this .500 mile dirt track. The track was removed from the schedule until at least 1952.

Top ten results

  1. 91-Tim Flock
  2. 88-Dell Pearson
  3. 22-Oda Greene
  4. 33-Lou Figaro
  5. 92-Herb Thomas
  6. 40-Tommy Thompson
  7. 31-Jesse James Taylor
  8. 18-George Seeger
  9. 27-Jimmy Florian
  10. 3-Jimmy Ayers

1951–22

edit

The twenty-second race of the 1951 season was held on August 24 at the Morristown Speedway. Tim Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 91-Tim Flock
  2. 42-Lee Petty
  3. Ronnie Kohler
  4. John DuBoise
  5. 21-Jim Delaney
  6. 421-Jack Reynolds
  7. 22-Oda Greene
  8. Dick Eagan
  9. 77-Chuck Mahoney
  10. Augie Walackas

1951–23

edit

The twenty-third race of the 1951 season was held on August 25 at the Air Base Speedway in Greenville, South Carolina.[3] Tim Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 7-Bob Flock
  2. 91-Tim Flock
  3. 87-Buck Baker
  4. 14-Fonty Flock
  5. 1-X-Erick Erickson
  6. 92-Herb Thomas
  7. 42-Lee Petty
  8. 31-Jesse James Taylor
  9. 120-Dick Rathmann
  10. 17-Buddy Shuman

Southern 500

edit

The second running of this race and the twenty-fourth race of the 1951 season was held on September 3 at the Darlington Raceway. Frank Mundy won the pole. The race featured an 82-car field. This was Red Byron's last career start.

Top ten results

  1. 92-Herb Thomas
  2. 31-Jesse James Taylor
  3. 17-Buddy Schuman
  4. 77-Hershel McGriff
  5. 11-Fireball Roberts
  6. 1-Harold Kite
  7. 46-Leon Sales
  8. 14-Fonty Flock
  9. 16-Bill Snowden
  10. 24-Pap White

1951–25

edit

The twenty-fifth race of the 1951 season was held on September 7 at the Columbia Speedway. Tim Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 91-Tim Flock
  2. 11-Fireball Roberts
  3. 0-Jimmie Lewallen
  4. 7-Bob Flock
  5. 87-Buck Baker
  6. 93-Donald Thomas
  7. 71-Cotton Owens
  8. 70-Bud Farrell
  9. 16-Bill Snowden
  10. 14-Fonty Flock

1951–26

edit

The twenty-sixth race of the 1951 season was held on September 8 at the Central City Speedway. Bob Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 91-Herb Thomas
  2. 51-Gober Sosebee
  3. 60-Jim Paschal
  4. 14-Fonty Flock
  5. 93-Donald Thomas
  6. 71-Cotton Owens
  7. 38-Frank Gise
  8. 8-Billy Carden
  9. Bill Miller
  10. Augie Walackas

1951–27

edit

The twenty-seventh race of the 1951 season was held on September 15 at the Langhorne Speedway. Fonty Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 91-Herb Thomas
  2. 14-Fonty Flock
  3. 21-Dick Rathmann
  4. 120-John McGinley
  5. 91-Tim Flock
  6. 6-Marshall Teague
  7. 67-Jim Fiebelkorn
  8. 66-Bud Riley
  9. 42-Lee Petty
  10. 2-Bill Blair

1951–28

edit

The twenty-eight race of the 1951 season was held on September 23 at the Charlotte Speedway. Billy Carden won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 92-Herb Thomas
  2. 90-Shorty York
  3. 93-Donald Thomas
  4. 2-Bill Blair
  5. 0-Jimmie Lewallen
  6. 17-Buddy Shuman
  7. 8-Billy Carden
  8. 88-Dell Pearson
  9. 60-Jim Paschal
  10. 53-Clyde Minter

1951–29

edit

The twenty-ninth race of the 1951 season was held on September 23 at the Dayton Speedway. Fonty Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 14-Fonty Flock
  2. 52-Neil Cole
  3. 59-Lloyd Moore
  4. 42-Lee Petty
  5. 66-Bud Riley
  6. Ronnie Kohler
  7. Jimmy Florian
  8. 54-Don Bailey
  9. 89-Herb Trimble
  10. Bill Braun

1951–30

edit

The thirtieth race of the 1951 season was held on September 30 at the newly .500 mile dirt track Wilson Speedway. Fonty Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 14-Fonty Flock
  2. 7-Bob Flock
  3. 0-Jimmie Lewallen
  4. 60-Jim Paschal
  5. 16-Bill Snowden
  6. 87-Buck Baker
  7. Cal Johnson
  8. 99-Leonard Tippett
  9. Bill Champion
  10. 93-Donald Thomas

1951–31

edit

The thirty-first race of the 1951 season was held on October 7 at the one-mile dirt Occoneechee Speedway. Herb Thomas won his first career pole.

Top ten results

  1. 92-Herb Thomas
  2. 99-Leonard Tippett
  3. 82-Joe Eubanks
  4. 60-Jim Paschal
  5. 42-Lee Petty
  6. 93-Donald Thomas
  7. Furman Lancaster
  8. Alton Haddock
  9. 2-Bill Blair
  10. 37-Coleman Lawrence

1951–32

edit

The thirty-second race of the 1951 season was held on October 12 at the half-mile paved Thompson Speedway in Connecticut. Neil Cole won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 52-Neil Cole
  2. 67-Jim Reed
  3. Dick Eagan
  4. 8-Billy Carden
  5. 32-Reino Tulonen
  6. 81-Pappy Hough
  7. 91-Tim Flock
  8. Joe Sommers
  9. Bill Cintia
  10. 21-Jim Delaney

1951–33

edit

The thirty-third race of the 1951 season was held on October 14 at the half-mile dirt Pine Grove Speedway in Pennsylvania.

Top ten results

  1. 91-Tim Flock
  2. 120-John McGinley
  3. 8-Billy Carden
  4. Jimmy Florian
  5. 59-Lloyd Moore
  6. Hap Jones
  7. Ed Benedict
  8. Bob Dietrich
  9. Russ Hepler
  10. Dick Stone

1951–34

edit

The thirty-fourth race of the 1951 season was held on October 14 at the half-mile dirt Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. Herb Thomas won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 7-Frank Mundy
  2. 42-Lee Petty
  3. 22-Billy Myers
  4. 16-Bill Snowden
  5. 0-Jimmie Lewallen
  6. Pappy Hough
  7. 37-Coleman Lawrence
  8. 98-Leon Sales
  9. 88-Dell Pearson
  10. Cal Johnson

1951–35

edit

The thirty-fifth race of the 1951 season was held on October 14 at the .625 mile dirt Oakland Stadium in California. Dick Rathman won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 18-Marvin Burke
  2. 84-Robert Caswell
  3. Woody Brown
  4. 55-Sam Hawks
  5. 9-Dick Meyer
  6. 56-Marvin Panch
  7. 33-Lou Figaro
  8. Bill Norton
  9. John Soares
  10. Walt Davis
  • Burke remains the only driver in NASCAR history to win in his only start.

Wilkes 200

edit

The third running of this race and the thirty-sixth race of the 1951 season was held on October 21 at the .625 mile dirt North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina. Herb Thomas won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 14-Fonty Flock
  2. 42-Lee Petty
  3. 82-Joe Eubanks
  4. 91-Tim Flock
  5. 71-Cotton Owens
  6. 16-Bill Snowden
  7. 0-Jimmie Lewallen
  8. 17-Buddy Schuman
  9. Jerry Wimbish
  10. 7-Bob Flock

1951–37

edit

The thirty-seventh race of the 1951 season was held on October 28 at the half-mile dirt Marchbanks Speedway in California. Dick Rathman won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 2-Danny Weinberg
  2. 56-Marvin Panch
  3. Bill Norton
  4. 22-Lloyd Dane
  5. Woody Brown
  6. Claude Wallington
  7. 7-Fred Bince
  8. Fred Russell
  9. Pug Blalock
  10. 16-Fred Steinbroner

1951–38

edit

The thirty-eighth race of the 1951 season was held on November 4 at the half-mile dirt Jacksonville Speedway Park in Florida. Herb Thomas won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 6-Herb Thomas
  2. 44-Jack Smith
  3. 14-Fonty Flock
  4. 16-Bill Snowden
  5. 23-Frank Mundy
  6. Tommy Moon
  7. 42-Lee Petty
  8. 0-Jimmie Lewallen
  9. 17-Buddy Shuman
  10. 8-Billy Carden

1951–39

edit

The thirty-ninth race of the 1951 season was held on November 11 at the one-mile dirt Lakeview Speedway in Georgia. Frank Mundy won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 91-Tim Flock
  2. 7-Bob Flock
  3. 44X-Jack Smith
  4. 23-Frank Mundy
  5. 51-Gober Sosebee
  6. Ed Samples
  7. 59-Lloyd Moore
  8. 17-Buddy Shuman
  9. Red Duvall
  10. Don Oldenberg

1951–40

edit

The fortieth race of the 1951 season was held on November 11 at the half-mile dirt Carrell Speedway in California. Fonty Flock won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. 48-Bill Norton
  2. 9-Dick Meyer
  3. 25-Erick Erickson
  4. 33-Lou Figaro
  5. Danny Weinberg
  6. 6-Bill Ledbetter
  7. 77-Burt Jackson
  8. 98-Johnny Mantz
  9. 36-Danny Letner
  10. Walt Davis

1951–41

edit

The forty-first and last race of the 1951 season was held on November 25 at the .750 mile dirt New Mobile Speedway. Frank Mundy won the pole. Herb Thomas finished 21st and went home as 1951 NASCAR Grand National champion. Fonty and Tim Flock finished fourth and second respectively to eventually finish second and third in the championship, and their brother Bob Flock got in a massive accident and broke his neck when his roof collapsed. Mundy's win at New Mobile propelled him to fifth in the final standings, while Lee Petty, winner of just one race, at the Monroe County Fairgrounds, finished 16th in the race to claim fourth in the standings.

Top ten results

  1. 23-Frank Mundy
  2. 91-Tim Flock
  3. 87-Red Duvall
  4. 14-Fonty Flock
  5. 142-Don Oldenberg
  6. 20-Buddy Shuman
  7. 51-Gober Sosebee
  8. 9-Ed Samples
  9. 24-Jimmie Lewallen
  10. 80-Sonny Black

Results and standings

edit

Races

edit
No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer Model Year
1 1951–01   Tim Flock   Tim Flock   Marshall Teague Hudson 1951
2 1951–02   Fonty Flock   Curtis Turner   Curtis Turner Nash 1951
3 1951–03   Red Harrelson   Tim Flock   Tim Flock Oldsmobile 1951
4 1951–04   Andy Pierce   Marshall Teague   Marshall Teague Hudson 1951
5 1951–05   Fonty Flock   Fonty Flock   Fonty Flock Oldsmobile 1950
6 1951–06   Fonty Flock   Marshall Teague   Marshall Teague Hudson 1951
7 Wilkes County 150   Fonty Flock   Fonty Flock   Fonty Flock Oldsmobile 1950
8 1951–08   Tim Flock   Curtis Turner   Curtis Turner Oldsmobile 1950
9 Poor Man's 500   Bill Rexford ???   Marshall Teague Hudson 1951
10 1951–10   Gober Sosebee ???   Tim Flock Oldsmobile 1951
11 1951–11   Frank Mundy   Frank Mundy   Frank Mundy Studebaker 1951
12 1951–12   Tim Flock   Curtis Turner   Curtis Turner Oldsmobile 1951
13 1951–13   Lou Figaro   Lou Figaro   Lou Figaro Hudson 1951
14 1951–14   Tim Flock   Marshall Teague   Marshall Teague Hudson 1951
15 1951–15   Fonty Flock ???   Fonty Flock Oldsmobile 1950
16 1951–16   Fonty Flock   Herb Thomas   Herb Thomas Oldsmobile 1951
17 1951–17   Fonty Flock ???   Fonty Flock Oldsmobile 1951
18 1951–18   Fonty Flock   Fonty Flock   Lee Petty Plymouth 1951
19 1951–19   Fonty Flock   Fonty Flock   Fonty Flock Oldsmobile 1951
20 Motor City 250   Marshall Teague   Curtis Turner   Tommy Thompson Chrysler 1951
21 1951–21   Fonty Flock   Fonty Flock   Tim Flock Oldsmobile 1951
22 1951–22   Tim Flock   Tim Flock   Tim Flock Oldsmobile 1951
23 1951–23   Jesse James Taylor   Bob Flock   Bob Flock Oldsmobile 1951
24 Southern 500   Frank Mundy   Herb Thomas   Herb Thomas Hudson 1951
25 1951–25   Tim Flock   Tim Flock   Tim Flock Oldsmobile 1951
26 1951–26   Bob Flock   Jesse James Taylor   Herb Thomas Plymouth 1951
27 1951–27   Fonty Flock   Fonty Flock   Herb Thomas Hudson 1951
28 1951–28   Billy Carden   Herb Thomas   Herb Thomas Hudson 1951
29 1951–29   Fonty Flock   Fonty Flock   Fonty Flock Oldsmobile 1951
30 1951–30   Fonty Flock ???   Fonty Flock Oldsmobile 1951
31 1951–31   Herb Thomas   Fonty Flock   Herb Thomas Hudson 1951
32 1951–32   Neil Cole   Herb Thomas   Neil Cole Oldsmobile 1950
33 1951–33   Tim Flock   Tim Flock   Tim Flock Oldsmobile 1951
34 1951–34   Herb Thomas   Frank Mundy   Frank Mundy Oldsmobile 1951
35 1951–35   Dick Rathman   Marvin Burke   Marvin Burke Mercury 1950
36 Wilkes 200   Herb Thomas   Fonty Flock   Fonty Flock Oldsmobile 1951
37 1951–37   Herb Thomas   Danny Weinberg   Danny Weinberg Studebaker 1951
38 1951–38   Herb Thomas   Herb Thomas   Herb Thomas Hudson 1951
39 1951–39   Frank Mundy   Tim Flock   Tim Flock Hudson 1951
40 1951–40   Fonty Flock   Dick Meyer   Bill Norton Mercury 1950
41 1951–41   Frank Mundy   Frank Mundy   Frank Mundy Studebaker 1951

Drivers' championship

edit

(keyBold - Pole position * – Most laps led.

Pos. Driver Races Points
DAB CHA MOB GAR OCC ARZ NWS MAR CAN CLM COL DAY GAR GRI BAI PIT WEA MON ALT DET TOL MOR GRN DAR COL MAC LAN CHA DAY WIL OCC THO SHI MAR OAK NWS HAN JCK ATL GAR MOB
1   Herb Thomas 16 4 3 7 22 13 4 4 3 4 24 11 12 1* 3 15 2 57 5 29 6 1* 20 1 1 1* 14 1 26* 18 21 28 1* 19 21 4208+920
2   Fonty Flock 3 20 2 1* 4 1* 5 3 25 12 4 3 1 36 1 14* 1* 34 18 30 4 8 10 4 2* 1* 1 15 11 1* 24 3 11 4 4062+14
3   Tim Flock 2* 33 1* 4 3 2 3 2 1 7 3 4 20 37 11 17 1 1* 2 11 1* 22 5 11 7 1* 4 13 1* 2 3722+12
4   Lee Petty 31 2 7 9 26 3 6 5 5 20 12 6 6 21 25 1 3 13 29 2 7 15 18 21 9 4 5 2 2 7 12 16 2392+14
5   Frank Mundy 34 11 2 28 2 7 8 1* 23 7 3 30 4 23 50 33 23 13 82 17 26 21 1* 5 4 1* 1963+12
6   Buddy Shuman 10 3 6 8 9 8 6 1368+34
7   Jesse James Taylor 58 7 8 2 21 15* 15 21 12 22 1214
8   Dick Rathman 7 28 9 31 2 2 2 31 55 25 33 3 25 20 1040
9   Bill Snowden 8 26 8 31 9 11 9 9 5 4 6 4 15 1009+14
10   Joe Eubanks 33 19 2 27 26 75 27 13 14 3 3 19 1005+12
Fin Driver Pts St W T5 T10 Pole Earnings Pts +\-
11 Lloyd Moore 996.50 22 0 4 8 0
12 Fireball Roberts 930.00 9 0 2 3 0
13 Jimmie Lewallen 874.25 12 0 4 8 0
14 Bob Flock 869.00 17 1 4 9 1
15 Jim Paschal 858.50 16 0 4 7 0
16 Bill Blair 840.00 18 0 4 7 0
17 Gober Sosebee 784.00 10 0 4 5 1
18 Erick Erickson 723.50 12 0 4 6 0
19 Tommy Thompson 755.00 5 1 1 2 0
20 Donald Thomas 743.50 17 0 4 8 0
21 Johnny Mantz 725.00 6 0 2 4 0
22 Lou Figaro 684.25 13 1 3 4 1
23 Buck Baker 644.50 11 0 4 5 0
24 Dick Meyer 626.50 6 0 3 4 0
25 Harold Kite 625.00 2 0 0 1 0
26 Billy Carden 509.75 11 0 2 5 1
27 Jimmy Florian 462.50 9 0 2 5 0
28 Jim Fiebelkorn 455.00 17 0 1 4 0
29 Ronnie Kohler 432.00 5 0 2 3 0
30 Danny Weinberg 423.50 6 1 2 3 0
31 Pappy Hough 423.00 9 0 1 4 0
32 Woody Brown 421.00 3 0 2 2 0
33 Neil Cole 382.00 5 1 3 3 1
34 Paul Newkirk 375.00 1 0 1 1 0
35 John McGinley 372.50 6 0 2 2 0
36 Marvin Panch 371.50 3 0 1 2 0
37 Oda Greene 366.50 6 0 2 3 0
38 Jack Goodwin 362.50 3 0 0 1 0
39 Jack Smith 360.50 7 0 2 2 0
40 Robert Caswell 350.00 3 0 1 1 0
41 Lloyd Dane 323.50 6 0 2 3 0
42 Cotton Owens 312.50 5 0 1 3 0
43 Fred Steinbroner 306.50 6 0 2 3 0
44 Ewell Weddle 293.50 7 0 0 2 0
45 George Seeger 278.00 10 0 1 2 0
46 Sam Hawks 262.50 3 0 1 1 0
47 Don Bailey 239.50 10 0 1 2 0
48 Bud Farrell 227.50 5 0 1 2 0
49 Bud Riley 262.50 8 0 1 2 0
50 Fred Bince 224.00 5 0 1 2 0
51 Dick Eagan 220.00 3 0 1 2 0
52 Red Duvall 213.00 2 0 1 2 0
53 Augie Walackas 212.00 4 0 1 3 0
54 Charles Gattalia 208.00 6 0 1 1 0
55 Bill Holland 204.00 7 0 1 2 0
56 Jim Reed 187.00 4 0 1 1 0
57 Shorty York 185.00 5 0 1 1 0
58 Chuck Meekins 184.00 6 0 1 1 0
59 Billy Myers 176.50 8 0 1 2 0
60 Bub King 165.00 9 0 0 2 0
61 Ed Samples 164.25 4 0 0 2 0
62 Pap White 158.00 1 0 0 1 0
63 Don Oldenberg 147.50 3 0 1 2 0
64 Jim Delaney 144.50 7 0 1 2 0
65 Bill Miller 144.00 6 0 0 2 0
66 John DuBoise 143.00 3 0 1 1 0
67 Bill Osborne 140.00 1 0 1 1 0
68 Bob Dietrich 140.00 2 0 0 2 0
69 Frank Luptow 136.00 4 0 1 1 0
70 Jerry Morese 136.00 2 0 1 1 0
71 Jimmy Ayers 136.00 7 0 0 5 0
72 Bill Rexford 130.00 11 0 0 1 1
73 Dell Pearson 123.50 8 0 1 3 0
74 Reino Tulonen 121.00 4 0 1 1 0
75 Speedy Thompson 120.00 3 0 1 1 0
76 Tom Jerris 1 0 1 1 0
77 Les Snow 2 0 0 1 0
78 Coleman Lawrence 6 0 0 2 0
79 Jack Reynolds 2 0 0 1 0
80 Jack Flynn 2 0 0 1 0
81 Bill Ledbetter 1 0 0 1 0
82 Claude Wallington 2 0 0 1 0
83 Tommy Moon 2 0 0 1 0
84 Hap Jones 1 0 0 1 0
84 Lamar Crabtree 1 0 0 1 0
86 Cal Johnson 2 0 0 2 0
87 Danny Letner 4 0 0 2 0
88 Ed Benedict 6 0 0 1 0
89 Glenn Dunaway 5 0 0 2 0
90 Slick Smith 4 0 0 0 0
102 Freddie Farmer 5 0 0 1 0
108 Quinton Daniels 7 0 0 1 0
131 Iggy Katona 5 0 0 0 0
138 Tommy Lane 2 0 0 1 0
139 Bill Braun 1 0 0 1 0
147 Harold Mays 1 0 0 0 0
152 Tommie Elliott 2 0 0 0 0
160 James Ellis 1 0 0 0 0
164 Bob Myers 1 0 0 0 0
181 Gene Tapia 3 0 0 0 0
191 Paul Pettit 4 0 0 0 0
192 Johnny Grubb 1 0 0 0 0
195 Jesse White 1 0 0 0 0
203 Ray Erickson 3 0 0 0 0
208 Bobby Myers 2 0 0 0 0
209 Maudis Brissette 1 0 0 0 0
209 Charles Kleber 1 0 0 0 0
219 Gus Linder 1 0 0 0 0
224 Joe Bellinato 1 0 0 0 0
237 Coleman Grant 1 0 0 0 0
Dave Reiley 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Read 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Rathmann 1 0 0 0 0
Ray Pruitt 2 0 0 0 0
Bob Pronger 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Prince 1 0 0 0 0
Lloyd Porter 2 0 0 0 0
Junior Pooler 1 0 0 0 0
Art Plas 1 0 0 0 0
Andy Pierce 4 0 0 0 1
Paul Parks 1 0 0 0 0
Pete Page 1 0 0 0 0
Sammy Packard 2 0 0 0 0
Frank Oviado 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Norton 3 1 2 3 0
Bill Remaly 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Reuther 1 0 0 0 0
Dick Richter 1 0 0 0 0
Leon Sales 4 0 0 2 0
Buckie Sager 1 0 0 0 0
Red Ryder 1 0 0 0 0
Jerry Russo 1 0 0 0 0
Hank Russ 1 0 0 0 0
Fred Russell 1 0 0 1 0
Rusty Rushton 2 0 0 0 0
Dan Rush 1 0 0 0 0
Don Rudolph 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Ross 2 0 0 0 0
Ed Rooney 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Romine 3 0 0 1 0
Joe Rogers 1 0 0 0 0
Neil Roberts 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Schade 2 0 0 0 0
Stan Noble 3 0 0 0 0
Jim Mayes 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Matson 1 0 0 0 0
Ed Massey 3 0 0 1 0
Otis Martin 2 0 0 0 0
Bill Majot 3 0 0 0 0
Chuck Mahoney 1 0 0 1 0
Sandy Lynch 2 0 0 0 0
Louis Luther 1 0 0 0 0
Harold Lucas 1 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Longo 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Little 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Little 1 0 0 1 0
Dick Linder 10 0 0 2 0
Bill Lillenthal 1 0 0 0 0
Norm McCarthy 3 0 0 1 0
Jack McClure 2 0 0 0 0
Hershel McGriff 3 0 1 1 0
Nick Nicolette 1 0 0 0 0
Earl Moss 5 0 0 1 0
Fred Moore 1 0 0 0 0
Charles Moore 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Moore 2 0 0 0 0
Dick Moffitt 4 0 0 2 0
Clyde Minter 6 0 0 1 0
V.E. Miller 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Miller 1 0 0 0 0
Al Miller 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Metzler 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Merola 4 0 0 1 0
Tommy Melvin 3 0 0 0 0
Don McLeish 1 0 0 0 0
Ralph Liguori 1 0 0 0 0
Frankie Schneider 1 0 0 0 0
Johnny Yountz 1 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Warden 1 0 0 0 0
Nook Walters 2 0 0 0 0
Bob Walters 6 0 0 0 0
Guy Waller 1 0 0 0 0
Murrace Walker 1 0 0 0 0
Pat Wade 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Wade 2 0 0 0 0
Lou Volk 1 0 0 0 0
Curtis Turner 12 3 3 5 0
Herb Trimble 2 0 0 1 0
Frank Travers 1 0 0 0 0
Leonard Tippett 8 0 1 2 0
Billy Tibbert 2 0 0 0 0
Ray Throckmorton 1 0 0 0 0
James Ward 1 0 0 0 0
Gayle Warren 3 0 0 0 0
Marshall Weatherly 4 0 0 0 0
Ernie Yorton 1 0 0 1 0
Whitey Worton 1 0 0 0 0
Cliff Woodson 1 0 0 0 0
Johnny Wohlfiel 1 0 0 0 0
Doug Wimpy 1 0 0 0 0
Jerry Wimbish 2 0 0 1 0
Elmer Wilson 3 0 0 0 0
Dale Williams 1 0 0 1 0
Felix Wilkes 2 0 0 0 0
Bill Widenhouse 4 0 0 0 0
Jack White 4 0 0 0 0
J.C. White 4 0 0 0 0
Bob White 1 0 0 0 0
Tommy Wells 3 0 0 0 0
Sam Thompson 1 0 0 0 0
Roscoe Thompson 3 0 0 0 0
Walt Sprague 8 0 0 3 0
Joe Sommers 1 0 0 1 0
John Soares 1 0 0 1 0
Ruel Smith 1 0 0 0 0
Perry Smith 1 0 1 1 0
Barney Smith 2 0 0 0 0
Joe Skovron 1 0 0 0 0
Leo Sigman 2 0 0 0 0
James Shields 1 0 0 0 0
Eddie Sheeler 2 0 0 0 0
Bob Shaw 1 0 0 0 0
Lyle Scott 2 0 0 1 0
Harry Scott 1 0 0 1 0
Gwyn Staley 2 0 0 0 0
Bill Stammer 4 0 0 2 0
Paul Stanley 2 0 0 0 0
Ray Thompson 1 0 0 0 0
Johnny Thompson 2 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Thompson 3 0 0 0 0
Fred Thompson 1 0 0 0 0
Rod Therrian 1 0 0 0 0
Ted Tedrow 1 0 0 0 0
Marshall Teague 15 5 7 9 2
Ted Swaim 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Suligoy 1 0 0 0 0
Harold Strapp 1 0 0 0 0
Dick Stone 4 0 0 1 0
Chuck Stimus 1 0 0 1 0
Bill Stickler 3 0 0 0 0
Tommy Stenger 1 0 0 0 0
Lee Schneider 1 0 0 0 0
Wimpy Ervin 4 0 0 1 0
Pepper Cunningham 4 0 0 0 0
Tony Correnti 1 0 0 0 0
Lee Connell 1 0 0 0 0
Gene Comstock 4 0 0 0 0
Leland Colvin 5 0 0 2 0
Earl Coleman 1 0 0 0 0
Hal Cole 3 0 0 1 0
Tommy Coates 1 0 0 0 0
June Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0
George Clark 1 0 0 0 0
Buck Clardy 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Cintia 1 0 0 1 0
Bill Cheesbourg 1 0 0 0 0
Ray Chase 6 0 0 0 0
Steve Dabb 1 0 0 0 0
Dan Daniels 2 0 0 0 0
Gene Darragh 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Ernest 1 0 0 0 0
Bud Erb 3 0 0 0 0
Don Eggett 7 0 0 2 0
Carson Dyer 3 0 0 0 0
Ray Duhigg 6 0 0 0 0
Ben Dixon 2 0 0 0 0
Sam DiRusso 1 0 0 0 0
C.H. Dingler 3 0 0 0 0
Rocky DiNatale 1 0 0 0 0
Ernie Dietzman 1 0 0 0 0
Oliver Dial 2 0 0 0 0
Lloyd Dennis 1 0 0 0 0
O.A. Dean 1 0 0 0 0
Walt Davis 2 0 0 2 0
Bill Champion 1 0 0 1 0
Ted Chamberlain 3 0 0 1 0
Les Bomar 4 0 0 0 0
Pug Blalock 3 0 0 1 0
Sonny Black 4 0 0 2 0
Don Black 1 0 0 0 0
Leo Breithaupt 1 0 0 1 0
John Barker 7 0 0 0 0
Buck Baity 1 0 0 0 0
Dick Bailey 2 0 0 0 0
Paul Austin 1 0 0 0 0
Nelson Applegate 3 0 0 0 0
Jess Anderson 1 0 0 0 0
Fuzzy Anderson 1 0 0 0 0
Eddie Anderson 5 0 0 0 0
Dave Anderson 1 0 0 0 0
Bobby Booth 3 0 0 0 0
Victor Brunzell 1 0 0 0 0
Willard Brooks 1 0 0 0 0
George Cavanna 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Carver 1 0 0 0 0
Jerry Carver 2 0 0 0 0
Bob Carpenter 1 0 0 0 0
Frank Carlin 1 0 0 0 0
Wally Campbell 5 0 0 0 0
Leo Caldwell 1 0 0 0 0
Red Byron 5 0 1 2 0
Jim Byrd 3 0 0 1 0
Marvin Burke 1 1 1 1 0
Hully Bunn 1 0 0 0 0
Julian Buesink 1 0 0 0 0
Herschel Buchanan 1 0 0 0 0
Len Brown 1 0 0 0 0
Weldon Adams 11 0 0 2 0
Fred Faber 1 0 0 0 0
Eddie Lenz 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Johnson 1 0 0 0 0
Fran Jischke 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Jernigan 2 0 0 0 0
Bob Jeffries 2 0 0 0 0
Ray Janelle 1 0 0 0 0
Bob James 1 0 0 0 0
Al Jacobs 4 0 0 0 0
Burt Jackson 1 0 0 1 0
Jimmy Ingram 1 0 0 0 0
Curtis Hunt 1 0 0 0 0
Dave Humphrey 1 0 0 0 0
Frank Holzhauer 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Holluck 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Holloway 3 0 0 0 0
Owen Jones 2 0 0 0 0
Bill Joslin 4 0 0 0 0
Claude Joyce 1 0 0 0 0
Irv Leitch 1 0 0 0 0
Hank Lee 1 0 0 0 0
Dawson Lechlider 4 0 0 0 0
Bill Lawrence 1 0 0 0 0
Eddie LaRue 1 0 0 0 0
Furman Lancaster 1 0 0 1 0
Ben Lalomia 1 0 0 0 0
Bill LaGrance 1 0 0 0 0
Art Knoll 1 0 0 0 0
Ken Klutz 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Klapak 5 0 0 1 0
Al King 1 0 0 0 0
Tip R. Key 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Kabat 1 0 0 0 0
Rudy Hires 1 0 0 0 0
Ray Hill 1 0 0 0 0
Herb Gott 1 0 0 0 0
Frank Gise 2 0 0 1 0
Charles Gillman 2 0 0 1 0
Tom Gifford 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Gaynor 1 0 0 0 0
Nick Garin 1 0 0 0 0
Dudley Froy 2 0 0 0 0
Roy Forsythe 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Fleming 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Flatcher 1 0 0 0 0
Walt Flanders 1 0 0 0 0
Pat Flaherty 1 0 0 0 0
Cal Fisher 1 0 0 0 0
Wade Fields 6 0 0 0 0
Bob Green 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Greer 4 0 0 0 0
Ben Gregory 1 0 0 0 0
Russ Hepler 1 0 0 1 0
Buddy Helms 1 0 0 0 0
Allen Heath 3 0 0 0 0
Red Harvey 1 0 0 1 0
Gordon Harvey 1 0 0 0 0
Walt Hartman 3 0 0 0 0
Jim Hart 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Harrison 1 0 0 0 0
Red Harrelson 1 0 0 0 0
Leon Harrell 1 0 0 0 0
J.E. Hardie 1 0 0 0 0
Richard Hancock 1 0 0 0 0
Alton Haddock 2 0 0 1 0
Jerry Groh 2 0 0 0 0
Len Fanelli 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Amberg 1 0 0 0 0

[4]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Wally Campbell Injured in Six-Car Smashup". Evening Star. July 16, 1951.
  2. ^ "1951-16". Racing Reference. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  3. ^ Bradley, Robert C. (1951-08-26). "Flock Brothers Take All Honors at Local Stock Event". The Greenville News. Retrieved 2019-09-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1951 NASCAR Grand National Central - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-04-29.