1951 NASCAR Grand National Series explained

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

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		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

1951–01

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

See main article: 1951 Southern 500.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Races

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

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold - Pole position * – Most laps led.

	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		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
2		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
3		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
4		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
5			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*
6																								10	3				6								8		9	8		6
7																					58	7		8	2	21	15*	15	21										12	22			1214
8					7		28			9		31	2		2	2	31				55	25	33					3		25						20							1040
9		8						26				8	31					9						11	9	9					5				4		6		4	15
10												33						19			2	27	26		75	27	13		14			3					3		19

Fin	Driver	Pts	St	W	T5	T10	Pole	Earnings		+\-
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

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References

• Racing Reference

Notes and References

1. News: Wally Campbell Injured in Six-Car Smashup. . July 16, 1951.
2. Web site: 1951-16. Racing Reference . August 25, 2022.
3. Web site: Flock Brothers Take All Honors at Local Stock Event. Bradley. Robert C.. 1951-08-26. The Greenville News. en. Newspapers.com. 2019-09-06.
4. Web site: 1951 NASCAR Grand National Central - The Third Turn. 2021-04-29. www.thethirdturn.com. en.