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Motor City 250

NASCAR Grand National race
Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, MI
August 12, 1951
250 laps on 1 mile dirt oval; 250 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	5	Tommy Thompson	40	Tommy Thompson	1951 Chrysler	250	5,000	running	58
2	13	Joe Eubanks	82	Phil Oates	1950 Oldsmobile	250	2,000	running	7
3	15	Johnny Mantz	98	Johnny Mantz	1951 Nash	244	1,000	running	0
4	25	Red Byron	83	B.J. Dantone	1950 Ford	241	600	running	0
5	38	Paul Newkirk	43	Paul Newkirk	1951 Nash	241	500	running	0
6	47	Jack Goodwin	34	Bill Caltrider	1951 Plymouth	239	400	running	0
7	22	Lloyd Moore	59	Julian Buesink	1951 Oldsmobile	239	300	running	0
8	20	Ewell Weddle	50	Al Wheatley	1950 Ford	236	200	running	0
9	30	Curtis Turner	41	John Eanes	1951 Oldsmobile	233	100	overheating	92
10	45	Erick Erickson	1-X		1951 Pontiac	233	100	running	0
11	56	Bill Majot	135	Jim White	1950 Chevrolet	233	50	running	0
12	52	Jim Fiebelkorn	10	Jim Fiebelkorn	1951 Mercury	233	50	running	0
13	44	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1951 Plymouth	233	50	running	0
14	14	Lou Figaro	33	Jack Gaynor	1951 Hudson	231	50	running	0
15	32	Bob Myers	142		1951 Packard	230	50		0
16	55	Jim Paschal	60	Julian Buesink	1950 Ford	228	25		0
17	2	Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	1951 Oldsmobile	228	125		0
18	54	Bob Jeffries	67		1951 Lincoln	225	25		0
19	43	John McGinley	120	Walt Chapman	1951 Hudson	224	25		0
20	8	Bob Flock	7	Ted Chester	1951 Oldsmobile	223	25		0
21	35	Les Snow	151	Les Snow	1950 Oldsmobile	222	25		0
22	33	Iggy Katona	38	Iggy Katona	1951 Ford	222	25		0
23	39	Dell Pearson	88	Del Pearson	1951 Oldsmobile	216	25		0
24	41	Bob Prince	85		1950 Hudson	199	25		0
25	34	Bobby Myers	2		1951 Hudson	199	25		0
26	37	Oda Greene	22	Harold Lucas	1951 Hudson	173	25		0
27	48	John Barker	48	Leo Sigman	1951 Studebaker	173	25		0
28	46	Ray Duhigg	102		1951 Oldsmobile	167	25		0
29	53	Jack White	65		1950 Oldsmobile	158	25		0
30	27	Danny Letner	36	Bert Letner	1951 Hudson	153	25	overheating	0
31	51	Walt Flanders	140	Floyd Rice	Ford	145	10		0
32	10	Billy Carden	12	Sam Knox	1950 Oldsmobile	142	10		0
33	1	Marshall Teague	6	Marshall Teague	1951 Hudson	136	10	overheating	1
34	17	George Seeger	18	George Seeger	1951 Studebaker	133	10		0
35	4	Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian	1951 Oldsmobile	130	10	accident	85
36	12	Bob Greer	75	Bob Greer	1950 Oldsmobile	126		accident	0
37	49	Jack Smith	44	B.J. Dantone	1951 Plymouth	123		accident	0
38	42	Billy Myers	198	Hubert Westmoreland	1951 Plymouth	123		accident	0
39	11	Tony Suligoy	777		1951 Packard	115		accident	0
40	58	Al Miller	750		1951 Henry J	115			0
41	29	Walt Sprague	1		1950 Oldsmobile	113			0
42	3	Gober Sosebee	51	Sam Knox	1950 Cadillac	104		tie rod	7
43	18	Bobby Booth	133	Stanley Moore	1950 Oldsmobile	103			0
44	31	Tommy Melvin	32		1950 Oldsmobile	92		accident	0
45	16	Art Riley	8	Joe Beccue	1951 Hudson	89		accident	0
46	23	Ray Chase	28	Bill Sheldon	1951 Hudson	89		overheating	0
47	24	Bill Blair	41 1/2	Bill Blair	1950 Oldsmobile	88			0
48	40	Bill Holland	175	Cal Connell	1951 Cadillac	80		accident	0
49	57	Elmer Wilson	30	Elmer Wilson	1950 Buick	80			0
50	21	Frank Mundy	23	Perry Smith	1951 Studebaker	80		accident	0
51	50	Freddie Farmer	9	Freddie Farmer	1951 Nash	77			0
52	9	Jim Rathmann	90		1950 Packard	76			0
53	26	Ed Benedict	118	Ken Swihart	1951 Hudson	75		overheating	0
54	28	Hershel McGriff	11	Hershel McGriff	1951 Oldsmobile	73		accident	0
55	59	Dick Rathmann	21	Walt Chapman	1951 Hudson	31		overheating	0
56	36	Johnny Wohlfiel	70		1951 Nash	27			0
57	6	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1951 Hudson	26		overheating	0
58	7	Jesse James Taylor	31	Jesse James Taylor	1951 Hudson	14		overheating	0
59	19	Pat Flaherty	188		1951 Oldsmobile	13			0

Time of race: 04:20:28
Average Speed: 57.588 MPH
Pole Speed: 52.075 seconds
5 cautions
Race Purse: $ 10,975
Attendance: 16,352