1951 Southern 500 Results

Herb Thomas won the 1951 Southern 500 at Darlington on September 3, 1951, leading 311 of 400 laps. Full Grand National Series results: finish, start, laps led and status for all 82 drivers.

Results

Finish	Car	Driver	Start	Laps	Laps led	Status
1	92	Herb Thomas	2	400	311	Running
2	31	Jesse James Taylor	3	399	6	Running
3	17	Buddy Shuman	19	391	0	Running
4	77	Hershel McGriff	5	390	1	Running
5	11	Fireball Roberts	7	387	0	Running
6	1	Harold Kite	38	384	0	Running
7	46	Leon Sales	27	384	0	Running
8	14	Fonty Flock	4	383	0	Running
9	16	Bill Snowden	6	383	0	Running
10	24	Pap White	55	383	0	Running
11	91	Tim Flock	45	379	0	Running
12	12	Slick Smith	16	379	0	Running
13	34	Jack Goodwin	52	378	0	Running
14	8	Billy Carden	12	377	0	Running
15	42	Lee Petty	24	373	0	Running
16	51	Gober Sosebee	51	373	0	Running
17	70	Bud Farrell	44	373	0	Running
18	99	Billy Myers	23	373	0	Running
19	64	Bill Widenhouse	80	371	0	Running
20	18	George Seeger	39	371	0	Running
21	4	Gayle Warren	11	370	0	Crash
22	95	Freddie Farmer	30	370	0	Running
23	71	Cotton Owens	82	370	0	Running
24	56	Ed Benedict	60	370	0	Running
25	83	Red Byron	54	368	0	Crash
26	66	Bud Riley	29	368	0	Running
27	7	Bob Flock	10	368	0	-
28	30	Jimmie Lewallen	62	367	0	-
29	61	Tommy Melvin	63	367	0	-
30	86	Earl Moss	31	366	0	-
31	50	Ewell Weddle	25	365	0	-
32	90	Shorty York	48	363	0	-
33	6	Marshall Teague	47	361	39	Crash
34	78	Johnny Yountz	43	361	0	Crash
35	10	Ted Swaim	49	360	0	-
36	67	Jim Fiebelkorn	50	360	0	-
37	37	Gene Comstock	21	357	0	-
38	74	Oliver Dial	65	355	0	-
39	60	Jim Paschal	22	353	0	-
40	32	Reino Tulonen	79	353	0	-
41	94	Ted Chamberlain	61	340	0	-
42	96	J.E. Hardie	73	339	0	-
43	93	Donald Thomas	41	337	0	-
44	9	Iggy Katona	75	337	0	-
45	20	Joe Merola	70	335	0	-
46	33	Dave Anderson	76	335	0	Crash
47	49	Bob Pronger	57	332	0	-
48	57	Jack Smith	17	323	0	-
49	43	Billy Tibbert	78	318	0	-
50	75	Jimmy Warden	69	314	0	-
51	5	Gene Darragh	58	309	0	-
52	27	Gwyn Staley	53	303	0	-
53	21	Jim Delaney	72	294	0	-
54	15	Erick Erickson	33	281	0	-
55	2	Bill Blair	68	275	0	-
56	87	Buck Baker	14	275	0	-
57	41	Curtis Turner	26	272	43	Engine
58	72	Wade Fields	40	268	0	-
59	22	Lloyd Dane	15	263	0	-
60	48	John Barker	64	258	0	-
61	44	Buck Baity	77	248	0	-
62	28	Ray Chase	8	237	0	-
63	25	Jimmy Thompson	18	236	0	-
64	3	Jimmy Ayers	67	225	0	-
65	38	Frank Gise	9	215	0	Wheel
66	97	Sandy Lynch	32	215	0	-
67	80	Bob Johnson	28	214	0	-
68	89	Herb Trimble	66	198	0	-
69	55	Bub King	37	149	0	-
70	40	Tommy Thompson	74	148	0	Rf hub
71	52	Bill Rexford	34	143	0	-
72	58	Fred Moore	81	112	0	-
73	26	Weldon Adams	46	104	0	-
74	47	Murrace Walker	36	104	0	-
75	82	Joe Eubanks	71	92	0	-
76	98	Johnny Mantz	35	88	0	Valve
77	39	Rudy Hires	56	82	0	-
78	35	Sonny Black	59	73	0	-
79	59	Lloyd Moore	13	61	0	-
80	19	Lee Connell	42	58	0	Crash
81	73	Bobby Booth	20	53	0	-
82	23	Frank Mundy	1	12	0	Oil pressure

Race facts

Fact	Value
Date	September 3, 1951
Track	Darlington
Laps	400

1951 Southern 500 Results

Results

Race facts

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