1951 Daytona Beach/Road Course

Race 1 of 41

Daytona Beach
39 laps
Time of race: 1:56:32
Average speed of winner: 82.328 mph
Margin of victory: 74 sec.
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: T. Flock 1-27, Teague 28-39

Race notes: First win for Marshall Teague. Debut for Eddie Anderson, Don Eggert, Jim Fiebelkorn, Bill Holland, Dawson Lechlider, Don Oldenberg, Ed Samples, Eddie Sheeler, Les Snow, Fred Thompson, and Ray Thompson. Only start for Buck Clardy, Earl Coleman, Rocky DiNatale, Len Fanelli, Gordon Harvey, Tip R. Key, Ben Lalomia, Joe Rogers, and Ed Rooney.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Marshall Teague	6		'51 Hudson	Teague	Yunick		39	1	12	running	1500	0
2	1	Tim Flock	91	Esquire Motors	'50 Lincoln	Chester		102.200	39	1	27	running	1000	0
3	3	Fonty Flock	14	Red Devil	'50 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian				0	0	running	600	0
4	14	Bill Blair	41.5		'49 Oldsmobile 88					0	0	running	550	0
5	7	Buck Baker	87		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Bob Griffin				0	0	running	450	0
6	9	Les Snow	55		'49 Lincoln	Les Snow				0	0		350	0
7	22	Curtis Turner	41	Nash Motors	'51 Nash Ambassador	Nash Motors				0	0		250	0
8	30	Bill Snowden	16	Police Special	'50 Ford	Snowden				0	0		200	0
9	16	Johnny Mantz	98	Don Willis Motors	'51 Nash Ambassador	Mantz				0	0		175	0
10	8	Lloyd Moore	59		'51 Lincoln	Buesink				0	0		150	0
11	12	Red Byron	1		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Wally Marks				0	0		50	0
12	21	Tommy Thompson	83	San Juan Motors	'47 Chrysler	Tommy Thompson				0	0		50	0
13	13	Bill Rexford	61		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Buesink				0	0		50	0
14		Barney Smith	68		'50 Plymouth	Barney Smith				0	0		50	0
15	15	Don Eggert	60		'49 Ford	Buesink				0	0		50	0
16	27	Herb Thomas	92		'50 Plymouth	Herb Thomas				0	0		50	0
17	19	Speedy Thompson	25		'50 Oldsmobile 88					0	0		50	0
18		Dick Linder	77		'51 Studebaker	Marcum				0	0		50	0
19	28	Len Fanelli	144X		'50 Plymouth					0	0		50	0
20	32	Eddie Sheeler	86		'51 Hudson					0	0		50	0
21		Clyde Minter	138	B.F. Goodrich	'47 Buick					0	0		25	0
22	34	Weldon Adams	72		'50 Plymouth	Lucky Mays				0	0		25	0
23	20	Rocky DiNatale	3		'50 Oldsmobile					0	0		25	0
24		Billy Carden	8		'49 Lincoln	Wheatley				0	0		25	0
25	33	Buckie Sager	101		'49 Plymouth					0	0		25	0
26	39	Elmer Wilson	13		'50 Mercury					0	0		25	0
27	26	Fred Thompson	33		'51 Mercury					0	0		25	0
28		Don Oldenberg	188		'50 Packard					0	0		25	0
29	38	Jack Smith	2-B		'50 Plymouth					0	0		25	0
30	41	Buck Clardy	94		'50 Nash Ambassador	Louise Smith				0	0		25	0
31	40	Lee Petty	42		'49 Plymouth	Petty	Petty			0	0		25	0
32	44	Pappy Hough	81-A		'50 Ford					0	0		25	0
33		Jim Fiebelkorn	110		'49 Mercury					0	0		25	0
34	11	Carson Dyer	31		'50 Oldsmobile 88					0	0		25	0
35		Ray Thompson	139		'51 Kaiser					0	0		25	0
36	31	Joe Rogers	94-A		'50 Oldsmobile 88					0	0		25	0
37	41	Ed Rooney	73		'47 Ford					0	0		25	0
38	17	Alton Haddock	32		'51 Lincoln					0	0		25	0
39	5	Ben Lalomia	81		'50 Oldsmobile 88					0	0		25	0
40	35	Tip R. Key	34		'51 Kaiser					0	0		25	0
41	29	Jimmy Thompson	25-A		'50 Lincoln					0	0		0	0
42		Mike Klapak	23		'51 Studebaker	Perry Smith				0	0		0	0
43	43	Gordon Harvey	46		'51 Henry J					0	0		0	0
44	4	Ed Samples	9		'49 Lincoln					0	0		0	0
45		Fireball Roberts	85		'50 Plymouth					0	0		0	0
46	25	Joe Jernigan	56	Lambert's Auto Service	'49 Ford					0	0		0	0
47		Bill Holland	28		'51 Nash Ambassador					0	0		0	0
48	36	Earl Coleman	67		'50 Pontiac					0	0		0	0
49	37	Herschel Buchanan	111		'48 Nash	Herschel Buchanan				0	0		0	0
50	18	Dawson Lechlider	70		'50 Oldsmobile 88					0	0		0	0
51	23	Felix Wilkes	57	Fleming/Bavan	'49 Hudson					0	0		0	0
52	2	Gober Sosebee	50	Cherokee Garage	'50 Oldsmobile 88	Sosebee				0	0		0	0
53	10	Frank Luptow	88	Rocket	'50 Oldsmobile 88					0	0		0	0
54	24	Eddie Anderson	18	Nash of Blue Island	'51 Nash Ambassador					0	0		0	0