1950 Southern 500

Race 13 of 19

Darlington
400 laps
Time of race: 6:38:40.26
Average speed of winner: 75.250 mph
Margin of victory: 9 laps
Lead changes: 4 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 13 laps
Lap leaders: Turner pole, Sosebee 1-4, Turner 5-26, Owens 27-49, Mantz 50-400

Race notes: Only win for Johnny Mantz. Debut for Weldon Adams, Roy Bentley, Jack Carr, Gene Comstock, Gene Darragh, John DuBoise, Carson Dyer, Joe Eubanks, Johnny Grubb, J.E. Hardie, Tex Keene, Bub King, Virgil Livengood, Hub McBride, Hershel McGriff, Bill Osborne, Barney Smith, Rollin Smith, Jesse James Taylor, Charles Tidwell, Murrace Walker, Bill Widenhouse, and Shorty York. Finale for Pee Wee Martin and Bob Smith. Only start for Byron Beatty, Walt Crawford, P.E. Godfrey, Bill Henson, Pete Keller, Jerry Kemp, Lee Morgan, Dick Soper, and Jack Yardley. Bill Rexford took the points lead from Curtis Turner.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	43	Johnny Mantz	98		'50 Plymouth	Westmoreland		73.460	400	1	351	running	10510	0
2	67	Fireball Roberts	82		'50 Oldsmobile	Sam Rice		78.917	391	0	0	running	3500	0
3	7	Red Byron	22	Parks Novelty	'50 Cadillac	Parks		80.789	390	0	0	running	2000	0
4	23	Bill Rexford	59		'50 Oldsmobile	Buesink	Buesink	77.792	385	0	0	running	1500	0
5	15	Chuck Mahoney	77	Brooks Motors	'50 Mercury			unknown	381	0	0	running	1000	0
6	35	Lee Petty	42		'49 Plymouth	Petty	Petty	78.781	380	0	0	running	800	0
7	38	Cotton Owens	71		'50 Plymouth			77.361	380	1	23	running	930	0
8	64	Bill Blair	2		'49 Cadillac	Sam Rice		79.852	375	0	0	running	600	0
9	44	Hershel McGriff	52	City of Roses	'50 Oldsmobile			80.581	374	0	0	running	500	0
10	26	George Hartley	61		'50 Oldsmobile	Buesink		76.970	371	0	0	running	450	0
11	16	Tim Flock	9		'50 Oldsmobile	Buddy Elliott		80.750	370	0	0	running	400	0
12	57	Johnny Grubb	44		'50 Plymouth			77.097	368	0	0	running	350	0
13	62	Dick Linder	26		'50 Oldsmobile	Rogalla		79.790	367	0	0	running	300	0
14	68	John DuBoise	89		'50 Ford			79.289	367	0	0	running	250	0
15	72	Weldon Adams	72		'49 Plymouth	Weldon Adams		79.018	367	0	0	running	225	0
16	32	Barney Smith	99		'50 Oldsmobile			79.279	366	0	0	running	275	0
17	3	Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage	'50 Oldsmobile	Sosebee		80.461	364	1	4	running	290	0
18	52	Elmer Wilson	39		'49 Plymouth			77.291	360	0	0	running	100	0
19	21	Joe Eubanks	4		'50 Mercury	Moore	Moore	77.866	359	0	0	running	0	0
20	19	Shorty York	43		'50 Buick			77.991	358	0	0	running	0	0
21	51	Walt Crawford	64		'50 Buick			76.568	358	0	0	running	0	0
22	33	Murrace Walker			'50 Oldsmobile			79.957	358	0	0	running	0	0
23	48	Gene Comstock			'50 Oldsmobile			77.441	355	0	0		0	0
24	27	Jack White	17		'50 Ford			76.960	354	0	0		0	0
25	71	Byron Beatty			'50 Ford			79.220	351	0	0		0	0
26	53	Bill Widenhouse			'49 Plymouth			74.637	350	0	0		0	0
27	4	Bob Flock	7	Bob Flock Garage	'50 Oldsmobile	Frank Christian		81.484	348	0	0	running	0	0
28	10	Fonty Flock	47		'50 Oldsmobile			80.035	346	0	0		0	0
29	13	Jack Smith	19	R&W Auto Service	'50 Oldsmobile			79.024	345	0	0	accident	0	0
30	30	Pee Wee Martin	34		'50 Oldsmobile	Eanes		81.165	344	0	0		100	0
31	5	Lee Morgan			'49 Oldsmobile			78.869	342	0	0		0	0
32	8	Hub McBride			'50 Mercury			78.740	341	0	0		0	0
33	11	Slick Smith			'50 Oldsmobile			77.821	340	0	0		0	0
34	12	Ted Chamberlain	45		'50 Plymouth			76.569	338	0	0	running	0	0
35	6	Virgil Livengood			'50 Oldsmobile			77.449	338	0	0	running	0	0
36	9	Billy Carden			'50 Ford			77.792	338	0	0	running	0	0
37	14	Bill Snowden	37		'50 Nash			75.960	338	0	0	running	0	0
38	22	Harold Kite	21	Edmunds Motors	'49 Lincoln	Kite		77.316	334	0	0		0	0
39	25	Glenn Dunnaway	49		'50 Lincoln			76.906	333	0	0		0	0
40	2	Jimmy Thompson	25		'50 Lincoln	Leland Colvin		79.454	332	0	0		125	0
41	65	Jimmy Florian	27		'50 Oldsmobile			79.762	331	0	0	spindle	0	0
42	20	Bob Smith			'50 Oldsmobile			78.202	331	0	0	running	0	0
43	24	Jimmie Lewallen	0		'50 Oldsmobile	Sam Rice		77.684	330	0	0		0	0
44	75	Jesse James Taylor			'50 Mercury			no speed	329	0	0		0	0
45	29	Bub King			'50 Mercury			76.382	329	0	0		0	0
46	36	Gene Darragh	24		'50 Hudson			78.330	323	0	0		0	0
47	39	Roy Bentley			'50 Studebaker			76.050	319	0	0		0	0
48	42	J.E. Hardie			'50 Studebaker			75.579	317	0	0		0	0
49	34	Jerry Kemp			'50 Lincoln			78.170	315	0	0		0	0
50	46	Bill Osborne	36		'50 Mercury			78.618	311	0	0		100	0
51	37	Carson Dyer			'50 Lincoln			77.023	310	0	0		0	0
52	60	Wally Campbell	33		'50 Oldsmobile	Wally Marks		82.400	309	0	0		100	0
53	40	Jim Paschal	79		'50 Ford	Buesink		75.092	307	0	0		0	0
54	45	Charles Tidwell	18		'49 Oldsmobile			77.728	300	0	0		100	0
55	41	Ruel Smith			'50 Pontiac			77.067	289	0	0		0	0
56	47	Al Keller			'50 Oldsmobile			78.477	284	0	0		0	0
57	50	Dick Soper			'50 Kaiser			75.829	282	0	0		0	0
58	54	Pete Keller			'50 Studebaker			75.976	281	0	0		0	0
59	56	P.E. Godfrey			'49 Lincoln			75.465	278	0	0		0	0
60	1	Curtis Turner	41		'50 Oldsmobile	Eanes		82.034	275	1	22	accident	320	0
61	49	Bob Apperson			'49 Oldsmobile			78.145	249	0	0		0	0
62	55	Tommy Thompson			'50 Hudson			77.234	238	0	0		0	0
63	61	Marshall Teague	6		'50 Lincoln	Paul Cox		80.126	230	0	0		0	0
64	70	Tex Keene	14		'50 Plymouth			78.165	229	0	0	accident	0	0
65	31	Clyde Minter			'50 Lincoln			79.690	219	0	0		100	0
66	74	Rollin Smith			'50 Hudson			78.094	208	0	0		0	0
67	17	Bill Henson	86		'49 Oldsmobile			78.905	200	0	0		100	0
68	59	Gayle Warren	400		'49 Oldsmobile			81.425	188	0	0		0	0
69	28	Buck Baker	87	Darlington Raceway	'49 Oldsmobile			74.301	176	0	0	accident	0	0
70	58	Ken Wagner	46	Moyer Co.	'49 Lincoln			80.305	155	0	0		100	0
71	18	Lloyd Moore	62		'50 Lincoln	Buesink		79.440	112	0	0		100	0
72	73	Alton Haddock	400		'50 Ford			78.590	98	0	0		100	0
73	69	Jack Yardley			'50 Ford			79.214	89	0	0		0	0
74	66	Jack Carr			'50 Mercury			80.072	52	0	0		0	0
75	63	Roscoe Thompson			'49 Oldsmobile			80.108	24	0	0		0	0