1951 NASCAR Grand National Season

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The NASCAR - Grand National season review 1951 began on 11 February 1951 at the Daytona Beach Road Course in Daytona Beach , Florida , and ended on 25 November 1951 at the Lakeview Speedway in Mobile , Alabama . Herb Thomas won the drivers championship, making it the third driver after Red Byron and Bill Rexford to do so. Oldsmobile secured the brand name. NASCAR punished various drivers over the course of the season for various serious rule violations. One of them was Marshall Teague , a founding member of NASCAR. Teague started in a race held by the American Automobile Association in the 1951 AAA season , that is, in a competing racing series. Because of this, all driver points were revoked. Former champions Red Byron, Billy Carden , Bob Flock , Ed Samples , Jack Smith , Curtis Turner and Jerry Wimbish also suffered the same penalty for violating the rules.

Racing calendar

date Racetrack Pole position winner
February 11, 1951 Daytona Beach Road Course Tim Flock Marshall Teague
April 1, 1951 Charlotte Speedway Fonty flock Curtis Turner
April 8, 1951 Lakeview Speedway Red Harrelson Tim Flock
April 8, 1951 Carrell Speedway Andy Pierce Marshall Teague
April 15, 1951 Occoneechee Speedway Fonty flock Fonty flock
April 22, 1951 Arizona State Fairgrounds Fonty flock Marshall Teague
April 29, 1951 North Wilkesboro Speedway Fonty flock Fonty flock
May 6, 1951 Martinsville Speedway Tim Flock Curtis Turner
May 30, 1951 Canfield Speedway Bill Rexford Marshall Teague
June 10, 1951 Columbus Speedway Gober Sosebee Tim Flock
June 16, 1951 Columbia Speedway Frank Mundy Frank Mundy
June 24, 1951 Dayton Speedway Tim Flock Curtis Turner
June 30, 1951 Carrell Speedway Lou Figaro Lou Figaro
July 1, 1951 Grand River Speedrome Marshall Teague Marshall Teague
July 8, 1951 Bainbridge Speedway Fonty flock Fonty flock
July 15, 1951 Heidelberg Raceway Fonty flock Herb Thomas
July 29, 1951 Asheville-Weaverville Speedway Fonty flock Fonty flock
July 31, 1951 Monroe County Fairgrounds Fonty flock Lee Petty
August 1, 1951 Altamont-Schenectady Fairgrounds Fonty flock Fonty flock
August 12, 1951 Michigan State Fairgrounds Marshall Teague Tommy Thompson
August 19, 1951 Fort Miami Speedway Fonty flock Tim Flock
August 24, 1951 Morristown Speedway Tim Flock Tim Flock
August 25, 1951 Greenville-Pickens Speedway Tim Flock Bob Flock
3rd September 1951 Darlington Raceway Frank Mundy Herb Thomas
September 7, 1951 Columbia Speedway Tim Flock Tim Flock
September 8, 1951 Central City Speedway Bob Flock Herb Thomas
September 15, 1951 Langhorne Speedway Fonty flock Herb Thomas
September 23, 1951 Charlotte Speedway Billy Carden Herb Thomas
September 23, 1951 Dayton Speedway Fonty flock Fonty flock
September 30, 1951 Wilson Speedway Fonty flock Fonty flock
October 7, 1951 Occoneechee Speedway Herb Thomas Herb Thomas
October 12, 1951 Thompson Speedway Neil Cole Neil Cole
October 14, 1951 Pine Grove Speedway - Tim Flock
October 14, 1951 Martinsville Speedway Herb Thomas Frank Mundy
October 14, 1951 Oakland Stadium Dick Rathmann Marvin Burke
October 21, 1951 North Wilkesboro Speedway Herb Thomas Fonty flock
October 28, 1951 Marchbanks Speedway - Danny Weinberg
November 4th 1951 Speedway Park Herb Thomas Herb Thomas
November 11, 1951 Lakewood Speedway Frank Mundy Tim Flock
November 11, 1951 Carrell Speedway Fonty flock Bill Norton
November 25, 1951 Lakeview Speedway Frank Mundy Frank Mundy

Driver overall ranking (Top 50)

  1. Herb Thomas - 4208.45
  2. Fonty Flock - 4062.25
  3. Tim Flock - 3722.50
  4. Lee Petty - 2392.25
  5. Frank Mundy - 1963.50
  6. Buddy Shuman - 1368.75
  7. Jesse James Taylor - 1214.00
  8. Dick Rathmann - 1040.00
  9. Bill Snowden - 1009.25
  10. Joe Eubanks - 1005.50
  11. Lloyd Moore - 996.50
  12. Fireball Roberts - 930.00
  13. Jimmie Lewallen - 874.25
  14. Bob Flock - 869.00
  15. Jim Paschal - 858.50
  16. Bill Blair - 840.00
  17. Gober Sosebee - 784.00
  18. Erick Erickson - 723.50
  19. Tommy Thompson - 755.00
  20. Donald Thomas - 743.50
  21. Johnny Mantz - 725.00
  22. Lou Figaro - 684.25
  23. Buck Baker - 644.50
  24. Dick Meyer - 626.50
  25. Harold Kite - 625.00
  26. Billy Carden - 509.75
  27. Jimmy Florian - 462.50
  28. Jim Fiebelkorn - 455.00
  29. Ronnie Kohler - 432.00
  30. Danny Weinberg - 423.50
  31. Pappy Hough - 423.00
  32. Woody Brown - 421.00
  33. Neil Cole - 382.00
  34. Paul Newkirk - 375.00
  35. John McGinley - 372.50
  36. Marvin Panch - 371.50
  37. Oda Greene - 366.50
  38. Jack Goodwin - 362.50
  39. Jack Smith - 360.50
  40. Robert Caswell - 350.00
  41. Lloyd Dane - 323.50
  42. Cotton Owens - 312.50
  43. Fred Steinbroner - 306.50
  44. Ewell Weddle - 293.50
  45. George Seeger - 278.00
  46. Bud Riley - 262.50
  47. Sam Hawks - 262.50
  48. Don Bailey - 239.50
  49. Bud Farrell - 227.50
  50. Fred Bince - 224.00

statistics

Most wins

space driver Victories
1 Fonty flock 8th
2 Tim Flock 7th
3 Herb Thomas 7th
4th Marshall Teague 5
5 Frank Mundy 3
6th Curtis Turner 3

All other winners of the 1951 season had only one win.

Most of the pole positions

space driver Pole positions
1 Fonty flock 15th
2 Tim Flock 6th
3 Herb Thomas 5
4th Frank Mundy 4th

All other drivers had a maximum of two pole positions

Most top 5 placements

space driver Top 5 placements
1 Fonty flock 20th
2 Tim Flock 19th
3 Herb Thomas 16
4th Lee Petty 11
5 Frank Mundy 9

Most top 10 placements

space driver Top 10 placements
1 Fonty flock 22nd
2 Tim Flock 21st
3 Lee Petty 19th
4th Herb Thomas 18th
5 Frank Mundy 12

Most of the money earned

space driver Money Earned ( US Dollars )
1 Herb Thomas $ 21,025
2 Fonty flock $ 15,525
3 Tim Flock $ 15,155
4th Marshall Teague $ 7,605
5 Lee Petty $ 7,340

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