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Motor City 250

Motor City 250
Event

A NASCAR Grand National race held at the Michigan State Fairgrounds.

Date	Winner	Winner's Make
12 August 1951	Tommy Thompson	Chrysler	1951 Race Information & Results

1951

Auto Racing: 250 Mile Stock Cars
Telenews Newsreel
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Race Results

August 12, 1951
Average Speed: 57.588 mph
Margin of Victory: 37 seconds
Time of Race: 4:20:28
Lead Changes: 14
Cautions: 5

Finish	Start	Driver	Make	Car #	Sponsor	Laps	Status	Winnings
1	5	Tommy Thompson	'51 Chrysler	40		250	Running	$5,000
2	13	Joe Eubanks	'50 Oldsmobile	82	Oates Motor Co.	250	Running	$2,000
3	15	Johnny Mantz	'51 Nash	98		244	Running	$1,000
4	25	Red Byron	'50 Ford	83	Dantone Racing Stable	241	Running	$600
5	38	Paul Newkirk	'51 Nash	43		241	Running	$500
6	47	Jack Goodwin	'51 Plymouth	34		239	Running	$400
7	22	Lloyd Moore	'51 Oldsmobile	59		239	Running	$300
8	20	Ewell Weddle	'50 Ford	50		236	Running	$200
9	30	Curtis Turner	'51 Oldsmobile	41	Eanes Motor Co.	233	Out (Overheating)	$100
10	45	Erick Erickson	'51 Pontiac	1-X	Packer	233	Running	$100
11	56	Bill Majot	'50 Chevrolet	135		233	Running	$50
12	52	Jim Fiebelkorn	'51 Mercury	10		233	Running	$50
13	44	Lee Petty	'51 Plymouth	42	Hodges Dodges	233	Running	$50
14	14	Lou Figaro	'51 Hudson	33		231	Running	$50
15	32	Bob Myers	'51 Packard	142	St. Mary's	230	Out	$50
16	55	Jim Paschal	'50 Ford	60		228	Out	$25
17	2	Tim Flock	'51 Oldsmobile	91	Black Phantom	228	Out	$125
18	54	Bob Jeffries	'51 Lincoln	67		225	Out	$25
19	43	John McGinley	'51 Hudson	120		224	Out	$25
20	8	Bob Flock	'51 Oldsmobile	7	Gray Ghost	223	Out	$25
21	35	Les Snow	'50 Oldsmobile	151		222	Out	$25
22	33	Iggy Katona	'51 Ford	38		222	Out	$25
23	39	Dell Pearson	'51 Oldsmobile	88		216	Out	$25
24	41	Bob Prince	'50 Hudson	85		199	Out	$25
25	34	Bobby Myers	'51 Hudson	2		199	Out	$25
26	37	Oda Greene	'51 Hudson	22		173	Out	$25
27	48	John Barker	'51 Studebaker	48		173	Out	$25
28	46	Ray Duhigg	'51 Oldsmobile	102		167	Out	$25
29	53	Jack White	'50 Oldsmobile	65		158	Out	$25
30	27	Danny Letner	'51 Hudson	36		153	Out (Overheating)	$25
31	51	Walt Flanders	Ford	140		145	Out	$10
32	10	Billy Carden	'50 Oldsmobile	12		142	Out	$10
33	1	Marshall Teague	'51 Hudson	6	FABULOUS	136	Out (Overheating)	$10
34	17	George Seeger	'51 Studebaker	18	George's Motors	133	Out	$10
35	4	Fonty Flock	'51 Oldsmobile	14	Red Devil	130	Out (Crash)	$10
36	12	Bob Greer	'50 Oldsmobile	75	Connell Cadillac	126	Out (Crash)
37	49	Jack Smith	'51 Plymouth	44	Dantone Racing Stable	123	Out (Crash)
38	42	Billy Myers	'51 Plymouth	198		123	Out (Crash)
39	11	Tony Suligoy	'51 Packard	777		115	Out (Crash)
40	58	Al Miller	'51 Kaiser Henry J	750		115	Out
41	29	Walt Sprague	'50 Oldsmobile	1		113	Out
42	3	Gober Sosebee	'50 Cadillac	51	West Peach Motors	104	Out (Tie Rod)
43	18	Bobby Booth	'50 Oldsmobile	133		103	Out
44	31	Tommy Melvin	'50 Oldsmobile	32		92	Out (Crash)
45	16	Bud Riley	'51 Hudson	8		89	Out (Crash)
46	23	Ray Chase	'51 Hudson	28	Oster-Barry	89	Out (Overheating)
47	24	Bill Blair	'50 Oldsmobile	41.5		88	Out
48	40	Bill Holland	'51 Cadillac	175	Connell Cadillac	80	Out (Crash)
49	57	Elmer Wilson	'50 Buick	30		80	Out
50	21	Frank Mundy	'51 Studebaker	23		80	Out (Crash)
51	50	Freddie Farmer	'51 Nash	9	Tom's Grill	77	Out
52	9	Jim Rathmann	'50 Packard	90		76	Out
53	26	Ed Benedict	'51 Hudson	118		75	Out (Overheating)
54	28	Hershel McGriff	'51 Oldsmobile	11	Superior	73	Out (Crash)
55	59	Dick Rathman	'51 Hudson	21		31	Out (Overheating)
56	36	Johnny Wohlfiel	'51 Nash	70		27	Out
57	6	Herb Thomas	'51 Hudson	92	FABULOUS	26	Out (Overheating)
58	7	Jesse James Taylor	'51 Hudson	31		14	Out (Overheating)
59	19	Pat Flaherty	'51 Oldsmobile	188		13	Out