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First Race - April 15, 1951


The drivers made their way to Occoneechee and that day two factors would be dominant. One would be the massive rain storm that hit the track in the 95th lap and shortened the race. The other factor, Fonty Flock. He dominated the day from start to finish. Gathering the pole and leading all 95 laps to take the rain shortened finish.

Fin St # Driver Make Sponsor Pts Laps Status Money
1 1 14 Fonty Flock Oldsmobile Red Devil 0 95/95 Running 1,250
2 7 23 Frank Mundy Studebaker Perry Smith 0 95/0 Running 800
3 2 41.5 Bill Blair Oldsmobile Bill Blair 0 0/0 Running 600
4 3 91 Tim Flock Oldsmobile Black Phantom 0 0/0 Running 500
5 5 52 Neil Cole Oldsmobile John Golabek 0 0/0 Running 300
6 17 110 Earl Moss Ford Police Special 0 0/0 -- 200
7 9 92 Herb Thomas Plymouth Sanford Motors 0 0/0 -- 150
8 13 71 Jim Paschal Oldsmobile Sam Rice 0 0/0 -- 125
9 20 42 Lee Petty Plymouth Petty Special 0 0/0 -- 100
10 15 55 Glenn Dunnaway Plymouth Glenn Dunnaway 0 0/0 -- 100
11 18 2 Ewell Weddle Ford Ewell Weddle 0 0/0 -- 25
12 22 60 Bill Joslin Lincoln -- 0 0/0 -- 25
13 29 72 Weldon Adams Plymouth Harold Mays 0 0/0 -- 25
14 4 11 Fireball Roberts Oldsmobile Sam Rice 0 0/0 Wheel 25
15 31 66 Red Ryder Ford -- 0 0/0 -- 25
16 26 144 Johnny Grubb Plymouth Johnny Grubb 0 0/0 -- 25
17 33 37 Coleman Lawrence Ford Mitchell Motor… 0 0/0 -- 25
18 24 10 Jim Fiebelkorn Mercury Jim Fiebelkorn 0 0/0 -- 25
19 19 50 Bill Rexford Mercury Julian Buesink 0 0/0 Wheels 25
20 12 59 Lloyd Moore Ford Buesink Police… 0 0/0 Overheating 25
21 14 4 Joe Jernigan Ford Lambert's Auto 0 0/0 -- 25
22 30 19 Bill Schade Oldsmobile -- 0 0/0 -- 25
23 28 90 Shorty York Plymouth Russ Lou 0 0/0 -- 25
24 27 26 Jimmy Thompson Plymouth Leland Colvin 0 0/0 -- 25
25 10 1 Walt Sprague Ford Police Special 0 0/0 Overheating 25
26 6 62 Pepper Cunningham Hudson Pepper Cunningham 0 0/0 Wheel 25
27 21 41 Curtis Turner Nash Nash Motor… 0 0/0 Overheating 25
28 23 45 Eddie Anderson Nash Nash of… 0 0/0 Overheating 25
29 25 15 Bob Dickson Lincoln -- 0 0/0 -- 25
30 11 9 Frank Luptow Oldsmobile Rocket 0 18/0 Wheel 25
31 16 98 Bill Holland Plymouth Southern 500… 0 13/0 Valve 10
32 8 5 Ray Erickson Mercury Ed Hastings 0 0/0 -- 20
33 32 79 Ray Pruitt Dodge -- 0 0/0 -- 10


Second Race - October 7, 1951

It looked like it was going to much of the same as it was in April. Fonty Flock lead the first 85 laps but after that blew his engine and handed the race to Herb Thomas. Herb took the checkered flag in his Hudson Hornet over Leonard Tippett.

Fin St # Driver Make Sponsor Pts Laps Status Money
1 1 92 Herb Thomas Hudson FABULOUS 0 150/15 Running 1,000
2 0 99 Leonard Tippett Hudson Leonard Tippett 0 149/0 Running 700
3 0 82 Joe Eubanks Oldsmobile Oates Motor… 0 148/0 Running 450
4 0 60 Jim Paschal Ford Julian Buesink 0 147/0 Running 350
5 0 42 Lee Petty Plymouth Petty Special 0 147/0 Running 200
6 0 93 Donald Thomas Plymouth Herb Thomas 0 142/0 -- 150
7 0 -- Furman Lancaster Lincoln -- 0 140/0 -- 125
8 0 -- Alton Haddock Ford -- 0 136/0 -- 100
9 0 2 Bill Blair Ford Bill Blair 0 136/0 -- 75
10 0 37 Coleman Lawrence Ford Coleman Lawrence 0 130/0 -- 50
11 0 -- J.C. White Studebaker -- 0 128/0 -- 25
12 0 22 Billy Myers Hudson R.G. Shelton 0 113/0 Hub 25
13 0 24 Jimmie Lewallen Plymouth Julian Petty 0 111/0 Engine 25
14 0 88 Dell Pearson Plymouth Del Pearson 0 94/0 -- 25
15 2 14 Fonty Flock Oldsmobile Red Devil 0 88/85 Engine 25
16 0 -- Bob Walters Plymouth -- 0 79/0 -- 25
17 0 -- Leon Sales Nash -- 0 68/0 -- 25
18 0 -- Roscoe Thompson Ford -- 0 64/0 -- 25
19 0 87 Buck Baker Plymouth Buck Baker 0 63/0 -- 25
20 0 -- Jerry Wimbish Oldsmobile Jerry Wimbish 0 51/0 -- 25
21 0 51 Gober Sosebee Oldsmobile Cherokee Garage 0 42/0 -- 25
22 0 -- Slick Smith Studebaker -- 0 27/0 -- 25
23 0 -- Clyde Minter Plymouth -- 0 22/0 -- 25
24 0 -- Curtis Hunt Hudson -- 0 15/0 -- 25
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