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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.11.2008 - 5:54 pm
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First of 20 career victories for Speedy Thompson.

Also Buckshot Morris scores the first of two victories as a car owner


  2.   JJNOTLEHTO posted:
  11.09.2009 - 10:29 am
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It shows Curtis Turner leadin several laps. Was he a relief driver or
was this just a glitch in the record books. thank you


  3.   webmaster posted:
  11.09.2009 - 11:05 am
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Apparently Turner did start the race: Fielden states that he "departed
with engine problems after 132 laps".

However, Turner's finishing position is not known though it must have
been 11th, 12th, 13th or 14th. Because Turner's finishing position is
unknown he does not appear in our database for this race and doesn't
show up in the results aside from the fact that he led some laps.

I'll see what I can do to straighten this out.


  4.   JJNOTLEHTO posted:
  11.10.2009 - 8:49 am
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Webmaster thanks for getting back


  5.   Tom Nester posted:
  12.05.2010 - 9:25 am
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I would plug Turner in at 11th just so that he appears in your database,
particularly laps led, and place an asterik next to his name somehow
that actual finish not determined.


  6.   Spen posted:
  05.23.2012 - 4:00 am
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It's probably presumable that Dick Rathman and Fonty Flock would have
run this race. If I were to take a guess as to the other competitor, I'd
probably go with Elton Hildreth. (Of course, since it's highly unlikely
that the first car went out on lap 119, there were probably three or
four other cars in the field as well.)

If someone's feeling really adventurous, they could try to work out how
many points were given out in every race (like Chevy did with '49 and
'50), and from the discrepencies, they could figure out who finished
where in this race. But even I'm not crazy enough to try it. I don't
really 'get' the pre-68 point system.


  7.   Spen posted:
  06.20.2012 - 9:25 pm
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Race-database.com lists Turner as finishing eleventh, and Rathman in 16th.


  8.   David posted:
  10.24.2012 - 7:52 pm
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Curtis Turner finished 11th, leading 64 laps. Chuck Housley finished
12th, Fonty Flock placed 14th, Dick Rathman(n) was 16th, Ed Massey
finished 17th, and Jimmy Ayers placed 20th.

I got this from ESPN.com, of all places.


  9.   Brad Keselowski & Bubba Wallace Fan posted:
  09.16.2014 - 2:41 pm
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driveraverages.com lists Curtis Turner starting second.

ESPN.com says Fonty Flock's car number was 14 and Dick Rathmann's car
number was 20.

studebakerracing.com says C.H. Dingler's car was a Studebaker.

Sadly I still have been unable to find the missing drivers in positions
13, 18, and 19. Hopefully these results have not been lost forever.


  10.   Brad Keselowski & Bubba Wallace Fan posted:
  03.14.2015 - 11:37 pm
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Great job, webmaster! I believe this was the last Cup race in the
database where we didn't know who finished where. Thanks for your hard
work!


  11.   Alex posted:
  07.24.2015 - 8:48 am
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^Sadly, it appears there is much missing from 1951. There are possibly
several entire races missing never mind the ones with missing drivers.


  12.   Ed posted:
  05.27.2017 - 11:13 pm
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This race ended a streak of 20 consecutive top 5 finishes for Herb Thomas


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