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1951 Hillsborough NASCAR Race 2 in NASCAR at the Occoneechee Speedway circuit. Full information

1951 Hillsborough NASCAR

1951 Hillsborough NASCAR is 58th NASCAR race. Passed at the Occoneechee Speedway circuit. Herb Thomas won the pole position and this race. Leonard Tippett and Joe Eubanks also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 150 laps (241 km).

Previous race: 1951 Wilson County NASCAR
Next race: 1951 Thompson NASCAR
Race Start: 7th October 1951

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1951 Hillsborough NASCAR

6th victory for the Herb Thomas team
7th victory for the Herb Thomas
13th podium for the Herb Thomas
1st podium for the Leonard Tippett
2nd podium for the Joe Eubanks

Hudson Hornet - 1951 Hillsborough NASCAR winner

Hudson Hornet #92 - 1951 Hillsborough NASCAR winner

1951 Hillsborough NASCAR results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Herb Thomas	Hudson Hornet, #92	0	2h 4m 13s	Herb Thomas
2	Leonard Tippett	Hudson Hornet, #99			Leonard Tippett
3	Joe Eubanks	Oldsmobile 88 (First generation), #82			Phil Oates
4	Jim Paschal	Ford ?? 1950, #60			Julian Buesink
5	Lee Petty	Plymouth Concord Savoy, #42			Petty Enterprises
6	Donald Thomas	Plymouth Concord Savoy, #93			Herb Thomas
8	Furman Lancaster, Alton Haddock	Ford ?? 1950, #0
9	Bill Blair	Ford ?? 1951, #2			Bill Blair
10	Coleman Lawrence	Ford ?? 1950, #37			Coleman Lawrence
11	J.C. White	Studebaker ?? 1951, #0
12	Billy Myers	Hudson Hornet, #22			R.G. Shelton
13	Jimmie Lewallen	Plymouth Concord Savoy, #24			Julian Petty
14	Dell Pearson	Plymouth Concord Savoy, #88			Dell Pearson
15	Fonty Flock	Oldsmobile 88 (First generation), #14			Frank Christian
18	Bob Walters, Leon Sales, Roscoe Thompson	Ford ?? 1951, #0
19	Buck Baker	Plymouth Concord Savoy, #87			Buck Baker
20	Jerry Wimbish	Oldsmobile 88 (First generation), #0			Jerry Wimbish
21	Gober Sosebee	Oldsmobile 88 (First generation), #51			Gober Sosebee
23	Slick Smith, Clyde Minter, Curtis Hunt	Plymouth Concord Savoy, #0

Qualifying Results for the 1951 Hillsborough NASCAR on the Occoneechee Speedway circuit

Position	Name	Car	Team
1	Herb Thomas	Hudson Hornet, #92	Herb Thomas
2	Fonty Flock	Oldsmobile 88 (First generation), #14	Frank Christian
0	Jimmie Lewallen	Plymouth Concord Savoy, #24	Julian Petty
0	Curtis Hunt, Clyde Minter, Slick Smith	Studebaker ?? 1951, #0
0	Gober Sosebee	Oldsmobile 88 (First generation), #51	Gober Sosebee
0	Jerry Wimbish	Oldsmobile 88 (First generation), #0	Jerry Wimbish
0	Buck Baker	Plymouth Concord Savoy, #87	Buck Baker
0	Roscoe Thompson, Leon Sales, Bob Walters	Plymouth Concord Savoy, #0
0	Dell Pearson	Plymouth Concord Savoy, #88	Dell Pearson
0	Billy Myers	Hudson Hornet, #22	R.G. Shelton
0	J.C. White	Studebaker ?? 1951, #0
0	Coleman Lawrence	Ford ?? 1950, #37	Coleman Lawrence
0	Bill Blair	Ford ?? 1951, #2	Bill Blair
0	Alton Haddock, Furman Lancaster	Lincoln ?? 1950, #0
0	Donald Thomas	Plymouth Concord Savoy, #93	Herb Thomas
0	Lee Petty	Plymouth Concord Savoy, #42	Petty Enterprises
0	Jim Paschal	Ford ?? 1950, #60	Julian Buesink
0	Joe Eubanks	Oldsmobile 88 (First generation), #82	Phil Oates
0	Leonard Tippett	Hudson Hornet, #99	Leonard Tippett