1950 Round of Rhode Island

1950 Round of Rhode Island

Race 9 of 10 in the 1950 National Stock Car Series season
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200px National Stock Car Series Race
Date	15 October 1950
Location	Warwick, Rhode Island, United States
Venue	Warwick Fairgrounds
Course	Dirt oval
Circuit Length	0.400 mi
Distance	300 Laps, 120.0 mi
Weather	Overcast with maximum temperatures at 57°F with wind speeds approaching 7 mph
Average Speed	67.723 mph
Pole Position
Driver	Donna Buckley	Homer Brennan
Most Laps Lead
Driver	Emmett Newton	Lucky Hornick
Laps	192
Podium
First	Amos Thompson	Thompson Brothers Racing
Second	Glenn Barker	Victor Sellers
Third	Cameron Yost	Ted Hansen

The ninth race of the 1950 National Stock Car Series took place on October 15, 1950 at the Warwick Fairgrounds, a converted horse racing facility in Warwick, Rhode Island. The race comprised 300 laps around a fourth-tenths-mile dirt oval. Donna Buckley won her first career pole, becoming the first woman to qualify first in any motorsport event in America; Amos Thompson led 82 of the final 108 laps en route to the victory after Emmett Newton led nearly the first two-thirds of the race. Peter Stafford remained the points leader, while Cameron Yost tightened the points battle to 41 after a third place finish.

This race marked the notable debut of Hudson; the lone Hudson driver, Howard Joyce, finished 14th after a flat tire midway through the race.

In 1970, following the series' established race naming guidelines, this race was retroactively named the 1950 Round of Rhode Island.

Race

The race covered 300 laps around the four-tenths-mile dirt oval and took one hour, forty-six minutes, and nineteen seconds to complete. An estimated crowd of 2,250 was in attendance.

Race winner Amos Thompson led 82 of the final 108 laps, with Emmett Newton (192) leading the vast majority of the race. Four drivers finished on the lead lap and nineteen were running at the finish.

Results

Position	No.	Driver	Owner	Car	Points
1	62	Amos Thompson	Thompson Brothers Racing	Plymouth Belvedere	240
2	38	Glenn Barker	Victor Sellers	Mercury Coupe	192
3	96	Cameron Yost	Ted Hansen	Studebaker Champion	168
4	44	Peter Stafford	Stafford Garage	Oldsmobile 88	144
5	15	Will Gordon	Alfred Rose	Buick Roadmaster	120
6	4	Jimmy Stafford	Stafford Garage	Oldsmobile 88	96
7	7	Warren Clark	Warren Clark	Lincoln Cosmopolitan	72
8	777	Emmett Newton	Lucky Hornick	Oldsmobile 88	48
9	428	Keith Clayton	Keith Clayton	Plymouth Belvedere	24
10	10	Joe Bartlett	Joe Bartlett	Chevrolet Bel Air	12

• Note: Only drivers scoring points are shown.

Post-Race Standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points	To Lead	To Next
	1	Peter Stafford	1283	-	-
	2	Cameron Yost	1242	41	41
	3	Will Gordon	1145	138	97
	4	James August	859	424	286
	5	Ben Rogers	824	459	35
4	6	Amos Thompson	798	485	26
1	7	Scott Duran	695	588	103
1	8	Donna Buckley	669	614	26
1	9	Chuck Wilder	636	647	33
4	10	Jimmy Stafford	583	700	53
2	11	Howard Joyce	564	719	72
3	12	Glenn Barker	522	761	42
2	13	Ralph Stanton	506	777	16
2	14	Alton Walker	497	786	9
2	15	Roy Stephenson	496	787	1
	16	Leon Lara	250	1033	246
	17	Jay Woodward	200	939	50
2	18	Joe Bartlett	154	1129	46
1	19	Michael Atkinson	152	1131	2
1	20	Henry French	148	1135	4

• Note: Only the top twenty drivers are shown.