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1950 Round of New York
Race 7 of 10 in the 1950 National Stock Car Series season
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National Stock Car Series Race
Date 11 August 1950
Location USA.png Rochester, New York, United States
Venue Monroe County Fairgrounds
Course Dirt track
Circuit Length 0.500 mi
Distance 250 Laps, 125.0 mi
Weather Overcast with maximum temperatures at 79°F with wind speeds approaching 8 mph
Average Speed 75.573 mph
Pole Position
Driver USA.png Jimmy Stafford Stafford Brothers Garage
Most Laps Lead
Driver USA.png Cameron Yost Ted Hansen
Laps 228
Podium
First USA.png Cameron Yost Ted Hansen
Second USA.png Peter Stafford Stafford Brothers Garage
Third USA.png Jimmy Stafford Stafford Brothers Garage


The seventh race of the 1950 National Stock Car Series took place on August 11, 1950 at the dirt track on the grounds of the Monroe County Fair in Rochester, New York. The race comprised 250 laps around a half-mile dirt oval. Jimmy Stafford won the pole; Cameron Yost was finally able to capitalize on a dominant performance, capturing the victory after leading 228 of 250 laps. Peter Stafford remained the points leader with a second-place finish.

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

Race[edit | edit source]

The race covered 250 laps around the half-mile dirt oval and took one hour, thirty-nine minutes, and fifteen seconds to complete. An estimated crowd of 6,250 was in attendance.

Race winner Cameron Yost and runner-up Peter Stafford were the only cars to finish on the lead lap.

Results[edit | edit source]

Position No. Driver Owner Car Points
1 96 Cameron Yost Ted Hansen Studebaker Champion 250
2 44 Peter Stafford Stafford Brothers Garage Oldsmobile 88 200
3 4 Jimmy Stafford Stafford Brothers Garage Oldsmobile 88 175
4 15 Will Gordon Alfred Rose Buick Roadmaster 150
5 65 Fred Davenport Fred Davenport Plymouth Belvedere 125
6 12 Roy Stephenson Roy Stephenson Ford Victoria 100
7 24 Ivan Nixon Ivan Nixon Dodge Coronet 75
8 0 Alton Walker Carl Henry Packard 250 50
9 30 Sidney Griffin Bruce Griffin Packard 250 25
10 33 Donna Buckley Homer Brennan Lincoln Cosmopolitan 13
  • Note: Only drivers scoring points are shown.

Post-Race Standings[edit | edit source]

Pos. Driver Points To Lead To Next
Rtarrow.png 1 Peter Stafford 1139 - -
Uparrow.png 2 2 Will Gordon 925 214 214
Uparrow.png 3 3 Cameron Yost 914 225 11
Dwnarrow.png 2 4 Ben Rogers 824 315 90
Dwnarrow.png 2 5 James August 799 340 25
Dwnarrow.png 1 6 Scott Duran 695 444 104
Rtarrow.png 7 Donna Buckley 669 470 26
Rtarrow.png 8 Chuck Wilder 636 503 33
Rtarrow.png 9 Howard Joyce 564 575 72
Rtarrow.png 10 Amos Thompson 558 581 6
Rtarrow.png 11 Ralph Stanton 506 633 52
Uparrow.png 2 12 Jimmy Stafford 487 652 19
Rtarrow.png 13 Roy Stephenson 416 723 67
Uparrow.png 1 14 Alton Walker 357 782 59
Dwnarrow.png 3 15 Glenn Barker 320 819 37
Rtarrow.png 16 Leon Lara 250 889 70
Rtarrow.png 17 Michael Atkinson 152 987 98
Rtarrow.png 18 Henry French 148 991 4
Rtarrow.png 19 Joe Bartlett 142 997 6
Uparrow.png 20 20 Fred Davenport 125 1014 17
  • Note: Only the top twenty drivers are shown.