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1950 Round of Pennsylvania
Race 4 of 10 in the 1950 National Stock Car Series season
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Langhorne.png
National Stock Car Series Race
Date 28 May 1950
Location USA.png Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Venue Langhorne Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
Circuit Length 1.000 mi
Distance 200 Laps, 200 mi
Weather Cool and sunny with maximum temperatures at 66°F with wind speeds approaching 9 mph
Average Speed 69.095 mph
Pole Position
Driver USA.png Leroy Farmer Leroy Farmer
Most Laps Lead
Driver USA.png Cameron Yost Ted Hansen
Laps 154
Podium
First USA.png Peter Stafford Stafford Brothers Garage
Second USA.png Cameron Yost Ted Hansen
Third USA.png Amos Thompson Thompson Brothers Racing


The fourth race of the 1950 National Stock Car Series took place on May 28, 1950 at Langhorne Speedway in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania. The race comprised 200 laps around a 1 mile dirt oval. Leroy Farmer won his first pole of the season; Cameron Yost had a fourth dominant performance, leading 154 laps after starting in third. Peter Stafford took home the victory after passing Yost with 8 laps remaining in the race. Ben Rogers assumed the points lead after Will Gordon was involved in an early crash for the second race in a row.

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

Race[edit | edit source]

The race covered two hundred laps around the one-mile dirt oval and took two hours, fifty-nine minutes, and forty-seven seconds to complete. An estimated crowd of 7,000 was in attendance.

Peter Stafford beat Cameron Yost and Amos Thompson by two and forty-nine seconds, respectively, as the only three cars to finish on the lead lap; other notable drivers in this race included James August (4th), Ben Rogers (5th), Scott Duran (10th), Donna Buckley (14th), and Will Gordon (30th). Henry French finished 28th while substituting for the injured Lee Newman.

Results[edit | edit source]

Position No. Driver Owner Car Points
1 44 Peter Stafford Stafford Brothers Garage Oldsmobile 88 400
2 96 Cameron Yost Ted Hansen Studebaker Champion 320
3 62 Amos Thompson Thompson Brothers Racing Plymouth Belvedere 280
4 29 James August Floyd Logan Mercury Coupe 239
5 8 Ben Rogers Clarence Rogers Oldsmobile 88 199
6 23 Ralph Stanton Ralph Stanton Ford Coupe 156
7 5 Chuck Wilder Kent Decker Chevrolet Bel Air 117
8 9 Melvin Jones Melvin Jones Lincoln Cosmopolitan 78
9 12 Roy Stephenson Roy Stephenson Ford Victoria 39
10 72 Scott Duran Scott Duran Chevrolet Bel Air 20
  • Note: Only drivers scoring points are shown.

Post-Race Standings[edit | edit source]

Pos. Driver Points To Lead To Next
Uparrow.png 3 1 Ben Rogers 824 - -
Uparrow.png 3 2 James August 799 25 25
Dwnarrow.png 2 3 Will Gordon 700 124 99
Uparrow.png 7 4 Peter Stafford 697 127 3
Dwnarrow.png 3 5 Scott Duran 695 129 2
Dwnarrow.png 3 6 Donna Buckley 656 168 39
Rtarrow.png 7 Chuck Wilder 516 308 140
Rtarrow.png 8 Ralph Stanton 506 318 10
Dwnarrow.png 3 9 Howard Joyce 474 350 32
Uparrow.png 4 10 Cameron Yost 445 379 29
Uparrow.png 1 11 Roy Stephenson 316 508 129
Dwnarrow.png 3 12 Jimmy Stafford 312 512 4
Uparrow.png 5 13 Amos Thompson 311 513 1
Dwnarrow.png 4 14 Alton Walker 307 517 4
Dwnarrow.png 2 15 Henry French 148 676 159
Uparrow.png 6 16 Melvin Jones 78 746 70
Dwnarrow.png 2 17 John Haynes 62 762 16
Dwnarrow.png 2 18 Eddie Durham 49 775 13
Dwnarrow.png 2 19 Rodney Sweeney 40 784 9
Dwnarrow.png 1 20 Bernard Morse 25 799 15
  • Note: Only the top twenty drivers are shown.