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1951 National Stock Car Series Season
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Season
Races 22
Start Date March 18
End Date November 18
Awards
Driver's Champion: USA.png Cameron Yost
Manufacturer's Champion: USA.png Hudson
Special Event Winners
Icebreaker Sweepstakes: USA.png Cameron Yost
The Turkey Bowl: USA.png Howard Joyce
Previous: 1950 Next: 1952


The 1951 National Stock Car season was the second season of professional stock car racing in the United States. The season consisted of 22 races, beginning with the 6th running of The Icebreaker at Thompson and ending at Riverside. Cameron Yost repeated as the driver's champion, and Hudson won the first Manufacturer's Championship.

Background[edit | edit source]

Following a successful 1950 campaign, the National Stock Car Series expanded the schedule to accommodate growing interest in the series outside of the Northeast. The additional races included trips to Tennessee, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina for the first time, as well as a stop at the newly-constructed Waterford Speedbowl. Series founder Elliott Crawford announced that in addition to a driver's championship, the series would be awarding championships for car owners and manufacturers for the first time.

The biggest news story during the winter offseason, however, was Hudson, who became the first manufacturer to officially fund racing teams in the series after the success of the 1951 Hornet at the end of 1950. Hudson backed Howard Joyce and Lucky Hornick's teams with direct financial support and equipment.

Schedule[edit | edit source]

Rd Date Race Circuit Location Pole Owner (Car) Winner Owner (Car)
1 March 18 1951 Icebreaker Sweepstakes Thompson International Speedway Thompson, CT Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion) Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion)
2 April 1 1951-02 Williams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg, PA Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion) Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion)
3 April 8 1951-03 Langhorne Speedway Middletown Township, PA Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion) Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion)
4 April 22 1951-04 Nashville Raceway Nashville, TN Emmett Newton Lucky Hornick (Hudson Hornet) Howard Joyce Howard Joyce (Hudson Hornet)
5 May 6 1951-05 Flemington Fair Speedway Flemington, NJ Jimmy Parks Jimmy Parks (Ford Victoria) Scott Duran Scott Duran (Oldsmobile 88)
6 May 13 1951-06 Wall Township Speedway Wall Township, NJ Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion) Peter Stafford Stafford Garage (Oldsmobile 88)
7 May 27 1951-07 Langley Speedway Langley, VA Emmett Newton Lucky Hornick (Hudson Hornet) Howard Joyce Howard Joyce (Hudson Hornet)
8 June 10 1951-08 Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC Howard Joyce Howard Joyce (Hudson Hornet) Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion)
9 June 17 1951-09 North Wilkesboro Speedway North Wilkesboro, NC Peter Stafford Stafford Garage (Oldsmobile 88) Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion)
10 July 4 1951-10 Daytona Beach Street Course Daytona Beach, FL Glen Pierce Bernard Payne (Hudson Hornet) Emmett Newton Lucky Hornick (Hudson Hornet)
11 July 15 1951-11 Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, GA Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion) Amos Thompson Thompson Brothers Racing (Plymouth Belvedere)
12 July 22 1951-12 Greenville-Pickens Speedway Greenville-Pickens, SC Walter Long Walter Long (Kaiser Deluxe) Howard Joyce Howard Joyce (Hudson Hornet)
13 August 5 1951-13 Monroe County Fairgrounds Rochester, NY Jimmy Stafford Stafford Garage (Oldsmobile 88) Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion)
14 August 19 1951-14 Syracuse Mile Syracuse, NY Peter Stafford Stafford Garage (Oldsmobile 88) Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion)
15 August 26 1951-15 Niagara Dirt Park Lockport, NY Schuyler Stewart Schuyler Stewart (Studebaker Champion) Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion)
16 September 9 1951-16 Columbus Motor Speedway Columbus, OH John Allen John Allen (Kaiser Traveller) Earl Knight Joe Carroll (Mercury Coupe)
17 September 16 1951-17 Port Huron Dirt Colosseum Port Huron, MI Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion) Howard Joyce Howard Joyce (Hudson Hornet)
18 September 30 1951-18 Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Scarborough, ME Peter Stafford Stafford Garage (Oldsmobile 88) Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion)
19 October 14 1951-19 Warwick Fairgrounds Warwick, RI Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion) Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion)
20 October 21 1951-20 Seekonk Speedway Seekonk, MA Emmett Newton Lucky Hornick (Hudson Hornet) Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion)
21 November 4 1951-21 New London-Waterford Speedbowl Waterford, CT Cameron Yost Ted Hansen (Studebaker Champion) Amos Thompson Thompson Brothers Racing (Plymouth Belvedere)
22 November 18 1951 Turkey Bowl Riverside Park Speedway Agawam, MA Howard Joyce Howard Joyce (Hudson Hornet) Howard Joyce Howard Joyce (Hudson Hornet)
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Final Points Standings[edit | edit source]

Driver's Championship[edit | edit source]

  • Note: only drivers who scored at least one point are displayed.
Pos Driver ICE WGS LNG NSH FLM WST LVA BGR NWS DAY LKW GRN ROC SYR NIA CMS PHC BCH WRW SEK NLW TRK Pts
1 Cameron Yost 1 1 1 2 29 10 2 1 1 16 2 25 1 1 1 24 3 1 1 1 9 2 4572
2 Howard Joyce 39 22 5 1 2 2 1 2 10 17 25 1 2 11 22 7 1 19 DNQ 4 3 1 2674
3 Emmett Newton 18 17 29 3 3 3 3 3 25 1 6 2 6 30 6 14 2 25 13 2 23 3 2434
4 Peter Stafford 2 20 28 4 12 1 17 24 3 DNQ 3 3 29 24 19 5 4 15 8 3 22 9 2115
5 Amos Thompson 9 24 6 19 5 4 4 8 2 31 1 23 24 19 2 11 10 17 15 16 1 16 1962
6 Armond Cabot 16 5 2 20 19 14 6 6 23 36 13 19 8 28 7 2 6 2 18 20 DNQ 5 1285
7 Scott Duran 3 11 31 1 16 40 9 9 17 6 20 17 19 4 1221
8 Chuck Wilder 4 16 25 16 7 12 18 7 11 10 8 18 27 6 18 3 22 26 DNQ 9 18 DNQ 993
9 James August 13 6 12 22 17 19 19 15 28 25 21 4 DNQ 3 8 16 5 3 DNQ 18 DNQ DNQ 858
10 Jimmy Stafford 7 14 16 5 15 7 10 4 6 22 7 10 26 17 28 22 9 27 10 15 16 18 826
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)

Manufacturer's Championship[edit | edit source]