Race 13 of 19 in the 1950 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Program promoting the 1950 Southern 500.
Date
September 4, 1950 (1950-September-04)
Official name
Southern Five-Hundred
Location
Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina
Course
Permanent racing facility 1.25 mi (2.012 km)
Distance
400 laps, 500 mi (800 km)
Weather
Very hot with temperatures of 90 °F (32 °C); wind speeds of 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)
Average speed
82.766 mph (133.199 km/h)
Attendance
25,000
Pole position
Driver
Curtis Turner
John Eanes
Time
43.884 seconds[2]
Most laps led
Driver
Johnny Mantz
Hubert Westmoreland
Laps
351
Winner
No. 98
Johnny Mantz
Hubert Westmoreland
Motor car race
The inaugural Southern Five-Hundred (Southern 500 since 1951) was an automobile race held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina on September 4, 1950, as part of the 1950 NASCAR Grand National. While the 1950 race was co-sanctioned by NASCAR and its rival Central States Racing Association, all subsequent Southern 500 races were hosted exclusively by NASCAR. [3]
Layout of Darlington Raceway.
It is NASCAR's first 500-mile race, and still holds status as one of NASCAR's premier events. Since there had never been a 500-mile stock car race and Darlington was NASCAR's first superspeedway, drivers and teams came to the event with unique strategies. Darlington set the precedent for race strategies to come at tracks like the Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.
^Complete weather information for the 1950 Southern 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
^1950 Southern 500 qualifying information at Racing Reference
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