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AAA Stock Car race
Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI
August 23, 1951
100 laps on 1 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Rodger Ward	2	Art Boehme	1951 Oldsmobile 88	100	1,615
2	8	Perry Grimm	7	Russ Loh Motors	1951 Nash	100	871	running
3	11	Ed Sheeler	59	Hal Royle	1951 Packard	100	609	running
4		Paul Russo			1951 Oldsmobile	100	446	running
5		Chuck Stevenson			1950 Cadillac	100	351	running
6		Henry Banks			1951 Hudson	100	310	running
7		Jack McGrath				100		running
8	1	Art Lamey			1951 Packard	100		running
9		Frank Burany			1951 Chrysler
10		Tony Bettenhausen
11		Al Christensen			1951 Nash Ambassador
14		Herb Shannon			Packard	98
15						97	157
16		Sam Hanks				96
17						96	119
19		Danny Kladis			1951 Hudson Hornet	93
20		Red Duvall			1951 Packard	92	76
21						91	72
22					1951 Cadillac
23		Buck Barr			Hudson Hornet	78		rear end
24					1951 Studebaker	57	55
25		Myron Fohr			1951 Studebaker	56	51	flipped
26					1950 Lincoln	49
27					1951 Nash	40	42
28					1951 Oldsmobile 88
30	6	Norm Nelson			1951 Oldsmobile	100		disqualified

Notes: Norm Nelson was disqualified for using an illegal gear ratio. He had finished first.
25 of 30 starters running at the finish.
Time of race: 01:26:11
Average Speed: 69.616 MPH
Pole Speed: 50.18 seconds
Race Purse: $ 8,500
Attendance: 16,610