1950 Carrera Panamericana

5-10 May 1950 - Mexico
9 legs for a total of 1907.537 miles/3069.800 kms. Weather: dry

PosCar #DriversYear of CarCarLegsTime
152Hershel McGriff/Ray Elliott (USA)1950Oldsmobile 88927:34:25 [1]
2113Thomas A. Deal/Sam Cresap (USA)1950Cadillac 62927:35:41
DSQ49Roy Pat Connor/Robert Owen/Curtis Turner (USA)1950Nash Ambassador927:50.35 [2]
321Al Rogers/Ralph Rogers (USA)1949Cadillac 62927:55:39
490Piero Taruffi/Isidoro Ceroli (I)1950Alfa Romeo 6C 2500928:01:04
512Bud Sennett/John C Walch (USA)1950Oldsmobile 88928:02:21
679Lewis Hawkins/Wayland Burgess (USA)1950Oldsmobile 88928:19:15
746Luis Leal Solares/Damaso De la Conca (MEX)1949Oldsmobile 88928:23:54
8103Felice Bonetto/Bruno Bonini (I)1950Alfa Romeo 6C 2500928:25:36
938Johnny Mantz/Bill Stroppe (USA)1949Lincoln Cosmopolitan928:27:10
10118Jack McAfee/Ford Robinson (USA)1949Cadillac 62 Sedanette928:28:03
1139Raul Argilles Salgado (MEX)1950Mercury928:45:48
1219Jean Trevoux/André Mariotti (F)1950Delahaye 175S928:55:04
1342Jesus Nava Gonzales (MEX)1949Lincoln928:58:22
1441Edmund A. Kasold/Geano Contessotto (USA)1950Ford929:11:17
1582Leo Almanza (MEX)1950Mercury929:23:06
1671Owen R. Gray/Leon McMillan (USA)1950Oldsmobile929:26:52
1791Arcesio Paz (CO)1950Mercury929:38:48
1862Carlos G. Mass (MEX)1949Oldsmobile929:42:10
19121Abelardo Matamoros Acosta (MEX)1949Lincoln929:43:43
2077Jesus Valezzi/Duenas Costa (MEX)1949Lincoln Cosmopolitan929:56:25 3
213Jose Soto Beltran (MEX)1949Cadillac930:04:53
2272Manuel Lara R. Soto (MEX)1949Cadillac930:09:07
23128Hugo Inciarte (YV)1950Studebaker930:19:30
24101Jose Maqueo Topete (MEX)1950Chrysler930:44:40
259Lt. Rodolfo Castañeda (MEX)/Florencio Estrada (MEX)1950Cadillac931:07:48 4
2634Octavio Anza Esquivel (MEX)1949Lincoln931:07:48
2774Ramón López (YV)1950Chevrolet931:13:28
2897Ali Rachid (YV)1948Oldsmobile931:34:08
2986Samuel Marin/Arturo Marin (CO)1950Ford931:38:28
30120Ray Colenbaugh (USA)1939Cadillac 62932:23:02
3192Rafael Almodovar/Luis Almodovar (MEX)1950Ford932:26:11
3270Luis Asteñgo Albizuri/Innocenzio Ortiz (PE)1950Studebaker Champion932:29:50
33104Juan Riu/Jean Mott de Riu (CO)1950Mercury932:35:14
34106Arturo F. Breton (MEX)1947Lincoln932:50:50
3524Iroeneo Rojas Garza (MEX)1949Oldsmobile932:55:55
3633S. Santoyo (MEX)1949Nash933:19:58
3720Chas. Fraley/Reginald McFee (USA)1948Hudson933:30:30
3883L. Nunez Chavez (MEX)1948Buick933:34:43
39116Manuel Luz Meneses (RC)/Jose O'Farrill Larranoga (MEX)1949Nash Ambassador933:45:57
40131Emilio Camargo/Raul Mendozas Terrazas (MEX)1950Chevrolet 2100933:51:04
41109J. V. Hirschfeld (MEX)1950Oldsmobile934:14:39
42124Victor de la Lama (MEX)1950Buick 40 Special934:48:51
4357Alfonso Verdugo Quirez (MEX)1950Mercury934:52:51
44127P. Miranda (MEX) Chevrolet935:02:24
4517Mrs Jacqueline Evans de Lopez (MEX)1947Chrysler935:50:37
46125Manuel Lomeli Martinez (MEX)1948Cadillac938:02:35
4780Andrea Gonzalez/Lucille Acevedo (USA)1940Buick940:41:26
NC114Edwin J. Sollohub/Nicholeo Scott (USA) Nash Ambassador7Crashed [5]
NC130Arthur Daniel Boone/Mrs. Marie Boone (USA)1950Buick5Engine [6]
NC87Andres Wiltz (MEX)1950Studebaker4Over time limit (44:42.02) [7]
NC25David Aprezza (USA)1949Lincoln2Over time limit (37:52.11) [8]
NC56Edward Nieders/Max H.Diener (MEX)1949Ford0Crashed - Over time limit [9]
DNF6Tommy L. Francis/Jimmie Crum (USA)1950Ford9Crashed - Over time limit (32:52.06) [10]
DNF15R. Montes de Oca (MEX) Mercury9Over time limit
DNF105Antonio P. Casero (MEX)1950Buick9Over time limit (34:11.35)
DNF107William Gillespie/Mrs. L.H. Gillespie (USA)1950Buick 40 Special8Over time limit on 9 (36:00.17)
DNF132Wishuhn DeSoto9Over time limit
DNF10Mrs. H. R. "Grandma" Lammons/Merryl Bedford (USA)1948Buick9Over time limit
DNF26Raymond D. Parks/Robert N."Red" Byron (USA) Lincoln9Over time limit
DNF31Ray Crawford (USA) Lincoln9Over time limit
DNF32Olegario Perez (MEX) Mercury9Crashed (only 51.5 miles from finish)
DNF37Bill France/Curtis Turner (USA)1950Nash Ambassador9Radiator
DNF94Fernando Gallardo Amaro/Enrique Torres Caballero (MEX) Studebaker9Over time limit. [11]
DNF68Bill Sterling (USA)/Daniel Arias jr (MEX)1950Cadillac8DNS leg 9 - Engine
DNF81Lonnie H. Johnson, Jr./G.W. McGraw (USA)1949Cadillac8Tyre/Crashed [12]
DNF73Rafael Mendoza Licea (MEX)1950Nash Ambassador8Engine - 278 miles
DNF35Javier Razo Maciel (MEX)1949Packard8Engine - 194 miles
DNF84Carlos Almanzan (MEX)1950Mercury8Engine - 169 miles
DNF44Fernando Razo Maciel (MEX)1949Packard8Engine - 165 miles
DNF45John N. Stewart/James Massey (USA)1948Packard Eight8Tyres - 30 miles
DNF63George Nelson Ashley/Alfredo Saucedo (USA)1949Cadillac8Engine - 15 miles
DNF66Bob Korf (USA)1950Hudson8Engine
DNF8Jose "Che" Estrada Menocal (MEX)1949Packard8Engine
DNF93Gabriel Herrera (COL)1950Mercury8Crashed
DNF48Lyle McKinley E. P. Warren/Mrs.Warren (USA)1950Buick7DNS leg 8 - brakes
DNF111J. W. Parham (USA)1950Cadillac7DNS leg 8 - engine
DSQ2Oscar Lopez de Llergo (MEX) Packard7Did not present road-book at Oaxaca
DNF18Fred Steinbroner, jr (USA)1939Ford7Crashed
DNF14Dempsey Wilson/Lou Figaro (USA)1950Hudson7Crashed - 18 miles
DNF95Charley Goldtrap (USA) Oldsmobile6Over time limit
DNF122Harry Adam Elbel (MEX) Hudson6Over time limit
DNF5G. Pirez (MEX) Oldsmobile6Clutch - 55 miles
DNF40Ross Barton/Marie Brookreson (USA)1949Lincoln Cosmopolitan6Tyres - 20 miles
DNF16Alberto Rojas (MEX) Cadillac6Crashed - 16 miles
DNF59Robert A. Clement (USA)1949Cadillac6Engine
DNF129C. D. Evans/Ramiro Aguilar jr (USA)1950Oldsmobile6Steering
DNF50John Reher (USA) Ford5Over time limit
DNF98Chuck Meekins/Joe Pisano (USA)1947Hudson Commodore5Over time limit
DNF123Fonty Flock/Bob Flock (USA) Lincoln5Over time limit
DNF1Luis Iglesias Davalos/Tomas Iglesias Davalos (MEX) Hudson5Over time limit - DNS leg 6
DNF23Jose Sanchez (MEX) Cadillac5Over time limit - DNS leg 6
DNF61Carlos Mass (MEX) Buick5Over time limit - DNS leg 6
DNF102Dwight Fox (USA)1938Cadillac5Over time limit - DNS leg 6
DNF55George Lynch/Johnny Fedricks (USA)1950Cadillac5DNS leg 6
DNF75Jesus Valosi/Garcia Ruiz (MEX) Buick4Over time limit
DNF7Henry Charles Bradley (PE)1950Nash4Crashed - 150 miles
DNF88Harry Sents/Amos Hill (USA)1950Lincoln Cosmopolitan4Crashed - 150 miles
DNF108Lucas Taylor/John von Neumann (USA) Hotchkiss Lucas4Broken piston
DNF11Buster Anthony Hemesbedy/Margie Allen (USA)1950Mercury3Over time limit
DNF54Jimmy Hicks/Knobby Amos (USA) Lincoln Cosmopolitan Sport3Over time limit
DNF89Wm. Grover (USA) Buick3Over time limit
DNF119Emilio Portez Medina/Armando Rodriguez Morado (MEX)1949Ford3Over time limit
DNF27Alfonso Oviedo/Eulalio Rodriguez (MEX)1941Cadillac3Crashed (35:02.24) [13]
DNF29Jose Antonio Solana/Javier Solana (MEX)1950Nash3Crashed (200 yards short of finish line)
DNF36Andrew Moran/John Moran (USA)1950Cadillac3Crashed [14]
DNF64Marcelo Quintianilla/Roberto Quintanilla (MEX)1950Mercury3Crashed - 45 miles
DNF4Ismael Alvarez/Eliseo Cruz (MEX)1937Hudson3Transmission
DNF13Antonio Exchaiz (MEX) Lincoln3Engine
DNF60Salvador Barragan (USA) Mercury3Engine
DNF78Attilio Cagnasso (YV) Oldsmobile3Mechanical
DNF110Jorgen Thayssen/Jay Chamberlain (USA) Jaguar MkV3Broken piston
DNF115Lewis Ruwaldt (USA) Lincoln3Engine
DNF96Joe Thompson (USA)1950Buick1DNS leg 2
DNF22Ralph Holp (USA) Buick0Over time limit
DNF30Edward Walker/Foster (USA)1947Talbot Lago0Over time limit
DNF43Hugh J. Reilly/Walter Dorsey (USA)1937Cord 8120Over time limit
DNF51Duran Mejia (MEX) Buick0Over time limit
DNF65Francisco Ibarra Somohamo (MEX) Packard0Over time limit [15]
DNF85Gustavo Ladewig (MEX) Hudson0Over time limit [16]
DNF99Marano Gomez (MEX) Packard0Over time limit
DNF100Felix Cerda Loza (MEX) Buick0Over time limit
DNF126Gonzalez (MEX) Buick0Over time limit
DNF112Enrique F.Hachmeister/Francisco Toscana Valle (GUA)1949Lincoln0Fatal accident - 19 miles. [17]
DNF47Joel Thorne (USA)1949Cadillac0Crashed
DNS28Gutierre Tibon (MEX) Chrysler [18]
DNS53Rocardo Lopez Mendes (MEX) Cadillac [18]
DNS58Robert O'Brien/Burnett E Thatcher (USA) De Soto  
DNS117Alfredo Call (ES) Buick  
DNA67Rafael Norma (MEX) Cadillac  
DNA69     

Race Notes
All cars listed as NC were disqualified on an earlier stage, but continued to contest leg prizes
[1] - Won 150,000 pesos ($17,341 US) prize.
[2] - Connor was unwell prior to last leg, so Curtis Turner was brought in to replace him. This contravened the rules, and so the car was disqualified.
[3] - Hit and killed a child when it jumped out in front of his car, on the way to the start in Ciudad Juarez.
[4] - Rolled twice in separate accidents during leg 1. Guillermo Palmieri (GUA) replaced Estrada at Chihuahua due to Estrada's broken shoulder after special dispensation was given. The crew could not compete for leg prizes after this.
[5] - Lost control on leg 4, and killed a spectator. Crashed again on leg 7, but continued to El Ocotal.
[6] - Engined broke on leg 5, but it was repaired and driver continued to El Ocotal.
[7] - Hit an aqueduct near Zacatecas. Continued to El Ocotal. [8] - Over time limit after leg 2. Continued to El Ocotal.
[9] - Rolled 28 miles into first leg. Car over time limit but continued to El Ocotal.
[10] - Swerved to avoid hitting a child in a village just outside of Tuxtla Gutierrez. The car rolled, and Francis was injured and had to be taken to hospital. Crum drove the car to the finish, but was over the time limit.
[11] - Car given to race officials for route inspection on leg 9.
[12] - Blew a tyre 31 miles before Tuxtla Gutierrez, crashing out down a steep drop.
[13] - Hit car #29. Continued later to El Ocotal.
[14] - Missed the obligatory Parral stop and continued only to crash 12 miles short of Durango.
[15] - Had four flat tyres and was outside allowed time limit, but continued onwards.
[16] - Continued until engine broke on leg 3. [17] - Lost control 19 miles into leg at 105 mph and rolled six times. Hachmeister died of his injuries at hospital.
[18] - Car stuck on a plane in Mexico City which was grounded due to sandstorms.

Leg (date)		Route			Distance	Leg winner (car)		Avg (mph)   Time
Leg 1 (May 5):	Ciudad Juarez-Chihuahua		375km	68 Bill Sterling (1950 Cadillac)	100.425	   2h19m12s
Leg 2 (May 6):	Chihuahua-Parral		300km	55 George Lynch (1950 Cadillac)  	 95.885    1h56m38s
Leg 3 (May 6):	Parral-Durango			404km	68 Bill Sterling (1950 Cadillac)	 85.995	   2h55m08s
Leg 4 (May 7):	Durango-Leon			547km	81 Lonnie Johnson (1949 Cadillac)	 90.133	   3h46m14s
Leg 5 (May 7):	Leon-Mexico City		448km  113 Tom Deal(1950 Cadillac 62)	  	 93.169	   2h59m15s
Leg 6 (May 8):	Mexico City-Puebla		135km	44 Fernando Razo Maciel (1949 Packard)	 79.777	   1h03m05s
Leg 7 (May 8):	Puebla-Oaxaca			412km  103 Felice Bonetto (1950 Alfa 6C 2500)	 68.129	   3h45m26s
Leg 8 (May 9):	Oaxaca-Tuxtla Gutierrez		540km	38 Johnny Mantz (1949 Lincoln)	  	 73.032	   4h35m38s
Leg 9 (May 10):	Tuxtla Gutierrez-El Ocatal	275km	90 Piero Taruffi (1950 Alfa 6C 2500)	 57.153	   2h59m22s