1950 in NASCAR

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The 1950 NASCAR Grand National Season began on Sunday February 5 and ended on Sunday October 29. Bill Rexford, driving for Julian Buesink won the championship.

Jimmy Florian of Cleveland, Ohio, was the first win ever for The Ford Motor Company in a 1950 flathead Ford for NASCAR in the seventh race of the season. He emerged shirtless which also prompted the changing of the dresscode for the drivers of NASCAR. He was touted as the guy "who came with a knife to a gunfight." 

Contents 1 1950-01 2 1950-02 3 1950-03 4 1950-04 5 1950-05 6 1950-06 7 1950-07 8 1950-08 9 1950-09 10 1950-10 11 1950-11 12 1950-12 13 Southern 500 14 1950-14 15 Wilkes 200 16 1950-16 17 1950-17 18 1950-18 19 1950-19 20 Final Points Standings

[edit] 1950-01

The first race of the 1950 season was run on February 5 at the Daytona Beach road course in Daytona Beach, Florida. Joe Littlejohn won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Harold Kite
2. Red Byron
3. Lloyd Moore
4. Al Gross
5. J.C. Van Landingham
6. Tim Flock
7. Bob Flock
8. Otis Martin
9. Buck Baker
10. Fonty Flock

[edit] 1950-02

The second race of the 1950 season was run on April 2 at Charlotte Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Red Byron won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Tim Flock
2. Bob Flock
3. Clyde Minter
4. Red Byron
5. Bill Snowden
6. Glenn Dunnaway
7. Jack White
8. Fred Johnson
9. Herb Thomas
10. Huey Dunn

[edit] 1950-03

The third race of the 1950 season was run on April 16 at Langhorne Speedway in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Tim Flock won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Curtis Turner
2. Lloyd Moore
3. Jimmy Florian
4. Tim Flock
5. Lee Petty
6. Frank Mundy
7. Pappy Hough
8. Bob Dickson
9. Dick Linder
10. Pepper Cunningham

[edit] 1950-04

The fourth race of the 1950 season was run on May 21 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. Buck Baker won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Curtis Turner
2. Jim Paschal
3. Lee Petty
4. Glenn Dunnaway
5. Clyde Minter
6. Bill Long
7. Donald Thomas
8. Buck Baker
9. Bill Rexford
10. Lloyd Moore

[edit] 1950-05

The fifth race of the 1950 season was run on May 30 at Canfield Speedway in Canfield, Ohio. Jimmy Florian won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Bill Rexford
2. Glenn Dunnaway
3. Lloyd Moore
4. Lee Petty
5. Bill Blair
6. Jimmy Florian
7. Dick Burns (driver)
8. Bobby Courtwright
9. Tim Flock
10. Bob Dickson

[edit] 1950-06

The sixth race of the 1950 season was run on June 18 at Vernon Fairgrounds in Vernon, New York. Chuck Mahoney won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Bill Blair
2. Lloyd Moore
3. Chuck Mahoney
4. Dick Burns (driver)
5. Lee Petty
6. Bill Rexford
7. Art Lamey
8. Jimmy Florian
9. Dick Linder
10. Dick Clothier

[edit] 1950-07

The seventh race of the 1950 season was run on June 25 at Dayton Speedway at Dayton, Ohio. Dick Linder won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Jimmy Florian
2. Dick Linder
3. Buck Barr
4. Curtis Turner
5. Art Lamey
6. Herschel Buchanan
7. Duane Carter
8. Lee Petty
9. Chuck Mahoney
10. Bill Rexford

[edit] 1950-08

The eighth race of the 1950 season was run on July 2 at Monroe County Fairgrounds in Rochester, New York. Curtis Turner won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Curtis Turner
2. Bill Blair
3. Lee Petty
4. Jimmy Florian
5. Bill Rexford
6. Dick Clothier
7. Lloyd Moore
8. Lyle Scott
9. Dick Jerrett
10. Dick Linder

[edit] 1950-09

The ninth race of the 1950 season was run on July 23 at Charlotte Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Curtis Turner won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Curtis Turner
2. Chuck Mahoney
3. Herb Thomas
4. Jimmie Lewallen
5. Dick Burns (driver)
6. George Hartley
7. Donald Thomas
8. Frank Mundy
9. Tim Flock
10. Bill Snowden

[edit] 1950-10

The tenth race of the 1950 season was run on August 13 at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsboro, North Carolina. Dick Linder won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Fireball Roberts
2. Curtis Turner
3. Dick Linder
4. Bill Rexford
5. Clyde Minter
6. Gene Austin
7. Lee Petty
8. Herb Thomas
9. Chuck Mahoney
10. Johnny Mantz

[edit] 1950-11

The eleventh race of the 1950 season was run on August 20 at Dayton Speedway in Dayton, Ohio. Curtis Turner won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Dick Linder
2. Red Harvey
3. Herb Thomas
4. Lee Petty
5. Art Lamey
6. Paul Parks
7. Jack Kabat
8. Lloyd Moore
9. Joe Nagle
10. Paul Smith

[edit] 1950-12

The twelfth race of the 1950 season was run on August 27 at Hamburg Speedway in Hamburg, New York. Dick Linder won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Dick Linder
2. Fireball Roberts
3. Curtis Turner
4. Lloyd Moore
5. Jack White
6. Bill Rexford
7. Frank Mundy
8. Ted Chamberlain
9. Pappy Hough
10. Bill Blair

[edit] Southern 500

The Southern 500 was run on September 4 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Curtis Turner won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Johnny Mantz
2. Fireball Roberts
3. Red Byron
4. Bill Rexford
5. Chuck Mahoney
6. Lee Petty
7. Cotton Owens
8. Bill Blair
9. Hershel McGriff
10. George Hartley

[edit] 1950-14

The fourteenth race of the 1950 season was run on September 17 at Langhorne Speedway in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Wally Campbell won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Fonty Flock
2. Bill Blair
3. Fireball Roberts
4. Lee Petty
5. Neil Cole
6. Pepper Cunningham
7. Buck Baker
8. Bill Rexford
9. Johnny Grubb
10. Kenneth Wagner

[edit] Wilkes 200

The Wilkes 200 was run on September 24 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Fireball Roberts won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Leon Sales
2. Jack Smith
3. Ewell Weddle
4. Herb Thomas
5. Gayle Warren
6. Weldon Adams
7. Jimmy Thompson
8. Jerry Wimbish
9. Bob Flock
10. Herbert Burns

[edit] 1950-16

The sixteenth race of the 1950 season was run on October 1 at Vernon Fairgrounds in Vernon, New York. Dick Linder won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Dick Linder
2. Ted Swaim
3. Lloyd Moore
4. Tim Flock
5. Jack Reynolds
6. Bill Rexford
7. Lee Petty
8. Jimmy Thompson
9. Chuck Mahoney
10. Dick Jerrett

[edit] 1950-17

The seventeenth race of the 1950 season was run on October 15 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. Fonty Flock won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Herb Thomas
2. Lee Petty
3. Buck Baker
4. Fonty Flock
5. Weldon Adams
6. Fireball Roberts
7. Jack Holloway
8. Jimmy Thompson
9. Jim Paschal
10. Ted Chamberlain

[edit] 1950-18

The eighteenth race of the 1950 season was run on October 15 at Funk's Speedway in Winchester, Indiana. Dick Linder won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Lloyd Moore
2. Bucky Sager
3. Bill Rexford
4. Chuck James
5. Ray Duhigg
6. Carl Renner
7. Jimmy Florian
8. Chuck Garrett
9. Bud Boone
10. Buck Barr

[edit] 1950-19

The nineteenth and final race of the 1950 season was run on October 29 at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsboro, North Carolina. Fonty Flock won the pole.

Top Ten Results

1. Lee Petty
2. Buck Baker
3. Weldon Adams
4. Tim Flock
5. Bill Blair
6. Gayle Warren
7. Ray Duhigg
8. Jim Delaney
9. Herbert Burns
10. Jack Holloway

[edit] Final Points Standings

1. Bill Rexford 1949.5
2. Fireball Roberts 1848.5
3. Lee Petty 1590.0
4. Lloyd Moore 1398.0
5. Curtis Turner 1375.5
6. Jonny Mantz 1282.0
7. Chuck Mahoney 1217.5
8. Dick Linder 1121.0
9. Jimmy Florian 801.0
10. Bill Blair 766.0
11. Herb Thomas 590.5
12. Buck Baker 531.5
13. Cotton Owens 500.0
14. Fonty Flock 458.5
15. Weldon Adams 440.0
16. Tim Flock 437.5
17. Clyde Minter 427.0
18. Dick Burns (driver) 341.5
19. Art Lamey 320.0
20. Bob Flock 314.0
21. George Hartley 298.0
22. Gayle Warren 287.0
23. Frank Mundy 275.5
24. Jim Paschal 220.5
25. Jack White 211.5
26. Pappy Hough 207.5
27. Ray Duhigg 202.5
28. Leon Sales 200.0
29. Jimmy Thompson 200.0
30. Harold Kite 187.0
31. Neil Cole 183.5
32. Jack Smith 180.0
33. Bucky Sager 180.0
34. Red Harvey 180.0
35. Ted Swaim 180.0
36. Buck Barr 180.0
37. Pepper Cunningham 177.5
38. Ewell Weddle 173.5
39. Donald Thomas 164.0
40. Bill Snowden 163.0
41. Jimmie Lewallen 140.0
42. Chuck James 140.0
43. Dick Clothier 133.5
44. Paul Parks 124.5
45. Al Gross 124.0
46. Jack Reynolds 120.0
47. Jim Delaney 114.0
48. Carl Renner 108.0
49. Jack Holloway 107.5
50. J.C. Van Landingham 105.0

The above information was taken from Racing Reference

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