1951

First Race- April 15th

The drivers made their way to Occoneechee and that day two factors would be dominant. One would be the massive rain storm that hit the track in the 95th lap and shortened the race. The other factor, Fonty Flock. He dominated the day from start to finish. Gathering the pole and leading all 95 laps to take the rain shortened finish.

Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led
1 1 14 Fonty Flock Red Devil (Frank Christian) ’50 Oldsmobile 95 1,250 running 95
2 7 23 Frank Mundy Perry Smith ’51 Studebaker 95 800 running 0
3 2 41.5 Bill Blair Bill Blair ’50 Oldsmobile 600 running 0
4 3 91 Tim Flock Black Phantom (Ted Chester) ’51 Oldsmobile 500 running 0
5 5 52 Neil Cole John Golabek ’50 Oldsmobile 300 running 0
6 17 110 Earl Moss Police Special (J.B. Watkins) ’50 Ford 200 0
7 9 92 Herb Thomas Sanford Motors (Herb Thomas) ’50 Plymouth 150 0
8 13 71 Jim Paschal Sam Rice ’49 Oldsmobile 125 0
9 20 42 Lee Petty Petty Special (Petty Enterprises) ’49 Plymouth 100 0
10 15 55 Glenn Dunnaway Glenn Dunnaway ’50 Plymouth 100 0
11 18 2 Ewell Weddle Ewell Weddle ’50 Ford 25 0
12 22 60 Bill Joslin ’49 Lincoln 25 0
13 29 72 Weldon Adams Harold Mays ’50 Plymouth 25 0
14 4 11 Fireball Roberts Sam Rice ’50 Oldsmobile 25 wheel 0
15 31 66 Red Ryder ’49 Ford 25 0
16 26 144 Johnny Grubb Johnny Grubb ’50 Plymouth 25 0
17 33 37 Coleman Lawrence Mitchell Motor Co. (Coleman Lawrence) ’50 Ford 25 0
18 24 10 Jim Fiebelkorn Jim Fiebelkorn ’49 Mercury 25 0
19 19 50 Bill Rexford Julian Buesink ’50 Mercury 25 wheels 0
20 12 59 Lloyd Moore Buesink Police Special (Julian Buesink) ’49 Ford 25 overheating 0
21 14 4 Joe Jernigan Lambert’s Auto (Joe Jernigan) ’49 Ford 25 0
22 30 19 Bill Schade ’51 Oldsmobile 25 0
23 28 90 Shorty York Russ Lou ’50 Plymouth 25 0
24 27 26 Jimmy Thompson Leland Colvin ’50 Plymouth 25 0
25 10 1 Walt Sprague Police Special ’49 Ford 25 overheating 0
26 6 62 Pepper Cunningham Pepper Cunningham ’51 Hudson 25 wheel 0
27 21 41 Curtis Turner Nash Motor Co. (Nash Motor Co.) ’51 Nash 25 overheating 0
28 23 45 Eddie Anderson Nash of Blue Island (Eddie Anderson) ’51 Nash 25 overheating 0
29 25 15 Bob Dickson ’50 Lincoln 25 0
30 11 9 Frank Luptow Rocket (Joe Winter) ’50 Oldsmobile 18 25 wheel 0
31 16 98 Bill Holland Southern 500 Winner (Hubert Westmoreland) ’50 Plymouth 13 10 valve 0
32 8 5 Ray Erickson Ed Hastings ’49 Mercury 0 20 0
33 32 79 Ray Pruitt ’50 Dodge 0 10 0

Second Race- October 7th

It looked like it was going to much of the same as it was in April. Fonty Flock lead the first 85 laps but after that blew his engine and handed the race to Herb Thomas. Herb took the checkered flag in his Hudson Hornet over Leonard Tippett.

Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led
1 1 92 Herb Thomas FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) ’51 Hudson 150 1,000 running 15
2 99 Leonard Tippett Leonard Tippett ’51 Hudson 149 700 running 0
3 82 Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates) ’50 Oldsmobile 148 450 running 0
4 60 Jim Paschal Julian Buesink ’50 Ford 147 350 running 0
5 42 Lee Petty Petty Special (Petty Enterprises) ’51 Plymouth 147 200 running 0
6 93 Donald Thomas Herb Thomas ’51 Plymouth 142 150 0
7 Furman Lancaster ’50 Lincoln 140 125 0
8 Alton Haddock ’50 Ford 136 100 0
9 2 Bill Blair Bill Blair ’51 Ford 136 75 0
10 37 Coleman Lawrence Coleman Lawrence ’50 Ford 130 50 0
11 J.C. White ’51 Studebaker 128 25 0
12 22 Billy Myers R.G. Shelton ’51 Hudson 113 25 hub 0
13 24 Jimmie Lewallen Julian Petty ’51 Plymouth 111 25 engine 0
14 88 Dell Pearson Del Pearson ’51 Plymouth 94 25 0
15 2 14 Fonty Flock Red Devil (Frank Christian) ’51 Oldsmobile 88 25 engine 85
16 Bob Walters ’51 Plymouth 79 25 0
17 Leon Sales ’51 Nash 68 25 0
18 Roscoe Thompson ’51 Ford 64 25 0
19 87 Buck Baker Buck Baker ’50 Plymouth 63 25 0
20 Jerry Wimbish Jerry Wimbish ’50 Oldsmobile 51 25 0
21 51 Gober Sosebee Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee) ’50 Oldsmobile 42 25 0
22 Slick Smith ’51 Studebaker 27 25 0
23 Clyde Minter ’50 Plymouth 22 25 0
24 Curtis Hunt ’51 Hudson 15 25 0

1950——1952

Tim Flock

Tim Flock was born on May 11, 1924. He was born into a family of race drivers which his brothers Bob and Fonty and his sister Ethel were also racers. Tim started his career in racing in 1949. Tim would win his first race in 1950 at Charlotte Speedway. He would later go on and take the 1952 and 1955 Grand National Championships. Which in 1955 he captured that championship at the Occoneechee/Orange Speedway. His final win would come at Road America in 1956. He would finish his career with 40 total wins. He finished his career in racing at the 1961 World 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. His final stats at Occoneechee/Orange Speedway were two wins. Tim Flock died on March 31, 1998 at the age of 73.

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