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Byron won the 166-mile NASCAR Strictly Stock race on the sands of the 4.15-mile Daytona Beach and Road Course. There were 21 of the 28 starters running at the finish. Byron won the caution free race with an average speed of 80.883 mph and won with a gap of 1:51 lead over second-place finisher Tim Flock.
Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 British crime black comedy film directed by Robert Hamer. It features Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson and Alec Guinness; Guinness plays eight characters. The plot is loosely based on the novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal (1907) by Roy Horniman. It concerns Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini ...
The course started on the pavement of highway A1A (at 4511 South Atlantic Avenue, Ponce Inlet A restaurant named "Racing's North Turn" now stands at that location. It went south 2 mi (3.2 km) parallel to the ocean on A1A (S. Atlantic Ave) to the end of the road, where the drivers accessed the beach at the south turn at the Beach Street approach , returned 2 miles (3.2 km) north on the sandy ...
The two drivers won 8 races in their respective Hudsons, but Flock came out on top at the end, despite another late season charge from Thomas. He returned with a vengeance in 1953 and dominated the entire season, winning a series-best twelve races en route to becoming the first two-time series champion.
He was the brother of NASCAR pioneers Tim Flock and Bob Flock, and the second female NASCAR driver Ethel Mobley.The four raced at the July 10, 1949, race at the Daytona Beach Road Course, which was the first event to feature a brother and a sister, and the only NASCAR event to feature four siblings.
Christian competed in the second race at the Daytona Beach Road Course on July 10, 1949, and finished 18th. The 28 car field also included Flock's sister Ethel Mobley and Louise Smith, which made it the first race to include three woman drivers. Frank also competed in the race and finished sixth in his only career start.
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1949 Daytona Beach Road Course Winner (Inaugural race) Strictly Stock in wins leader : Awards: National Motorsports Hall of Fame (1966) Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) NASCAR Hall of Fame (2018) Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) NASCAR Cup Series career; 15 races run over 3 years: Best finish: 1st : First race