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Julius Timothy Flock (May 11, 1924 – March 31, 1998) was an American stock car racer.He was a two-time NASCAR series champion. His brothers Bob and Fonty Flock also raced in NASCAR, as did his sister Ethel Mobley (who was NASCAR's second female driver).
The International Stock Car Road Race was the 37th race of the 1956 NASCAR Grand National Series. It took place at Road America near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 12, 1956. [1] It was won by Tim Flock. The race attracted particular interest, as road course racing was unusual for American stock car racing at the time. Ahead of the race, it ...
Flock won the race with a gap of 42 seconds from runner-up Gober Sosebee to collect the $2,000.00 first prize. Third place went to Glenn Dunnaway, Fonty Flock took fourth, and Bill Snowden fifth. Tim Flock was pressuring brother Bob in the late stages, but a broken right-front spindle sent his Oldsmobile to the sidelines with ten laps to go.
Race 6 was held February 25 at Daytona Beach and Road Course [10] Team owner Kiekhaefer fielded 6 of his drivers for the race: Buck Baker, Tim Flock, his brother Fonty Flock, Charlie Scott, Frank Munday and Speedy Thompson. [18] Tim Flock survived the track and 70-plus other drivers [note 2] to win the race, marking his second in a row win at ...
The company began directly backing their racing teams and "providing the team cars with everything they needed to make their cars faster." [5] Drivers that were part of the Hudson team included Marshall Teague, Herb Thomas, Dick Rathmann, Tim Flock, Fonty Flock, Jack McGrath, Frank "Rebel" Mundy, and Lou Figaro. Together they accounted for 13 ...
The 1952 NASCAR Grand National Series was the fourth season of the premier stock car racing championship sanctioned by NASCAR. Once the season was concluded, driver Tim Flock was crowned the Grand National champion after winning 8 of the 33 events that he competed in. This was the first year that NASCAR scheduled its events to avoid the ...
Tim Flock won the 1955 championship by a margin of 1508 over top of Buck Baker. This season was unusual because of its 11-month season (as opposed to the current 10-month season format). As the ninth season of the series now known as the Cup Series, most of the drivers involved were still the first-generation race car drivers.
This was the 40th racing event out of the 45 done in the 1955 NASCAR Grand National Series season. [2] Bob Flock would make his only NASCAR Grand National Series start under car owner Carl Kiekhafer. [2] Due to strained relationships between Flock and Kiekhafer, Flock would never drive for him again. [2]