26 Facts About Fonty Flock

Truman Fontell "Fonty" Flock was an American stock car racer.

Fonty Flock was the brother of NASCAR pioneers Tim Flock and Bob Flock, and the second female NASCAR driver Ethel Mobley.

Fonty Flock started delivering on his bicycle as a teenager.

Fonty Flock used his car to deliver moonshine as he got older.

Fonty Flock won a 100-mile race at Lakewood Speedway Park in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1940.

Fonty Flock took the early lead before he and Hall got together in the south turn.

The seatbelt broke during the rolling, and Fonty Flock was tossed around.

Fonty Flock was in the United States Army Air Corps for four years during World War II.

Fonty Flock's brother convinced car owner Ed Schenck to put Flock in his car at the first race at the North Wilkesboro Speedway on May 5,1947.

Fonty Flock won the 30-lap feature after not racing in.

Fonty Flock took over his brother Bob's ride later in the season after Bob broke his back.

Fonty Flock won seven of 47 races that season, and beat Ed Samples and Red Byron to win the National Championship Stock Car Circuit championship.

Fonty Flock won eleven features and won the NASCAR National Modified championship in 1949.

Fonty Flock raced in six of eight Strictly Stock events and finished fifth in the points.

Fonty Flock raced his first full-time season in the Grand National series in 1951.

Fonty Flock had eight wins, 22 Top-10s, and 13 poles to finish second in the points.

Fonty Flock won the 100-mile Grand National Stock Car race at Bainbridge Speedway, Solon, Ohio, on July 9,1951.

Fonty Flock had two wins, 17 Top-10s, and seven poles in 1952.

Fonty Flock was leading by more than a minute at the 1953 Daytona Beach Road Course race but ran out of gas taking the white flag at the start of the final lap.

Fonty Flock had four wins, 17 Top-10 finishes, and three poles to finish fourth in the final points.

Fonty Flock opened an insurance agency in 1954, racing part-time after that.

Fonty Flock had three wins, 14 Top-10s, and six poles.

Fonty Flock had his final win in 1956 at the Charlotte Speedway.

Herb Thomas had been gravely injured in a 1956 race held at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds in Shelby, North Carolina, so he asked Fonty Flock to drive the car in the 1957 Southern 500.

Fonty Flock spun and was smashed by Bobby Myers and Paul Goldsmith on lap 27, injuring all, and killing Myers.

Fonty Flock died on July 15,1972, after a lengthy illness.