NASCAR Hall of Fame 5th Class Finalist - Tim Flock, Driver
 Tim Flock (Credit ISC Archives/Getty Images) |
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Flock had 39 victories in only 187 starts. His victory total still ranks
18th on the all-time wins list. Flock won his first series title in 1952
while driving Ted Chester’s Hudson Hornet. He had eight wins and 22
top fives in 33 starts. Flock won his second series title in 1955 driving
Carl Kiekhaefer’s Chrysler. He dominated that season, posting 18
wins, 32 top fives and 18 poles in 39 races. Flock’s 18 wins stood as
a single-season victory record until Richard Petty surpassed it with 27
wins in 1967.
In addition, Flock won NASCAR’s only sports car race, in 1955,
driving a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL.
The entire Flock family raced at times during NASCAR’s formative
years. In 1949, brothers Bob and Fonty and sister Ethel joined Tim to
become the only four siblings to drive in the same NASCAR premier series
race.
Flock, who died on March 31, 1998, was named one of NASCAR’s 50
Greatest Drivers that same year.
Year
Age
Races
Win
Top 5
Top 10
Pole
Laps
Led
Rank
AvSt
AvFn
RAF
Miles
LLF
1949
25
5 of 8
0
2
3
0
347
0
9
1.4
12.8
3
410.1
1
1950
26
12 of 19
1
4
7
1
1403
190
10
4.3
10.3
9
1323.4
2
1951
27
30 of 41
7
19
21
6
2259
621
2
3.4
7.7
28
1705.2
7
1952
28
33 of 34
8
22
25
4
5345
1283
2
4.9
7.6
26
3595.3
11
1953
29
26 of 37
1
11
18
3
1990
291
7
2.0
10.8
22
1746.2
3
1954
30
5 of 37
0
1
3
1
800
180
18
2.4
20.6
4
792.9
2
1955
31
39 of 45
18
32
33
18
6406
3227
1
2.9
4.6
34
4688.3
22
1956
32
22 of 56
4
11
14
5
3076
445
6
6.7
9.3
14
2689.5
7
1957
33
1 of 53
0
0
0
0
0
121
10.0
12.0
1
0
1958
34
3 of 51
0
0
0
0
167
25
197
11.3
30.0
0
176.5
0
1959
35
2 of 44
0
0
1
0
223
0
38
22.5
16.5
1
557.5
0
1960
36
2 of 44
0
0
1
0
235
0
64
16.5
21.5
1
346.0
0
1961
37
7 of 52
0
0
3
0
1227
0
67
19.0
21.7
4
1416.9
0
13 years
187
39
102
129
38
23478
6262
8.3
14.3
147
19447.8
55