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Stock Car Racing: 1950 Season

Stock Car Racing: 1950 Season

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1950 National Series Champions
NASCAR Grand National: Bill Rexford (Oldsmobile)

Having decided that the name Strictly Stock sounded more like a rules interpretation than a racing series, NASCAR changed the name of its top stock car series to Grand National for 1950.

The 1950 season, the first with the new Grand National name, featured the inaugural Southern 500, a huge event on Labor Day weekend the new paved Darlington racetrack, the first 500-mile stock car race had a huge 75 car field and an at-the-time NASCAR record $25,000 purse.  It would be the only paved track race of the 19 event schedule.

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Race Schedule

Date	Series	Race	Track	Pole	Winner	Winner's Make
February 5	Grand National	Daytona Beach Course	Daytona Beach Course	Joe Littlejohn	Harold Kite	1949 Lincoln
April 2	Grand National	Charlotte Speedway	Charlotte Speedway	Red Byron	Tim Flock	1949 Lincoln
April 16	Grand National	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne Speedway	Tim Flock	Curtis Turner	1950 Oldsmobile
May 21	Grand National	Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville Speedway	Buck Baker	Curtis Turner	1950 Oldsmobile
May 30	Grand National	Canfield Speedway	Canfield Speedway	Jimmy Florian	Jimmy Florian	1950 Oldsmobile
June 18	Grand National	Vernon Fairgrounds	Vernon Fairgrounds	Chuck Mahoney	Bill Blair	1950 Mercury
June 25	Grand National	Dayton Speedway	Dayton Speedway	Dick Linder	Bill Blair	1950 Ford
July 2	Grand National	Monroe County Fairgrounds	Monroe County Fairgrounds	Curtis Turner	Curtis Turner	1950 Oldsmobile
July 23	Grand National	Charlotte Speedway	Charlotte Speedway	Curtis Turner	Curtis Turner	1950 Oldsmobile
August 13	Grand National	Occoneechee Speedway	Occoneechee Speedway	Dick Linder	Fireball Roberts	1949 Oldsmobile
August 20	Grand National	Dayton Speedway	Dayton Speedway	Curtis Turner	Dick Linder	1950 Oldsmobile
August 27	Grand National	Hamburg Speedway	Hamburg Speedway	Dick Linder	Dick Linder	1950 Oldsmobile
September 4	Grand National	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	Curtis Turner	Johnny Mantz	1950 Plymouth
September 17	Grand National	Langhorne Speedway	Langhorne Speedway	Wally Campbell	Fonty Flock	1950 Oldsmobile
September 24	Grand National	Wilkes 200	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Fireball Roberts	Leon Sales	1950 Plymouth
October 1	Grand National	Vernon Fairgrounds	Vernon Fairgrounds	Dick Linder	Dick Linder	1950 Oldsmobile
October 15	Grand National	Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville Speedway	Fonty Flock	Herb Thomas	1950 Plymouth
October 15	Grand National	Winchester Speedway	Winchester Speedway	Dick Linder	Lloyd Moore	1950 Mercury
October 29	Grand National	Occoneechee Speedway	Occoneechee Speedway	Fonty Flock	Lee Petty	1949 Plymouth

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Grand National Points Standings

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Wins	Money
1	Bill Rexford	1,959	17	1	$5,750
2	Fireball Roberts	1,848.5	9	1	$6,800
3	Lee Petty	1,590	17	1	$7,120
4	Lloyd Moore	1,398	16	1	$5,235
5	Curtis Turner	1,375.5	16	4	$8,080
6	Johnny Mantz	1,282	3	1	$10,810
7	Chuck Mahoney	1,217.5	11	0	$2,250
8	Dick Linder	1,121	13	3	$5,695
9	Jimmy Florian	801	10	1	$2,730
10	Bill Blair	766	16	1	$4,400
11	Herb Thomas	590.5	13	1	$2,645
12	Buck Baker	531.5	9	0	$2,145
13	Cotton Owens	500	3	0	$1,100
14	Fonty Flock	458.5	7	1	$2,195
15	Weldon Adams	440	4	0	$1,205
16	Tim Flock	437.5	12	1	$3,980
17	Clyde Minter	427	8	0	$1,155
18	Dick Burns	341.5	8	0	$780
19	Art Laney	320	4	0	$655
20	Bob Flock	314	4	0	$1,155
21	George Hartley	298	8	0	$875
22	Gayle Warren	287	10	0	$550
23	Frank Mundy	275.5	8	0	$550
24	Jim Paschal	220.5	6	0	$850
25	Jack White	211.5	7	0	$525
26	Pappy Hough	207.5	5	0	$325
27	Ray Duhigg	202.55	0	$450
28	Leon Sales	200	2	0	$1,000
29	Jimmy Thompson	200	4	0	$525
30	Harold Kite	187	3	1	$1,550
31	Neil Cole	183.5	2	0	$300
32	Jack Smith	180	3	0	$775
33	Bucky Sager	180	2	0	$750
34	Red Harvey	180	1	0	$750
35	Ted Swaim	180	1	0	$750
36	Buck Barr	180	2	0	$575
37	Pepper Cunningham	177.5	2	0	$300
38	Ewell Weddle	173.5	3	0	$600
39	Donald Thomas	164	2	0	$300
40	Bill Snowden	163	4	0	$325
41	Jimmie Lewallen	140	3	0	$400
42	Chuck James	140	1	0	$400
43	Dick Clothier	133.5	5	0	$350
44	Paul Parks	124.5	6	0	$375
45	Al Gross	124	3	0	$550
46	Jack Reynolds	120	2	0	$300
47	Jim Delaney	114	2	0	$175
48	Carl Renner	108	2	0	$250
49	Jack Holloway	107.5	2	0	$225
50	Bob Dickson	105	6	0	$275
51	J.C. Van Landingham	105	1	0	$450

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