(
April 16 ,
1918 -
May 16 ,
1964 ) of
Fort Payne, Alabama was an early
NASCAR driver. He qualified first for NASCAR's first race.
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He was the brother of NASCAR pioneers
Tim Flock and
Fonty 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. Ethel beat Fonty and Bob by finishing in eleventh.
The Flock family had an illegal
Moonshine business. The federal agents one discovered the Flock would be running a race in Atlanta, and they staked out the place to make an arrest. A gate opened as the race was beginning, and he drove on the track to take the green flag. The police vehicles quickly appeared on the track. They chased Flock for a lap or two before he drove through the fence. The police followed him until he ran out of gas later. Reminiscing years later, Bob said, "I would have won that race if the cops had stayed out of it"
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He was a well established driver before NASCAR was formed. He took over NASCAR founder
Bill France 's ride in 1946. He won both events at the
Daytona Beach Road Course in 1947.
He sat on the pole for NASCAR's first race at
Charlotte Speedway on
June 19 1949 . He had two wins that season, and finished third in the points behind
Lee Petty and champion
Red Byron .
He won two 100 lap
ARCA races at
Lakewood Speedway in 1954.
Bob Flock retired from driving when he broke his back in an on track accident. He had over 200 modified wins
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Flock became a track promoter in Atlanta. He hired three women (
Sara Christian , and
Mildred Williams , and his sister Ethyl Mobley) to race at his new track.
