Three of her brothers are considered to be NASCAR pioneers:
Tim Flock ,
Fonty Flock , and
Bob Flock . She was married to Charlie Mobley who fielded Tim's car in NASCAR's modified series.
She raced in over 100 NASCAR Modified events in her career.
She had 2 Strictly Stock (now
NEXTEL Cup ) starts. She raced against her brothers at NASCAR's second event ever on
July 10 1949 at the
Daytona Beach Road Course . The event was the first to feature a brother and a sister, and the only NASCAR event to feature four siblings. Ethel beat Fonty and Bob by finishing eleventh (her career high), and Tim finished second. She made her only other career Cup start at
Langley Speedway and finished 44th. Both events featured three female drivers (
Sara Christian and
Louise Smith ).
