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Flock, "Tim" (Julius Timothy)

Auto racing

b. May 11, 1924, Ft. Payne, AL

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The younger brother of Fonty Flock, Tim had a much briefer career. But it was very successful and more lucrative because he was in his prime when purses were much bigger than they were in Fonty's heyday. Fonty and another older brother, Bob, also a racer, tried to talk Tim out of getting into stock car racing.

But his older sister Ethel and her husband helped him get started in 1948. He raced modified cars that year and did enough Grand National racing in 1949 to place eighth in the point standings--five places below Bob and three below Fonty. After an off year in 1950, when he spent considerable time in the hospital recovering from injuries suffered in a four-car crash at the Charlotte Speedway, he finished third in 1951 and won the championship in 1952.

Fonty and Tim were fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 1953 standings. In 1955, Tim had one of the greatest years in racing history with 17 victories, a NASCAR record, and he won his second Grand National championship.