Английская Википедия:1949 Wilkes 200
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The 1949 Wilkes 200 was a NASCAR Strictly Stock Series racing event that took place on October 16, 1949.Шаблон:Where?[1]
Ten thousand people would attend this live racing event where Kenneth Wagner qualified for the race with a pole position speed of Шаблон:Convert – the equivalent of 31.27 seconds.[2][1] The entire race took place on a dirt track spanning Шаблон:Convert per lap.[2][1] Weather conditions for the race were recorded at nearby Hickory Regional Airport; a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of nearby Hickory, North Carolina.[3]
Summary
This would be the final race of the 1949 NASCAR season and would take place at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.[2][1]
Bob Flock would defeat Lee Petty by an entire football field – Шаблон:Convert – to win NASCAR's first racing event with an established name.[2][1] Flock would earn a mere $1,500 in prize winnings ($Шаблон:Inflation when inflation is taken into effect).[4] Frank Mundy would receive a last-place finish for only finishing 38 laps out of the mandated 200 laps.[2][1] Bill Blair would lead the most laps in this race with 180 laps led out of 200.[1]
Red Byron would go on to win NASCAR's first ever championship while Sara Christian would become one of its first female drivers.[5] Byron almost became a cripple after being shot by an enemy fighter plane while serving as a tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber during World War II. He spent two years in military hospitals rehabilitating his leg so that he could compete in NASCAR after the war ended.[5]
Notable crew chiefs who actively participated in the race were Buddy Elliott, Julian Petty, Buddy Helms, Red Vogt, and Cliff Rainwater.[6]
While Red Byron and Lee Petty were the better drivers of the 1949 NASCAR Cup Series season, Bill Blair was the most consistent driver along with Petty.
Timeline
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- Start of race: Bill Blair starts off the race in the pole position
- Lap 38: Frank Mundy withdrew from the race for reasons unknown
- Lap 155: Red Byron withdrew from the race for reasons unknown, he was assumed not have been paid for participating in this event
- Lap 181: Bob Flock takes over the lead from Bill Blair
- Lap 188: Sara Christian ended the racing event 12 laps behind Herb Thomas
- Lap 191: Bill Blair had a terminal problem with his engine, forcing him out of the race
- Lap 196: Roy Hall may or may not have finished the race six laps behind Thomas, records of this race were not kept in the NASCAR archives
- Finish: Bob Flock was officially declared the winner of the event
Results
POS[7] | ST | # | DRIVER | SPONSOR / OWNER | CAR | LAPS | MONEY | STATUS | LED |
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1 | 7 | Bob Flock | Bob Flock Garage (Frank Christian) | '49 Oldsmobile | 200 | 1500 | running | 20 | |
2 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | '49 Plymouth | 200 | 750 | running | 0 | |
3 | 47 | Fonty Flock | Green Leaf Cafe (Ed Lawrence) | '47 Buick | 199 | 400 | running | 0 | |
4 | 19 | Clyde Minter | Clyde Minter | '47 Ford | 199 | 300 | running | 0 | |
5 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Herb Thomas | '49 Ford | 197 | 175 | running | 0 | |
6 | 14 | Roy Hall | Parks Novelty (Raymond Parks) | '49 Oldsmobile | 196 | 150 | 0 | ||
7 | 5 | Ray Erickson | Ed Hastings | '49 Mercury | 194 | 100 | 0 | ||
8 | 9 | Raymond Lewis | Robert Dixon | '49 Cadillac | 194 | 75 | 0 | ||
9 | 41 | Curtis Turner | Frank Christian | '49 Oldsmobile | 193 | 50 | 0 | ||
10 | 2 | 44 | Bill Blair | Sam Rice | '49 Cadillac | 191 | 50 | engine | 180 |
11 | 11 | Bob Apperson | Bob Apperson | '47 Ford | 191 | 50 | 0 | ||
12 | 71 | Sara Christian | Frank Christian | '49 Oldsmobile | 188 | 50 | 0 | ||
13 | 28 | Slick Smith | Buddy Helms | '47 Hudson | 174 | 50 | 0 | ||
14 | 20 | H.F. Stikeleather | '48 Lincoln | 167 | 50 | 0 | |||
15 | 1 | 15 | Kenneth Wagner | Moyer Co. (Dailey Moyer) | '49 Lincoln | 165 | 50 | 0 | |
16 | 22 | Red Byron | Parks Novelty (Raymond Parks) | Oldsmobile | 155 | 0 | |||
17 | 21 | Bobby Green | Bobby Greene | '48 Ford | 148 | 0 | |||
18 | 1 | Bill Greever | '48 Mercury | 134 | 0 | ||||
19 | 90 | Tim Flock | Buddy Elliott | '49 Oldsmobile | 117 | 0 | |||
20 | 8 | Dick Linder | LaBelle Motors | '49 Kaiser | 59 | 0 | |||
21 | 4 | Otis Martin | Raymond Lewis | '47 Buick | 50 | 0 | |||
22 | 2 | Frank Mundy | '49 Ford | 38 | 0 |
Race summary
- Lead changes: 2
- Cautions: N/A
- Red flags: N/A
- Time of race: 1 hours, 52 minutes, and 16 seconds
- Average speed: Шаблон:Convert
- Margin of Victory: 100 yards
References
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