1950 Daytona Beach/Road Course

Race 1 of 19

Daytona Beach
48 laps
Time of race: 2:26:30
Average speed of winner: 89.894 mph
Margin of victory: 53 sec.
Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: Littlejohn pole, Kite 1-14, Byron 15-24, Kite 25-40

Race notes: Only win for Harold Kite. Only pole for Joe Littlejohn. Debut for Herschel Buchanan, June Cleveland, Dick Clothier, Al Gross, Alton Haddock, Joe Jernigan, Harold Kite, Frank Luptow, Cotton Owens, Fireball Roberts, Larry Shurter, Roscoe Thompson, and Tommy Thompson. Finale for Joe Littlejohn and Lee Schmidt. Only start for Will Albright, Joe Harrison, Russ Lee, and J.C. van Landingham.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Harold Kite	21	Rogers Auto Service	'49 Lincoln	Kite			48	2	38	running	1500	0
2		Red Byron	22	Parks Novelty	'50 Oldsmobile 88	Parks			48	1	10	running	1000	0
3	14	Lloyd Moore	59		'49 Lincoln	Buesink			48	0	0	running	600	0
4	8	Al Gross	88		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Hans Winter			48	0	0	running	550	0
5	2	J.C. van Landingham	35		'50 Buick	van Landingham			48	0	0	running	450	0
6	4	Tim Flock	90	Daytona Motors	'48 Cadillac				48	0	0	running	350	0
7	21	Bob Flock	7	Bob Flock Garage	'49 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian			47	0	0	running	250	0
8	26	Otis Martin	4		'49 Plymouth	Raymond Lewis			47	0	0	running	175	0
9	9	Buck Baker	70		'49 Ford	Buck Baker			47	0	0	running	175	0
10	15	Fonty Flock	47		'47 Buick	Ed Lawrence			46	0	0	running	150	0
11	10	Curtis Turner	41		'49 Lincoln	Paul Roberts			46	0	0		50	0
12	17	Jim Rathmann	10		'49 Lincoln	Jim Rathmann			46	0	0		50	0
13	22	Roscoe Thompson	80		'49 Lincoln	Charles Venable			45	0	0		50	0
14		Cotton Owens	5		'49 Plymouth	Owens	Owens		45	0	0		50	0
15	25	June Cleveland	55		'48 Buick	D.G. Hall			45	0	0	wheel	50	0
16	28	Lee Petty	42		'49 Plymouth	Petty	Petty		45	0	0		50	0
17	30	Al Keller	89		'49 Ford	W.O. Taylor			44	0	0		50	0
18	11	Frank Luptow	9		'49 Lincoln	Luptow			43	0	0		50	0
19		Will Albright	61		'46 Pontiac	Albright			43	0	0		50	0
20	23	Jack White	18	Brooks Motors	'49 Lincoln				41	0	0		50	0
21	6	Alton Haddock	32		'49 Lincoln	J.L. McDonald			41	0	0		25	0
22	29	Joe Jernigan	56	Lambert's Auto	'49 Ford				41	0	0		25	0
23	24	Lee Schmidt	72		'47 Buick	Lee Schmidt			40	0	0		25	0
24	18	Russ Lee	37		'49 Hudson	Alford			38	0	0		25	0
25	27	Larry Shurter	48		'49 Ford	Shurter			37	0	0		25	0
26	5	Tommy Thompson	91	San Juan Motors	'49 Chrysler				34	0	0		25	0
27	12	Jack Smith	25		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Bishop Brothers			31	0	0		25	0
28	16	Billy Carden	12		'49 Oldsmobile 88	Bishop Brothers			30	0	0		25	0
29	20	Bill Rexford	60		'49 Oldsmobile 88	Buesink	Buesink		26	0	0		25	0
30	19	Gober Sosebee	50		'49 Oldsmobile 88	Chester			21	0	0		25	0
31		Bob Apperson	17		'47 Ford	Apperson			14	0	0		25	0
32		Marshall Teague	6		'49 Lincoln	Paul Cox			10	0	0		25	0
33		Fireball Roberts	11		'48 Hudson	Jim Davis			8	0	0		25	0
34		Bill Blair	2		'49 Cadillac	Sam Rice			7	0	0		25	0
35	1	Joe Littlejohn	3		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Littlejohn		98.840	7	0	0		25	0
36		Dick Clothier	24		'47 Pontiac	Clothier			5	0	0		25	0
37	7	Frank Mundy	44	Daytona Motor Co.	'49 Cadillac				5	0	0		25	0
38		Slick Smith	77		'47 Hudson	Davis Brothers			4	0	0		25	0
39	13	Herschel Buchanan	66		'47 Nash	Herschel Buchanan			3	0	0		25	0
40	31	Joe Harrison	67		'49 Ford	Joe Harrison			3	0	0		25	0
41		Louise Smith	94	Smith Auto Parts	'49 Ford	Louise Smith			0	0	0	accident	0	0