1949 Daytona Beach/Road Course

Race 2 of 8

Daytona Beach
40 laps
Time of race: 2:03:13
Average speed of winner: 80.883 mph
Margin of victory: 111 sec.
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: Sosebee 1-34, Byron 35-40

Race notes: First win for Red Byron. First pole for Gober Sosebee. Debut for Billy Carden, Jack Etheridge, Joe Littlejohn, Ethel Mobley, Buckshot Morris, Louise Smith, Gober Sosebee, Marshall Teague, and Woodie Wilson. Only start for Frank Christian, Howard Elder, Benny Georgeson, and Sam Marshall. Red Byron took the points lead from Jim Roper.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Red Byron	22	Parks Novelty	'49 Oldsmobile	Parks	Vogt		40	1	6	running	2000	0
2		Tim Flock	90		'49 Oldsmobile	Buddy Elliott			40	0	0	running	1000	0
3		Frank Mundy	5		'49 Oldsmobile	Sam Rice			40	0	0	running	500	0
4	4	Joe Littlejohn	7		'49 Oldsmobile	Littlejohn			40	0	0	running	300	0
5	5	Bill Blair	44		'49 Lincoln	McIntosh			40	0	0	running	200	0
6		Frank Christian	37		'49 Oldsmobile	Frank Christian				0	0	running	175	0
7		Bill Snowden	16		'49 Mercury	Snowden				0	0	running	150	0
8	1	Gober Sosebee	50		'49 Oldsmobile	Davis Brothers				1	34	running	125	0
9		Jimmy Thompson	36		'47 Chrysler					0	0	running	100	0
10		Jack Etheridge	15		'49 Mercury	Etheridge				0	0	running	75	0
11		Ethel Mobley	91		'48 Cadillac	Charles Mobley				0	0	running	50	0
12		Herb Thomas	9		'49 Ford					0	0		50	0
13		Slick Smith	29		'48 Buick					0	0		50	0
14	6	Marshall Teague	6		'49 Hudson	Appleton				0	0		50	0
15	3	Billy Carden	8		'47 Ford	David Chester				0	0		50	0
16		Howard Elder								0	0		25	0
17		Woodie Wilson	12		'49 Mercury	Woodie Wilson				0	0		25	0
18		Sara Christian	17		'49 Ford	Ruby Flock				0	0		25	0
19		Fonty Flock	47		'49 Hudson	Gene Horne				0	0		25	0
20		Louise Smith	94		'47 Ford	Louise Smith				0	0		25	0
21		Buckshot Morris	71		'47 Ford	Sara Christian				0	0	accident	0	0
22		Bob Flock	14	Parks Novelty	'46 Ford	Parks				0	0	shocks	0	0
23		Buck Baker	87		'47 Kaiser	Boehmen				0	0		0	0
24		Sam Marshall	34	Jax Hudson	'49 Hudson					0	0		0	0
25		Curtis Turner	41		'48 Buick	Curtis Turner				0	0		0	0
26		Fred Johnson	10		'47 Ford	Fred Johnson				0	0		0	0
27		Benny Georgeson	64		'49 Buick	Georgeson				0	0		0	0
28		Glenn Dunnaway	35		'49 Lincoln					0	0		0	0