Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Ethel Flock Mobley (1949) 2 races

* Ethel was named after the gasoline her father used in his taxi
* she was the youngest daughter of the Flock family
* in 1948 her brother Bob built New Atlanta Speedway and invited Sara Christian, Mildred Williams (Sisters) and his own sister Ethel to race there
* Ethel qualified for her first NASCAR Grand National race on July 9, 1949 joining her brothers Tim, Fonty and Bob
* The race took place on the 166-mile beach road coarse in Daytona Beach Flordia where she finished 11th in her Cadilaac
* she later raced in Langhorne, Pennsylvania where she finished 44th

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