|| *Comments on the 1949 unnamed race (1949-04):* View the most recent comment <#24> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet <http://twitter.com/share> 1. Pennsylvania posted: 03.21.2006 - 2:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) In Nascar's first year, 2 races are held in Pennsylvania. 2. DaleJrfan14 posted: 04.03.2006 - 8:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) this gets a 74 because of the female driver in 6th place 3. Chevy posted: 11.08.2007 - 9:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Points for this race: Curtis Turner 300 Bob Flock 270 Red Byron 240 Frank Mundy 210 Bill Blair 180 Sara Christian 150 Lee Petty 120 Al Keller 90 Al Bonnell 60 Lou Volk 30 Bill Bennett 24 Budd Olsen 18 Dick Zimmerman 12 Bill Rexford 6 ... ? Overall standings after 4 of 8 races: 1. Red Byron 640 2. Bob Flock 500 -140 3. Bill Blair 427.5 -212.5 4. Tim Flock 420 -220 5. Fonty Flock 382.5 -257.5 6. Frank Mundy 370 -270 7. Curtis Turner 350 -290 8. Gober Sosebee 262.5 -377.5 9. Jim Roper 253 -387 10. Bill Snowden 215 -425 11. Glenn Dunnaway 180 -460 12. Sam Rice 175 -465 13. Lee Petty 165 -475 14. Sara Christian 150 -490 15. Joe Littlejohn 140 -500 16. Archie Smith 125 -515 17. Sterling Long 100 -540 17. Frank Christian 100 -540 19. Al Keller 90 -550 20. Slick Smith 83 -557 4. Chevy posted: 11.08.2007 - 1:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Little corrections. Gober Sosebee must've somehow scored 2.5 points in this race. So further estimated race points: 15. Erwin Blatt 4.5 / 5 16. Louise Smith 4 17. Don Cecchini 3.5 18. Lee Schmidt 3 19. Gober Sosebee 2.5 20. Ken Marriott 2 21. Ed Tyson 1.5 22. Ken Schroeder 1 23. Tommy Coates 0.5 Overall standings: 8. Sosebee 265 -375 5. SK posted: 12.28.2007 - 3:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The first start for 22-year-old Bill Rexford, who would go on to win the championship one year later. 6. Andrew posted: 01.08.2008 - 3:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have a ticket stub from this race. Not bad for the 4th ever race in Nascar. Kinda cool seeing the word "nascar" and 1949 on a ticket. And Curtis Turners 1st win also. 7. Newmanfan posted: 01.15.2009 - 7:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why did Sosebee get 100 bucks while the guys around him only got 50. He didn't lead lap or anything like that. 8. hyltonfan08 posted: 01.23.2009 - 12:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gober may have led in the race. You'll notice only 61 of the 200 laps are accounted for. 9. Anonymous posted: 04.08.2009 - 12:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Langhorne Speedway, far from an oval, was actually a gigantic circle, and thus the fastest one-mile track of its day. It was thus extremely dangerous... 10. Steve posted: 04.09.2009 - 9:08 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) I knew Ken Schrader was old, but this was NASCAR's 4th race ever, and he finished 22nd in his own car. Was Dick Berggren his crew chief? Hahaha!!! 11. Breaker posted: 09.18.2009 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gober Sosebee probably got an extra $50 for qualifying second. I don't think leading a lap would get you any bonus money since Bob Flock led 1 lap and got an even $1,000. 12. Madison posted: 12.20.2009 - 1:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Steve, that is Ken Schroeder in his only NASCAR race. He may be related to Dorsey Schroeder, a very prominent road racer. 13. Anonymous posted: 11.25.2010 - 1:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Supposedly Len Brown became the first driver to compete in a convertible in this race: he drove a 1947 model car. 14. Graham Clayton posted: 06.26.2011 - 7:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 4 '51 Henry J's entered - very unusual! 15. Spen posted: 05.04.2012 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Wrong race, Graham. Incidentally, there were six drivers from Trenton in this race. Tommy Coates did the best of them, finishing 23rd. 16. Timberwolf Frenzel posted: 08.14.2012 - 6:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anonymous, Graham Clayton said that Ethel Mobley drove a 1948 Cadillac convertible in the 1949 Beach & Road Course race. 17. Dan Jackett posted: 01.03.2013 - 9:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In looking at the results of this race only 14 of the 45 drivers had raced in any of the 3 previous races...Obviously winning the race was more important than the championship 18. Graham Clayton posted: 10.25.2013 - 10:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Al Keller, Al Bonnell and Lou Volk get a Top-10 finish in their debut NASCAR Strickly Stock race. 19. A posted: 02.04.2015 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Three women in this race, including two in the top sixteen. Pretty impressive for 1949. Also love that there was a Hudson, Kaiser and Nash in the race and many drivers won $25. Different times! 20. Blue Palaski posted: 02.11.2016 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Curtis Turner invited Sarah Christian to victory lane after her 6th place finish. 21. nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted: 02.20.2017 - 11:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Note: complete qualifying result now available ! Cautions: 1 (Lap 28 for Walter Minx accident; Number of caution laps unknow) Note: 3 qualifying session. Position 1 and 2 from first session. Position 3 and 4 from second session. Position 5 to the end from third and last session. Delaney, Cecchini and Brown did not put any time during the 3 sessions. Note: Ethel Mobley drove a '48 Cadillac Convertible Note: Len Brown drove a '47 Ford Convertible Status for position 11 to 28 and lap leader breakdown now available. 22. Spaghetti_Os posted: 10.31.2019 - 9:30 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Just a shoutout to Lou Volk, who finished tenth in his first NASCAR race ever. It was one of the oldest cars in the field. It must have been insane to handle that thing. It's a shame we only saw him in two NASCAR races. 23. Spaghetti_Os posted: 10.31.2019 - 9:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Too bad we only got to see Ken Schroeder this one time, 24. thog posted: 06.24.2020 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Walter Minx takes the biggest L of the race, when his right rear tire and his left front tire blew almost simultaneously, sending his car out of control and rolling over twice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: