|| *Comments on the 1953 unnamed race (1953-02):* View the most recent comment <#16> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Nascar Man posted: 02.11.2007 - 2:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A widow discovered never before seen piece of racing history û film of 1953 NASCAR race on Daytona Beach http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=2343811&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=6.1.1 2. JeffGordonFan24 posted: 11.17.2008 - 1:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fonty Flock ran out of fuel on the last lap, letting Bill Blair win the Daytona race. 3. hyltonfan08 posted: 01.23.2009 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsors: 2-Bill Blair: Halifax Motors 4-Slick Smith: Air Lift 14-Fonty Flock: Air Lift 120-Dick Rathmann: America's Champion 4. Pacer posted: 01.01.2010 - 10:47 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) A certain 20-year-old kid named Red Farmer makes his Sprint Cup debut. 5. Mike posted: 06.21.2011 - 10:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) According to NASCAR Chronicle, this was the first race in NASCAR history to be decided by a last-lap pass. 6. Graham Clayton posted: 06.27.2011 - 1:57 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) JeffGordonFan24 said: >Fonty Flock ran out of fuel on the last lap, letting Bill Blair win the >Daytona race. After Flock ran out of fuel, he was pushed back to the pits by Slick Smith, who was running 8th at the time. Smith's sportsmanship cost him 2 places, and he finished 10th. 7. Spen posted: 04.24.2012 - 12:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The first "Derrike Cope moment" in NASCAR history. 8. RaceFanX posted: 02.03.2013 - 12:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR Speedway Open Wheel Division race winner Tom Cherry makes his lone Cup start and finishes in the top-10. 9. VoteGillilandNotDanica2014 posted: 08.13.2013 - 9:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tommy Thompson's sponsor was San Juan Motors http://www.floridastockcars.com/gallery3/v/Beach/Three-wheeling+in+1953___.jpg.html 10. Timberwolf Frenzel posted: 05.11.2015 - 9:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have a picture of Obie Chupp's car in this race. It said "Wild Gene Horne" on the side, not "Wide Gene Horne". 11. Anonymous posted: 12.24.2015 - 8:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cotton Owens won the 100 mile Modified Sportsman race the day before in a 1938 Plymouth Modified, followed by Ralph Moody, Earl Moss, Speedy Thompson and Jack Smith. Curtis Turner was the 1st Sportsman Car in 11th. 12. SK posted: 02.08.2017 - 7:19 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Bob Pronger made 9 Grand National starts and only once finished better than 27th place, but here on the Beach he remarkably qualifies on the pole, breaking the speed record set in 1950 by Joe Littlejohn. 13. nascar_vd / Racing-Reference.info posted: 08.21.2017 - 9:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) W1953-02 Daytona Beach Note: Lee Petty, winner of the season opener at West Palm Beach spent Speed Week in Halifax hospital, undergoing treating for severe internal hemorrhages. Here the driver standings after this race (Top20): 1) Tim Flock = 457 points 2) Fonty Flock = 432 3) Herb Thomas = 422 4) Bill Blair = 325 5) Don Oldenberg = 311 6) Gober Sosebee = 307 7) Tommy Thompson = 299 8) Donald Thomas = 274 9) Dick Passwater = 260 10) Curtis Turner = 247 11) Bub King = 225 12) Tom Cherry = 221 13) Dick Rathman = 214 14) Slick Smith = 208 15) Lee Petty = 200 16) Jimmy Lewallen = 192 17) Herschel Buchunan = 189 18) Buck Baker = 169 19) Dub Livingston = 165 20) Pop McGinnis = 157 14. Eric posted: 03.18.2018 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bob Pronger wins the pole and then promptly flips the car 15. Eric posted: 03.30.2018 - 2:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Not to mention Bob Pronger had actually sucker-punched a race official before the start of the race. 16. RaceFanX posted: 08.30.2019 - 10:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) More than 65 years after this race J.J. Yelled raced a Bill Blair tribute car in the 2019 Southern 500 that was specifically painted to resemble the white #2 Olds Blair drove to victory in this race. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: