1950 Grand National Series

February 5 to October 29

Season Statistics

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The 1950 Grand National Series was the 2nd season of the NASCAR Grand National Series. The season began at Daytona Beach on February 5 and ended at Occoneechee Speedway on October 29. The season featured 19 races, with Bill Rexford (#80 Oldsmobile) becoming the 1950 series champion with 1,959 points over Fireball Roberts who had 1,848 points.

Round	Date	Race Name	Track
1	February 5, 1950	1950-01	Daytona Beach Road Course
2	April 2, 1950	1950-02	Charlotte Speedway
3	April 16, 1950	1950-03	Langhorne Speedway
4	May 21, 1950	1950-04	Martinsville Speedway
5	May 30, 1950	Poor Man's 500	Canfield Speedway
6	June 18, 1950	1950-06	Vernon Fairgrounds
7	June 25, 1950	1950-07	Dayton Speedway
8	July 2, 1950	1950-08	Monroe County Fairgrounds
9	July 23, 1950	1950-09	Charlotte Speedway
10	August 13, 1950	1950-10	Occoneechee Speedway
11	August 20, 1950	1950-11	Dayton Speedway
12	August 27, 1950	1950-12	Hamburg Speedway
13	September 4, 1950	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway
14	September 17, 1950	1950-14	Langhorne Speedway
15	September 24, 1950	Wilkes 200	North Wilkesboro Speedway
16	October 1, 1950	1950-16	Vernon Fairgrounds
17	October 15, 1950	1950-17	Martinsville Speedway
18	October 15, 1950	1950-18	Winchester Speedway
19	October 29, 1950	1950-19	Occoneechee Speedway

Round	Race	Pole Winner	Winner	Make	Cautions	Caution Laps	Average Speed	Number of Lead Changes
1	1950-01	Joe Littlejohn	Harold Kite	Lincoln	0	0	89.894	3
2	1950-02	Red Byron	Tim Flock	Lincoln	1	n/a	n/a	3
3	1950-03	Tim Flock	Curtis Turner	Oldsmobile	n/a	n/a	69.399	6
4	1950-04	Buck Baker	Curtis Turner	Oldsmobile	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
5	1950 Poor Man's 500	Jimmy Florian	Bill Rexford	Oldsmobile	n/a	n/a	42.036	2
6	1950-06	Chuck Mahoney	Bill Blair	Mercury	n/a	n/a	50.188	2
7	1950-07	Dick Linder	Jimmy Florian	Ford	n/a	n/a	63.351	6
8	1950-08	Curtis Turner	Curtis Turner	Oldsmobile	3	7	50.614	0
9	1950-09	Curtis Turner	Curtis Turner	Oldsmobile	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
10	1950-10	Dick Linder	Fireball Roberts	Oldsmobile	1	n/a	n/a	3
11	1950-11	Curtis Turner	Dick Linder	Oldsmobile	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
12	1950-12	Dick Linder	Dick Linder	Oldsmobile	1	n/a	50.747	4
13	1950 Southern 500	Curtis Turner	Johnny Mantz	Plymouth	2	13	75.250	4
14	1950-14	Wally Campbell	Fonty Flock	Oldsmobile	n/a	n/a	72.801	4
15	1950 Wilkes 200	Fireball Roberts	Leon Sales	Plymouth	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
16	1950-16	Dick Linder	Dick Linder	Oldsmobile	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
17	1950-17	Fonty Flock	Herb Thomas	Plymouth	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
18	1950-18	Dick Linder	Lloyd Moore	Mercury	n/a	n/a	63.875	2
19	1950-19	Fonty Flock	Lee Petty	Plymouth	1	n/a	82.569	5

Pos.	Driver	Races	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Poles	Points	Difference
1	Bill Rexford	17	1	5	11	0	1959
2	Fireball Roberts	9	1	4	5	1	1848.5	-111
3	Lee Petty	17	1	9	13	0	1590	-369
4	Lloyd Moore	16	1	7	10	0	1398	-561
5	Curtis Turner	16	4	7	7	4	1375.5	-584
6	Johnny Mantz	3	1	1	2	0	1282	-677
7	Chuck Mahoney	11	0	3	6	1	1217.5	-742
8	Dick Linder	13	3	5	8	5	1121	-838
9	Jimmy Florian	10	1	3	6	1	801	-1,158
10	Bill Blair	16	1	5	7	0	766	-1,193
11	Herb Thomas	13	1	4	6	0	590.5	-1,369
12	Buck Baker	9	0	2	5	1	531.5	-1,428
13	Cotton Owens	3	0	0	1	0	500	-1,459
14	Fonty Flock	7	1	2	3	2	458.5	-1,501
15	Weldon Adams	4	0	2	3	0	440	-1,519
16	Tim Flock	12	1	4	7	1	437.5	-1,522
17	Clyde Minter	8	0	3	3	0	427	-1,532
18	Dick Burns	8	0	2	3	0	341.5	-1,618
19	Art Lamey	4	0	2	3	0	320	-1,639
20	Bob Flock	4	0	1	3	0	314	-1,645
21	George Hartley	8	0	0	2	0	298	-1,661
22	Gayle Warren	10	0	1	2	0	287	-1,672
23	Frank Mundy	8	0	0	3	0	275.5	-1,684
24	Jim Paschal	6	0	1	2	0	220.5	-1,739
25	Jack White	7	0	1	2	0	211.5	-1,748
26	Pappy Hough	5	0	0	2	0	207.5	-1,752
27	Ray Duhigg	5	0	1	2	0	202.5	-1,757
28	Leon Sales	2	1	1	1	0	200	-1,759
29	Jimmy Thompson	4	0	0	3	0	200	-1,759
30	Harold Kite	3	1	1	1	0	187	-1,772