1950-09
The ninth race of the 1950 season was run on July 23 at Charlotte Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Curtis Turner won the pole. – Curtis Turner jumped into the lead in the opening lap and never back as he streaked to victory in the 150-mile Grand National race at Charlotte Speedway. The muscular driver out of Roanoke, VA led from start to finish — the second race in a row that Turner has led every lap. The triumph kept Turner in the Grand National point lead as Lloyd Moore dropped to 21st in the 26 car field. Chuck Mahoney finished in second place, with Herb Thomas, Jimmie Lewallen and Dick Burns rounding out the top five. Bill Blair and Bill Rexford pressured Turner in the early going, but Blair departed with a broken spindle and engine failure put Rexford out of action. Lee Petty and Glenn Dunnaway were running in the top five when both Plymouth drivers lost wheels. They finished llth and 12th respectively in the final rundown. On the same day, Jim Roper, winner of the first Grand National race at Charlotte on June 19, 1949, won a 20 lap Strictly Stock outlaw feature at Pratt, Kansas on a 1.6-mile paved oval, averaging 67.659 mph.
Top Ten Results
- Curtis Turner
- Chuck Mahoney
- Herb Thomas
- Jimmie Lewallen
- Dick Burns (driver)
- George Hartley
- Donald Thomas
- Frank Mundy
- Tim Flock
- Bill Snowden
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