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NASCAR Grand National race number 1 of 19
Sunday, February 5, 1950 at Beach & Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL
48 laps on a 4.170 mile road course (200.160 miles)

Time of race: 2:26:30
Average speed: 89.894 mph
Pole speed: 98.84 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 53 sec
Attendance: 9500
Lead changes: 3

Glossary 1950 NASCAR Grand National results / 1950 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
5	2	35	J.C. Van Landingham	J.C. Van Landingham	'50 Buick	48	450	running	0
10	15	47	Fonty Flock	Ed Lawrence	'47 Buick	46	150	running	0
15	25	55	June Cleveland	D.G. Hall	'48 Buick	45	50	wheel	0
23	24	72	Lee Schmidt	Lee Schmidt	'47 Buick	40	25	–	0
6	4	90	Tim Flock	Daytona Motors (Buddy Elliott)	'48 Cadillac	48	350	running	0
34	35	2	Bill Blair	Sam Rice	'49 Cadillac	7	25	–	0
37	7	44	Frank Mundy	Daytona Motors (Buddy Elliott)	'49 Cadillac	5	25	–	0
26	5	91	Tommy Thompson	San Juan Motors (Tommy Thompson)	'49 Chrysler	34	25	crash	0
9	9	70	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'49 Ford	47	175	running	0
17	30	89	Al Keller	W.O. Taylor	'49 Ford	44	50	–	0
22	29	56	Joe Jernigan	Lambert's Auto (Joe Jernigan)	'49 Ford	41	25	–	0
25	27	48	Larry Shurter	Larry Shurter	'49 Ford	37	25	–	0
31	38	17	Bob Apperson	Bob Apperson	'47 Ford	14	25	–	0
40	31	67	Joe Harrison	Joe Harrison	'49 Ford	3	25	–	0
41	40	94	Louise Smith	Smith Auto Parts (Louise Smith)	'49 Ford	0		crash	0
24	17	37	Russ Lee	Chester Alford	'49 Hudson	38	25	–	0
33	32	11	Fireball Roberts	Jim Davis	'48 Hudson	8	25	–	0
38	36	77	Slick Smith	Davis Brothers	'47 Hudson	4	25	–	0
1	3	21	Harold Kite	Roberts Auto Service (Harold Kite)	'49 Lincoln	48	1500	running	38
3	14	59	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink	'49 Lincoln	48	600	running	0
11	10	41	Curtis Turner	Paul Roberts	'49 Lincoln	46	50	–	0
12	18	10	Jim Rathmann	Jim Rathmann	'49 Lincoln	46	50	–	0
13	22	80	Roscoe Thompson	Charles Venable	'49 Lincoln	45	50	–	0
18	11	9	Frank Luptow	Frank Luptow	'49 Lincoln	43	50	–	0
20	23	18	Jack White	Brooks Motors (Brooks Motors)	'49 Lincoln	41	50	–	0
21	6	32	Alton Haddock	J.L. McDonald	'49 Lincoln	41	25	–	0
32	33	6	Marshall Teague	Paul Cox	'49 Lincoln	10	25	did not finish	0
39	13	66	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan	'47 Nash	3	25	–	0
2	34	22	Red Byron	Parks Novelty (Raymond Parks)	'50 Oldsmobile	48	1000	running	10
4	8	88	Al Gross	Hans Winter	'50 Oldsmobile	48	550	running	0
7	21	7	Bob Flock	Bob Flock Garage (Frank Christian)	'49 Oldsmobile	47	250	running	0
27	12	25	Jack Smith	Bishop Brothers	'50 Oldsmobile	31	25	–	0
28	16	12	Billy Carden	Bishop Brothers	'49 Oldsmobile	30	25	–	0
29	20	60	Bill Rexford	Julian Buesink	'49 Oldsmobile	26	25	–	0
30	19	50	Gober Sosebee	Ted Chester	'49 Oldsmobile	21	25	engine	0
35	1	3	Joe Littlejohn	Joe Littlejohn	'50 Oldsmobile	7	25	–	0
8	26	4	Otis Martin	Raymond Lewis	'49 Plymouth	47	175	running	0
14	37	5	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'49 Plymouth	45	50	–	0
16	28	42	Lee Petty	Petty Special (Petty Enterprises)	'49 Plymouth	45	50	–	0
19	41	61	Will Albright	Will Albright	'46 Pontiac	43	50	–	0
36	39	24	Dick Clothier	Dick Clothier	'47 Pontiac	5	25	–	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Harold Kite	1	14	14
Red Byron	15	24	10
Harold Kite	25	48	24