Birth: March 21st, 1920, Fort Payne, AL – Death: July 15th, 1972, (aged 52) Atlanta GA
He was the brother of NASCAR pioneers Tim and Bob Flock and the second female NASCAR driver Ethel Mobley . The four raced at the July 10, 1949 race at the Daytona Beach Road Course, which was the first event to feature a brother and a sister, and the only NASCAR event to feature four siblings.
Ethel beat Fonty and Bob by finishing in eleventh.
Flock’s career began by delivering illegal moon shine. He started delivering on his bicycle as a teenager. He used his car to deliver moonshine as he got older. “I used to deliberately seek out the sheriff and get him to chase me,” he later recalled. “It was fun, and besides we could send to California to get special parts to modify our cars, and the sheriff couldn’t afford to do that “
- 1940 – First win came at Atlanta Lakewood Speedway
- 1947 – National Stock Car Points Championship
- 1949 – NASCAR’s Modified Points Championship
- 1952 – Darlington “500” winner
- 1957 – Retired with 19 “Sprint Cup” wins and hundreds of modified wins
