Truman Fontell "Fonty"Flock (March 21, 1921 – July 15, 1972) was an Americanstock car racer.

He was the brother of NASCAR pioneersTim Flock andBob Flock, and the second female NASCAR driverEthel Mobley. The four raced at the July 10, 1949, race at theDaytona 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.

Like many early NASCAR drivers, Flock's career began by delivering illegalmoonshine. 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."^[1]

Flock won a 100-mile race atLakewood Speedway Park inAtlanta, Georgia, in 1940. He raced on dirt tracks in Georgia.

He qualified in the pole position for the July 27, 1941, race at theDaytona Beach Road Course besideRoy Hall. Flock took the early lead before he and Hall got together in the south turn. Flock rolled and landed upside down in bushes. The seatbelt broke during the rolling, and Flock was tossed around. He was rushed by ambulance to the hospital, having suffered a crushed chest, broken pelvis, head and back injuries, and severe shock.

Flock was in theUnited States Army Air Corps for four years duringWorld War II.^[2]

His brother convinced car owner Ed Schenck to put Flock in his car at the first race at theNorth Wilkesboro Speedway on May 5, 1947. Flock won the pole and hisheat race. He won the 30-lap feature after not racing in4+1⁄2 years. He took over his brother Bob's ride later in the season after Bob broke his back. He won seven of 47 races that season, and beatEd Samples andRed Byron to win theNational Championship Stock Car Circuit championship.

He won eleven features and won theNASCAR National Modified championship in 1949. He raced in six of eight Strictly Stock (laterGrand National Series) events and finished fifth in the points.

He raced his first full-time season in the Grand National series in 1951. He had eight wins, 22 Top-10s, and 13 poles to finish second in the points. He won the 100-mile Grand National Stock Car race at Bainbridge Speedway, Solon, Ohio, on July 9, 1951.^[3]

He had two wins, 17 Top-10s, and seven poles in 1952. He finished fourth in the points.

He was leading by more than a minute at the 1953Daytona Beach Road Course race but ran out of gas taking the white flag at the start of the final lap. Flock's teammate pushed his car into the pits.Bill Blair passed to win the race in a 1953 Oldsmobile. Flock finished second by 26 seconds. He had four wins, 17 Top-10 finishes, and three poles to finish fourth in the final points.

He opened an insurance agency in 1954, racing part-time after that.

Flock raced 31 of 45 events in 1955. He had three wins, 14 Top-10s, and six poles. He finished eleventh in the points.

He had his final win in 1956 at theCharlotte Speedway.

In 1957, he raced at the Daytona Beach Road Course.Herb Thomas had been gravely injured in a 1956 race held at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds inShelby, North Carolina, so he asked Flock to drive the car in the1957Southern 500. Flock accepted. He spun and was smashed byBobby Myers andPaul Goldsmith on lap 27, injuring all, and killing Myers. From the hospital bed, Flock announced his retirement.^[4] He died on July 15, 1972, after a lengthy illness.^[5]

• Flock was inducted in theTalladega-Texaco Walk of Fame in 2004.
• He was inducted into the Georgia Automobile Racing Hall of Fame Association in 2004.

Appeared as a mystery challenger on the Apr 15, 1956, episode ofWhat's My Line? on CBS television.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

• Fonty Flock driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Biography at Talladega Walk of Fame
• Granddaughter's website includes photos
• Biography at decadesofracing.netArchived 2016-05-12 at theWayback Machine
• Biography at hickoksports.com
• Fonty Flock at The Crittenden Automotive Library includes career Strictly Stock/Grand National Statistics and complete Grand National win list.
• Georgia Automobile Racing Hall of Fame

• 1920 births
• 1972 deaths
• United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
• Flock family
• NASCAR drivers
• People from Fort Payne, Alabama
• Racing drivers from Alabama

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