Frank Christian | |||||||
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Born | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | October 3, 1910||||||
Died | December 8, 1969 | (aged 59)||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 26th ( 1949) | ||||||
First race | 1949 Race 2 ( Daytona Beach) | ||||||
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Frank Christian (October 23, 1910 — December 8, 1969) was a NASCAR race car owner who owned a series of stock car vehicles from 1949 to 1955. [1] Christian finished sixth in his only NASCAR race start (1949-03). [2]
He was also the husband of former NASCAR Grand National Series driver Sara Christian in addition to being a businessman and a provider of illegal alcoholic beverages. [3] During his adult life, he resided in Atlanta, Georgia where he would base his legitimate businessman career from. [4]
As a pioneer in multi-car ownership, Christian would lead the way for the modern day "super teams" like Hendrick Motorsports. [5]
He earned $81,285 in monetary prizes as an owner ($924,528.52 when adjusted for inflation) in addition to winning 22 races. Notable drivers under his employment included: Speedy Thompson, Buddy Shuman, Banjo Matthews, Fonty Flock, Buck Baker, and Curtis Turner. [1] Christian even did several races as a driver/owner; adding to the lap total of 21,804 that his vehicles did while under his ownership. [1] Out of all these laps, only 5220 were by Mr. Christian's drivers. [1]
However, his vehicles did do well in finishing races as the average starting position was sixth place and the average finishing position was twelfth place. [1] Pole positions were plentiful for Frank Christian's vehicles as they managed to accumulate 35 pole positions within 6 years. [1]
( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Strictly Stock Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | NSSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1949 | Frank Christian | 37 | Olds | CLT |
DAB 6 |
HBO | LAN | HAM | MAR | HEI | NWS | 26th | 100 | [6] |
Frank Christian | |||||||
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Born | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | October 3, 1910||||||
Died | December 8, 1969 | (aged 59)||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 26th ( 1949) | ||||||
First race | 1949 Race 2 ( Daytona Beach) | ||||||
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Frank Christian (October 23, 1910 — December 8, 1969) was a NASCAR race car owner who owned a series of stock car vehicles from 1949 to 1955. [1] Christian finished sixth in his only NASCAR race start (1949-03). [2]
He was also the husband of former NASCAR Grand National Series driver Sara Christian in addition to being a businessman and a provider of illegal alcoholic beverages. [3] During his adult life, he resided in Atlanta, Georgia where he would base his legitimate businessman career from. [4]
As a pioneer in multi-car ownership, Christian would lead the way for the modern day "super teams" like Hendrick Motorsports. [5]
He earned $81,285 in monetary prizes as an owner ($924,528.52 when adjusted for inflation) in addition to winning 22 races. Notable drivers under his employment included: Speedy Thompson, Buddy Shuman, Banjo Matthews, Fonty Flock, Buck Baker, and Curtis Turner. [1] Christian even did several races as a driver/owner; adding to the lap total of 21,804 that his vehicles did while under his ownership. [1] Out of all these laps, only 5220 were by Mr. Christian's drivers. [1]
However, his vehicles did do well in finishing races as the average starting position was sixth place and the average finishing position was twelfth place. [1] Pole positions were plentiful for Frank Christian's vehicles as they managed to accumulate 35 pole positions within 6 years. [1]
( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | NSSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1949 | Frank Christian | 37 | Olds | CLT |
DAB 6 |
HBO | LAN | HAM | MAR | HEI | NWS | 26th | 100 | [6] |