| Frank Christian | |||||||
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| Born | October 3, 1910 Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
| 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]
Career
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 ($887,975.52 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]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Strictly Stock Series
| 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Frank Christian information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "#37 Frank Christian complete NASCAR career statistics". NASCAR Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ↑ "Information about Mrs. Frank (Sara) Christian" (PDF). The Henry Ford. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ↑ Freedman, Lew (14 March 2013). Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing. ISBN 9780313387104. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ↑ "Super teams have been around since the beginning". NASCAR.com. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ↑ "Frank Christian – 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
External links
- Frank Christian owner statistics at Racing-Reference
- Frank Christian driver statistics at Racing-Reference