1950 NASCAR Grand National Standings

1950 NASCAR Grand National Champion Bill Rexford.
1950 NASCAR Grand National Champion Bill Rexford

Despite mechanical problems in the season finale at Hillsboro, N.C., 23-year-old Bill Rexford held off Fireball Roberts by an eyelash to ­capture the 1950 NASCAR Grand National championship.

The 1950 title chase was quite ­memorable. In the 19-race campaign, the points lead changed hands nine times among seven different drivers. Rexford took the points lead in the next-to-last race at Winchester, Ind., and finished 110.5 points ahead of Roberts.

Roberts, the 21-year-old youngster out of Daytona Beach, could have won the title with a fifth-place finish in the season finale. With Rexford on the sidelines, Fireball elected to charge to the front rather than employ a conservative approach. Roberts led twice for nine laps, but blew the engine in his Oldsmobile and wound up 21st.

In addition to Rexford and Roberts, other drivers to lead the standings during the season included Curtis Turner, Lloyd Moore, Tim Flock, Red Byron, and Harold Kite. The following chart compiles the complete standings for 1950.

1950 NASCAR Grand National Standings

Rank
 Driver Points Wins Earnings
1
Bill Rexford
 1,959.0
 1
 $6,175.00
2
Fireball Roberts
 1,848.5
 1
 6,955.00
3
Lee Petty
 1,398.0
 1
 5,580.00
4
Lloyd Moore
 1,398.0
 1
 5,580.00
5
Curtis Turner
 1,375.0
 4
 6,935.00
6
Johnny Mantz
 1,282.0
 1
 10,835.00
7
Chuck Mahoney
 1,217.5
 0
 2,760.00
8
Dick Linder
 1,121.0
 3
 5,570.00
9
Jimmy Florian
 801.0
 1
 2,695.00
10
Bill Blair
766.0
 1
 4,320.00
11
Herb Thomas
590.5
 1
 2,945.00
12
Buck Baker
 531.5
 0
 2,195.00
13
Cotton Owens
 500.0
 0
 1,100.00
14
Fonty Flock
 458.5
 1
 2,170.00
15
Weldon Adams
 440.0
 0
 1,305.00
16
Tim Flock 437.5 1
 4,080.00
17
Clyde Minter
 427.0
 0
 1,280.00
18
Dick Burns
 341.5
 0
 930.00
19
Art Lamey
 320.0
 0
 830.00
20
Bob Flock
 314.0
 0
 1,180.00
21
George Hartley
 298.0
 0
 875.00
22
Gayle Warren
 287.0
 0
 550.00
23
Frank Mundy
 275.5
 0
 550.00
24
Jim Paschal
 220.5
 0
 850.00
25
Jack White
 211.5
 0
 525.00
26
Roscoe "Pappy" Hough
 207.5
 0
 325.00
27
Ray Duhigg
 202.5
 0
 450.00
28
Leon Sales
200.0
 1
 1,000.00

Jimmy Thompson
 200.0
 0
 525.00
30
Harold Kite
187.0
 1
 1,550.00
31
Neil Cole
 183.5
 0
 300.00
32
Buck Barr
 180.0
 0
 575.00

Red Harvey
 180.0
 0
 750.00

Ted Swaim
 180.0
 0
 750.00

Jack Smith
 180.0
 0
 775.00

Bucky Sager
 180.0
 0
 750.00
37
Pepper Cunningham
 177.5
 0
 300.00
38
Ewell Weddle
 173.5
 0
 600.00
39
Donald Thomas
 164.0
 0
 300.00
40
Bill Snowden
 163.0
 0
 325.00
41
Chuck James
 140.0
 0
 400.00

Jimmie Lewallen
 140.0
 0
 400.00
43
Dick Clotheir
 133.5
 0
 350.00
44
Paul Parks
 124.5
 0
 375.00
45
Al Gross
 124.0
 0
 550.00
46
Jack Reynolds
 120.0
 0
 300.00
47
Jim Delaney
 114.0
 0
 175.00
48
Carl Renner
108.0
 0
 250.00
49
Jack Holloway
 107.5
 0
 225.00
50
Robert Dickson
 105.0
 0
 275.00

J.C. Van Landingham
105.0
0
450.00

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