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Tim Flock, the youngest of the "Fabulous Flock Brothers" was born in Fort Payne Alabama in May of 1924. Although he came from a family of 9, he only had three other stock car racing siblings - Bob, Fonty and sister Ethyl, that would later race. Their mother was a 'wing-walker' and their father was a cab driver. The Flocks also had another brother, Carl, that was a speedboat racer. In the mid 30's Fonty and Bob would travel to Atlanta where they had an uncle named "Peachtree" Williams, a known Atlanta bootlegger. When Tim got of age, he would go along with them, but it is unknown if he ever hauled any himself. Starting in the late 30's, Bob and Fonty started racing cars until the war. Fonty was injured in 1941 at Daytona that left him unable to race until 1946. Bob too, was injured while leading in the NSCRA points in October of 1947. Fonty took over the Parks' #14 and won the championship. 1948 was the first year for NASCAR and that's when Tim first started to race, when he was about 24 years old. He competed in the modified division in 1948 and again in 1949 along with the Strictly Stock series that year where he finished 8th in the overall standings.
