Bob finished 3rd in the standings and Fonty in 5th. So far, the first and only three brothers finishing within the top 10 in the final point standings. Tim stat out most of the 1950 NASCAR schedule because of an injury at the dirt, Charlotte Speedway. In 1951, he would switch to different cars, including a Ford, but mostly and Oldsmobile. He had moderate success by winning 7 races including Lakewood, and finished 3rd in the Grand National points standings. For 1952, he teamed up with Dawsonville-based car owner, Ted Chester, now driving a shiny, powder blue Hudson Hornet, winning 8 races including that year's Grand National Title. He always joked about that he would probably be the only driver in history to win a championship on his roof. During the season finale, he flipped his Hudson and retired from the race early, but still had enough points built up to claim the title over. Out of the 33 races he competed in, he finished in the top 10, 25 times.

For 1953, still driving Chester's Hudson and coming off a huge championship, it was sure to be a great year. With 5 wins and 1 pole, it wasn't too bad. One of the most interesting things that came out of 1953 was the additional member to the Ted Chester Hudson Team - a monkey named "Jocko Flocko" Ted Chester had bought it as a birthday gift to Tim from an Atlanta pet shop and even had a local seamstress make a 'monkey-sized' racing suit, complete with his name and the #91 on his back. Chester thought that it would be a great publicity stunt if they fabricated a small seat and let the monkey race with Tim. They'd also let the children spectators play with him before the races. Tim said that he would get the best laugh at the sight of passing drivers and a monkey was starring them down out the window. Jocko's first race was Charlotte and was the co-pilot of the #91 until 8 races later at Raleigh. Although the pair had got a win at Hickory, during the 8th race, Jocko had gotten loose from his seat. He crawled over to the 'trap door'. Many cars back in the day had a hinged door in the floorboard with a chain on it so the driver could pull the door to check on tire wear. Anyway, Tim's monkey had found that door and opened it. He peered down to see the racing surface and a rock, flew up into the car and hit Jocko on his head. After the impact of the rock, he went crazy and jumped up to Tim and started scratching and biting him. The #91 car was leading while this happened and Flock had to come into the pits, which caused him to lose the race that his brother Fonty won. Tim finished 3rd and announced that "If that monkey's gonna cost me a race, I ain't having him no more". At the end of 1953, Ted Chester decided to disband his racing operation and left the former champion without a ride for the upcoming season.

He found a ride in an Oldsmobile for Colonel Ernest Woods #88. He qualified 4th at Daytona and won the race, but was disqualified for many reasons. One reason was that the carburetor was found to be too big. Another reason was that he was running with a wooden roll-bar painted black to look metal. Flock claimed that Bill France approved this, but after the race France deemed it unapproved. Flock also suggested that the 2nd place finisher and eventual winner, Lee Petty, driving a Dodge, was given the win because Bill France wanted Factory-Backing from Chrysler, who hadn't been into NASCAR yet. Flock was furious and claimed he wouldn't race in France's corrupt organization again. However, he would compete in the last four races of the season for different owners, including two races for Buck Baker receiving a pole at Macon and a runner-up finish.

Tim Flock appeared at Daytona Beach for Speedweeks of 1955, but not as a driver, a spectator. An upstart car owner and outboard motor entrepreneur, Carl Kiekhafer, noticed that a previous champion was without a ride. Kiekhafer offered Tim a tour of his cars and mechanics along with a ride in a brand new, Chrysler 300, numbered 300. He started 1st and originally finished 2nd, but was bumped up to first. Fireball Roberts was driving the number M-1 Fish Carburetor Buick when he claimed victory. It was deemed illegal (no surprise since Red Vogt built it) and Flock was handed the victory. Kind of ironic since the same happened the year previous with Flock on the bad end of the deal. Flock probably could've beaten Roberts fair, if the 300 was equipped with a manual transmission. It was one of the first cars with an automatic transmission. The M-1 car could downshift in the turns and power out of the turns while it took longer for the automatic #300 to do so. In fact it is the only automatic transmission in NASCAR history to win race. Flock won just over $2300 for his triumph, a huge sum for it's day, but after all, it was the biggest race of the season. Throughout the 1955 season, Tim won 18 races and 18 poles. The 18-race record stood until 1967 when Richard Petty finished that season with 27 victories. However, the 18-poles still stand as the most in one season. He also won in a Mercedes CL-300 in a NASCAR road-course race.

Coming off of another big championship, Tim was back driving the #300 Chrysler 300 for the Kiekhafer Racing Team. Kiekhafer had acquired many drivers for his team, counting to 5 and sometimes 6 cars - All clean, white Chrysler 300. His drivers included Tim, brother Fonty Flock, occasionally eldest Flock Brother -Bob (but mostly crew chief), Frank Mundy, Charlie Scott, and Buck Baker, the 1956 Grand National Champion. Tim didn't fare as well with 4 wins and 5 pole awards. After Tim won the 10th race of the season - North Wilkesboro, he and Kiekhafer had a falling out and Tim no longer drove for the Chrysler team. Until the end of the season, he competed in Fords, Chevrolets, Oldmobiles, and a Pontiac racing for owners such as Smokey Yunick, Jim Stephens, Mauri Rose, Bill Stroppe, and John Foster. He did win one race in his lone start in Bill Stroppe's Mercury at Road America - the only top level race so far at the historic road course. It was also be the youngest Flock's last win in a NASCAR Grand National race.

1957 Would be Tim Flock's last competitive year in racing. With just one Grand National start and two convertible race starts, he won the Daytona Convertible race from the pole.

In 1961, Tim and Curtis Turner organized a driver's union and both were banned by Bill France for the attempt, but were reinstated in 1965. Turner took advantage of coming back into the sport, but for Flock, he was done with driving. He wasn't heard from until 1991, when Charlotte hosted the "Winston Legends" race which hosted 22 legendary drivers. Flock finished 5th - the first time he'd been in a race car since the late 1950's. After that he joined on with Charlotte Motor Speedway as a public relations director. He and his wife even lived at the track. His duties consisted of driving the pace car at the track along with appearing at legend banquets and parades in honor of the CMS. He was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998, a great honor for him, and passed away less than two months after that on March 31, 1998. In 2002, he was honored as an inductee in the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame's inaugural class and in 2014 will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

And with that, that pretty much sums up Tim Flock's racing career.

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