The newly renamed Grand National division arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina for a 200-lap race at the 3/4-mile New Charlotte Speedway on April 2, 1950. The race was promoted by NASCAR President, Bill France Sr.
The race was the second of the 1950 season and the first since [ Harold Kite won the Daytona beach and road course race ] in February.
Red Byron was named as the early favorite by some...
...while others wondered if Glenn Dunaway could return to New Charlotte to snag a win after being DQ'd at the track a year earlier in the first ever NASCAR Strictly Stock race.
Lee Petty wasn't expected to race at Charlotte because of a cast he had on his hand. Coincidentally, Richard Petty had to [ miss a couple of races ] around the same time of year in 1966 because of a cast on HIS hand. Despite his injury, Papa Lee DID show up at Charlotte and race.
Red Byron won the pole and led 42 laps early in the race. Unlike the predictions, however, Byron couldn't hold the lead and eventually finished fourth, four laps down to the winner.
Second place qualifier, Bob Flock, led the first five laps. He finished the race in the same sot he started it - second, the only other car on the lead lap as the winner.
Bob's brother Tim was the class of the field in his #21 1949 Lincoln. He led 153 of the race's 200 laps and claimed his first career NASCAR GN win. The Mercury was fielded by car owner - Harold Kite. It's probable the car Flock raced to the win on the short-track at Charlotte was the same Lincoln Kite raced to the win in Daytona.
| Fin | Driver | Car |
| 1 | Tim Flock | '49 Lincoln |
| 2 | Bob Flock | '49 Oldsmobile |
| 3 | Clyde Minter | '50 Mercury |
| 4 | Red Byron | '50 Oldsmobile |
| 5 | Bill Snowden | '49 Buick |
| 6 | Glenn Dunaway | '49 Plymouth |
| 7 | Jack White | '49 Mercury |
| 8 | Fred Johnson | '49 Ford |
| 9 | Herb Thomas | '47 Ford |
| 10 | Huey Dunn | '49 Oldsmobile |
| 11 | Frank Mundy | '49 Oldsmobile |
| 12 | Bob Apperson | '49 Ford |
| 13 | Bill Rexford | '50 Oldsmobile |
| 14 | Lloyd Moore | '49 Lincoln |
| 15 | Curtis Turner | '50 Oldsmobile |
| 16 | Cotton Owens | '50 Ford |
| 17 | June Cleveland | '48 Buick |
| 18 | Lee Petty | '49 Plymouth |
| 19 | Bill Blair | '49 Cadillac |
| 20 | Bill Harrison | '49 Lincoln |
| 21 | Fonty Flock | '47 Buick |
| 22 | Buck Baker | '50 Ford |
| 23 | Jim Paschal | '49 Ford |
| 24 | Ray Erickson | '48 Mercury |
| 25 | Buddy Helms | '47 Hudson |
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updated by @tmc-chase: 03/30/17 02:24:28PM