Finley NR2003 Simulation

Following a short inaugural 10 race season in which the championship fight came down to the very wire, the 1949 Finley NR2003 Simulation Cup Season has concluded.

A 10 race dash for the title in which there were 9 race winners, at the very end, it was Bill Blair outscoring Bob Flock by just 7 points to take home the FNS Cup. Here are the final point standings:

Point Standings after Race #10
Pos	+/-	Driver	ST	W	T5	T10	AvFP	P	AvSP	PTS	BF/BN
1	+1	Bill Blair	10	0	4	8	7.80	1	9.40	1321	0/0
2	-1	Bob Flock	10	1	4	9	9.00	1	5.60	1314	7/7
3	+2	Red Byron	10	1	5	5	10.30	1	5.50	1295	26/19
4	-1	Lee Petty	10	1	4	6	10.20	3	4.80	1285	36/10
5	-1	Tim Flock	10	1	3	7	10.80	1	10.20	1234	87/51
6	—	Bill Snowden	10	0	2	7	10.70	0	9.10	1202	119/32
7	—	Curtis Turner	10	0	2	4	10.70	1	9.30	1197	124/5
8	—	Ray Erickson	10	0	4	5	11.50	1	10.40	1184	137/13
9	—	Slick Smith	10	0	1	5	11.70	0	15.70	1156	165/28
10	+1	Sara Christian	10	0	3	6	12.50	0	11.40	1143	178/13
11	-1	Fonty Flock	10	1	2	5	14.20	0	12.00	1120	201/23
12	—	Glenn Dunaway	10	0	1	2	16.20	0	12.60	1009	312/111
13	—	Herb Thomas	10	0	0	1	16.40	0	16.40	990	331/19
14	+1	Otis Martin	10	0	0	1	17.00	0	17.50	972	349/18
15	-1	Frank Mundy	10	0	1	1	18.50	0	16.20	944	377/28
16	+1	Dick Linder	7	0	1	2	11.00	0	15.57	822	499/122
17	+2	Bob Smith	7	0	0	2	14.86	0	16.29	728	593/94
18	-2	Bill Rexford	5	1	3	4	6.40	1	11.00	723	598/5
19	-1	Clyde Minter	5	2	3	3	10.00	0	10.40	713	608/10
20	—	Jim Carrusso	6	0	0	1	15.00	0	17.17	624	697/89
21	+2	Jack Russell	6	0	0	2	16.83	0	16.83	590	731/34
22	-1	Jimmie Lewallen	6	0	0	1	17.33	0	18.67	577	744/13
23	+3	Kenneth Wagner	7	0	0	0	23.14	0	24.29	550	771/27
24	+4	Frank Smith	5	0	0	0	15.00	0	15.40	518	803/32
25	-3	Louise Smith	5	0	0	0	17.00	0	23.00	485	836/33
26	+4	Buck Baker	5	0	0	0	18.40	0	21.80	464	857/21
27	+2	Felix Wilkes	6	0	0	0	23.83	0	27.00	459	862/5
28	-4	Sam Rice	4	0	1	2	12.75	0	17.00	454	867/5
29	-4	Gober Sosebee	4	0	1	1	12.50	0	15.25	453	868/1
30	-3	B.E. Renfro	3	1	2	2	7.33	0	15.00	443	878/10
31	+1	Fred Johnson	6	0	0	0	25.33	0	25.50	432	889/11
32	+1	Buckshot Morris	6	0	0	0	26.33	0	26.00	414	907/18
33	-2	Jim Roper	3	0	0	2	10.67	0	5.33	359	962/55
34	—	Bobby Greene	2	1	1	1	8.50	0	10.50	293	1028/66
35	—	Al Bonnell	2	0	1	2	5.00	0	22.00	289	1032/4
36	—	Archie Smith	3	0	0	1	22.33	0	18.33	248	1073/41
37	—	Ted Chamberlain	2	0	0	1	15.00	0	19.50	213	1108/35
38	—	Ethel Mobley	3	0	0	0	26.67	0	27.33	204	1117/9
39	—	Jimmy Thompson	2	0	0	0	17.50	0	27.00	191	1130/13
40	—	Jack White	2	0	0	0	20.00	0	16.00	177	1144/14
41	—	Bob Apperson	1	0	1	1	2.00	0	6.00	163	1158/14
42	—	Jack O Brien	2	0	0	0	30.50	0	32.00	113	1208/50
43	—	Sterling Long	2	0	0	0	33.00	0	13.50	98	1223/15

ST	Starts	W	Wins
T5	Top 5 Finishes	T10	Top 10 Finishes
AvFP	Average Finish Position	P	Poles
AvSP	Average Start Position	PTS	Points
BF	Points Behind First Place	BN	Points Behind Next Position
Scoring provided by Score4.

Second, here is the full schedule of the season.

FNS Cup Series Schedule
Race No.	Track / Race Name	Date	Pole	Top 5
1	Charlotte Speedway Strictly Stock 200	06/19/1949	Bill Blair	1 – B.E. Renfro 2 – Frank Mundy 3 – Bill Snowden 4 – Dick Linder 5 – Bob Flock
2	Daytona Beach and Road Course Daytona 205	07/04/1949	Lee Petty	1 – Bobby Greene 2 – Bob Apperson 3 – Tim Flock 4 – B.E. Renfro 5 – Bill Blair
3	Knoxville Raceway Iowa 200	07/28/1949	Curtis Turner	1 – Fonty Flock 2 – Bob Flock 3 – Red Byron 4 – Bill Rexford 5 – Glenn Dunaway
4	Eldora Speedway Ohio 200	07/31/1949	Bill Rexford	1 – Bill Rexford 2 – Bill Blair 3 – Red Byron 4 – Slick Smith 5 – Tim Flock
5	Lakewood Speedway Georgia 200	09/05/1949	Red Byron	1 – Bob Flock 2 – Red Byron 3 – Gober Sosebee 4 – Lee Petty 5 – Bill Rexford
6	Bristol Motor Speedway (Dirt) Tennesse 200	09/18/1949	Tim Flock	1 – Clyde Minter 2 – Bill Blair 3 – Ray Erickson 4 – Lee Petty 5 – Sara Christian
7	Langhorne Speedway 1960 Pennsyvania 200	09/25/1949	Lee Petty	1 – Tim Flock 2 – Curtis Turner 3 – Al Bonnell 4 – Bill Snowden 5 – Sam Rice
8	Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Dirt) South Carolina 200	10/02/1949	Bob Flock	1 – Clyde Minter 2 – Lee Petty 3 – Red Byron 4 – Ray Erickson 5 – Bob Flock
9	Martinsville Speedway Virginia 200	10/09/1949	Lee Petty	1 – Lee Petty 2 – Clyde Minter 3 – Ray Erickson 4 – Fonty Flock 5 – Sara Christian
10	North Wilkesboro Speedway North Carolina 200	10/16/1949	Ray Erickson	1 – Red Byron 2 – Sara Christian 3 – Bill Blair 4 – Curtis Turner 5 – Ray Erickson

In addition to our champion, congratulations are in order for Bobby Greene (Daytona) and Bob Flock (Lakewood) for winning the two biggest races of the season. Bill Rexford also managed a 200 point win at Eldora.

Now, it’s time for some of the big checks. Before we allocate the points fund out, there are some bonus awards to dole out. All average awards are only open to those who completed 90% of the season.

Award	Winner	Amount of Bonus Money
Driver of the Year (Best avg finish)	Bill Blair (7.8)	$400
Most Valuable Driver (Most in earnings before bonuses)	Bob Flock ($2,951)	$400
Most Outstanding Driver (Most wins)	Clyde Minter (2)	$100
Best Qualifier (Best avg start)	Lee Petty (4..8)	$100
Most Poles	Lee Petty (3)	$100
Most Laps Led	Red Byron (346/1850)	$100
Most Laps Completed	Bob Flock (1842/1850)	$90
Most Miles Completed	Curtis Turner (1336/1850)	$90
Rookie of the Year	Bill Blair (46 off tiebreaker)	$100

Special congratulations also goes out to Ford, the 1949 Manufacturer Champion.

Now it’s time to finally allocate the awards to the top 25 in points. The total points fund this season is $4,325, and that’s not including the bonus for those who finished in the top 5. Below is a table with how everybody ended up:

Final Position	Driver	Points Fund	Top 5 Bonus	Award Bonus	Total Post-Season Earnings
1	Bill Blair	$1730	$2000	$500	$4230
2	Bob Flock	$582	$900	$490	$1972
3	Red Byron	$346	$500	$100	$946
4	Lee Petty	$259	$250	$200	$759
5	Tim Flock	$216	$100	$0	$316
6	Bill Snowden	$151	$0	$0	$151
7	Curtis Turner	$129	$0	$0	$129
8	Ray Erickson	$108	$0	$0	$108
9	Slick Smith	$86	$0	$0	$86
10	Sara Christian	$65	$0	$0	$65
11	Fonty Flock	$43	$0	$0	$43
12	Glenn Dunaway	$43	$0	$0	$43
13	Herb Thomas	$43	$0	$0	$43
14	Otis Martin	$43	$0	$0	$43
15	Frank Mundy	$43	$0	$0	$43
16x	Dick Linder	$43	$0	$0	$43
17x	Bob Smith	$43	$0	$0	$43
18x	Bill Rexford	$43	$0	$0	$43
19x	Clyde Minter	$43	$0	$100	$143
20x	Jim Carrusso	$43	$0	$0	$43
21x	Jack Russell	$43	$0	$0	$43
22x	Jimmie Lewallen	$43	$0	$0	$43
23x	Kenneth Wagner	$43	$0	$0	$43
24x	Frank Smith	$43	$0	$0	$43
25	Louise Smith	$43	$0	$0	$43

Now it’s time for the final statistics tables:

Driver Earnings
Pos	Driver	Earnings	Bonus	Total
1	Bill Blair	1,541	4,335	5,876
2	Bob Flock	2,951	2,057	5,008
3	Red Byron	2,435	1,071	3,506
4	Lee Petty	2,073	889	2,962
5	Clyde Minter	2,438	213	2,651
6	Tim Flock	1,800	371	2,171
7	Bobby Greene	2,035	15	2,050
8	B.E. Renfro	1,750	30	1,780
9	Bill Rexford	1,600	108	1,708
10	Fonty Flock	1,435	58	1,493
11	Curtis Turner	848	184	1,032
12	Ray Erickson	875	153	1,028
13	Sara Christian	913	95	1,008
14	Bill Snowden	842	161	1,003
15	Frank Mundy	722	73	795
16	Bob Apperson	675	35	710
17	Slick Smith	574	106	680
18	Dick Linder	473	48	521
19	Gober Sosebee	500	5	505
20	Glenn Dunaway	405	53	458
21	Herb Thomas	345	43	388
22	Al Bonnell	350	20	370
23	Otis Martin	300	43	343
24	Bob Smith	287	43	330
25	Jim Roper	313	0	313
26	Sam Rice	310	0	310
27	Jim Carrusso	260	43	303
28	Jack Russell	188	43	231
29	Jimmie Lewallen	163	43	206
30	Frank Smith	150	53	203
31	Louise Smith	150	53	203
32	Kenneth Wagner	135	43	178
33	Ted Chamberlain	125	0	125
34	Buck Baker	110	10	120
35	Fred Johnson	110	0	110
36	Felix Wilkes	110	0	110
37	Jimmy Thompson	85	0	85
38	Ethel Mobley	85	0	85
39	Archie Smith	85	0	85
40	Buckshot Morris	75	0	75
41	Jack White	60	10	70
42	Sterling Long	0	0	0
43	Jack O Brien	0	0	0

ROTY Points
Pos	Driver	Points
1	Bob Flock	46
2	Bill Blair	46
3	Red Byron	43
4	Lee Petty	43
5	Tim Flock	31
6	Ray Erickson	31
7	Clyde Minter	29
8	Bill Snowden	29
9	Sara Christian	29
10	Bill Rexford	28
11	Curtis Turner	24
12	Fonty Flock	23
13	Slick Smith	22
14	B.E. Renfro	17
15	Dick Linder	12
16	Al Bonnell	12
17	Bobby Greene	10
18	Glenn Dunaway	10
19	Frank Mundy	9
20	Bob Apperson	9
21	Gober Sosebee	8
22	Jim Roper	8
23	Sam Rice	8
24	Jack Russell	5
25	Bob Smith	4
26	Ted Chamberlain	4
27	Jim Carrusso	3
28	Herb Thomas	2
29	Archie Smith	2
30	Otis Martin	2
31	Jimmie Lewallen	1

Manufacturer Points
Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Ford	56
2	Oldsmobile	48
3	Cadillac	27
4	Chrysler	23
5	Buick	20
6	Mercury	19
7	Hudson	18
8	Kaiser	3
9	Lincoln	2
10	Chevrolet	2
11	Plymouth	1
12	Nash	1

Statistics Through Race #10 (1850 total laps, 1342 total miles)
Driver	ST	Miles	LC	%LC	LL	%LOC	%LOT
Al Bonnell	2	405	250	13.5	37	14.8	2.0
Archie Smith	3	500	448	24.2	1	0.2	0.1
B.E. Renfro	3	502	447	24.2	179	40.0	9.7
Bill Blair	10	1292	1751	94.6	196	11.2	10.6
Bill Rexford	5	800	845	45.7	210	24.9	11.4
Bill Snowden	10	1309	1785	96.5	24	1.3	1.3
Bob Apperson	1	205	50	2.7	24	48.0	1.3
Bob Flock	10	1327	1842	99.6	159	8.6	8.6
Bob Smith	7	933	1239	67.0	0	0.0	0.0
Bobby Greene	2	305	249	13.5	15	6.0	0.8
Buck Baker	5	639	845	45.7	0	0.0	0.0
Buckshot Morris	6	632	832	45.0	0	0.0	0.0
Clyde Minter	5	712	845	45.7	327	38.7	17.7
Curtis Turner	10	1337	1842	99.6	70	3.8	3.8
Dick Linder	7	938	1244	67.2	1	0.1	0.1
Ethel Mobley	3	499	443	23.9	0	0.0	0.0
Felix Wilkes	6	719	1014	54.8	0	0.0	0.0
Fonty Flock	10	1190	1802	97.4	10	0.6	0.5
Frank Mundy	10	1003	1372	74.2	7	0.5	0.4
Frank Smith	5	631	991	53.6	1	0.1	0.1
Fred Johnson	6	564	715	38.6	0	0.0	0.0
Glenn Dunaway	10	1312	1803	97.5	14	0.8	0.8
Gober Sosebee	4	575	590	31.9	0	0.0	0.0
Herb Thomas	10	1245	1673	90.4	0	0.0	0.0
Jack O Brien	2	253	145	7.8	0	0.0	0.0
Jack Russell	6	660	887	47.9	0	0.0	0.0
Jack White	2	145	244	13.2	0	0.0	0.0
Jim Carrusso	6	738	1043	56.4	1	0.1	0.1
Jim Roper	3	505	450	24.3	3	0.7	0.2
Jimmie Lewallen	6	631	1189	64.3	0	0.0	0.0
Jimmy Thompson	2	305	249	13.5	0	0.0	0.0
Kenneth Wagner	7	716	1156	62.5	0	0.0	0.0
Lee Petty	10	1238	1644	88.9	110	6.7	5.9
Louise Smith	5	685	811	43.8	0	0.0	0.0
Otis Martin	10	1307	1782	96.3	0	0.0	0.0
Ray Erickson	10	1321	1825	98.6	65	3.6	3.5
Red Byron	10	1227	1732	93.6	346	20.0	18.7
Sam Rice	4	699	643	34.8	7	1.1	0.4
Sara Christian	10	1204	1578	85.3	3	0.2	0.2
Slick Smith	10	1333	1839	99.4	2	0.1	0.1
Sterling Long	2	161	214	11.6	0	0.0	0.0
Ted Chamberlain	2	405	250	13.5	6	2.4	0.3
Tim Flock	10	1238	1644	88.9	32	1.9	1.7

ST	Starts	Miles	Miles Completed
LC	Laps Completed	%LC	Percent Laps Completed
LL	Laps Led	%LOC	Percent Laps Led of Laps Completed
%LOT	Percent Laps Led of Total Laps
Scoring provided by Score4.

Points Breakdown
Driver	N	ST	PR	TP	EP/ST	PP
Al Bonnell	2	2	0	289	144.5	0
Archie Smith	3	3	0	248	82.7	0
B.E. Renfro	3	3	0	443	147.7	0
Bill Blair	10	10	0	1321	132.1	0
Bill Rexford	5	5	0	723	144.6	0
Bill Snowden	10	10	0	1202	120.2	0
Bob Apperson	1	1	0	163	163.0	0
Bob Flock	10	10	0	1314	131.4	0
Bob Smith	7	7	0	728	104.0	0
Bobby Greene	2	2	0	293	146.5	0
Buck Baker	5	5	0	464	92.8	0
Buckshot Morris	6	6	0	414	69.0	0
Clyde Minter	5	5	0	713	142.6	0
Curtis Turner	10	10	0	1197	119.7	0
Dick Linder	7	7	0	822	117.4	0
Ethel Mobley	3	3	0	204	68.0	0
Felix Wilkes	6	6	0	459	76.5	0
Fonty Flock	10	10	0	1120	112.0	0
Frank Mundy	10	10	0	944	94.4	0
Frank Smith	5	5	0	518	103.6	0
Fred Johnson	6	6	0	432	72.0	0
Glenn Dunaway	10	10	0	1009	100.9	0
Gober Sosebee	4	4	0	453	113.3	0
Herb Thomas	10	10	0	990	99.0	0
Jack O Brien	2	2	0	113	56.5	0
Jack Russell	6	6	0	590	98.3	0
Jack White	2	2	0	177	88.5	0
Jim Carrusso	6	6	0	624	104.0	0
Jim Roper	3	3	0	359	119.7	0
Jimmie Lewallen	6	6	0	577	96.2	0
Jimmy Thompson	2	2	0	191	95.5	0
Kenneth Wagner	7	7	0	550	78.6	0
Lee Petty	10	10	0	1285	128.5	0
Louise Smith	5	5	0	485	97.0	0
Otis Martin	10	10	0	972	97.2	0
Ray Erickson	10	10	0	1184	118.4	0
Red Byron	10	10	0	1295	129.5	0
Sam Rice	4	4	0	454	113.5	0
Sara Christian	10	10	0	1143	114.3	0
Slick Smith	10	10	0	1156	115.6	0
Sterling Long	2	2	0	98	49.0	0
Ted Chamberlain	2	2	0	213	106.5	0
Tim Flock	10	10	0	1234	123.4	0

N	Number of Races Scored	ST	Starts
PR	Provisionals	TP	Total of Points
EP/ST	Earned Points per Start	PP	Provisionals Points
Scoring provided by Score4.

Top 5
STARTS
Bill Blair	10
Bill Snowden	10
Bob Flock	10
Curtis Turner	10
Fonty Flock	10
WINS
Clyde Minter	2
B.E. Renfro	1
Bill Rexford	1
Bob Flock	1
Bobby Greene	1
TOP 5
Red Byron	5
Bill Blair	4
Bob Flock	4
Lee Petty	4
Ray Erickson	4
TOP 10
Bob Flock	9
Bill Blair	8
Bill Snowden	7
Tim Flock	7
Lee Petty	6
POLES
Lee Petty	3
Bill Blair	1
Bill Rexford	1
Bob Flock	1
Curtis Turner	1
LAPS
Bob Flock	1842
Curtis Turner	1842
Slick Smith	1839
Ray Erickson	1825
Glenn Dunaway	1803
LAPS LEAD
Red Byron	346
Clyde Minter	327
Bill Rexford	210
Bill Blair	196
B.E. Renfro	179
MILES
Curtis Turner	1336
Slick Smith	1332
Bob Flock	1326
Ray Erickson	1321
Glenn Dunaway	1312

General Statistics
Fastest Avg	Pennsyvania 200
Speed	146.579 mph
Track	Langhorne Speedway 1960
Date	09/25/1949
Winner	Tim Flock
Weather	Clear, 77 F, North 5 mph
Slowest Avg	South Carolina 200
Speed	68.577 mph
Track	Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Dirt)
Date	10/02/1949
Winner	Clyde Minter
Weather	Clear, 90 F, North 12 mph
Biggest Margin	North Carolina 200
Track	North Wilkesboro Speedway
Date	10/16/1949
Margin	-13.52
Closest Margin	Pennsyvania 200
Track	Langhorne Speedway 1960
Date	09/25/1949
Margin	-0.09
Fastest Pole	Pennsyvania 200
Speed/Time	149.402/ 24.096
Track	Langhorne Speedway 1960
Date	09/25/1949
Driver	Lee Petty
Weather	Clear, 76 F, Northwest 4 mph
Slowest Pole	South Carolina 200
Speed/Time	67.222/ 26.777
Track	Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Dirt)
Date	10/02/1949
Driver	Bob Flock
Weather	Clear, 90 F, East 6 mph
Most Lead Changes	Pennsyvania 200
Track	Langhorne Speedway 1960
Date	09/25/1949
# Changes	59
Most Leaders	Pennsyvania 200
Track	Langhorne Speedway 1960
Date	09/25/1949
# Changes	16
Most Yellows	Georgia 200
Track	Lakewood Speedway
Date	09/05/1949
# Flags	0
Most Cars Running	Daytona 205
Track	Daytona Beach and Road Course
Date	07/04/1949
# Cars	37
Most DNFs	Iowa 200
Track	Knoxville Raceway
Date	07/28/1949
# Cars	6

Finally, it’s time for our 1950 schedule reveal. We’ll be doubling our amount of races to 20, and will be giving out a grand total of $107,275, up from $41,330 this season. No tracks will be removed from the schedule. Coming aboard will be 10 new ones. The first nine of them are Five Flags Speedway, Volusia Speedway Park, Augusta International Speedway, Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Texas, Air Base Speedway, Williams Grove Speedway, Oswego Speedway, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, and Illinois State Fairgrounds.

Our tenth and final new track will be Darlington Raceway. This 1.367 mile egg shaped oval will be the very first superspeedway race in this history of FNS, and the very first 500 mile race. It will have a $25,000 purse, meaning $10,000 will go to the winner – roughly what Bill Blair and Bob Flock earned this season, combined.

We’ll see you at Daytona:

Race	Date	Track	Race Name	Purse
1	Feburary 21st	Daytona	Daytona 205	$8000
2	March 12th	Five Flags	Florida 200	$3000
3	Marth 26th	Volusia	Orange 200	$3000
4	April 9th	Augusta	Peach 200	$3000
5	April 23rd	Devil’s Bowl	Texas 200	$3000
6	May 7th	Air Base	Palmetto 200	$3000
7	May 29th	Lakewood	Georgia 200	$3000
8	June 11th	Williams Grove	Keystone 200	$3000
9	June 25th	Oswego	New York 200	$3000
10	July 4th	Charlotte	Charlotte 200	$3000
11	July 12th	Knoxville	Iowa 200	$3000
12	July 14th	Duquoin	Prairie 200	$3000
13	July 15th	Springfield	Illinois 200	$3000
14	July 18th	Eldora	Ohio 200	$3000
15	July 23rd	Langhorne	Pennsylvania 200	$3000
16	September 4th	Darlington	Southern 500	$25000
17	September 17th	Bristol	Tennessee 200	$3000
18	September 24th	North Wilkesboro	North Carolina 200	$3000
19	October 1st	GPS	South Carolina 200	$3000
20	October 8th	Martinsville	Virginia 200	$3000