Ethel Mobley

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

|name = Ethel Mobley

|birth_name = Ethel Ann Flock

|birth_date = {{birth date|1914|3|8}}

|birth_place = Fort Payne, Alabama, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1984|6|26|1914|3|8}}

|achievements =

|Total_Cup_Races = 2

|Years_In_Cup = 1

|Best_Cup_Pos = 52nd (1949)

|First_Cup_Race = 1949 NASCAR's second race (Daytona Beach)

|Last_Cup_Race = 1949 (Langhorne)

|Cup_Wins = 0

|Cup_Top_Tens = 0

|Cup_Poles = 0

|updated = March 8, 2016}}

Ethel Ann Mobley (née Flock; March 8, 1914 – June 26, 1984) of Fort Payne, Alabama was tied for the second female to drive in NASCAR history. Her brother Tim Flock said she was named after the gasoline her father used in his car.{{cite book|last=White|first=Rex|title=Gold thunder: autobiography of a NASCAR champion|year=2004|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-7864-1975-X|pages=32–33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1DuLuJreWwC&dq=%22Ethel+Mobley%22+gasoline&pg=PA32|author2=Anne B. Jones|author3=Rick Minter|accessdate=September 25, 2010}}

"Flying Flocks"

Part of the racing Flock family,[http://www.timflock.com/pictures.html Tim Flock Image Gallery], timflock.com; Retrieved February 8, 2008 three of her brothers are considered to be NASCAR pioneers: Tim, Fonty and Bob Flock.{{cite web|url=http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/sports/2012/mar/31/flock-was-best-known-wins-sense-adventure-ar-2111332/|title=Flock was best known for wins, sense of adventure|last=Gillepsie|first=Tom|date=March 31, 2012|work=Hickory Daily Record|accessdate=2012-04-12|location=Hickory, NC}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She was married to Charlie Mobley, who fielded Tim's car in NASCAR's modified series.{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailystar.com/sports/2003/08/02/sppbob.html |title=Reigning champ Stewart owes Gibbs more than this |accessdate=2006-05-03 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20030911050904/http://www.thedailystar.com/sports/2003/08/02/sppbob.html |archivedate=2003-09-11 }}; The Daily Star; August 2, 2003; Retrieved May 2, 2006, inaccessible February 9, 2008

Racing career

She raced in over 100 NASCAR Modified events in her career.

She had two Strictly Stock Series starts.[http://www.decadesofracing.net/Pioneers.htm Early Pioneer's]; decadesofracing.net; Retrieved May 2, 2006 She raced against her brothers at NASCAR's second event ever on July 10, 1949 at the Daytona Beach Road Course.

The event was the first to feature a brother and a sister, and the only NASCAR event to feature four siblings. Ethel beat Fonty and Bob by finishing eleventh (her career high), and Tim finished second. She made her only other career Cup start at Langhorne Speedway and finished 44th. Both events featured three female drivers (Sara Christian and Louise Smith).

In June 1949, she entered a racing competition in Florida, competing against 57 men drivers. She finished in 8th place.{{cite news|title=Woman Driver Enters Races|date=August 1949|publisher=The Macon Telegraph}}

On August 7, 1949, she became the first female racecar driver to compete against men in the state of Georgia when she entered a race at Central City Park Speedway in Macon, Georgia. She was rated as the top woman driver in the southeastern United States,{{cite news|title=Stock Car Event Draws Large Field; Woman Driver To Battle Men|date=August 7, 1949|publisher=The Macon Telegraph & News}} having won many competitions in all-women races.

Motorsports career results

=NASCAR=

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

==Strictly Stock Series==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" !colspan=15\| NASCAR Strictly Stock Series results
Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! {{Tooltip\|NSSC\|NASCAR Strictly Stock classification}} ! Pts ! Ref
rowspan=2\| 1949 ! rowspan=2\| Charles Mobley ! 91 ! rowspan=2\| Cadillac \| CLT \| style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| DAB 11 \| HBO \| colspan=5\| ! rowspan=2\| 52nd ! rowspan=2\| 16 ! rowspan=2\| {{cite web\|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/mobleet01/1949/W\|title=Ethel Mobley − 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Results\|work=Racing-Reference\|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}
92 \| colspan=3\| \| style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| LAN 44 \| HAM \| MAR \| HEI \| NWS

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

!colspan=15| NASCAR Strictly Stock Series results

Year

! Team

! No.

! Make

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! {{Tooltip|NSSC|NASCAR Strictly Stock classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=2| 1949

! rowspan=2| Charles Mobley

! 91

! rowspan=2| Cadillac

| CLT

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAB
11

| HBO

| colspan=5|

! rowspan=2| 52nd

! rowspan=2| 16

! rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/mobleet01/1949/W|title=Ethel Mobley − 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Results|work=Racing-Reference|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}

| colspan=3|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LAN
44

| HAM

| MAR

| HEI

| NWS

References

External links

{{Racing-Reference driver|Ethel_Mobley}}
[http://www.sweetgapeach.com/GloryDays/Articles/RacingArticle_Aug.7,1949.jpg Charles Tidwell's Glory Days]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Category:1914 births

Category:1984 deaths

Category:People from Fort Payne, Alabama

Category:Racing drivers from Alabama

Category:NASCAR drivers

Category:American female racing drivers

Category:Flock family