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1950 was the year Mercury produced its one millionth car and it also produced two Mercury NASCAR Grand National wins and was the official pace car of the Indianapolis 500.
1950 Indianapolis 500 Pace Car ’50 Merc Convertible
One of those wins on June 18, 1950 – Blair piloted a 1950 Mercury owned by Sam Rice to victory in a race at Vernon fairgrounds in Vernon, NY.
Mercury was able to reproduce that success with two wins in 1951 as well.
There was a bit of a dry spell until 1956 when they won 5 NASCAR Grand Nationals.
One of those wins was Tim Flock, with his Mercury in rather wet conditions in the 258-mile NASCAR Grand National event at Elkhart Lake‘s Road America.
1956 Mercury
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Tim
