Frank Christian (October 23, 1910 — December 8, 1969) was a NASCAR race car owner who owned a series of stock car vehicles from 1949 to 1955.^[1] Christian finished sixth in his only NASCAR race start (1949-03).^[2]

He was also the husband of former NASCAR Grand National Series driver Sara Christian in addition to being a businessman and a provider of illegal alcoholic beverages.^[3] During his adult life, he resided in Atlanta, Georgia where he would base his legitimate businessman career from.^[4]

Career

As a pioneer in multi-car ownership, Christian would lead the way for the modern day "super teams" like Hendrick Motorsports.^[5]

He earned $81,285 in monetary prizes as an owner ($887,975.52 when adjusted for inflation) in addition to winning 22 races. Notable drivers under his employment included: Speedy Thompson, Buddy Shuman, Banjo Matthews, Fonty Flock, Buck Baker, and Curtis Turner.^[1] Christian even did several races as a driver/owner; adding to the lap total of 21,804 that his vehicles did while under his ownership.^[1] Out of all these laps, only 5220 were by Mr. Christian's drivers.^[1]

However, his vehicles did do well in finishing races as the average starting position was sixth place and the average finishing position was twelfth place.^[1] Pole positions were plentiful for Frank Christian's vehicles as they managed to accumulate 35 pole positions within 6 years.^[1]

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