With NASCAR formed, Bill France set out to crush the competition, but he needed stars to bring the crowds.
Enter a family from Fort Payne, Alabama, 'The Sock Capitol of the World', the Flocks.
Dubbed the 'Mad Flocks', Bob, Fonty, Tim and their sister Ethel Flock, became huge attractions throughout the South through their charisma and risky driving.
Tim even started racing with a rhesus monkey—named “Jocko Flocko”, just to add to the entertainment.
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