| Frank Christian | |
| Birth Date: | 3 October 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Total Cup Races: | 1 |
| Years In Cup: | 1 |
| Best Cup Pos: | 26th (1949) |
| First Cup Race: | 1949 Race 2 (Daytona Beach) |
| Cup Wins: | 0 |
| Cup Top Tens: | 1 |
| Cup Poles: | 0 |
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]
As a pioneer in multi-car ownership, Christian would lead the way for the modern day "super teams" like Hendrick Motorsports.[5]
He earned $81,285 in monetary prizes as an owner ($ 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]
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)