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1952 Southern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 25 of 34
September 1, 1952 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
400 laps on a 1.250 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 6:42:37
Average Speed: 74.512 mph
Pole Speed: 88.55 mph

Cautions: 7 for 40 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 32,400
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1952 NASCAR Grand National results / 1952 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	14	Fonty Flock	Air Lift Special (Frank Christian)	'52 Oldsmobile	400	9,430	running	341
2	42	58	Johnny Patterson	H.B. Ranier	'52 Hudson	399	3,000	running	0
3	14	92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'52 Hudson	399	1,590	running	4
4	33	55	Bub King	Bub King	'52 Hudson	398	1,230	running	0
5	53	16	Banjo Matthews	Bill Snowden	'52 Hudson	393	950	running	0
6	8	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'51 Plymouth	393	800	running	0
7	2	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson	390	700	running	0
8	3	1	Herschel Buchanan	Ponce Motors (Herschel Buchanan)	'52 Nash	390	600	running	0
9	5	87	Buck Baker	Wheatley Motors (Al Wheatley)	'52 Lincoln	388	500	running	0
10	50	24	Ray Duhigg	Southern Motors (J.O. Goode)	'51 Plymouth	387	450	running	0
11	16	9	Jack Smith	Ted Chester	'51 Hudson	387	420	running	0
12	35	69	Rollin Smith	Rollin Smith	'52 Hudson	385	350	running	0
13	37	89	Jimmy Thompson	B.A. Pless	'52 Hudson	383	300	crash	0
14	47	51	Speedy Thompson	Sam Knox	'51 Ford	383	280	running	0
15	48	59	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink	'52 Ford	382	250	running	0
16	38	53	Joe Weatherly	Junie Donlavey	'52 Hudson	376	150	running	0
17	43	98	Buddy Shuman	Joe Hawkins	'51 Plymouth	376	100	running	0
18	41	62	Keith Hamner		'52 Hudson	375	90	running	0
19	31	25	Clyde Pittinger	S.J. Lorenzo	'52 Oldsmobile	375	90	running	0
20	10	99	Pat Kirkwood	San Juan Motors (Pat Kirkwood)	'51 Chrysler	373	90	running	0
21	56	8	Gene Comstock	Fry Motors (Gene Comstock)	'52 Hudson	370	90	running	0
22	57	39	W.E. Baker	W.E. Baker	'52 Oldsmobile	368	90	running	0
23	59	28	Herb Fry	Herb Fry	'51 Hudson	366	95	running	0
24	61	34	Iggy Katona	Bill Caltrider	'51 Plymouth	365	75	running	0
25	21	77	Dick Passwater	Frank Arford	'52 Oldsmobile	364	105	running	0
26	23	83	Bill Miller	Dantone Racing Stable (B.J. Dantone)	'51 Ford	357	75	running	0
27	11	85	Tony Bonadies	Tony Bonadies	'51 Nash	350	325	running	0
28	27	66	Donald Thomas	Elmer Pooler	'51 Plymouth	345	60	running	0
29	55	7	Bob Flock	Blackburn Auto Service (Ted Chester)	'52 Hudson	338	60	running	0
30	12	67	Erwin Blatt	Erwin Blatt	'51 Mercury	337	60	running	0
31	25	93	Ted Chamberlain	Call Me Squirt (Ted Chamberlain)	'50 Plymouth	337	60	running	0
32	9	47	Al Fleming	L.W. Tickle	'52 Willys	336	210	running	0
33	36	91	Tim Flock	Blackburn Auto Service (Ted Chester)	'52 Hudson	321	50	crash	0
34		94	E.C. Ramsey	Smith Auto Parts (Louise Smith)	'51 Ford	318	50	running	0
35	29	20	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman	'52 Hudson	315	460	crash	35
36	32	75	Al Conroy	Larry Shurter	'52 Willys	308	150	running	0
37	66	71	Coleman Lawrence	Coleman Lawrence	'50 Plymouth	297	50	running	0
38	65	79	Charles Weidler		'51 Hudson	279	50	running	0
39	45	31	Rudy Hires	Rudy Hires	'52 Hudson	267	50	running	0
40	40	60	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'51 Hudson	256	50	overheating	0
41	24	3	Lamar Crabtree	Red Harrelson	'51 Plymouth	254		piston	0
42	28	30	Johnny Bridgers	Johnny Bridgers	'52 Ford	244		overheating	0
43	44	57	Tommy Moon	C.D. Wilson	'51 Hudson	240		overheating	0
44	17	2	Bill Blair	George Hutchens	'52 Oldsmobile	223		overheating	0
45	51	17	June Cleveland	W.A. Smith	'51 Plymouth	205		running	0
46	34	52	Joe Guide	Hudson Guide Motors (Sally Guide)	'51 Hudson	200		running	0
47	58	61	Possum Jones	Stan Parnell	'51 Ford	193		overheating	0
48	6	22	Roy Hall		'52 DeSoto	182		tires,fuel	0
49	7	11	Fireball Roberts	Saverance Motors (Ed Saverance)	'51 Ford	174		engine	0
50	20	32	Jimmie Lewallen	R.G. Shelton	'52 Hudson	168	20	engine	0
51	30	74	Pete Kelly	Pete Kelly	'52 Hudson	162		engine	0
52	46	6	Bobby Myers	Big Bear (George Hutchens)	'51 Ford	145		engine	0
53	18	18	Bucky Sager	Ed Benedict	'52 Hudson	142		lf wheel	0
54	15	46	Bob Pronger	Bob Pronger	'52 Oldsmobile	140		engine	0
55	39	43	Larry Mann	Green Hornet (Larry Mann)	'52 Hudson	139		rear end	0
56	63	54	Weldon Adams	Weldon Adams	'51 Plymouth	125		crash	0
57	52	26	Jimmy Ingram		'51 Nash	91		no tires	0
58	60	27	Gwyn Staley	The Wilkes Boys	'52 Ford	74		overheating	0
59	26	21	Johnny Gouveia	Johnny Gouveia	'51 Plymouth	61		overheating	0
60	13	40	Tommy Thompson	Tommy Thompson	'52 Hudson	37	200	engine	20
61	49	41	Curtis Turner	Eanes Motor Co. (John Eanes)	'52 Oldsmobile	35		crash	0
62	54	5	Gene Darragh	Gene Darragh	'52 Hudson	32		crash	0
63		15	Merritt Brown		'51 Studebaker	28		engine	0
64	19	4	Slick Smith	Air Lift (Frank Christian)	'51 Oldsmobile	22	50	engine	0
65	4	19	Clyde Minter	Paul Nunn	'52 Packard	21		front end	0
66	22	12	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens	'52 Oldsmobile	18		engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fonty Flock	1	17	17
Tommy Thompson	18	37	20
Fonty Flock	38	104	67
Dick Rathman	105	139	35
Fonty Flock	140	180	41
Herb Thomas	181	184	4
Fonty Flock	185	400	216

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