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1952-31

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NASCAR Grand National race number 31 of 34
Sunday, October 19, 1952 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
200 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:06:10
Average Speed: 47.556 mph
Pole Speed: 55.333 mph

Cautions: 3
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 7,200
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1952 NASCAR Grand National results / 1952 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'52 Hudson	200	1,000	running	56
2	4	14	Fonty Flock	Air Lift (Frank Christian)	'52 Oldsmobile	200	700	running	42
3	11	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'52 Plymouth	199	450	running	0
4	5	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'52 Hudson	195	350	running	0
5	6	58	Johnny Patterson	H.B. Ranier	'52 Hudson	194	200	running	0
6	12	2	Bill Blair	George Hutchens	'52 Oldsmobile	193	150	running	0
7	22	43	Julian Petty	Julian Petty	'51 Plymouth	193	125	running	0
8	14		Clyde Minter	Paul Nunn	'52 Packard	192	100	running	0
9	16		Cotton Owens		'51 Ford	192	75	running	0
10	8	46	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'52 Oldsmobile	191	50	running	0
11	28	93	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain	'50 Plymouth	188	25	running	0
12	23	98	Ewell Weddle	Ewell Weddle	'52 Plymouth	188	25	running	0
13	10	12	Jim Paschal	Buckshot Morris	'52 Oldsmobile	182	25	running	0
14	29		Coleman Grant		'51 Plymouth	179	25	running	0
15	26	71	Coleman Lawrence	Coleman Lawrence	'50 Plymouth	175	25	running	0
16	7	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman	'52 Hudson	173	25	rr axle	102
17	21	68	Clyde Pittinger	Clyde Pittinger	'50 Plymouth	163	25	running	0
18	13	9	Donald Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'52 Hudson	155	25	water pump	0
19	25	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock	'52 Hudson	152	25	crash	0
20	24		Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'51 Plymouth	137	25	steering	0
21	20	55	Bub King	Bub King	'52 Hudson	120	25	running	0
22	1	22	Perk Brown	R.G. Shelton	'52 Hudson	96	25	springs	0
23	15	19	Fred Dove	Fred Dove	'49 Buick	83	25	overheating	0
24	3	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson	80	25	rear end	0
25	9	32	Jimmie Lewallen	R.G. Shelton	'52 Hudson	78	25	rf hub	0
26	18	167	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'51 Nash	74	25	brakes	0
27	19	89	Buddy Shuman	B.A. Pless	'52 Hudson	37	25	crash	0
28	17	96	Lucky Sawyer		'51 Plymouth	37	25	radiator	0
29	27	90	Jack Holloway	Jack Holloway	'50 Plymouth	12	25	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fonty Flock	1	3	3
Herb Thomas	4	7	4
Fonty Flock	8	12	5
Herb Thomas	13	37	25
Fonty Flock	38	71	34
Dick Rathman	72	173	102
Herb Thomas	174	200	27

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