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1952-08 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 8 of 34 Sunday, April 27, 1952 at Central City Speedway, Macon, GA 300 laps* on a 0.500 mile dirt track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:50:18 Average speed: 53.853 mph Pole speed: 54.429 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1952 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1952 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 92   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '52 Hudson 198 1270 running 12 2 17 14   Fonty Flock Air Lift   (Frank Christian) '51 Oldsmobile 198 800 running 0 3 25 9   Ed Samples Claude Alexander '51 Oldsmobile 198 600 running 0 4 15 89   Buck Baker B.A. Pless '52 Hudson 197 500 running 0 5 20 51   Gober Sosebee Cherokee Garage   (Gober Sosebee) '50 Oldsmobile 195 300 running 0 6 23 60   Jim Paschal Julian Buesink '51 Ford 195 200 running 0 7 8 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '51 Plymouth 194 160 running 0 8 6 72   Donald Thomas Doug Meeks '51 Ford 194 135 running 0 9 5 91   Tim Flock Ted Chester '51 Hudson 192 110 running 0 10 7 128   Charles Gattilia Colonial Motors   (Charles Gattalia) '51 Studebaker 192 110 running 0 11 16 22   Perk Brown R.G. Shelton '51 Hudson 192 25 running 0 12 9     Barney Smith Barney Smith '52 Plymouth 191 25 running 0 13 21 18   Jimmy Florian Jimmy Florian '51 Ford 190 25 running 0 14 18 12   Billy Carden Bishop Brothers '51 Plymouth 186 25 running 0 15 27 7   Frank Mundy Ted Chester '51 Plymouth 186 25 running 0 16 1 23   Jack Smith Perry Smith '51 Studebaker 186 75 wheel 186 17 24 82   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates) '51 Oldsmobile 184 35 running 0 18 11 3   Jimmy Ayers Jimmy Ayers '51 Studebaker 179 35 running 0 19 14 93   Ted Chamberlain Ted Chamberlain '49 Plymouth 174 35 running 0 20 10     C.H. Dingler C.H. Dingler '50 Plymouth 160 35 running 0 21 26 24   Jimmie Lewallen Southern Motors   (J.O. Goode) '51 Plymouth 153 25 running 0 22 22 2   Bill Blair George Hutchens '52 Oldsmobile 109 25 overheating 0 23 12 94   E.C. Ramsey Louise Smith Special   (Louise Smith) '51 Ford 56 35 overheating 0 24 2 120   Dick Rathmann Walt Chapman '51 Hudson 43 65 crash 0 25 28     J.O. Staton Louise Smith '51 Nash 41 25 overheating 0 26 13     Louise Smith Louise Smith '51 Oldsmobile 20 35 overheating 0 27 19     Hank Lee – '52 Oldsmobile 20 25 carburetor 0 28 3 4   Roscoe Thompson Air Lift   (Frank Christian) '51 Oldsmobile 12 55 crash 0 * Race shortened to 198 laps due to rain/darkness.

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jack Smith 1 186 186   Herb Thomas 187 198 12