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1952-10

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NASCAR Grand National race number 10 of 34
Saturday, May 10, 1952 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
80 laps on a 1.250 mile paved track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:11:35
Average speed: 83.318 mph
Pole speed: drew for pole

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1952 NASCAR Grand National results / 1952 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	4	120	Dick Rathmann	Walt Chapman	'51 Hudson	80	1000	running	20
2	3	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'51 Hudson	80	700	running	5
3	2	14	Fonty Flock	Air Lift (Frank Christian)	'51 Oldsmobile	78	450	running	0
4	9	2	Jimmie Lewallen	George Hutchens	'52 Oldsmobile	78	350	running	0
5	6	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson	78	200	running	0
6	24	72	Donald Thomas	Doug Meeks	'51 Ford	78	150	running	0
7	13	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'51 Plymouth	76	125	running	0
8	1	11	Fireball Roberts	Saverance Motors (Ed Saverance)	'51 Ford	76	100	running	15
9	8	41	Jim Paschal	Eanes Motor Co. (John Eanes)	'52 Hudson	75	75	running	0
10	12	7	Frank Mundy	Gray Ghost (Ted Chester)	'50 Oldsmobile	75	50	running	0
11	11	51	Gober Sosebee	Sam Knox	'51 Chrysler	74	25	running	0
12	10	77	Weldon Adams	Weldon Adams	'51 Chrysler	74	25	running	0
13	14	92	Herb Thomas	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Herb Thomas)	'52 Hudson	72	25	running	12
14	19	96	J.E. Hardie	J.E. Hardie	'52 Studebaker	69	25	running	0
15	3	89	Buck Baker	Charlotte Hudson Co. (B.A. Pless)	'52 Hudson	66	25	radiator	28
16	15	128	Charles Gattilia	Colonial Motors (Charles Gattalia)	'51 Studebaker	62	25	overheating	0
17	17	8	Jack Smith	–	'51 Studebaker	32	25	overheating	0
18	7	22	Perk Brown	R.G. Shelton	'51 Hudson	30	25	overheating	0
19	18	21	Speedy Thompson	Bruce Root	'51 Ford	26	25	fuel line	0
20	23	17	Bill Widenhouse	Buddy Shuman	'51 Ford	19	25	engine	0
21	16	9	Ed Samples	Claude Alexander	'51 Oldsmobile	17	25	handling	0
22	2	81	Roscoe Thompson	Ted Chester	'51 Oldsmobile	13	25	engine	0
23	21	99	Leonard Tippett	Leonard Tippett	'51 Hudson	13	25	engine	0
24	20	94	J.O. Staton	Louise Smith	'51 Nash	10	25	tire	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fireball Roberts	1	15	15
Buck Baker	16	30	15
Tim Flock	31	35	5
Buck Baker	36	42	7
Dick Rathman	43	43	1
Buck Baker	44	49	6
Herb Thomas	50	61	12
Dick Rathman	62	80	19