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1952 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 25 of 34 Monday, September 1, 1952 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 400 laps on a 1.250 mile paved track (500.000 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: 1 lap + Attendance: 32400 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1952 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1952 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 14   Fonty Flock Air Lift Special   (Frank Christian) '52 Oldsmobile 400 9430 running 341 2 42 58   Johnny Patterson H.B. Ranier '52 Hudson 399 3000 running 0 3 14 92   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '52 Hudson 399 1590 running 4 4 33 55   Bub King Bub King '52 Hudson 398 1230 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 Winkler Oil Burners   (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 A.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   Irwin 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 Rathmann 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   crash 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 Hudson Hornet   (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

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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