NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1952 - Poor Mans 500 Race Results
Race Name - Poor Mans 500Date - 5/30/1952Race Track - Canfield SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 58.102 mphNumber of Cautions - 4Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 48.057 mphLead Changes - Total Race Purse - $3,700Race Number - 12 | More Races from 1952 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 4 | Herb Thomas | 92 | FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) | 200 | 52 Hudson | $1,000 | |
2 | 7 | Bill Blair | 2 | George Hutchens | 200 | 52 Oldsmob | $700 | |
3 | 10 | Bob Moore | 78 | Bob Moore | 199 | 51 Oldsmob | $450 | |
4 | 2 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 196 | 51 Hudson | $350 | |
5 | 9 | Curtis Turner | 41 | Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes) | 189 | 51 Hudson | $200 | |
6 | 8 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates) | 189 | 51 Hudson | $150 | |
7 | 17 | Jimmie Lewallen | 44 | Julian Petty | 184 | 50 Plymout | $125 | |
8 | 15 | Bill Rexford | 60 | Julian Buesink | 183 | 50 Ford | $100 | |
9 | 27 | Ted Chamberlain | 93 | Ted Chamberlain | 179 | 50 Plymout | $75 | |
10 | 30 | Ernie Boost | 0 | 179 | 51 Plymout | $50 | ||
11 | 1 | Dick Rathman | 0 | 174 | 50 Ford | $25 | ||
12 | 23 | Paul Magee | 0 | 173 | 50 Plymout | $25 | ||
13 | 25 | Nook Walters | 0 | 171 | 50 Ford | $25 | ||
14 | 12 | Neil Cole | 0 | Neil Cole | 169 | 51 Hudson | $25 | |
15 | 18 | Paul Pettit | 0 | Paul Pettit | 164 | 50 Oldsmob | $25 | |
16 | 13 | Donald Thomas | 72 | Doug Meeks | 160 | 50 Ford | $25 | |
17 | 3 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Air Lift (Frank Christian) | 155 | 50 Oldsmob | $25 | |
18 | 11 | Lloyd Moore | 59 | Julian Buesink | 151 | 50 Ford | $25 | |
19 | 14 | Ed Benedict | 0 | Ed Benedict | 129 | 51 Hudson | $25 | |
20 | 16 | Ray Duhigg | 24 | Southern Motors (JO Goode) | 119 | 50 Plymout | $25 | |
21 | 29 | Bob Shaw | 0 | 112 | 50 Ford | $25 | ||
22 | 24 | Robbie Robinson | 111 | Robbie Robinson | 94 | 51 Hudson | $25 | |
23 | 6 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 70 | 51 Plymout | $25 | |
24 | 22 | Mike Little | 0 | 62 | 50 Plymout | $25 | ||
25 | 26 | Art Plas | 0 | 46 | 50 Plymout | $25 | ||
26 | 21 | Bud Farrell | 0 | William Gundaker | 41 | 50 Plymout | $25 | |
27 | 20 | Ralph Liguori | 0 | 38 | 50 Plymout | $25 | ||
28 | 28 | Jack Reynolds | 421 | 35 | 50 Plymout | $25 | ||
29 | 19 | George Hufford | 0 | 16 | 50 Plymout | $25 | ||
30 | 5 | Perk Brown | 22 | RG Shelton | 15 | 51 Hudson | $25 |