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 - 5 Race Results
Race Name - 5Date - 4/6/1952Race Track - Martinsville SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 54.945 mphNumber of Cautions - 4Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 42.862 mphLead Changes - 7Total Race Purse - $3,500Race Number - 5 | More Races from 1952 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 9 | Dick Rathman | 120 | Walt Chapman | 200 | 51 Hudson | 20 | $1,000 |
2 | 6 | Bill Blair | 2 | George Hutchens | 200 | 52 Oldsmob | 18 | $700 |
3 | 10 | Perk Brown | 22 | RG Shelton | 199 | 51 Hudson | 0 | $450 |
4 | 11 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 199 | 51 Plymout | 0 | $350 |
5 | 20 | Bobby Courtwright | 0 | Bobby Courtwright | 197 | 50 Oldsmob | 0 | $200 |
6 | 19 | Neil Cole | 0 | Neil Cole | 189 | 50 Plymout | 0 | $150 |
7 | 21 | Clyde Minter | 38 | Clyde Minter | 175 | 49 Buick | 0 | $125 |
8 | 2 | Herb Thomas | 92 | FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) | 174 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $100 |
9 | 7 | Frankie Schneider | 88 | ClarkWarwick | 171 | 51 Oldsmob | 0 | $75 |
10 | 14 | Jim Paschal | 60 | Julian Buesink | 169 | 51 Ford | 0 | $50 |
11 | 3 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 162 | 51 Hudson | 121 | $25 |
12 | 4 | Curtis Turner | 41 | Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes) | 162 | 51 Hudson | 12 | $25 |
13 | 18 | Buddy Shuman | 17 | Buddy Shuman | 150 | 51 Ford | 0 | $25 |
14 | 12 | EC Ramsey | 94 | Louise Smith Special (Louise Smith) | 142 | 51 Ford | 0 | $25 |
15 | 5 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 138 | 51 Oldsmob | 0 | $25 |
16 | 17 | Jimmie Lewallen | 24 | Southern Motors (JO Goode) | 118 | 51 Plymout | 0 | $25 |
17 | 13 | Charles Gattalia | 128 | Colonial Motors (Charles Gattalia) | 94 | 51 Studeba | 0 | $25 |
18 | 8 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates) | 74 | 50 Oldsmob | 0 | $25 |
19 | 15 | Donald Thomas | 72 | Doug Meeks | 68 | 51 Ford | 0 | $25 |
20 | 1 | Buck Baker | 89 | BA Pless | 29 | 52 Hudson | 29 | $25 |
21 | 22 | Dave Terrell | 126 | Dave Terrell | 29 | 49 Plymout | 0 | $25 |
22 | 16 | Shorty Gibbs | 0 | Shorty Gibbs | 11 | 51 Nash | 0 | $25 |