1952 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1952 - 8 Race Results

Race Name - 8
Date - 4/27/1952
Race Track - Central City Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 99 miles
Pole Speed - 54.429 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 53.853 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $4,815
Race Number - 8

More Races from 1952

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Herb Thomas	92	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	198	52 Hudson	12	$1,270
2	17	Fonty Flock	14	Air Lift (Frank Christian)	198	51 Oldsmob	0	$800
3	25	Ed Samples	9	Claude Alexander	198	51 Oldsmob	0	$600
4	15	Buck Baker	89	BA Pless	197	52 Hudson	0	$500
5	20	Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	195	50 Oldsmob	0	$300
6	23	Jim Paschal	60	Julian Buesink	195	51 Ford	0	$200
7	8	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	194	51 Plymout	0	$160
8	6	Donald Thomas	72	Doug Meeks	194	51 Ford	0	$135
9	5	Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	192	51 Hudson	0	$110
10	7	Charles Gattalia	128	Colonial Motors (Charles Gattalia)	192	51 Studeba	0	$110
11	16	Perk Brown	22	RG Shelton	192	51 Hudson	0	$25
12	9	Barney Smith	0	Barney Smith	191	52 Plymout	0	$25
13	21	Jimmy Florian	18	Jimmy Florian	190	51 Ford	0	$25
14	18	Billy Carden	12	Bishop Brothers	186	51 Plymout	0	$25
15	27	Frank Mundy	7	Ted Chester	186	51 Plymout	0	$25
16	1	Jack Smith	23	Perry Smith	186	51 Studeba	186	$75
17	24	Joe Eubanks	82	Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates)	184	51 Oldsmob	0	$35
18	11	Jimmy Ayers	3	Jimmy Ayers	179	51 Studeba	0	$35
19	14	Ted Chamberlain	93	Ted Chamberlain	174	49 Plymout	0	$35
20	10	CH Dingler	0	CH Dingler	160	50 Plymout	0	$35
21	26	Jimmie Lewallen	24	Southern Motors (JO Goode)	153	51 Plymout	0	$25
22	22	Bill Blair	2	George Hutchens	109	52 Oldsmob	0	$25
23	12	EC Ramsey	94	Louise Smith Special (Louise Smith)	56	51 Ford	0	$35
24	2	Dick Rathman	120	Walt Chapman	43	51 Hudson	0	$65
25	28	JO Staton	0	Louise Smith	41	51 Nash	0	$25
26	13	Louise Smith	0	Louise Smith	20	51 Oldsmob	0	$35
27	19	Hank Lee	0		20	52 Oldsmob	0	$25
28	3	Roscoe Thompson	4	Air Lift (Frank Christian)	12	51 Oldsmob	0	$55