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1952 - Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/1/1952
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.25 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 88.55 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 40
Average Race Speed - 74.512 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $23,855
Race Number - 25
 More Races from 1952
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Fonty Flock 14 Air Lift Special (Frank Christian) 400 52 Oldsmob 341 $9,430
2 42 Johnny Patterson 58 HB Ranier 399 52 Hudson 0 $3,000
3 14 Herb Thomas 92 FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) 399 52 Hudson 4 $1,590
4 33 Bub King 55 Bub King 398 52 Hudson 0 $1,230
5 53 Banjo Matthews 16 Bill Snowden 393 52 Hudson 0 $950
6 8 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 393 51 Plymout 0 $800
7 2 Joe Eubanks 82 Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates) 390 52 Hudson 0 $700
8 3 Herschel Buchanan 1 Ponce Motors (Herschel Buchanan) 390 52 Nash 0 $600
9 5 Buck Baker 87 Wheatley Motors (Al Wheatley) 388 52 Lincoln 0 $500
10 50 Ray Duhigg 24 Southern Motors (JO Goode) 387 51 Plymout 0 $450
11 16 Jack Smith 9 Ted Chester 387 51 Hudson 0 $420
12 35 Rollin Smith 69 Rollin Smith 385 52 Hudson 0 $350
13 37 Jimmy Thompson 89 BA Pless 383 52 Hudson 0 $300
14 47 Speedy Thompson 51 Sam Knox 383 51 Ford 0 $280
15 48 Lloyd Moore 59 Julian Buesink 382 52 Ford 0 $250
16 38 Joe Weatherly 53 Junie Donlavey 376 52 Hudson 0 $150
17 43 Buddy Shuman 98 Joe Hawkins 376 51 Plymout 0 $100
18 41 Keith Hamner 62 375 52 Hudson 0 $90
19 31 Clyde Pittinger 25 SJ Lorenzo 375 52 Oldsmob 0 $90
20 10 Pat Kirkwood 99 San Juan Motors (Pat Kirkwood) 373 51 Chrysle 0 $90
21 56 Gene Comstock 8 Fry Motors (Gene Comstock) 370 52 Hudson 0 $90
22 57 WE Baker 39 WE Baker 368 52 Oldsmob 0 $90
23 59 Herb Fry 28 Herb Fry 366 51 Hudson 0 $95
24 61 Iggy Katona 34 Bill Caltrider 365 51 Plymout 0 $75
25 21 Dick Passwater 77 Frank Arford 364 52 Oldsmob 0 $105
26 23 Bill Miller 83 Dantone Racing Stable (BJ Dantone) 357 51 Ford 0 $75
27 11 Tony Bonadies 85 Tony Bonadies 350 51 Nash 0 $325
28 27 Donald Thomas 66 Elmer Pooler 345 51 Plymout 0 $60
29 55 Bob Flock 7 Blackburn Auto Service (Ted Chester) 338 52 Hudson 0 $60
30 12 Erwin Blatt 67 Erwin Blatt 337 51 Mercury 0 $60
31 25 Ted Chamberlain 93 Call Me Squirt (Ted Chamberlain) 337 50 Plymout 0 $60
32 9 Al Fleming 47 LW Tickle 336 52 Willys 0 $210
33 36 Tim Flock 91 Blackburn Auto Service (Ted Chester) 321 52 Hudson 0 $50
34 EC Ramsey 94 Smith Auto Parts (Louise Smith) 318 51 Ford 0 $50
35 29 Dick Rathman 20 Walt Chapman 315 52 Hudson 35 $460
36 32 Al Conroy 75 Larry Shurter 308 52 Willys 0 $150
37 66 Coleman Lawrence 71 Coleman Lawrence 297 50 Plymout 0 $50
38 65 Charles Weidler 79 279 51 Hudson 0 $50
39 45 Rudy Hires 31 Rudy Hires 267 52 Hudson 0 $50
40 40 Ralph Liguori 60 Ralph Liguori 256 51 Hudson 0 $50
41 24 Lamar Crabtree 3 Red Harrelson 254 51 Plymout 0 $
42 28 Johnny Bridgers 30 Johnny Bridgers 244 52 Ford 0 $
43 44 Tommy Moon 57 CD Wilson 240 51 Hudson 0 $
44 17 Bill Blair 2 George Hutchens 223 52 Oldsmob 0 $
45 51 June Cleveland 17 WA Smith 205 51 Plymout 0 $
46 34 Joe Guide 52 Hudson Guide Motors (Sally Guide) 200 51 Hudson 0 $
47 58 Possum Jones 61 Stan Parnell 193 51 Ford 0 $
48 6 Roy Hall 22 182 52 DeSoto 0 $
49 7 Fireball Roberts 11 Saverance Motors (Ed Saverance) 174 51 Ford 0 $
50 20 Jimmie Lewallen 32 RG Shelton 168 52 Hudson 0 $20
51 30 Pete Kelly 74 Pete Kelly 162 52 Hudson 0 $
52 46 Bobby Myers 6 Big Bear (George Hutchens) 145 51 Ford 0 $
53 18 Bucky Sager 18 Ed Benedict 142 52 Hudson 0 $
54 15 Bob Pronger 46 Bob Pronger 140 52 Oldsmob 0 $
55 39 Larry Mann 43 Green Hornet (Larry Mann) 139 52 Hudson 0 $
56 63 Weldon Adams 54 Weldon Adams 125 51 Plymout 0 $
57 52 Jimmy Ingram 26 91 51 Nash 0 $
58 60 Gwyn Staley 27 The Wilkes Boys 74 52 Ford 0 $
59 26 Johnny Gouveia 21 Johnny Gouveia 61 51 Plymout 0 $
60 13 Tommy Thompson 40 Tommy Thompson 37 52 Hudson 20 $200
61 49 Curtis Turner 41 Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes) 35 52 Oldsmob 0 $
62 54 Gene Darragh 5 Gene Darragh 32 52 Hudson 0 $
63 Merritt Brown 15 28 51 Studeba 0 $
64 19 Slick Smith 4 Air Lift (Frank Christian) 22 51 Oldsmob 0 $50
65 4 Clyde Minter 19 Paul Nunn 21 52 Packard 0 $
66 22 Jim Paschal 12 George Hutchens 18 52 Oldsmob 0 $