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 - 8 Race Results
Race Name - 8Date - 4/27/1952Race Track - Central City SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 99 milesPole Speed - 54.429 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 53.853 mphLead Changes - 1Total Race Purse - $4,815Race 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 |