1952 Motor City 250

Race 17 of 34

Michigan Fairgrounds
250 laps
Time of race: 4:10:23
Average speed of winner: 59.908 mph
Margin of victory: N/A
Lead changes: 4 among 4 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Rathmann 1-44, Petty 45-87, T. Flock 88-110, Shuman 111, T. Flock 112-250

Race notes: Debut for Fred Bethune, Jack Fisher, Gib Orr, and Dick Passwater. Finale for Ray Chase, Jim Fiebelkorn, Bill Holland, Robbie Robinson, and Don Rudolph. Only start for Roger Attard, Charlie Hill, Stewart Joyce, Bud Koehler, Norman Lynch, Leon Meadows, Bill Pruitt, John Scarfo, Dick Stacey, and Ed Westveer. Tim Flock took the points lead from Lee Petty.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	16	Tim Flock	91		'51 Hudson	Chester	Blackburn		250	2	162	running	5050	0
2	34	Buddy Shuman	89		'52 Hudson	Pless			250	1	1	running	2225	0
3	17	Herb Thomas	92		'51 Hudson	Herb Thomas	Yunick	71.400	249	0	0	running	1000	0
4	25	Bill Blair	2		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Hutchens			249	0	0	running	600	0
5	37	Pat Kirkwood	99	San Juan Motors	'51 Chrysler	Kirkwood			246	0	0	running	500	0
6	31	Dick Passwater	77		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Arford			243	0	0	running	400	0
7	46	Hershel McGriff	3		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Beryl Jackson			238	0	0	running	300	0
8	26	Stewart Joyce	73		'52 DeSoto	Stewart Joyce			229	0	0	running	200	0
9	41	Otis Martin	4		'52 Plymouth	Otis Martin			226	0	0	running	100	0
10	8	Ted Chamberlain	34		'51 Plymouth	Caltrider			226	0	0	running	100	0
11	18	Frank Mundy	121		'52 Hudson	Walt Chapman			225	0	0	running	50	0
12	28	Gene Comstock	8		'52 Hudson	Comstock			224	0	0	running	50	0
13	25	Perk Brown	22		'51 Hudson	Shelton			223	0	0	running	50	0
14	33	Billy Myers	98		'51 Plymouth	Joe Hawkins			220	0	0	running	50	0
15	7	Charlie Hill	16		'51 Ford	Curtis Turner			217	0	0	running	50	0
16	21	Bub King	55	Carl Lay Motors	'52 Hudson	Bub King			216	0	0	running	50	0
17	44	Buckie Sager	118		'51 Hudson	Ed Benedict			216	0	0	running	50	0
18	6	Fred Bethune	162		'52 DeSoto	Bethune			209	0	0	running	50	0
19	11	Red Duvall	84		'51 Packard	Salat			205	0	0	steering	50	0
20	45	Jimmie Lewallen	41		'52 Hudson	Shelton			203	0	0	running	50	0
21	19	Tommy Thompson	40		'52 Hudson	Tommy Thompson			190	0	0	running	25	0
22	43	Dick Stacey	13		'52 Chrysler	Jack Fisher			175	0	0	running	25	0
23	5	Ray Chase	11		'51 Lincoln	Dave Kennedy			173	0	0	tie rods	25	0
24	14	Bill Pruitt	27		'52 Nash	James Barnes			169	0	0	engine	25	0
25	15	Joe Eubanks	82		'52 Hudson	Oates			167	0	0	axle	25	0
26	38	Bud Koehler	7		'51 Nash	Martinson			140	0	0	heating	25	0
27	3	Lloyd Moore	59		'52 Chrysler	Petty			137	0	0	wheel	25	0
28	12	John Scarfo	26	Detroit Kaiser Dealers	'51 Kaiser				135	0	0	running	25	0
29	10	Norman Lynch	897		'52 Willys	Norman Lynch			130	0	0	accident	25	0
30	36	Bill Holland	1		'51 Hudson	Robert McGrath			123	0	0	wheel	25	0
31	20	Ray Duhigg	24		'51 Plymouth	Goode			120	0	0	running	25	0
32	30	Lee Petty	42		'52 Chrysler	Petty	Petty		100	1	43	wheel	75	0
33	39	Jack Fisher	53		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Jack Fisher			95	0	0		25	0
34	40	Jack Reynolds	421		'52 Plymouth	Wiss Brothers			85	0	0		25	0
35	47	Don Rudolph	54	Irvington Willys Co.	'52 Willys				82	0	0		25	0
36	46	Bill Rexford	174		'51 Nash	Copperheat			82	0	0		25	0
37	32	Leon Meadows	74		'52 Plymouth	Stewart Joyce			67	0	0		25	0
38	1	Dick Rathman	120		'51 Hudson	Walt Chapman		70.230	64	1	44	heating	175	0
39	4	Bob Pronger	6	Neilson Motors	'52 Nash Ambassador				49	0	0		25	0
40	9	Ed Westveer	33		'52 Mercury	Dave Kennedy			45	0	0		25	0
41	45	Gib Orr	25		'51 Hudson Hornet	J.E. Peters			43	0	0		0	0
42	23	Jim Fiebelkorn	65		'51 Ford	Ken Whitney			35	0	0		0	0
43	27	Paul Newkirk	43		'51 Nash Ambassador	Newkirk			27	0	0		0	0
44	22	Roger Attard	20		'52 Hudson Hornet	Attard			25	0	0		0	0
45	29	Robbie Robinson	111		'51 Hudson	Robbie Robinson			20	0	0		0	0
46	44	Bob Moore	78		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Bob Moore			16	0	0		0	0
47	2	Fonty Flock	14		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian			10	0	0	tie rod	0	0