1952 Southern 500

Race 25 of 34

Darlington
400 laps
Time of race: 6:42:37
Average speed of winner: 74.512 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 40 laps
Lap leaders: F. Flock 1-17, Thompson 18-37, F. Flock 38-104, Rathmann 105-139, F. Flock 140-180, H. Thomas 181-184, F. Flock 185-400

Race notes: Debut for Tony Bonadies, Johnny Bridgers, Merritt Brown, Johnny Gouveia, Keith Hamner, Possum Jones, Pete Kelly, Banjo Matthews, and Joe Weatherly. Finale for Roy Hall, Rudy Hires, Jimmy Ingram, Bill Miller, E.C. Ramsey, and Rollin Smith. Only start for W.E. Baker, Al Conroy, Al Fleming, and Herb Fry. Herb Thomas took the points lead from Tim Flock.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Fonty Flock	14		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian		88.550	400	4	341	running	9430	0
2	42	Johnny Patterson	58		'52 Hudson	Akers			399	0	0	running	3000	0
3	14	Herb Thomas	92		'51 Hudson	Herb Thomas	Yunick		399	1	4	running	1590	0
4	33	Bub King	55		'52 Hudson Hornet	Bub King			398	0	0	running	1230	0
5	53	Banjo Matthews	16		'52 Hudson	Snowden			393	0	0	running	950	0
6	8	Lee Petty	42		'51 Plymouth	Petty	Petty		393	0	0	running	800	0
7	2	Joe Eubanks	82		'52 Hudson	Oates			390	0	0	running	700	0
8	3	Herschel Buchanan	1	Ponce Motors	'52 Nash Ambassador	Herschel Buchanan			390	0	0	running	600	0
9	5	Buck Baker	87		'52 Lincoln	Wheatley			388	0	0	running	500	0
10	50	Ray Duhigg	24		'51 Plymouth	Goode			387	0	0	running	450	0
11	16	Jack Smith	9		'51 Hudson	Chester			387	0	0	running	420	0
12	35	Rollin Smith	69		'52 Hudson Hornet	Rollin Smith			385	0	0	running	350	0
13	37	Jimmy Thompson	89		'52 Hudson	Pless			383	0	0	accident	300	0
14	47	Speedy Thompson	51		'51 Ford	Sosebee			383	0	0	running	280	0
15	48	Lloyd Moore	59		'52 Ford	Buesink			382	0	0	running	250	0
16	38	Joe Weatherly	53		'52 Hudson	Donlavey			376	0	0	running	150	0
17	43	Buddy Shuman	98		'51 Plymouth	Joe Hawkins			376	0	0	running	100	0
18	41	Keith Hamner	62		'52 Hudson Hornet				375	0	0	running	90	0
19	31	Clyde Pittinger	25		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Lorenzo			375	0	0	running	90	0
20	10	Pat Kirkwood	99	San Juan Motors	'51 Chrysler	Kirkwood			373	0	0	running	90	0
21	56	Gene Comstock	8	Fry Motors	'52 Hudson	Comstock			370	0	0	running	90	0
22	57	W.E. Baker	39		'52 Oldsmobile 88	W.E. Baker			368	0	0	running	90	0
23	59	Herb Fry	28		'51 Hudson Hornet	Herb Fry			366	0	0	running	95	0
24	61	Iggy Katona	34		'51 Plymouth	Caltrider			365	0	0	running	75	0
25	21	Dick Passwater	77		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Arford			364	0	0	running	105	0
26	23	Bill Miller	83		'51 Ford	Dantone			357	0	0	running	75	0
27	11	Tony Bonadies	85		'51 Nash Rambler				350	0	0	running	325	0
28	27	Donald Thomas	66		'51 Plymouth	Elmer Pooler			345	0	0	running	60	0
29	55	Bob Flock	7		'51 Hudson	Chester			338	0	0	running	60	0
30	12	Erwin Blatt	67		'51 Mercury	Blatt			337	0	0	running	60	0
31	25	Ted Chamberlain	93	Call Me Squirt	'50 Plymouth	Ted Chamberlain			337	0	0	running	60	0
32	9	Al Fleming	47		'52 Willys	Tickle			336	0	0	running	210	0
33	36	Tim Flock	91		'52 Hudson	Chester	Blackburn		321	0	0	accident	50	0
34		E.C. Ramsey	94		'51 Ford	Louise Smith			318	0	0	running	50	0
35	29	Dick Rathman	20		'52 Hudson	Walt Chapman		89.950	315	1	35	accident	460	0
36	32	Al Conroy	75		'52 Willys	Shurter			308	0	0	running	150	0
37	66	Coleman Lawrence	71		'50 Plymouth				297	0	0	running	50	0
38	65	Charles Weidler	79		'51 Hudson Hornet				279	0	0	running	50	0
39	45	Rudy Hires	31		'52 Hudson Hornet				267	0	0	running	50	0
40	40	Ralph Liguori	60		'51 Hudson Hornet				256	0	0	heating	50	0
41	24	Lamar Crabtree	3		'51 Plymouth	Red Harrelson			254	0	0	piston	0	0
42	28	Johnny Bridgers	30		'52 Ford	Bridgers			244	0	0	heating	0	0
43	44	Tommy Moon	57		'51 Hudson	C.D. Wilson			240	0	0	heating	0	0
44	17	Bill Blair	2		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Hutchens			223	0	0	heating	0	0
45	51	June Cleveland	17		'51 Plymouth	W.A. Smith			205	0	0	running	0	0
46	34	Joe Guide	52		'51 Plymouth	Sally Guide			200	0	0	running	0	0
47	58	Possum Jones	61		'51 Ford	Stan Parnell			193	0	0	heating	0	0
48	6	Roy Hall	22		'52 DeSoto				182	0	0	tires, fuel	0	0
49	7	Fireball Roberts	11		'51 Ford	Saverance			174	0	0	engine	0	0
50	20	Jimmie Lewallen	32		'52 Hudson	Shelton			168	0	0	engine	20	0
51	30	Pete Kelly	74		'52 Hudson Hornet				162	0	0	engine	0	0
52	46	Bobby Myers	6		'51 Ford	Hutchens			145	0	0	engine	0	0
53	18	Buckie Sager	18		'52 Hudson	Red Harrelson			142	0	0	wheel	0	0
54	15	Bob Pronger	46		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Bob Griffin			140	0	0	engine	0	0
55	39	Larry Mann	43	Green Hornet	'52 Hudson				139	0	0	rear end	0	0
56	63	Weldon Adams	54		'51 Plymouth	Bridgers			125	0	0	accident	0	0
57	52	Jimmy Ingram	26		'51 Nash Ambassador				91	0	0	no tires	0	0
58	60	Gwyn Staley	27	The Wilkes Boys	'52 Ford				74	0	0	heating	0	0
59	26	Johnny Gouveia	21		'51 Plymouth	Gouveia			61	0	0	heating	0	0
60	13	Tommy Thompson	40		'52 Hudson	Tommy Thompson			37	1	20	engine	200	0
61	49	Curtis Turner	41		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Eanes			35	0	0	accident	0	0
62	54	Gene Darragh	5		'52 Hudson Hornet	Darragh			32	0	0	accident	0	0
63		Merritt Brown	15		'51 Studebaker				28	0	0	engine	0	0
64	19	Slick Smith	4		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian			22	0	0	engine	50	0
65	4	Clyde Minter	19		'52 Packard	Paul Nunn			21	0	0	front end	0	0
66	22	Jim Paschal	12		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Hutchens			18	0	0	engine	0	0