1952 Langhorne Speedway

Race 27 of 34

Langhorne
250 laps
Time of race: 3:27:00
Average speed of winner: 72.463 mph
Margin of victory: 3/4 lap
Lead changes: 5 among 6 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: H. Thomas pole, F. Flock 1-50, T. Flock 51-59, Rathmann 60-120, Blair 121-209, Petty 210-250

Race notes: Debut for George Bush, Elton Hildreth, Mike Magill, Walt Ragan, and Lucky Sawyer. Finale for Nelson Applegate, Tony Bonadies, Bud Farrell, Jack Fisher, Larry Mann, Jack Reynolds, Red Tomlinson, and Felix Wilkes. Only start for Bill Deakin and Lawrence Jacquelin. Tim Flock took the points lead from Herb Thomas.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	24	Lee Petty	42		'51 Plymouth	Petty	Petty		250	1	41	running	2500	0
2	10	Bill Blair	2		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Hutchens			250	1	89	running	1250	0
3	3	Herschel Buchanan	1		'52 Nash Ambassador	Herschel Buchanan			248	0	0	running	750	0
4	12	Tim Flock	91		'52 Hudson	Chester	Blackburn		247	1	9	running	500	0
5	8	Dick Rathman	120		'52 Hudson	Walt Chapman			246	1	61	running	450	0
6	13	Slick Smith	4		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian			246	0	0	running	400	0
7	23	Neil Cole	52		'50 Plymouth	Golabek			245	0	0	running	350	0
8	2	Ray Duhigg	24		'51 Plymouth	Goode			241	0	0	running	300	0
9	6	Jack Reynolds	421		'50 Dodge	Wiss Brothers			241	0	0	running	250	0
10	29	Elton Hildreth	167		'50 Nash	Hildreth			237	0	0	running	200	0
11	26	Iggy Katona			'51 Plymouth				236	0	0	running	150	0
12	14	Joe Eubanks	82		'52 Hudson	Oates			235	0	0	accident	125	0
13	5	Erwin Blatt			'51 Mercury				229	0	0	running	100	0
14	18	Ralph Liguori	60		'52 Hudson Hornet				228	0	0	running	75	0
15	31	Bud Farrell			'51 Plymouth				228	0	0	running	50	0
16	27	Bill Barker			'51 Oldsmobile 88				226	0	0	running	50	0
17	36	Walt Ragan			'51 Hudson Hornet				225	0	0	running	50	0
18	41	Bill Deakin			'51 Plymouth				225	0	0	running	50	0
19	30	Pappy Hough			'51 Plymouth				221	0	0	running	50	0
20	43	George Gallup	103		'50 Oldsmobile	George Gallup			213	0	0	running	50	0
21	25	Jack Fisher			'52 Oldsmobile 88				212	0	0	running	35	0
22	37	Larry Mann	43	Green Hornet	'51 Hudson				211	0	0	fatal accident	35	0
23	32	Eddie van Horn			'50 Ford				208	0	0	running	35	0
24	40	Wimpy Ervin			'52 Kaiser				206	0	0	running	35	0
25	34	Ted Chamberlain	93		'50 Plymouth	Ted Chamberlain			204	0	0	running	35	0
26	2	Fonty Flock	14		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian			204	1	50	engine	35	0
27	28	Lucky Sawyer	96		'50 Ford				200	0	0	running	35	0
28	33	Red Tomlinson			'51 Plymouth				200	0	0	running	35	0
29	21	Ray Erickson			'52 Hudson Hornet				183	0	0	engine	35	0
30	44	Tony Bonadies	85		'52 Oldsmobile 88				173	0	0	running	35	0
31	38	Gene Darragh			'52 Hudson Hornet				171	0	0	accident	35	0
32	19	Buckie Sager	118		'51 Hudson	Ed Benedict			162	0	0	running	35	0
33	20	Felix Wilkes			'51 Hudson Hornet				141	0	0	accident	35	0
34	9	George Bush			'51 Oldsmobile 88				127	0	0	running	35	0
35	15	Nelson Applegate			'51 Hudson Hornet				125	0	0	accident	35	0
36	35	Chuck Garrett			'51 Oldsmobile 88				109	0	0	accident	0	0
37	1	Herb Thomas	92		'52 Hudson	Herb Thomas	Yunick	85.287	61	0	0	accident	0	0
38	17	Fred Dove	19		'52 Packard				53	0	0	heating	0	0
39	42	Donald Thomas	66		'51 Plymouth	Elmer Pooler			43	0	0	clutch	0	0
40	16	Charles Weidler			'50 Hudson				41	0	0	heating	0	0
41	39	Lawrence Jacquelin			'51 Studebaker				34	0	0	heating	0	0
42	22	Mike Magill			'52 Hudson Hornet				28	0	0	spindle	0	0
43	11	Jimmie Lewallen	41		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Eanes			27	0	0	rear end	0	0
44	7	Buck Baker	87		'51 Ford				26	0	0	heating	0	0