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1952 Southern 500
Held on September 1, 1952 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC (Original configuration)
400 L, 500 M, 804.67 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	14	Fonty Flock	Air Lift Special	'52 Oldsmobile	400	341	running
2	42	58	Johnny Patterson		'52 Hudson	399	0	running
3	14	92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS	'52 Hudson	399	4	running
4	33	55	Bub King		'52 Hudson	398	0	running
5	53	16	Banjo Matthews		'52 Hudson	393	0	running
6	8	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'51 Plymouth	393	0	running
7	2	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co.	'52 Hudson	390	0	running
8	3	1	Herschel Buchanan	Ponce Motors, Nash	'52 Nash	390	0	running
9	5	87	Buck Baker	Wheatley Motors	'52 Lincoln	388	0	running
10	50	24	Ray Duhigg	Southern Motors	'51 Plymouth	387	0	running
11	16	9	Jack Smith		'51 Hudson	387	0	running
12	35	69	Rollin Smith	Winkler Oil Burners	'52 Hudson	385	0	running
13	37	89	Jimmy Thompson		'52 Hudson	383	0	accident
14	47	51	Speedy Thompson		'51 Ford	383	0	running
15	48	59	Lloyd Moore		'52 Ford	382	0	running
16	38	53	Joe Weatherly		'52 Hudson	376	0	running
17	43	98	Buddy Shuman		'51 Plymouth	376	0	running
18	41	62	Keith Hamner		'52 Hudson	375	0	running
19	31	25	Clyde Pittinger		'52 Oldsmobile	375	0	running
20	10	99	Pat Kirkwood	San Juan Motors	'51 Chrysler	373	0	running
21	56	8	Gene Comstock	Fry Motors	'52 Hudson	370	0	running
22	57	39	W.E. Baker		'52 Oldsmobile	368	0	running
23	59	28	Herb Fry		'51 Hudson	366	0	running
24	61	34	Iggy Katona		'51 Plymouth	365	0	running
25	21	77	Dick Passwater		'52 Oldsmobile	364	0	running
26	23	83	Bill Miller	Dantone Racing Stable	'51 Ford	357	0	running
27	11	85	Tony Bonadies		'51 Nash	350	0	running
28	27	66	Donald Thomas		'51 Plymouth	345	0	running
29	55	7	Bob Flock	Blackburn Auto Service	'52 Hudson	338	0	running
30	12	67	Erwin Blatt		'51 Mercury	337	0	running
31	25	93	Ted Chamberlain	Call Me Squirt	'50 Plymouth	337	0	running
32	9	47	Al Fleming		'52 Willys	336	0	running
33	36	91	Tim Flock	Blackburn Auto Service	'52 Hudson	321	0	accident
34		94	E.C. Ramsey	Smith Auto Parts	'51 Ford	318	0	running
35	29	20	Dick Rathmann	Pure Sensitized Gasoline	'52 Hudson	315	35	accident
36	32	75	Al Conroy		'52 Willys	308	0	running
37	66	71	Coleman Lawrence		'50 Plymouth	297	0	running
38	65	79	Charles Weidler		'51 Hudson	279	0	running
39	45	31	Rudy Hires		'52 Hudson	267	0	running
40	40	60	Ralph Liguori		'51 Hudson	256	0	overheating
41	24	3	Lamar Crabtree		'51 Plymouth	254	0	piston
42	28	30	Johnny Bridgers		'52 Ford	244	0	overheating
43	44	57	Tommy Moon		'51 Hudson	240	0	overheating
44	17	2	Bill Blair		'52 Oldsmobile	223	0	overheating
45	51	17	June Cleveland		'51 Plymouth	205	0	running
46	34	52	Joe Guide	Hudson Guide Motors	'51 Hudson	200	0	running
47	58	61	Possum Jones		'51 Ford	193	0	overheating
48	6	22	Roy Hall		'52 DeSoto	182	0	tires,fuel
49	7	11	Fireball Roberts	Saverance Motors	'51 Ford	174	0	engine
50	20	32	Jimmie Lewallen		'52 Hudson	168	0	engine
51	30	74	Pete Kelly		'52 Hudson	162	0	engine
52	46	6	Bobby Myers	Big Bear	'51 Ford	145	0	engine
53	18	18	Buckie Sager		'52 Hudson	142	0	lf wheel
54	15	46	Bob Pronger		'52 Oldsmobile	140	0	engine
55	39	43	Larry Mann	Green Hornet	'52 Hudson	139	0	rear end
56	63	54	Weldon Adams		'51 Plymouth	125	0	accident
57	52	26	Jimmy Ingram		'51 Nash	91	0	no tires
58	60	27	Gwyn Staley	The Wilkes Boys	'52 Ford	74	0	overheating
59	26	21	Johnny Gouveia		'51 Plymouth	61	0	overheating
60	13	40	Tommy Thompson	Hudson Hornet	'52 Hudson	37	20	engine
61	49	41	Curtis Turner	Eanes Motor Co.	'52 Oldsmobile	35	0	accident
62	54	5	Gene Darragh		'52 Hudson	32	0	accident
63		15	Merritt Brown		'51 Studebaker	28	0	engine
64	19	4	Slick Smith	Air Lift	'51 Oldsmobile	22	0	engine
65	4	19	Clyde Minter		'52 Packard	21	0	front end
66	22	12	Jim Paschal		'52 Oldsmobile	18	0	engine
DID NOT QUALIFY
			Bill Widenhouse					DNQ
			Cotton Owens					DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered