1952 100 Miles at Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway · 1952 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Dick Rathman	4	24	14	2	5	20	80	100

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	4	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman (Owner)	Hudson	80	20	running
2	3	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Hudson	80	5	running
3	2	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	78		running
4	9	2	Jimmie Lewallen	George Hutchens (Owner)	Oldsmobile	78		running
5	6	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)	Hudson	78		running
6	24	72	Donald Thomas	Doug Meeks (Owner)	Ford	78		running
7	13	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	76		running
8	1	11	Fireball Roberts	Ed Saverance (Owner)	Ford	76	15	running
9	8	41	Jim Paschal	John Eanes (Owner)	Hudson	75		running
10	12	7	Frank Mundy	Ted Chester (Owner)	Oldsmobile	75		running
11	11	51	Gober Sosebee	Sam Knox (Owner)	Chrysler	74		running
12	10	77	Weldon Adams	Adams Racing	Chrysler	74		running
13	14	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	72	12	running
14	19	96	J.E. Hardie	J.E. Hardie (Owner)	Studebaker	69		running
15	3	89	Buck Baker	B.A. Pless (Owner)	Hudson	66	28	radiator
16	15	128	Charles Gattalia	Charles Gattalia (Owner)	Studebaker	62		overheating
17	17	8	Jack Smith		Studebaker	32		overheating
18	7	22	Perk Brown	R.G. Shelton (Owner)	Hudson	30		overheating
19	18	21	Speedy Thompson	Bruce Root (Owner)	Ford	26		fuel line
20	23	17	Bill Widenhouse	Buddy Shuman (Owner)	Ford	19		engine
21	16	9	Ed Samples	Claude Alexander (Owner)	Oldsmobile	17		handling
22	2	81	Roscoe Thompson	Ted Chester (Owner)	Oldsmobile	13		engine
23	21	99	Leonard Tippett	Leonard Tippett (Owner)	Hudson	13		engine
24	20	94	J.O. Staton	Louise Smith (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	10		tire

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Buck Baker	28	35.0%	P15
2	Dick Rathman	20	25.0%	P1
3	Fireball Roberts	15	18.8%	P8
4	Herb Thomas	12	15.0%	P13
5	Tim Flock	5	6.3%	P2