1952 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1952 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fonty Flock	1	66	38	1	4	341	400	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	400	341	running
2	42	58	Johnny Patterson	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Hudson	399		running
3	14	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	399	4	running
4	33	55	Bub King	Bub King (Owner)	Hudson	398		running
5	53	16	Banjo Matthews	Snowden Racing	Hudson	393		running
6	8	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	393		running
7	2	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)	Hudson	390		running
8	3	1	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	390		running
9	5	87	Buck Baker	Al Wheatley (Owner)	Lincoln	388		running
10	50	24	Ray Duhigg	J.O. Goode (Owner)	Plymouth	387		running
11	16	9	Jack Smith	Ted Chester (Owner)	Hudson	387		running
12	35	69	Rollin Smith	Rollin Smith (Owner)	Hudson	385		running
13	37	89	Jimmy Thompson	B.A. Pless (Owner)	Hudson	383		accident
14	47	51	Speedy Thompson	Sam Knox (Owner)	Ford	383		running
15	48	59	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	382		running
16	38	53	Joe Weatherly	Donlavey Racing	Hudson	376		running
17	43	98	Buddy Shuman	Joe Hawkins (Owner)	Plymouth	376		running
18	41	62	Keith Hamner		Hudson	375		running
19	31	25	Clyde Pittinger	S.J. Lorenzo (Owner)	Oldsmobile	375		running
20	10	99	Pat Kirkwood	Pat Kirkwood (Owner)	Chrysler	373		running
21	56	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Hudson	370		running
22	57	39	W.H. Baker	W.H. Baker (Owner)	Oldsmobile	368		running
23	59	28	Herb Fry	Herb Fry (Owner)	Hudson	366		running
24	61	34	Iggy Katona	Bill Caltrider (Owner)	Plymouth	365		running
25	21	77	Dick Passwater	Frank Arford (Owner)	Oldsmobile	364		running
26	23	83	Bill Miller	B.J. Dantone (Owner)	Ford	357		running
27	11	85	Tony Bonadies	Tony Bonadies (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	350		running
28	27	66	Donald Thomas	Elmer Pooler (Owner)	Plymouth	345		running
29	55	7	Bob Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Hudson	338		running
30	12	67	Erwin Blatt	Erwin Blatt (Owner)	Mercury	337		running
31	25	93	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain (Owner)	Plymouth	337		running
32	9	47	Al Fleming	L.W. Tickle (Owner)	-	336		running
33	36	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Hudson	321		accident
34	—	94	E.C. Ramsey	Louise Smith (Owner)	Ford	318		running
35	29	20	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman (Owner)	Hudson	315	35	accident
36	32	75	Al Conroy	Larry Shurter (Owner)	-	308		running
37	66	71	Coleman Lawrence	Coleman Lawrence (Owner)	Plymouth	297		running
38	65	79	Charles Weidler		Hudson	279		running
39	45	31	Rudy Hires	Rudy Hires (Owner)	Hudson	267		running
40	40	60	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori (Owner)	Hudson	256		overheating
41	24	3	Lamar Crabtree	Red Harrelson (Owner)	Plymouth	254		piston
42	28	30	Johnny Bridgers	Johnny Bridgers (Owner)	Ford	244		overheating
43	44	57	Tommy Moon	C.D. Wilson (Owner)	Hudson	240		overheating
44	17	2	Bill Blair	George Hutchens (Owner)	Oldsmobile	223		overheating
45	51	17	June Cleveland	W.A. Smith (Owner)	Plymouth	205		running
46	34	52	Joe Guide	Sally Guide (Owner)	Hudson	200		running
47	58	61	Possum Jones	Stan Parnell (Owner)	Ford	193		overheating
48	6	22	Roy Hall		Chrysler	182		fuel	0
49	7	11	Fireball Roberts	Ed Saverance (Owner)	Ford	174		engine
50	20	32	Jimmie Lewallen	R.G. Shelton (Owner)	Hudson	168		engine
51	30	74	Pete Kelly	Pete Kelly (Owner)	Hudson	162		engine
52	46	6	Bobby Myers	George Hutchens (Owner)	Ford	145		engine
53	18	18	Bucky Sager	Ed Benedict (Owner)	Hudson	142		wheel
54	15	46	Bob Pronger	Bob Pronger (Owner)	Oldsmobile	140		engine
55	39	43	Larry Mann	Larry Mann (Owner)	Hudson	139		rear end
56	63	54	Weldon Adams	Adams Racing	Plymouth	125		accident
57	52	26	Jimmy Ingram		Nash Motor Company	91		tire
58	60	27	Gwyn Staley		Ford	74		overheating
59	26	21	Johnny Gouveia	Johnny Gouveia (Owner)	Plymouth	61		overheating
60	13	40	Tommy Thompson	Tommy Thompson (Owner)	Hudson	37	20	engine
61	49	41	Curtis Turner	John Eanes (Owner)	Oldsmobile	35		accident
62	54	5	Gene Darragh	Gene Darragh (Owner)	Hudson	32		accident
63	—	15	Merritt Brown		Studebaker	28		engine
64	19	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	22		engine
65	4	19	Clyde Minter	Paul Nunn (Owner)	Packard Motor Car Company	21		front end
66	22	12	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens (Owner)	Oldsmobile	18		engine

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fonty Flock	341	85.3%	P1
2	Dick Rathman	35	8.8%	P35
3	Tommy Thompson	20	5.0%	P60
4	Herb Thomas	4	1.0%	P3

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