Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 1st, 1952

Race #25 of the 1952 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 400
  • Miles: 546.4
  • Average Speed: 74.512 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 40
  • Lead Changes: 6
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Concord, North Carolina - December 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 14 Fonty Flock Oldsmobile 0 0 0 400 341 Running
2 42 58 Johnny Patterson Hudson 0 0 0 399 0 Running
3 14 92 Herb Thomas Hudson 0 0 0 399 4 Running
4 33 55 Bub King Hudson 0 0 0 398 0 Running
5 53 16 Banjo Matthews Hudson 0 0 0 393 0 Running
6 8 42 Lee Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 393 0 Running
7 2 82 Joe Eubanks Hudson 0 0 0 390 0 Running
8 3 1 Herschel Buchanan Nash 0 0 0 390 0 Running
9 5 87 Buck Baker Lincoln 0 0 0 388 0 Running
10 50 24 Ray Duhigg Plymouth 0 0 0 387 0 Running
11 16 9 Jack Smith Hudson 0 0 0 387 0 Running
12 35 69 Rollin Smith Hudson 0 0 0 385 0 Running
13 37 89 Jimmy Thompson Hudson 0 0 0 383 0 Crash
14 47 51 Speedy Thompson Ford 0 0 0 383 0 Running
15 48 59 Lloyd Moore Ford 0 0 0 382 0 Running
16 38 53 Joe Weatherly Hudson 0 0 0 376 0 Running
17 43 98 Buddy Shuman Plymouth 0 0 0 376 0 Running
18 41 62 Keith Hamner Hudson 0 0 0 375 0 Running
19 31 25 Clyde Pittinger Oldsmobile 0 0 0 375 0 Running
20 10 99 Pat Kirkwood Chrysler 0 0 0 373 0 Running
21 56 8 Gene Comstock Hudson 0 0 0 370 0 Running
22 57 39 WE Baker Oldsmobile 0 0 0 368 0 Running
23 59 28 Herb Fry Hudson 0 0 0 366 0 Running
24 61 34 Iggy Katona Plymouth 0 0 0 365 0 Running
25 21 77 Dick Passwater Oldsmobile 0 0 0 364 0 Running
26 23 83 Bill Miller Ford 0 0 0 357 0 Running
27 11 85 Tony Bonadies Nash 0 0 0 350 0 Running
28 27 66 Donald Thomas Plymouth 0 0 0 345 0 Running
29 55 7 Bob Flock Hudson 0 0 0 338 0 Running
30 12 67 Erwin Blatt Mercury 0 0 0 337 0 Running
31 25 93 Ted Chamberlain Plymouth 0 0 0 337 0 Running
32 9 47 Al Fleming Willys–Overland Motors 0 0 0 336 0 Running
33 36 91 Tim Flock Hudson 0 0 0 321 0 Crash
34 0 94 EC Ramsey Ford 0 0 0 318 0 Running
35 29 20 Dick Rathman Hudson 0 0 0 315 35 Crash
36 32 75 Al Conroy Willys–Overland Motors 0 0 0 308 0 Running
37 66 71 Coleman Lawrence Plymouth 0 0 0 297 0 Running
38 65 79 Charles Weidler Hudson 0 0 0 279 0 Running
39 45 31 Rudy Hires Hudson 0 0 0 267 0 Running
40 40 60 Ralph Liguori Hudson 0 0 0 256 0 Overheating
41 24 3 Lamar Crabtree Plymouth 0 0 0 254 0 Piston
42 28 30 Johnny Bridgers Ford 0 0 0 244 0 Overheating
43 44 57 Tommy Moon Hudson 0 0 0 240 0 Overheating
44 17 2 Bill Blair Oldsmobile 0 0 0 223 0 Overheating
45 51 17 June Cleveland Plymouth 0 0 0 205 0 Running
46 34 52 Joe Guide Hudson 0 0 0 200 0 Running
47 58 61 Possum Jones Ford 0 0 0 193 0 Overheating
48 6 22 Roy Hall Chrysler 0 0 0 182 0 Tires,fuel
49 7 11 Fireball Roberts Ford 0 0 0 174 0 Engine
50 20 32 Jimmie Lewallen Hudson 0 0 0 168 0 Engine
51 30 74 Pete Kelly Hudson 0 0 0 162 0 Engine
52 46 6 Bobby Myers Ford 0 0 0 145 0 Engine
53 18 18 Bucky Sager Hudson 0 0 0 142 0 Lf wheel
54 15 46 Bob Pronger Oldsmobile 0 0 0 140 0 Engine
55 39 43 Larry Mann Hudson 0 0 0 139 0 Rear end
56 63 54 Weldon Adams Plymouth 0 0 0 125 0 Crash
57 52 26 Jimmy Ingram Nash 0 0 0 91 0 No tires
58 60 27 Gwyn Staley Ford 0 0 0 74 0 Overheating
59 26 21 Johnny Gouveia Plymouth 0 0 0 61 0 Overheating
60 13 40 Tommy Thompson Hudson 0 0 0 37 20 Engine
61 49 41 Curtis Turner Oldsmobile 0 0 0 35 0 Crash
62 54 5 Gene Darragh Hudson 0 0 0 32 0 Crash
63 0 15 Merritt Brown Studebaker 0 0 0 28 0 Engine
64 19 4 Slick Smith Oldsmobile 0 0 0 22 0 Engine
65 4 19 Clyde Minter Packard 0 0 0 21 0 Front end
66 22 12 Jim Paschal Oldsmobile 0 0 0 18 0 Engine