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1952-27

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NASCAR Grand National race number 27 of 34
Sunday, September 14, 1952 at Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA
250 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:27:00
Average Speed: 72.463 mph
Pole Speed: 85.287 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 0.75 lap
Attendance: 20,000
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1952 NASCAR Grand National results / 1952 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	24	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'51 Plymouth	250	2,500	running	41
2	10	2	Bill Blair	George Hutchens	'52 Oldsmobile	250	1,250	running	89
3	3	1	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan	'52 Nash	248	750	running	0
4	12	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'52 Hudson	247	500	running	9
5	8	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman	'52 Hudson	246	450	running	61
6	13	4	Slick Smith	Air Lift Special (Frank Christian)	'52 Oldsmobile	246	400	running	0
7	23		Neil Cole	John Golabek	'50 Plymouth	245	350	running	0
8	2	24	Ray Duhigg	Southern Motors (J.O. Goode)	'51 Plymouth	241	300	running	0
9	6		Jack Reynolds		'50 Dodge	241	250	running	0
10	29	167	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'50 Nash	237	200	running	0
11	26		Iggy Katona	Bill Caltrider	'51 Plymouth	236	150	running	0
12	14	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson	235	125	crash	0
13	5		Erwin Blatt	Erwin Blatt	'51 Mercury	229	100	running	0
14	18	60	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'52 Hudson	228	75	running	0
15	31		Bud Farrell	William Gundaker	'51 Plymouth	228	50	running	0
16	27		Bill Barker		'51 Oldsmobile	226	50	running	0
17	36		Walt Regan	Walt Regan	'51 Hudson	225	50	running	0
18	41		Bill Deakin		'51 Plymouth	225	50	running	0
19	30		Pappy Hough	Pappy Hough	'51 Plymouth	221	50	running	0
20	43	103	George Gallup	George Gallup	'50 Oldsmobile	213	50	running	0
21	25		Jack Fisher	Jack Fisher	'52 Oldsmobile	212	35	running	0
22	37	43	Larry Mann	Green Hornet (Larry Mann)	'51 Hudson	211	35	crash	0
23	32		Eddie Van Horn		'50 Ford	208	35	running	0
24	40		Wimpy Ervin		'52 Kaiser	206	35	running	0
25	34	93	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain	'50 Plymouth	204	35	running	0
26	2	14	Fonty Flock	Air Lift Special (Frank Christian)	'52 Oldsmobile	204	35	engine	50
27	28	96	Lucky Sawyer		'50 Ford	200	35	running	0
28	33		Red Tomlinson		'51 Plymouth	200	35	running	0
29	21		Ray Erickson		'52 Hudson	183	35	engine	0
30	44		Tony Bonadies		'52 Oldsmobile	173	35	running	0
31	38		Gene Darragh	Gene Darragh	'52 Hudson	171	35	crash	0
32	19	118	Bucky Sager	Ed Benedict	'51 Hudson	162	35	running	0
33	20		Felix Wilkes	Felix Wilkes	'51 Hudson	141	35	crash	0
34	9	16	George Bush	A.J. Lorenzo	'51 Oldsmobile	127	35	running	0
35	15		Nelson Applegate		'51 Hudson	125	35	crash	0
36	35		Chuck Garrett		'51 Oldsmobile	109		crash	0
37	1	92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'52 Hudson	61		crash	0
38	17	19	Fred Dove	Paul Nunn	'52 Packard	53		overheating	0
39	42	66	Donald Thomas	Elmer Pooler	'51 Plymouth	43		clutch	0
40	16		Charles Weidler		'50 Hudson	41		overheating	0
41	39		Lawrence Jacquelin		'51 Studebaker	34		overheating	0
42	22		Mike Magill		'52 Hudson	28		spindle	0
43	11		Jimmie Lewallen	Eanes Motor Co. (John Eanes)	'52 Oldsmobile	27		rear end	0
44	7	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'51 Ford	26		overheating	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fonty Flock	1	50	50
Tim Flock	51	59	9
Dick Rathman	60	120	61
Bill Blair	121	209	89
Lee Petty	210	250	41

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