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1952-31 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 31 of 34 Sunday, October 19, 1952 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 2:06:10 Average speed: 47.556 mph Pole speed: 55.333 mph Cautions: 3 Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 7200 Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1952 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1952 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 92   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '52 Hudson 200 1000 running 56 2 4 14   Fonty Flock Air Lift   (Frank Christian) '52 Oldsmobile 200 700 running 42 3 11 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '52 Plymouth 199 450 running 0 4 5 91   Tim Flock Ted Chester '52 Hudson 195 350 running 0 5 6 58   Johnny Patterson H.B. Ranier '52 Hudson 194 200 running 0 6 12 2   Bill Blair George Hutchens '52 Oldsmobile 193 150 running 0 7 22 43   Julian Petty Julian Petty '51 Plymouth 193 125 running 0 8 14     Clyde Minter Paul Nunn '52 Packard 192 100 running 0 9 16     Cotton Owens – '51 Ford 192 75 running 0 10 8 46   Ralph Liguori Ralph Liguori '52 Oldsmobile 191 50 running 0 11 28 93   Ted Chamberlain Ted Chamberlain '50 Plymouth 188 25 running 0 12 23 98   Ewell Weddle Ewell Weddle '52 Plymouth 188 25 running 0 13 10 12   Jim Paschal Buckshot Morris '52 Oldsmobile 182 25 running 0 14 29     Coleman Grant – '51 Plymouth 179 25 running 0 15 26 71   Coleman Lawrence Coleman Lawrence '50 Plymouth 175 25 running 0 16 7 120   Dick Rathmann Walt Chapman '52 Hudson 173 25 rr axle 102 17 21 68   Clyde Pittinger Clyde Pittinger '50 Plymouth 163 25 running 0 18 13 9   Donald Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '52 Hudson 155 25 water pump 0 19 25 8   Gene Comstock Gene Comstock '52 Hudson 152 25 crash 0 20 24     Bob Welborn Julian Petty '51 Plymouth 137 25 steering 0 21 20 55   Bub King Bub King '52 Hudson 120 25 running 0 22 1 22   Perk Brown R.G. Shelton '52 Hudson 96 25 springs 0 23 15 138   Fred Dove Fred Dove '49 Buick 83 25 overheating 0 24 3 82   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates) '52 Hudson 80 25 rear end 0 25 9 32   Jimmie Lewallen R.G. Shelton '52 Hudson 78 25 rf hub 0 26 18 167   Elton Hildreth Hildreth Motors   (Elton Hildreth) '51 Nash 74 25 brakes 0 27 19 89   Buddy Shuman B.A. Pless '52 Hudson 37 25 crash 0 28 17 96   Lucky Sawyer – '51 Plymouth 37 25 radiator 0 29 27 90   Jack Holloway Jack Holloway '50 Plymouth 12 25 crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Fonty Flock 1 3 3   Herb Thomas 4 7 4   Fonty Flock 8 12 5   Herb Thomas 13 37 25   Fonty Flock 38 71 34   Dick Rathman 72 173 102   Herb Thomas 174 200 27