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1952 Motor City 250

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NASCAR Grand National race number 17 of 34
Sunday, June 29, 1952 at Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, MI
250 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:10:23
Average Speed: 59.908 mph
Pole Speed: 70.23 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1952 NASCAR Grand National results / 1952 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	16	91	Tim Flock	OK Motors (Ted Chester)	'51 Hudson	250	5,050	running	162
2	34	89	Buddy Shuman	B.A. Pless	'52 Hudson	250	2,225	running	1
3	17	92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'51 Hudson	249	1,000	running	0
4	25	2	Bill Blair	George Hutchens	'52 Oldsmobile	249	600	running	0
5	37	99	Pat Kirkwood	San Juan Motors (Pat Kirkwood)	'51 Chrysler	246	500	running	0
6	31	77	Dick Passwater	Frank Arford	'52 Oldsmobile	243	400	running	0
7	46	3	Hershel McGriff	Beryl Jackson	'52 Oldsmobile	238	300	running	0
8	26	73	Stuart Joyce	Stuart Joyce	'52 DeSoto	229	200	running	0
38	1	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman	'51 Hudson	64	175	overheating	44
10	8	34	Ted Chamberlain	Bill Caltrider	'51 Plymouth	226	100	running	0
9	41	4	Otis Martin	Otis Martin	'52 Plymouth	226	100	running	0
32	30	42	Lee Petty	Race Motor (Petty Enterprises)	'52 Chrysler	100	75	wheel	43
20	45	41	Jimmie Lewallen	R.G. Shelton	'52 Hudson	203	50	running	0
19	11	84	Red Duvall	Hank Salat	'51 Packard	205	50	steering	0
18	6	162	Fred Bethune	Fred Bethune	'52 DeSoto	209	50	running	0
17	44	118	Bucky Sager	Ed Benedict	'51 Hudson	216	50	running	0
16	21	55	Bub King	Carl Lay Motors (Bub King)	'52 Hudson	216	50	running	0
15	7	16	Charlie Hill	Charlie Hill	'51 Ford	217	50	running	0
14	33	98	Billy Myers	Joe Hawkins	'51 Plymouth	220	50	running	0
13	25	22	Perk Brown	R.G. Shelton	'51 Hudson	223	50	running	0
11	18	121	Frank Mundy	Walt Chapman	'52 Hudson	225	50	running	0
12	28	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock	'52 Hudson	224	50	running	0
33	39	53	Jack Fisher	Jack Fisher	'52 Oldsmobile	95	25		0
34	40	421	Jack Reynolds	Wiss Brothers	'52 Plymouth	85	25		0
35	47	54	Don Rudolph	Irvington Willys Co.	'52 Willys	82	25		0
36	46	174	Bill Rexford	Jim B. Copperheat	'51 Nash	82	25		0
37	32	74	Leon Meadows	Stuart Joyce	'52 Plymouth	67	25		0
39	4	6	Bob Pronger	Neilson Motors	'52 Nash	49	25		0
40	9	33	Ed Westveer	Dave Kennedy	'52 Mercury	45	25		0
31	20	24	Ray Duhigg	Southern Motors (J.O. Goode)	'51 Plymouth	120	25	running	0
30	36	1	Bill Holland	Robert McGrath	'51 Hudson	123	25	wheel	0
21	19	40	Tommy Thompson	Tommy Thompson	'52 Hudson	190	25	running	0
22	43	13	Dick Stacey	Jack Fisher	'52 Chrysler	175	25	running	0
23	5	11	Ray Chase	Dave Kennedy	'51 Lincoln	173	25	tie rods	0
24	14	27	Bill Pruitt	James Barnes	'52 Nash	169	25	engine	0
25	15	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson	167	25	axle	0
26	38	7	Bud Koehler	Walter Martinson	'51 Nash	140	25	overheating	0
27	3	59	Lloyd Moore	Race Motor (Julian Buesink)	'52 Chrysler	137	25	wheel	0
28	12	26	John Scarfo	Detroit Kaiser Dealers.	'51 Kaiser	135	25	running	0
29	10	897	Norman Lynch	Norman Lynch	'52 Willys	130	25	crash	0
46	44	78	Bob Moore	Bob Moore	'52 Oldsmobile	16			0
45	29	111	Robbie Robinson	Robbie Robinson	'51 Hudson	20			0
44	22	20	Roger Attard	Roger Attard	'52 Hudson	25			0
43	27	43	Paul Newkirk	Paul Newkirk	'51 Nash	27			0
42	23	65	Jim Fiebelkorn	Ken Whitney	'51 Ford	35			0
41	45	25	Gib Orr	J.E. Peters	'51 Hudson	43			0
47	2	14	Fonty Flock	Air Lift (Frank Christian)	'52 Oldsmobile	10		tie rod	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dick Rathman	1	44	44
Lee Petty	45	87	43
Tim Flock	88	110	23
Buddy Shuman	111	111	1
Tim Flock	112	250	139

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