1952 Daytona Beach/Road Course

Race 2 of 34

Daytona Beach
37 laps
Time of race: 1:46:19
Average speed of winner: 85.612 mph
Margin of victory: 81 sec.
Lead changes: 2 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: Kirkwood pole, H. Thomas 1, Teague 2-37

Race notes: Only pole for Pat Kirkwood. Debut for Bruce Atchley, Gordon Bishop, George Fleming, George Gallup, Joe Guide, E.C. Ramsey, and Doug Yates. Finale for Bob Apperson, Leo Caldwell, Ray Janelle, Jim Mayes, and Leon Sales. Only start for Thomas Lechlider, Smokey Purser, Joie Ray, L.C. Rigsby, and Mooney Williamson. Fonty Flock took the points lead from Tim Flock.

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Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	11	Marshall Teague	6		'52 Hudson	Teague	Yunick		37	1	36	running	1500	0
2	4	Herb Thomas	92		'52 Hudson	Teague	Yunick		37	1	1	running	1000	0
3	1	Pat Kirkwood	99	San Juan Motors	'51 Chrysler			110.970	37	0	0	running	600	0
4	6	Fonty Flock	14		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian				0	0	running	550	0
5	7	Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage	'51 Oldsmobile 88	Sosebee				0	0	running	450	0
6	14	Bill Blair	2		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Hutchens				0	0	running	260	0
7	3	Tommy Thompson	40		'51 Chrysler	Tommy Thompson				0	0	running	250	0
8	32	Tommy Moon	57		'51 Hudson Hornet	C.D. Wilson				0	0	running	175	0
9	31	Lee Petty	42		'50 Lincoln	Petty	Petty			0	0	running	175	0
10	2	Lloyd Moore	59		'52 Chrysler	Buesink				0	0	running	150	0
11	35	Frankie Schneider	88		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Clark-Warwick				0	0		50	0
12	18	Larry Shurter	75		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Shurter				0	0		50	0
13	15	Leonard Tippett	199		'51 Hudson Hornet	Tippett				0	0		50	0
14	34	Donald Thomas	72		'50 Ford	T.D. Meeks				0	0		50	0
15	27	Bruce Atchley	107		'51 Hudson Hornet	Atchley				0	0		50	0
16		Jimmie Lewallen	24		'51 Plymouth	Goode				0	0		50	0
17	16	Dick Meyer	97		'50 Lincoln					0	0		50	0
18		E.C. Ramsey	94-A		'50 Nash	Louise Smith				0	0		50	0
19		Al Keller	23		'51 Studebaker					0	0		50	0
20	45	Leo Caldwell	154		'50 Mercury	Bud Berry				0	0		50	0
21		Ray Janelle	89		'51 Chrysler					0	0		25	0
22	42	Paul Pettit	54		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Pettit				0	0		25	0
23	22	Ray Duhigg	30		'50 Oldsmobile 88					0	0		25	0
24	30	Don Oldenberg	142		'51 Packard	Salat				0	0		25	0
25	26	Roscoe Thompson	281		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Chester				0	0		25	0
26	9	Pepper Cunningham	44		'51 Hudson	Teague				0	0		25	0
27	8	Ed Samples	9		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Claude Alexander				0	0		25	0
28	20	Buck Baker	87		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Bob Griffin				0	0		25	0
29	22	Joe Eubanks	82		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Oates				0	0		25	0
30		Bill Snowden	16		'51 Cadillac	Snowden				0	0		25	0
31		Jack Smith	77		'51 Chrysler	Lucky Mays				0	0		25	0
32	37	Thomas Lechlider	32		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Lechlider				0	0		25	0
33	33	Jack Goodwin	111		'51 Lincoln					0	0		25	0
34	12	Jim Mayes	39		'51 Chrysler	Schoenheit				0	0		25	0
35	24	Red Duvall	187		'50 Packard					0	0		25	0
36		Bob Apperson	100		'51 Chrysler	Apperson				0	0		25	0
37	5	Buck McCardell	250		'52 Chrysler	H.R. Robertson				0	0	wheel	25	0
38	10	Doug Yates	90		'52 Chrysler	Doug Yates				0	0	wheel	25	0
39	36	Buddy Shuman	17		'51 Ford	Shuman				0	0		25	0
40		Jimmy Ayers	3		'51 Studebaker	Ayers				0	0		25	0
41	21	Curtis Turner	41		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Eanes				0	0	stuck	0	0
42		Jimmy Florian	18		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Florian				0	0		0	0
43	40	Tom Gifford	282		'51 Studebaker					0	0		0	0
44	39	Bill Miller	83		'51 Ford	Dantone				0	0	transmission	0	0
45	29	J.E. Hardie	96		'52 Studebaker	Hardie				0	0	oil pressure	0	0
46	19	George Gallup	103		'50 Oldsmobile 88	George Gallup				0	0		0	0
47	13	Mike Klapak	4		'51 Hudson	Teague				0	0	rear end	0	0
48		Billy Carden	12		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Bishop Brothers				0	0	clutch	0	0
49	43	George Fleming	66		'51 Hudson	Elmer Pooler				0	0		0	0
50	47	Mooney Williamson	181		'51 Hudson	Tom Lucas				0	0	connecting rod	0	0
51	25	Joie Ray	105		'52 Henry J	Grady Quinn				0	0	accident	0	0
52	44	Fireball Roberts	11		'51 Ford	Saverance				0	0	rear end	0	0
53		Jim Reed	47		'51 Lincoln	Jim Reed				0	0		0	0
54	28	Johnny Thompson	188		'50 Oldsmobile 88	Hans Winter				0	0	transmission	0	0
55		Tim Flock	91		'51 Hudson	Chester	Blackburn			0	0	connecting rod	0	0
56		Gordon Bishop	7	Gray Ghost	'51 Oldsmobile 88					0	0		0	0
57	17	Leon Sales	22		'51 Hudson Hornet	Shelton				0	0	accident	0	0
58	38	Joe Guide	52		'51 Hudson	Sally Guide				0	0		0	0
59	46	L.C. Rigsby	34		'49 Plymouth					0	0		0	0
60	41	Dick Rathman	120		'51 Hudson Hornet					0	0	fuel pump	0	0
61		Smokey Purser	19		'50 Oldsmobile 88					0	0	accident	0	0