1952-10 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1952-10
Name of Track:	Darlington Raceway
Date:	N/A

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina.

Looks Like An Egg

It was the first superspeedway built with NASCAR racing in mind and is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that will be effective at both ends.

Largest Field of Racers

Darlington has an interesting history. When the 1.366 mile long track first opened over a half-century ago, it was not uncommon for there to be 80 or more entrants in a race; this was curtailed over the years as NASCAR adopted a more uniform set of guidelines with regard to the number of cars which could qualify for a race.

Flip-Flop

In recent years the track has been reconfigured; what was the front stretch is now the back stretch, and the turns have been renumbered accordingly. Seating has been increased to approximately 60,000; it has been limited by the proximity of a railroad track to the facility, a highway behind the back stretch, and the still-present pond.

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1952-10 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1952-10, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Dick Rathmann	120	4	$1,000	80	running	Walt Chapman
2	Tim Flock	91	3	$700	80	running	Ted Chester
3	Fonty Flock	14	2	$450	78	running	Air Lift
4	Jimmie Lewallen	2	9	$350	78	running	George Hutchens
5	Joe Eubanks	82	6	$200	78	running	Oates Motor Co.
6	Donald Thomas	72	24	$150	78	running	Doug Meeks
7	Lee Petty	42	13	$125	76	running	Petty Enterprises
8	Fireball Roberts	11	1	$100	76	running	Saverance Motors
9	Jim Paschal	41	8	$75	75	running	Eanes Motor Co.
10	Frank Mundy	7	12	$50	75	running	Gray Ghost
11	Gober Sosebee	51	11	$25	74	running	Sam Knox
12	Weldon Adams	77	10	$25	74	running	Weldon Adams
13	Herb Thomas	92	14	$25	72	running	FABULOUS
14	J.E. Hardie	96	19	$25	69	running	J.E. Hardie
15	Buck Baker	89	3	$25	66	radiator	Charlotte Hudson
16	Charles Gattalia	128	15	$25	62	heating	Colonial Motors
17	Jack Smith	8	17	$25	32	heating
18	Perk Brown	22	7	$25	30	heating	R.G. Shelton
19	Speedy Thompson	21	18	$25	26	fuel line	Bruce Root