Speedway Division Championship Round One Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina 10 May 1952 Distance: 160 laps of 1.25-mile paved speedway for 200.0 miles Attendance: 8,500 Qualifying consisted of the combined time for two laps of the speedway. Starting Grid 1st 100.835 mph Speedy Thompson, Ford Special 2nd Bill Miller, Oldsmobile 88 Special 3rd Jack Smith, Chrysler Special 4th Mickey Fenn, Ford Special 5th Buck Baker, Cadillac Special 6th Bob Jeffries, Hudson Special 7th Buddy Schuman, Ford Special 8th Fred Peters, Ford Special 9th Al Keller, Cadillac Special 10th 2 min 55.74 sec, 102.42 mph Tom Cherry, Mercury Special Results 1st Buck Baker No. 87 Penny Mullis Cadillac Special 160 laps, 2 hr 06 min 11 sec, 95.100 mph, $2,000, 500 points 2nd Bill Miller No. 7 Raymond Parks Oldsmobile 88 Special 157 laps, flagged, $1,200, 480 points 3rd Tom Cherry No. 38 Tom Cherry Mercury Special 156 laps, flagged, $800, 460 points 4th Al Keller No. 88 W.W. Burroughs Cadillac Special 151 laps, flagged, $650, 440 points 5th Bob Jeffries J.B. Siegfred Hudson Special 150 laps, flagged, $550, 420 points 6th Jack Smith & Tex Keene No. 2 Roy Shoemaker Chrysler Special Kurtis Miller 32 ‘001’ Chrysler 148 laps, flagged, $500 Shoemaker 276 points and Keene 124 points 7th Buddy Schuman No. 77 Norm Olsen Ford Special 146 laps, flagged, $400, 380 points 8th Mickey Fenn No. 22 Rentz-Johnson Ford Special 140 laps, flagged, $350, 360 points 9th Sam Waldrop No. 48 Al Conrow Hudson Special 138 laps, flagged, $300, 340 points 10th Jimmy Thompson No. 27 Bob Colvin Ford Special 137 laps, flagged, $200, 320 points 11th Sam “Red” Ryder No. 2X Mike Meniehelli Studebaker Special 129 laps, flagged, $175, 300 points 12th Jim Sweeney No. 24 Sweeney Olsmobile 88 Special 120 laps, flagged, $150, 280 points 13th Fred Peters No. 52 Edwin Darnell Ford Special 119 laps, flagged, $125, 260 points 14th Larry Pharer No. 45 Pharer Nash Special 119 laps, flagged, $100, 240 points 15th Speedy Thompson No. 25 Leland Colvin Ford Special 115 laps, driveshaft, $100, 220 points 16th Wally Campbell No. 1 Wally Campbell Ford Special 107 laps, bearing, $100, 200 points 17th Steve McGrath No. 33 Johnny Tadlock DeSoto Special Kurtis 48 ‘006’ DeSoto 96 laps, flagged, $100, 180 points 18th Tony Bonadies No. 10 Red Crise Chrysler Special Kurtis KK2000/49 ‘323’ Chrysler 82 laps, head gasket, $100, 160 points 19th Herb Swann No. 66 Swann Oldsmobile 88 Special 68 laps, flagged, $100, 140 points 20th Lyle Scott No. 77 Lyle Scott DeSoto Special 40 laps, carburetor, $100, 120 points 21st Dick Rathmann No. 5 Ike Kiser GMC Special 28 laps, engine, $100, 100 points Lap Leaders Laps 1 thru 4 Bill Miller Lap 5 Speedy Thompson Lap 6 Buck Baker Lap 7 Speedy Thompson Laps 8 and 9 Buck Baker Lap 10 Speedy Thompson Lap 11 Buck Baker Laps 12 thru 29 Speedy Thompson Laps 30 thru 54 Tony Bonadies Lap 55 Wally Campbell Laps 56 thru 86 Tony Bonadies Laps 87 thru 102 Wally Campbell Laps 103 thru 113 Speedy Thompson Laps 114 thru 160 Buck Baker Speedway Division Championship Round Two Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Virginia 25 May 1952 Distance: 150 laps of 0.5-mile dirt track for 75.0 miles Attendance: 7,500 Starting Grid 1st Bill Miller, Oldsmobile 88 Special 2nd Buddy Schuman, GMC Special 3rd Gene Darragh, Ford Special 4th Jack Smith, Chrysler Special 5th Bob Peterson, Oldsmobile 88 Special 6th Roscoe Thompson, Ford Special 7th Bob Johnson, Kaiser Special 8th Wally Campbell, Ford Special 9th 51.370 mph Mickey Fenn, Ford Special 10th Al Fleming, Hudson Special 11th Buck Baker, Cadillac Special 12th Lyle Scott, DeSoto Special 13th Frankie Schneider, Ford Special 14th Fred Peters, Ford Special 15th Sam Waldrop, GMC Special 16th Tex Keene, Mercury Special 17th Herb Swann, Oldsmobile 88 Special Originally scheduled for 200 laps, 100.0 miles, the race shortened due to rain. Results: 1st Tex Keene No. 75 Al Wheatley Mercury Special 150 laps, 1 hr 27 min 36 sec, 51.370 mph, $1,000, 250 points 2nd Jack Smith No. 2 Roy Shoemaker Chrysler Special Kurtis Miller 32 ‘001’ Chrysler 143 laps, flagged, $600, 240 points 3rd Buck Baker No. 87 Penny Mullis Cadillac Special 136 laps, flagged, $500, 230 points 4th Lyle Scott No. 77 Lyle Scott DeSoto Special 130 laps, flagged, $450, 220 points 5th Bob Johnson Arch Yates Kaiser Special 113 laps, flagged, $400, 210 points 6th Frankie Schneider No. 5 Ike Kiser Ford Special 112 laps, flagged, $300, 200 points 7th Al Fleming No. 74 J.B. Seigfred Hudson Special 98 laps, overheating, $250, 190 points 8th Bob Peterson Oldsmobile 88 Special 97 laps, overheating, $200, 180 points 9th Fred Peters No. 52 Edwin Darnell Ford Special 73 laps, fire, $150, 170 points 10th Roscoe Thompson Ford Special 65 laps, flagged, $100, 160 points 11th Bill Miller No. 7 Raymond Parks Oldsmobile 88 Special 58 laps, fuel pressure, $100, 150 points 12th Herb Swann No. 66 Herb Swann Oldsmobile 88 Special 52 laps, battery, $100, 140 points 13th Buddy Schuman No. 77 Norm Olsen GMC Special 50 laps, crash, $100, 130 points 14th Mickey Fenn No. 25 Leland Colvin Ford Special 44 laps, engine, $100, 120 points 15th Sam Waldrop GMC Special 38 laps, overheating, $100, 110 points 16th Wally Campbell No. 1 Wally Campbell Ford Special 20 laps, overheating, $100, 100 points 17th Gene Darrargh Leland Colvin Ford Special 18 laps, axle, $100, 90 points Standings 1st 730 points Buck Baker 2nd 630 points Bill Miller 3rd 516 points Jack Smith 4th 510 points Buddy Schuman 5th 480 points Mickey Fenn 6th 460 points Tom Cherry 7th 450 points Sam Waldrop 8th 440 points Al Keller 9th 430 points Fred Peters 10th 420 points Bob Jeffries Speedway Division Championship Round Three Monroe County Fairgrounds Rochester, New York 30 May 1952 Distance: 200 laps of 0.5-mile dirt track for 100.0 miles Attendance: 3,900 Starting Grid 1st 66.890 mph Tom Cherry, Mercury Special 2nd Bill Miller, Oldsmobile 88 Special 3rd Frankie Schneider, Ford 6 Special 4th Fred Peters, Ford 8 Special 5th Wally Campbell, Ford 8 Special 6th Gene Darragh, Ford 8 Special 7th Lyle Scott, DeSoto Special 8th Mickey Fenn, Ford Special 9th Buck Baker, Cadillac Special 10th Sam “Red” Ryder, Studebaker Special 11th Bob Johnson, Kaiser Special 12th Herb Swann, Oldsmobile 88 Special 13th Bob Halsten, Nash Special 14th Tex Keene, Mercury Special Results 1st Wally Campbell No. 1 Wally Campbell Ford 8 Special 200 laps, 1 hr 40 min 17 sec, 59.830 mph, $1,000, 250 points 2nd Tex Keene No. 75 Al Wheatley Mercury Special 198 laps, flagged, $600, 240 points 3rd Bill Miller No. 7 Raymond Parks Oldsmobile 88 Special 197 laps, flagged, $500, 230 points 4th Bob Johnson Arch Yates Kaiser Special 195 laps, flagged, $450, 220 points 5th Mickey Fenn No. 25 Leland Colvin Ford Special 194 laps, flagged, $400, 210 points 6th Tom Cherry No. 38 Tom Cherry Mercury Special 186 laps, flagged, $300, 200 points 7th Frankie Schneider No. 5 Ike Kiser Ford 6 Special 182 laps, flagged, $250, 190 points 8th Gene Darragh Leland Colvin Ford 8 Special 171 laps, flagged, $200, 180 points 9th Sam “Red” Ryder No. 2X Mike Meniehelli Studebake Special 163 laps, out of gas, $150, 170 points 10th Bob Halsten No. 12 Nash Special 156 laps, flagged, $100, 160 points 11th Herb Swann No. 66 Herb Swann Oldsmobile 88 Special 140 laps, carburetor, $100, 150 points 12th Buck Baker No. 87 Penny Mullis Cadillac Special 84 laps, lost wheel, crash, $100, 140 points 13th Lyle Scott No. 77 Lyle Scott DeSoto Special 74 laps, bearing, $100, 130 points 14th Fred Peters No. 52 Edwin Darnell Ford 8 Special 69 laps, engine, $100, 120 points Lap Leaders Laps 1 thru 54 Bill Miller Laps 55 thru 76 Tom Cherry Laps 77 thru Bill Miller Laps Wally Campbell Laps Bill Miller Laps thru 200 Wall Campbell Cautions One Standings 870 points Buck Baker 860 points Bill Miller 690 points Mickey Fenn 660 points Tom Cherry 614 points Tex Keene 550 points Fred Peters 550 points Wally Campbell 516 points Jack Smith 510 points Buddy Schuman 470 points Sam “Red” Ryder Speedway Division Championship Race Four Charlotte Speedway Charlotte, North Carolina 1 June 1952 Distance: 135 laps of 0.75-mile dirt track for 101.25 miles Attendance: 5,200 Starting Grid 1st 81.868 mph Al Fleming, Hudson Special 2nd Bill Miller, Oldsmobile 88 Special 3rd Buddy Schuman, GMC Special 4th Wally Campbell, Ford Special 5th Steve McGrath, DeSoto Special 6th Mickey Fenn, Ford Special 7th Pete Peterson, Oldsmobile 88 Special 8th Jack Smith, Chrysler Special 9th Gene Darragh, Ford Special 10th Fred Peters, Ford Special 11th Bob Johnson, Kaiser Special 12th Buck Baker, Cadillac Special 13th Tex Keene, Mercury Special 14th Larry Pharer, Nash Special 15th John Bergman, GMC Special 16th Lyle Scott, DeSoto Special 17th Sam Waldrop, Hudson Special Results 1st Wally Campbell No. 1 Campbell Ford Special 135 laps, 1 hr 25 min 10 sec, 71.331 mph, $1,000, 250 points 2nd Al Fleming No. 74 J.B. Siegfred Hudson Special 134 laps, flagged, $600, 240 points 3rd Buck Baker No. 87 Penny Mullis Cadillac Special 130 laps, flagged, $500, 230 points 4th Larry Pharer No. 45 Larry Pharer Nash Special 129 laps, flagged, $450, 220 points 5th Gene Darragh Leland Colvin Ford Special 120 laps, flagged, $400, 210 points 6th Jack Smith & Roscoe Thompson No. 2 Roy Shoemaker Chrysler Special Kurtis Miller 32 ‘001’ Chrysler 115 laps, flagged, $300, 200 points 7th John Bergman GMC Special 105 laps, flagged, $250, 190 points 8th Sam Waldrop No. 48 Al Conroy Hudson Special 94 laps, flagged, $200, 180 points 9th Buddy Schuman & Bill Miller No. 77 Buddy Schuman GMC Special 91 laps, flagged, $150, 170 points 10th Steve McGrath No. 33 Johnny Tadlock DeSoto Special Kurtis 48 ‘006’ DeSoto 61 laps, engine, $100, 160 points 11th Pete Peterson Oldsmobile 88 Special 49 laps, engine, $100, 150 points 12th Bob Johnson Arch Yates Kaiser Special 48 laps, overheating, $100, 140 points 13th Lyle Scott No. 77 Lyle Scott DeSoto Special 44 laps, flagged, $100, 130 points 14th Tex Keene No. 75 Al Wheatley Mercury Special 36 laps, overheating, $100, 120 points 15th Bill Miller No. 7 Raymond Parks Oldsmobile 88 Special 27 laps, engine, $100, 110 points 16th Mickey Fenn No. 25 Leland Colvin Ford Special 17 laps, overheating, $100, 100 points 17th Fred Peters No. 52 Edwin Darnell Ford Special 3 laps, engine, $100, 90 points Lap Leaders Laps 1 thru 119 Al Fleming Laps 120 thru 135 Wally Campbell Cautions One Speedway Division Championship Round Five Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia 8 June 1952 Distance: 100 laps of 1.0-mile dirt track for 100.0 miles Attendance: 15,000 Starting Grid 1st 85.409 mph Wally Campbell, Ford Special 2nd Al Fleming, Hudson Special 3rd Frankie Schneider, Ford Special 4th Bill Miller, Oldsmobile 88 Special 5th Speedy Thompson, GMC Special 6th Mickey Fenn, Ford Special 7th Buck Baker, Cadillac Special 8th Jack Smith, Chrysler Special 9th Tex Keene, Mercury Special 10th Lyle Scott, DeSoto Special 11th Gene Darragh, Ford Special 12th Bob Johnson, Kaiser Special 13th Jim Reed, Ford Special 14th Roscoe Thompson, Ford Special 15th Al Keller, Cadillac Special 16th Sam Waldrop, Hudson Special 17th Bob Halston, Nash Special Results 1st Al Keller No. 88 W.W. Burrpughs Cadillac Special 100 laps, 1 hr 14 min 45 sec, 80.268 mph, $1,000, 250 points 2nd Jack Smith No. 2 Roy Shoemaker Chrysler Special Kurtis Miller 32 ‘001’ Chrysler 99 laps, flagged, $600, 240 points 3rd Wally Campbell No. 1 Wally Campbell Ford Special 98 laps, flagged, $500, 230 points 4th Buck Baker No. 87 Penny Mullis Cadillac Special 95 laps, flagged, $450, 220 points 5th Bill Miller No. 7 Raymond Parks Oldsmobile 88 Special 95 laps, flagged, $400, 210 points 6th Speedy Thompson No. 77 Buddy Schuman GMC Special 95 laps, flagged, $300, 200 points 7th Gene Darragh Leland Colvin Ford Special 87 laps, flagged, $250, 190 points 8th Mickey Fenn No. 25 Leland Colvin Ford Special 86 laps, flagged, $200, 180 points 9th Lyle Scott No. 77 Lyle Scott DeSoto Special 84 laps, flagged, $150, 170 points 10th Sam Waldrop No. 48 Al Conroy Hudson Special 81 laps, flagged, $100, 160 points 11th Frankie Schneider No. 5 Ike Kiser Ford Special 79 laps, flagged, $100, 150 points 12th Jim Reed Ford Special 75 laps, flagged, $100, 140 points 13th Al Fleming No. 74 J.B. Siegfred Hudson Special 57 laps, engine, $100, 130 points 14th Bob Halston No. 12 Nash Special 23 laps, engine, $100, 120 points 15th Bob Johnson Arch Yates Kaiser Special 8 laps, overheating, $100, 110 points 16th Roscoe Thompson Ford Special 6 laps, engine, $100, 100 points 17th Tex Keene No. 75 Al Wheatley Mercury Special 3 laps, engine, $100, 90 points Lap Leaders Laps 1 thru 60 Bill Miller Laps 61 thru 100 Al Keller Speedway Division Championship Round Six Heidelberg Speedway Heidelberg, Pennsylvania 15 June 1952 Distance: 200 laps of 0.5-mile dirt track for 100.0 miles Attendance: 7,500 Starting Grid 1st 74.565 mph Wally Campbell, Ford Special 2nd Tom Cherry, Mercury Special 3rd Jim Reed, GMC Special 4th Charles Miller, Ford Special 5th Steve Yanigan, Mercury Special 6th Buck Baker, Cadillac Special 7th Fred Peters, Ford 6 Special 8th Al Fleming, Hudson Special 9th Bob Johnson, Kaiser Special 10th Dick Belter, Studebaker Special 11th Gene Darragh, Ford Special 12th Larry Pharer, Nash Special 13th Bill Spear, Ford Special 14th Herb Swann, Oldsmobile 88 Special 15th Frankie Schneider, Ford Special 16th Bill Kessler, Ford Special 17th Sam Waldrop, Hudson Special 18th Lyle Scott, DeSoto Special 19th Tex Keene, Ford Special Results 1st Tom Cherry No. 28 Cherry Mercury Special 200 laps, 1 hr 32 min 09 sec, 65.111 mph, $1,000, 250 points 2nd Jim Reed & Bill Miller GMC Special 193 laps, flagged, $600, 240 points 3rd Bill Spear Ford Special 192 laps, flagged, $500, 230 points 4th Lyle Scott & Wally Campbell No. 77 Lyle Scott DeSoto Special 189 laps, flagged, $450, 220 points 5th Buck Baker No. 87 Penny Mullins Cadillac Special 189 laps, flagged, $400, 210 points 6th Gene Darragh Leland Colvin Ford Special 186 laps, flagged, $300, 200 points 7th Tex Keene Ford Special 184 laps, tires, $250, 190 points 8th Steve Yanigan Mercury Special 168 laps, tires, $200, 180 points 9th Larry Pharer No. 45 Larry Pharer Nash Special 147 laps, water hose, $150, 170 points 10th Fred Peters No. 52 Edwin Darnell Ford 6 Special 130 laps, ignition, $100, 160 points 11th Sam Waldrop No. 48 Al Conroy Hudson Special 119 laps, water hose, $100, 150 points 12th Al Fleming No. 74 J.B. Siegfred Hudson Special 109 laps, overheating, $100, 140 points 13th Dick Belter No. 2X Mike Meniehelli Studebaker Special 74 laps, vapor lock, $100, 130 points 14th Frankie Schneider No. 5 Ike Kiser Ford Special 43 laps, overheating, $100, 120 points 15th Bill Kessler Ford Special 43 laps, head gasket, $100, 110 points 16th Bob Johnson Arch Yates Kaiser Special 33 laps, piston, $100, 100 points 17th Charles Miller Ford Special 31 laps, head gasket, $100, 90 points 18th Herb Swann No. 66 Herb Swann Oldsmobile 88 Special 25 laps, overheating, $100, 80 points 19th Wally Campbell No. 1 Wally Campbell Ford Special 24 laps, piston, $100, 70 points Lap Leaders Laps 1 thru 3 Tom Cherry Laps 4 thru 20 Wally Campbell Laps 21 thru 100 Tom Cherry Speedway Division Championship Round Seven Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania 29 June 1952 Distance: 100 laps of 1.0-mile dirt track for 100.0 miles Attendance: 12,000 Starting Grid 1st 98.200 mph Tom Cherry, Mercury Special 2nd Wally Campbell, Ford Special 3rd Lyle Scott, DeSoto Special 4th Buck Baker, Cadillac Special 5th Pete Peterson, Oldsmobile 88 Special 6th Steve Yanigan, Mercury Special 7th Al Keller, Cadillac Special 8th Bob Halston, Nash Special 9th Charles Miller, Ford Special 10th Mike Magill, GMC Special 11th Bob Johnson, Kaiser Special 12th Budd Olson, Oldsmobile 88 Special 13th Tex Keene, Mercury Special 14th Fred Peters, Ford Special 15th Gene Darragh, Ford Special 16th Steve McGrath, DeSoto Special 17th Frankie Schneider, Ford Special 18th Mickey Fenn, Mercury Special 19th Dutch Schaefer, Ford Special 20th Tony Bonadies, Chrysler Special 21st Sam Waldrop, Ford Special 22nd Len Brown, Kaiser Special Results 1st Tom Cherry No. 38 Tom Cherry Mercury Special 100 laps, 1 hr 08 min 43 sec, 87.315 mph, $1,400, 300 points 2nd Steve Yanigan Mercury Special 99 laps, flagged, $900, 288 points 3rd Wally Campbell No. 1 Wally Campbell Ford Special 98 laps, flagged, $600, 276 points 4th Tony Bonadies No. 10 Red Crise Chrysler Special Kurtis KK2000/49 ‘323’ Chrysler 97 laps, flagged, $500, 264 points 5th Tex Keene No. 75 Al Wheatley Mercury Special 94 laps, flagged, $400, 252 points 6th Bob Halston No. 12 Nash Special 93 laps, flagged, $300, 240 points 7th Gene Darragh Leland Colvin Ford Special 90 laps, flagged, $200, 228 laps 8th Mike Magill GMC Special 88 laps, flagged, $150, 216 points 9th Buck Baker No. 87 Penny Mullis Cadillac Special 87 laps, flagged, $125, 204 points 10th Lyle Scott No. 77 Lyle Scott DeSoto Special 80 laps, flagged, $125, 192 points 11th Charles Miller Ford Special 74 laps, flagged, $100, 180 points 12th Pete Peterson Oldsmobile 88 Special 74 laps, flagged, $100, 168 points 13th Mickey Fenn Bob Colvin Mercury Special 72 laps, flagged, $100, 156 points 14th Budd Olson Oldsmobile 88 Special 62 laps, overheating, $100, 144 points 15th Frankie Schneider No. 5 Ike Kiser Ford Special 61 laps, radiator, $100, 132 points 16th Al Keller No. 88 W.W. Burroughs Cadillac Special 60 laps, oil line, $100, 120 points 17th Dutch Schaefer No. 2 Ford Special 59 laps, rear end, 108 points 18th Bob Johnson Arch Yates Kaiser Special 56 laps, plugs, $100, 96 points 19th Sam Waldrop Ford Special 54 laps, overheating, $100, 84 points 20th Steve McGrath No. 33 Johnny Tadlock DeSoto Special Kurtis 48 ‘006’ DeSoto 37 laps, plugs, $100, 72 points 21st Fred Peters No. 52 Edwin Darnell Ford Special 26 laps, radiator, $0, 60 points 22nd Len Brown Kaiser Special 5 laps, overheating, $0, 48 points Laps Leaders Lap 1 Tom Cherry Laps 2 thru 4 Al Keller Laps 5 thru 8 Tom Cherry Laps 9 thru 19 Wally Campbell Laps 20 thru 26 Buck Baker Laps 27 thru 61 Tom Cherry Lap 62 Wally Campbell Lap 63 Tom Cherry Lap 64 Wally Campbell Laps 65 thru 100 Tom Cherry Final Standings for the NASCAR Speedway Division Championship Rank Points Money Driver 1st 1,734 points $5,485 Buck Baker 2nd 1,517 points $3,605 Wally Campbell 3rd 1,266 points $2,634.50 Tex Keene 4th 1,251 points $2,464 Bill Miller 5th 1,210 points $3,643.50 Tom Cherry 6th 1,126 points $1,373 Mickey Fenn 7th 1,098 points $1,552.50 Gene Darragh 8th 1,041 points $1,557 Lyle Scott 9th 1,024 points $961.50 Sam Waldrop 10th 914 points $2,061.50 Jack Smith 11th 876 points $1,311.50 Bob Johnson 12th 860 points $561.50 Fred Peters 13th 810 points $1,811.50 Al Keller 14th 792 points $911.50 Frankie Schneider 15th 700 points $1,111.50 Al Fleming 16th 630 points $741 Larry Pharer 17th 609 points $691 Buddy Schuman 18th 520 points $541 Bob Halston 19th 510 points $441 Herb Swann 20th 470 points $366 Sam “Red” Ryder 21st 468 points $1,100 Steve Yanigan 22nd 424 points $600 Tony Bonadies 23rd 420 points $400 Speedy Thompson 23rd 420 points $550 Bob Jeffries 25th 412 points $400 Steve McGrath 26th 380 points $700 Jim Reed 27th 320 points $200 Jimmy Thompson 28th 280 points $150 Jim Sweeney 29th 230 points $500 Bill Spear 30th 144 points $100 Budd Olson 31st 130 points $100 Dick Belter 32nd 100 points $100 Dick Rathmann 33rd 48 points $0 Len Brown The following scored points, but were stripped of them for competing in unsanctioned events: $200 Bob Peterson $200 Roscoe Thompson $250 John Bergman $200 Pete Peterson $100 Bill Kessler $200 Charles Miller $150 Mike Magill $100 Dutch Schaefer
1952 NASCAR Speedway Division Championship
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Don Capps
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Posted 01 August 2003 - 00:40
Not that there is much interest in this topic, but here is what I have compiled for the IMRRC magnum opus on Championship Racing. There are some gaps that I haven't plugged yet simply due to a lack of time. There is the possibilty that the Wetteroth used by Floyd Davis and Mauri Rose might have been the chassis Buck Baker used during 1952. At any rate, thanks to Greg Fielden and Speed Age magazine, here is what we know about the series.
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Posted 01 August 2003 - 01:33
Excellent job Don 
Thanks for posting it.
(and it also saved me from digging out my incomplete results ;) )
Now, about the 1953 season...
Jim Thurman
Thanks for posting it.(and it also saved me from digging out my incomplete results ;) )
Now, about the 1953 season...
Jim Thurman
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Posted 01 August 2003 - 02:41
The 1952 season came to an end theoretically due to the stell strike that Summer. It was announced that the series would resume in September. It obviously didn't. And the crowds really weren't all that bad considering.
In 1953, it started with speed runs on the beach and then hit a streak of bad luck that doomed it if it wasn't already. NASCAR teamed the Speedway Division events with the Sportsman Division series. Not a great move.
Of the three events scheduled for early June -- the 9th at Fayetteville, the 10th at Greensboro, the 13th at Hickory -- the Fayetteville and Hickory events got rained out. At Hickory there were only 11 cars in the Speedway Division which showed up. The format was 10-lap heat races and then a 25-lap feature and the purse was only $2,500, down from 1952.
Fayetteville was rescheduled for 28 June. There was another event at Martinsville but I haven't got the date down as of yet.
Final Standings were:
333 points Pete Allen
330 points Ralph Liguori
Al Fleming
Mickey Fenn
Tex Keene
In the NASCAR Record Book for the 1953 season, the Speedway Division is scarcely mentioned, it is almost as if it didn't exist. And ditto for coverage in any magazines for 1953.
If someone wants a challenge....
In 1953, it started with speed runs on the beach and then hit a streak of bad luck that doomed it if it wasn't already. NASCAR teamed the Speedway Division events with the Sportsman Division series. Not a great move.
Of the three events scheduled for early June -- the 9th at Fayetteville, the 10th at Greensboro, the 13th at Hickory -- the Fayetteville and Hickory events got rained out. At Hickory there were only 11 cars in the Speedway Division which showed up. The format was 10-lap heat races and then a 25-lap feature and the purse was only $2,500, down from 1952.
Fayetteville was rescheduled for 28 June. There was another event at Martinsville but I haven't got the date down as of yet.
Final Standings were:
333 points Pete Allen
330 points Ralph Liguori
Al Fleming
Mickey Fenn
Tex Keene
In the NASCAR Record Book for the 1953 season, the Speedway Division is scarcely mentioned, it is almost as if it didn't exist. And ditto for coverage in any magazines for 1953.
If someone wants a challenge....
Speedway Division Round One Speed Trials Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, Florida 12 February 1953 Distance: Average of two runs over measured mile 1st Buck Baker Cadillac Special 137.01 mph, 136.67 mph Southbound/ 137.35 mph Northbound, $1,000 2nd Tom Cherry Cherry Mercury Special 136.51 mph, 133.97 mph Southbound/ 139.04 mph Northbound 3rd Glenn “Fireball” Roberts 134.78 mph 4th Tex Keene 77.69 mph Jimmy Thompson One run only Steve McGrath One run only Lou Johnson Engine, did not start Wally Campbell Engine, did not start Speedway Division Championship Event Two Greensboro Fairgrounds Greensboro, North Carolina 10 June 1953 Distance: 20 laps of 0.5-mile dirt track for 10.0 miles 1st Wally Campbell Speedway Division Championship Event Three Champion Raceway Fayetteville, North Carolina 28 June 1953 Distance: 25 laps of 0.333-mile dirt track for 8.325 miles Results 1st Pete Allen Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Virginia Distance: 25 laps of 0.5-mile dirt track Results 1st Wayne Alspaugh
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fines
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Posted 02 August 2003 - 09:46
Don, this is fabulous! 
Just the sort of INFORMATION I was looking for to complement my AAA research! GREAT! Thank you
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Posted 02 August 2003 - 18:01
Always glad to help and share what little knowledge I have.
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Posted 06 August 2003 - 08:21
Excellent data! Now one of the most hopeless gap in my open-wheeler results is filled.
I have found in Greg Fielden books that one-mile time trial at Daytona was also held in 1952 as three succesive runs over a three-day period. It was first but unofficial Speedway Divi
sion event. Buck Baker has quickest time and won 1000$ top prize. Are more details on Daytona 1952 speed trial known?
BTW, statistics and results of Grand National/Winston Cup easy to find, but other Divisions and non-NASCAR stock car racing is very obscure to me. Can somebody recommend the source where I can find more about Sportsman, Modified and Short-Track NASCAR Divisions (list of races, winners) and data on non-NASCAR sanctioned races?
I have found in Greg Fielden books that one-mile time trial at Daytona was also held in 1952 as three succesive runs over a three-day period. It was first but unofficial Speedway Divi
sion event. Buck Baker has quickest time and won 1000$ top prize. Are more details on Daytona 1952 speed trial known?
BTW, statistics and results of Grand National/Winston Cup easy to find, but other Divisions and non-NASCAR stock car racing is very obscure to me. Can somebody recommend the source where I can find more about Sportsman, Modified and Short-Track NASCAR Divisions (list of races, winners) and data on non-NASCAR sanctioned races?
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Posted 06 August 2003 - 17:23
I suppose you look for the ARA (Auto Racing Analysis) CD-ROM, I bought mine at www.amazon.com. I believe they have a website as well... you might give google a try.
[sorry, it's too hot here to be more specific ;) If you have trouble locating the thing, let me know and I'll give you better instructions!]
[sorry, it's too hot here to be more specific ;) If you have trouble locating the thing, let me know and I'll give you better instructions!
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Posted 12 March 2009 - 17:58
do you know any good site with NASCAR results?
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