NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1952 - Motor City 250 Race Results
| Race Name - Motor City 250Date - 6/29/1952Race Track - Michigan State FairgroundsTrack Length (Miles) - 1 milesRace Length (Miles) - 250 milesPole Speed - 70.23 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 59.908 mphLead Changes - 4Total Race Purse - $11,675Race Number - 17 | More Races from 1952 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 16 | Tim Flock | 91 | OK Motors (Ted Chester) | 250 | 51 Hudson | 162 | $5,050 |
| 2 | 34 | Buddy Shuman | 89 | BA Pless | 250 | 52 Hudson | 1 | $2,225 |
| 3 | 17 | Herb Thomas | 92 | FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) | 249 | 51 Hudson | 0 | $1,000 |
| 4 | 25 | Bill Blair | 2 | George Hutchens | 249 | 52 Oldsmob | 0 | $600 |
| 5 | 37 | Pat Kirkwood | 99 | San Juan Motors (Pat Kirkwood) | 246 | 51 Chrysle | 0 | $500 |
| 6 | 31 | Dick Passwater | 77 | Frank Arford | 243 | 52 Oldsmob | 0 | $400 |
| 7 | 46 | Hershel McGriff | 3 | Beryl Jackson | 238 | 52 Oldsmob | 0 | $300 |
| 8 | 26 | Stuart Joyce | 73 | Stuart Joyce | 229 | 52 DeSoto | 0 | $200 |
| 9 | 41 | Otis Martin | 4 | Otis Martin | 226 | 52 Plymout | 0 | $100 |
| 10 | 8 | Ted Chamberlain | 34 | Bill Caltrider | 226 | 51 Plymout | 0 | $100 |
| 11 | 18 | Frank Mundy | 121 | Walt Chapman | 225 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
| 12 | 28 | Gene Comstock | 8 | Gene Comstock | 224 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
| 13 | 25 | Perk Brown | 22 | RG Shelton | 223 | 51 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
| 14 | 33 | Billy Myers | 98 | Joe Hawkins | 220 | 51 Plymout | 0 | $50 |
| 15 | 7 | Charlie Hill | 16 | Charlie Hill | 217 | 51 Ford | 0 | $50 |
| 16 | 21 | Bub King | 55 | Carl Lay Motors (Bub King) | 216 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
| 17 | 44 | Bucky Sager | 118 | Ed Benedict | 216 | 51 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
| 18 | 6 | Fred Bethune | 162 | Fred Bethune | 209 | 52 DeSoto | 0 | $50 |
| 19 | 11 | Red Duvall | 84 | Hank Salat | 205 | 51 Packard | 0 | $50 |
| 20 | 45 | Jimmie Lewallen | 41 | RG Shelton | 203 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
| 21 | 19 | Tommy Thompson | 40 | Tommy Thompson | 190 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $25 |
| 22 | 43 | Dick Stacey | 13 | Jack Fisher | 175 | 52 Chrysle | 0 | $25 |
| 23 | 5 | Ray Chase | 11 | Dave Kennedy | 173 | 51 Lincoln | 0 | $25 |
| 24 | 14 | Bill Pruitt | 27 | James Barnes | 169 | 52 Nash | 0 | $25 |
| 25 | 15 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates) | 167 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $25 |
| 26 | 38 | Bud Koehler | 7 | Walter Martinson | 140 | 51 Nash | 0 | $25 |
| 27 | 3 | Lloyd Moore | 59 | Race Motor (Julian Buesink) | 137 | 52 Chrysle | 0 | $25 |
| 28 | 12 | John Scarfo | 26 | Detroit Kaiser Dealers | 135 | 51 Kaiser | 0 | $25 |
| 29 | 10 | Norman Lynch | 897 | Norman Lynch | 130 | 52 Willys | 0 | $25 |
| 30 | 36 | Bill Holland | 1 | Robert McGrath | 123 | 51 Hudson | 0 | $25 |
| 31 | 20 | Ray Duhigg | 24 | Southern Motors (JO Goode) | 120 | 51 Plymout | 0 | $25 |
| 32 | 30 | Lee Petty | 42 | Race Motor (Petty Enterprises) | 100 | 52 Chrysle | 43 | $75 |
| 33 | 39 | Jack Fisher | 53 | Jack Fisher | 95 | 52 Oldsmob | 0 | $25 |
| 34 | 40 | Jack Reynolds | 421 | Wiss Brothers | 85 | 52 Plymout | 0 | $25 |
| 35 | 47 | Don Rudolph | 54 | Irvington Willys Co | 82 | 52 Willys | 0 | $25 |
| 36 | 46 | Bill Rexford | 174 | Jim B Copperheat | 82 | 51 Nash | 0 | $25 |
| 37 | 32 | Leon Meadows | 74 | Stuart Joyce | 67 | 52 Plymout | 0 | $25 |
| 38 | 1 | Dick Rathman | 120 | Walt Chapman | 64 | 51 Hudson | 44 | $175 |
| 39 | 4 | Bob Pronger | 6 | Neilson Motors | 49 | 52 Nash | 0 | $25 |
| 40 | 9 | Ed Westveer | 33 | Dave Kennedy | 45 | 52 Mercury | 0 | $25 |
| 41 | 45 | Gib Orr | 25 | JE Peters | 43 | 51 Hudson | 0 | $ |
| 42 | 23 | Jim Fiebelkorn | 65 | Ken Whitney | 35 | 51 Ford | 0 | $ |
| 43 | 27 | Paul Newkirk | 43 | Paul Newkirk | 27 | 51 Nash | 0 | $ |
| 44 | 22 | Roger Attard | 20 | Roger Attard | 25 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $ |
| 45 | 29 | Robbie Robinson | 111 | Robbie Robinson | 20 | 51 Hudson | 0 | $ |
| 46 | 44 | Bob Moore | 78 | Bob Moore | 16 | 52 Oldsmob | 0 | $ |
| 47 | 2 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Air Lift (Frank Christian) | 10 | 52 Oldsmob | 0 | $ |
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