The 1952 NASCAR Speedway Division consisted of seven races, beginning in Darlington, South Carolina on May 10 and concluding in Langhorne, Pennsylvania on June 29. There was also one non-championship event in Daytona Beach, Florida. The season champion was Buck Baker. This was the first season of the NASCAR Speedway Division. Every driver was an American racecar driver and every race was in the USA.
Schedule
Rnd Date Race name Length Track Location Type Pole position Winning driverNC February 6 Daytona Beach Time Trial Daytona Beach Road Course Daytona Beach, Florida Sand — Buck Baker 1 May 10 Darlington 200 Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina Paved Speedy Thompson Buck Baker 2 May 25 Martinsville 150 Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Virginia Dirt Bill Miller Tex Keene 3 May 30 Rochester 100 Monroe County Fairgrounds Rochester, New York Dirt Tom Cherry Wally Campbell 4 June 1 Charlotte 100 Charlotte Speedway Charlotte, North Carolina Dirt Al Fleming Wally Campbell 5 June 8 Atlanta 100 Lakewood Speedway Atlanta, Georgia Dirt Wally Campbell Al Keller 6 June 15 Heidelberg 100 Heidelberg Raceway Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Dirt Wally Campbell Tom Cherry 7 June 29 Langhorne 100 Langhorne Speedway Langhorne, Pennsylvania Dirt Tom Cherry Tom Cherry
Final points standings # Driver Team Car Points 1 Buck Baker Penny Mullis Cadillac Special 1734 2 Wally Campbell Campbell Ford Special 1517 3 Tex Keene Al Wheatley Mercury Special 1266 4 Bill Miller Raymond Parks Oldsmobile 88 Special 1251 5 Tom Cherry Cherry Mercury Special 1210 6 Mickey Fenn Leland Colvin Ford Special 1126 7 Gene Darragh Leland Colvin Ford Special 1098 8 Lyle Scott Scott DeSoto Special 1041 9 Sam Waldrop Al Conrow Hudson Special 1024 10 Jack Smith Roy Shoemaker Chrysler Special 914
See also 1952 in NASCAR 1952 AAA Championship Car season
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