| 1952 Central City 150 NASCAR Cup Series Race 8 of 34 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,815 | Race Date: | Apr 27, 1952 | Central City Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 1Hr 50Min 18Sec. | Macon, Georgia | |
| Lead Changes: | 1 Among / 2 Drivers | Average Speed: | 53.853 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 28 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Herb Thomas H. Thomas | Driver: | Jack Smith J. Smith | Hudson: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #92 Hudson | Car No.: | #23 Studebaker | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Thomas Racing | Team: | Ford: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Crew Chief: | Plymouth: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 12 of 198 | Pole Speed: | 54.429 MPH | |||||
| Official 1952 Central City 150 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 0 | 198 | 12 |
| 2 | 17 | 14 | Fonty Flock | Air Lift | Running |  | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 3 | 25 | 9 | Ed Samples | Claude Alexander (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 4 | 15 | 89 | Buck Baker | B.A. Pless (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 5 | 20 | 51 | Gober Sosebee | Cherokee Garage | Running | | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 6 | 23 | 60 | Jim Paschal | Julian Buesink (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 194 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 72 | Donald Thomas | Doug Meeks (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 194 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 91 | Tim Flock | Ted Chester (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | 128 | Charles Gattalia | Colonial Motors | Running | Studebaker | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | 22 | Perk Brown | R.G. Shelton (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | Barney Smith | Barney Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 191 | 0 | |
| 13 | 21 | 18 | Jimmy Florian | Jimmy Florian (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 190 | 0 |
| 14 | 18 | 12 | Billy Carden | Bishop Brothers (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 186 | 0 |
| 15 | 27 | 7 | Frank Mundy | Ted Chester (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 186 | 0 |
| 16 | 1 | 23 | Jack Smith | Perry Smith (Car Owner) | Studebaker | 0 | 186 | 186 | |
| 17 | 24 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Oates Motor Company | Running | | 0 | 184 | 0 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Jimmy Ayers | Jimmy Ayers (Car Owner) | Running | Studebaker | 0 | 179 | 0 |
| 19 | 14 | 93 | Ted Chamberlain | FRS Racing | Running | | 0 | 174 | 0 |
| 20 | 10 | C.H. Dingler | C.H. Dingler (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 160 | 0 | |
| 21 | 26 | 24 | Jimmie Lewallen | Southern Motors | Running | | 0 | 153 | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | 2 | Bill Blair | George Hutchens (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 109 | 0 |
| 23 | 12 | 94 | E.C. Ramsey | Louise Smith Special | Overheating | | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| 24 | 2 | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Accident | Hudson | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 25 | 28 | J.O. Staton | Louise Smith (Car Owner) | Overheating | Nash | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| 26 | 13 | Louise Smith | Louise Smith (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 27 | 19 | Hank Lee | Carburetor | | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 28 | 3 | 4 | Roscoe Thompson | Air Lift | Accident | | 0 | 12 | 0 |
