1952 NASCAR Speedway Division

1952 NASCAR Speedway Division season
NASCAR Speedway Division
Season
Races	7
Start date	May 10
End date	June 29
Awards
Champion	Buck Baker
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
none	1953

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 Driver
NC	February 6	Daytona Beach Time Trial	1 mile (1.6 km)	Daytona Beach Road Course	Daytona Beach, Florida	Sand	—	Buck Baker
1	May 10	Darlington 200	200 miles (320 km)	Darlington Raceway	Darlington, South Carolina	Paved	Speedy Thompson	Buck Baker
2	May 25	Martinsville 150	75 miles (121 km)	Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville, Virginia	Dirt	Bill Miller	Tex Keene
3	May 30	Rochester 100	100 miles (160 km)	Monroe County Fairgrounds	Rochester, New York	Dirt	Tom Cherry	Wally Campbell
4	June 1	Charlotte 100	101.25 miles (162.95 km)	Charlotte Speedway	Charlotte, North Carolina	Dirt	Al Fleming	Wally Campbell
5	June 8	Atlanta 100	100 miles (160 km)	Lakewood Speedway	Atlanta, Georgia	Dirt	Wally Campbell	Al Keller
6	June 15	Heidelberg 100	100 miles (160 km)	Heidelberg Raceway	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Dirt	Wally Campbell	Tom Cherry
7	June 29	Langhorne 100	100 miles (160 km)	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

References

• Burt, William M. (2001). The American Stock Car (Second ed.). St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing Company. 
• Capps, Don (2003). "1952 NASCAR Speedway Division Championship". The AUTOSPORT Bulletin Board. Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2009-05-13. 
• Fielden, Greg (2003). NASCAR Chronicle. Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, Ltd. 
• "1952 Season Summary". Know Your NASCAR. NASCAR/Turner Productions, Inc. 2001. Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2009-05-13. 
• "1952 NASCAR Speedway Division". Champ Car Stats. 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2009-05-13.