| Race::1952 Atlanta 100 | ||||||||
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| Track::Lakewood Speedway | ||||||||
| June 8, 1952 | ||||||||
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Make | Laps | Led | Status | |
| 1 | 15 | 88 | Al Keller | Cadillac | 100 | 40 | running | |
| 2 | 8 | 2 | Jack Smith (IL) | Chrysler | 99 | 0 | running | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Wally Campbell | Ford | 98 | 0 | running | |
| 4 | 7 | 87 | Buck Baker | Cadillac | 95 | 0 | running | |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | Bill Miller | Olds | 95 | 60 | running | |
| 6 | 5 | 77? | Speedy Thompson | GMC | 95 | 0 | running | |
| 7 | 11 | -- | Gene Darragh | Ford | 87 | 0 | running | |
| 8 | 6 | 25 | Mickey Fenn | Ford | 86 | 0 | running | |
| 9 | 10 | 77? | Lyle Scott | DeSoto | 84 | 0 | running | |
| 10 | 16 | 48 | Sam Waldrop | Hudson | 81 | 0 | running | |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Frankie Schneider | Ford | 79 | 0 | running | |
| 12 | 13 | -- | Jim Reed | Ford | 75 | 0 | running | |
| 13 | 2 | 74 | Al Fleming | Hudson | 57 | 0 | engine | |
| 14 | 17 | 12 | Bob Halston | Nash | 23 | 0 | engine | |
| 15 | 12 | -- | Robert Johnson | Kaiser | 8 | 0 | overheating | |
| 16 | 14 | -- | Roscoe Thompson | Ford | 6 | 0 | engine | |
| 17 | 9 | 75 | Tex Keene | Mercury | 3 | 0 | engine | |
The 1952 Atlanta 100 was a Speedway Division event held at Lakewood Speedway on June 8, 1952. Al Keller dominated the latter portions of the race, claiming his only career victory by holding off Jack Smith by more than a lap. Eventual season champ Buck Baker was fourth.
Race Data[]
Time of race: 01:14:45 Average Speed: 80.268 MPH Pole Speed: 42.15 seconds Race Purse: $ 4,650 Attendance: 15,000