| Race::1952 Heidelberg 100 | ||||||||
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| Track::Heidelberg Raceway | ||||||||
| June 15, 1952 | ||||||||
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Make | Laps | Led | Status | |
| 1 | 2 | 38 | Tom Cherry | Mercury | 200 | 83 | running | |
| 2 | 3 | -- | Jim Reed | GMC | 193 | 0 | running | |
| 3 | 13 | -- | Bill Spear | Ford | 192 | 0 | running | |
| 4 | 18 | 77 | Lyle Scott | DeSoto | 189 | 0 | running | |
| 5 | 6 | 87 | Buck Baker | Cadillac | 189 | 0 | running | |
| 6 | 11 | -- | Gene Darragh | Ford | 186 | 0 | running | |
| 7 | 19 | -- | Tex Keene | Ford | 184 | 0 | tires | |
| 8 | 5 | -- | Steve Yanigan | Mercury | 168 | 0 | tires | |
| 9 | 12 | 45 | Larry Pharer | Nash | 147 | 0 | water hose | |
| 10 | 7 | 52 | Jiggs Peters | Ford | 130 | 0 | ignition | |
| 11 | 17 | 48 | Sam Waldrop | Hudson | 119 | 0 | water hose | |
| 12 | 8 | 74 | Al Fleming | Hudson | 109 | 0 | overheating | |
| 13 | 10 | 2X | Dick Belter | Studebaker | 74 | 0 | vapor lock | |
| 14 | 15 | 5 | Frankie Schneider | Ford | 71 | 0 | overheating | |
| 15 | 16 | -- | Bill Kessler | Ford | 43 | 0 | head gasket | |
| 16 | 9 | -- | Robert Johnson | Kaiser | 43 | 0 | head gasket | |
| 17 | 4 | -- | Charlie Miller | Ford | 31 | 0 | head gasket | |
| 18 | 14 | 66 | Herb Swann | Olds | 25 | 0 | overheating | |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | Wally Campbell | Ford | 24 | 17 | piston | |
The 1952 Heidelberg 100 was a Speedway Division event held at Heidelberg Raceway on June 15, 1952. Tom Cherry nabbed his first career victory, holding off Jim Reed by more than seven circuits. Eventual season champ Buck Baker was in fifth place.
Race Data[]
Notes: Bill Miller relieved Jim Reed on lap 72. Wally Campbell relieved Lyle Scott on lap 69. Time of race: 01:32:09 Average Speed: 65.111 MPH Pole Speed: 24.14 seconds Race Purse: $ 4,850 Attendance: 7,500