|| *Comments on the 1952 unnamed race (1952-01):* View the most recent comment <#15> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. RaceFanX posted: 09.11.2009 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bill Davis' only NASCAR start is a strong top-10 (that's not the same guy as the 90s-2000s car owner) 2. Pacer posted: 01.01.2010 - 10:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) First Cup race at Palm Beach Speedway 3. ii posted: 11.08.2010 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jim Millard's lone start 4. AnonymousEFR posted: 04.26.2011 - 10:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) Wait, why is Perry Smith listed as owner of Al Keller when HE PASSED ON THE PREVIOUS DECEMBER!? 5. jr88fan posted: 07.14.2011 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Leo Richards' only start. 6. 83andJoe posted: 03.13.2013 - 11:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pancho Alvarez completed 112 laps. 7. Anonymous posted: 01.26.2014 - 11:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Alvarez had a massive crash. His car dug in in the fourth turn, rolled through the air and threw him out. The car was completely flattened, to the point where Alvarez would almost certainly have been killed, had he not been thrown out. After that wreck, NASCAR mandated roll bars. The race had to be stopped. Jack Smith had a similar wreck after a rear axle broke on his Hudson, however there was much less damage and he wasn't thrown out. Again the race was stopped. Dick Eagan also rolled his Plymouth onto its side on the 110th lap, but was able to continue. Herb Thomas was scheduled to appear & was entered, but did not participate for whatever reason. 8. Graham Clayton posted: 06.21.2015 - 7:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does anyone have an explanation for Leo Caldwell's unusual number? 9. Anonymous posted: 07.26.2015 - 2:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lead changes: 2 10. Breaker posted: 05.21.2016 - 6:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Hopefully this post makes some sense. Compiling information from several sources, I think I have figured out the 1952 points system. Basically the number of points varied by the "tier" of purse money, and these tiers were based on the total purse rounded up to the nearest thousand dollars (i.e $4,000; $5,000; $6,000 etc), with the lowest tier being $4,000 purse races (most races of 1952 were under $4,000 and fell under this tier). At $4,000 races, the winner would get 200 points, and there was an 8 point difference between positions (2nd was 192, 3rd was 184, 4th was 176, etc). The same proportions would be taken into consideration at higher tiered races. Since the winner of a $4,000 race gets 200 points, their point total would equal to 0.05 (200/4,000) of the race purse; second place would get 0.048 (192/4000), third place would get 0.46 (184/4000), and so on. For example, race #9 at Langhorne had a purse of $4,745 and would fall under a $5,000 tiered race, so the winner would get 250 points (5,000*.05), second place 240 (5,000*.048), third place 230 (5,000*.046), etc. In a $25,000 race, the winner would get 1,250 points (25,000*0.05); 2nd would get 1,200 (25,000*0.48); 3rd 1,150 (25,000*0.46). A few exceptions. Despite having a purse of $23,855, Darlington was considered a $25,000 race, and despite having a purse of $5,045, race #30 at Hillsboro was considered a $5,000 race (it rounded down). However, Langhorne (#27) had a purse of $8,225 but was rounded up and considered a $9,000 race. Another exception was relief drivers getting prorated amounts of points based on the laps they ran. Another exception, for example, Barney Smith (58th in points) had 460 points, but no one below him shows any points. 59th to 206th in points show rankings, but no points, and everyone after that show as unranked. NASCAR had a habit of stripping a driver of all their points if they ran non NASCAR sanctioned races. Unless the webmaster or someone knows differently, I'm thinking those unranked drivers probably had 0 points at the end of the year, and everyone between 59th and 206th had some points, but their totals are just unknown. I haven't gone through every driver, but based off my explanations listed above, I was able to accurately match up the number of points by 16th place Hershel Buchanan; 17th place Johnny Patterson; 22nd Banjo Matthews; 36th Rollin Smith; 37th Speedy Thompson; 38th Jimmy Thompson; 43rd Dave Terrell; 51st Joe Weatherly; and 58th Barney Smith. I know my point calculations work down to at least 21st spot, but I haven't looked deep enough yet to see how the points shake out once you get outside of a top 25 finish (25th place would pay 8 points using the standard $4,000 tier). Unless Stewart Joyce was a relief driver at some point and that information is lost to history, his number of points seems to indicate that the Detroit race was awarded points based on a purse of $13,750, despite the official race purse being $2,075 lower ($11,675). The winner of the race also received a 1952 Nash Ambassador automobile, so I'm guessing this is where the discrepancy is. Maybe I'll try to work on the painstakingly tedious and time consuming task to determine if I can figure out all the point totals for this season, or at the very least, maybe determine the number of points for some of those drivers outside of the top 58 in points. 11. Turn 4 posted: 12.17.2018 - 11:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race was held on inauguration day which is January 20. 12. MSportRev posted: 09.15.2019 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Margin of Victory: 1 lap + 13. Anonymous posted: 11.07.2019 - 11:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does anyone know why Johnny Thompson #118 quit? 14. ScottB posted: 11.07.2019 - 12:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) My guess, based on him qualifying 27th of 27 entries, would be that there was something already going wrong with the car and he bailed after just 2 laps because it was only going to get worse and possibly be more expensive for the owner to repair. If you look at the prize money, everyone from 11th place back got the same $25 payout, so there was no incentive to ride it out till the bitter end. 15. JSPorts posted: 11.07.2019 - 12:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "Quit" is listed as a DNF reason a lot of times in older races. I always wonder what the reason for quitting is. Driver illness, start-and-park, something else? Seems like NASCAR should list newer start-and-parkers as "quit" rather than the bogus mechanical reason. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: