Starting deep in the field, Lee Petty wins at the famed but treacherous one-mile, dirt Langhorne Speedway in Pennsylvania. Herb Thomas started from the pole for the 250 lap race, but he never led a lap. He crashed, completed 61 laps, and finished 37th in the large, 44-car field.
Sadly, the race is also notable for another reason. Larry Mann crashed his Hudson during the race and passed away later that evening. His death was the first fatality in NASCAR's GN series.
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https://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/09/september-14-1952-lee-petty-lassos.html
| Fin | Driver | Car |
| 1 | Lee Petty | '51 Plymouth |
| 2 | Bill Blair | '52 Oldsmobile |
| 3 | Herschel Buchanan | '52 Nash |
| 4 | Tim Flock | '52 Hudson |
| 5 | Dick Rathman | '52 Hudson |
| 6 | Slick Smith | '52 Oldsmobile |
| 7 | Neil Cole | '50 Plymouth |
| 8 | Ray Duhigg | '51 Plymouth |
| 9 | Jack Reynolds | '50 Dodge |
| 10 | Elton Hildreth | '50 Nash |
| 11 | Iggy Katona | '51 Plymouth |
| 12 | Joe Eubanks | '52 Hudson |
| 13 | Erwin Blatt | '51 Mercury |
| 14 | Ralph Liguori | '52 Hudson |
| 15 | Bud Farrell | '51 Plymouth |
| 16 | Bill Barker | '51 Oldsmobile |
| 17 | Walt Regan | '51 Hudson |
| 18 | Bill Deakin | '51 Plymouth |
| 19 | Pappy Hough | '51 Plymouth |
| 20 | George Gallup | '50 Oldsmobile |
| 21 | Jack Fisher | '52 Oldsmobile |
| 22 | Larry Mann | '51 Hudson |
| 23 | Eddie Van Horn | '50 Ford |
| 24 | Wimpy Ervin | '52 Kaiser |
| 25 | Ted Chamberlain | '50 Plymouth |
| 26 | Fonty Flock | '52 Oldsmobile |
| 27 | Lucky Sawyer | '50 Ford |
| 28 | Red Tomlinson | '51 Plymouth |
| 29 | Ray Erickson | '52 Hudson |
| 30 | Tony Bonadies | '52 Oldsmobile |
| 31 | Gene Darragh | '52 Hudson |
| 32 | Bucky Sager | '51 Hudson |
| 33 | Felix Wilkes | '51 Hudson |
| 34 | George Bush | '51 Oldsmobile |
| 35 | Nelson Applegate | '51 Hudson |
| 36 | Chuck Garrett | '51 Oldsmobile |
| 37 | Herb Thomas | '52 Hudson |
| 38 | Fred Dove | '52 Packard |
| 39 | Donald Thomas | '51 Plymouth |
| 40 | Charles Weidler | '50 Hudson |
| 41 | Lawrence Jacquelin | '51 Studebaker |
| 42 | Mike Magill | '52 Hudson |
| 43 | Jimmie Lewallen | '52 Oldsmobile |
| 44 | Buck Baker |
'51 Ford |
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updated by @tmc-chase: 09/14/20 08:34:38AM