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1962 Capital City 300

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NASCAR Grand National race number 47 of 53
September 9, 1962 at Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond, VA
300 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (150.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:18:30
Average Speed: 64.981 mph
Pole Speed: 66.127 mph

Cautions: 1 for 9 laps
Margin of Victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 13,000
Lead changes: n/a

Glossary 1962 NASCAR Grand National results / 1962 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status
1	2	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'62 Pontiac	300	2,000	running
2	4	41	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	299	1,350	running
3	14	26	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette (Holman-Moody)	'62 Ford	296	950	running
4	9	42	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	296	675	running
5	1	4	Rex White	Louis Clements (Rex White)	'62 Chevrolet	294	510	running
6	6	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'62 Chevrolet	292	625	running
7	19	27	Melvin Bradley	Melvin Bradley	'62 Chevrolet	287	350	running
8	16	49	Bob Welborn	J.C. Parker	'62 Pontiac	282	300	running
9	24	00	Dick Getty	Dick Getty	'62 Chevrolet	281	250	running
10	12	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'62 Pontiac	277	250	running
11	8	35	Ray Hendrick	Rebel Racing	'61 Pontiac	276	150	running
12	15	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'62 Mercury	270	150	running
13	18	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'62 Dodge	269	150	running
14	3	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'62 Chevrolet	269	150	running
15	21	98	Bill Dennis		'61 Chevrolet	268	150	running
16	17	2	Bill Foster	Cliff Stewart	'62 Pontiac	257	125	running
17	10	22	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens	'62 Pontiac	256	125	running
18	25	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	254	125	running
19	20	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'61 Ford	246	125	running
20	28	31	Al White	Al White	'62 Ford	233	125	distributor
21	32	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'61 Chevrolet	220	125	ball joint
22	33	1	George Green	Jess Potter	'60 Chevrolet	220	125	running
23	29	5	Jim Bray		'60 Ford	204	125	radiator
24	5	20	Emanuel Zervakis	Emanuel Zervakis	'62 Mercury	190	125	steering
25	11	91	Gary Sain	Bob Osiecki	'62 Dodge	173		lug bolts
26	27	79	T.C. Hunt	Ralph Smith	'62 Chevrolet	138		shocks
27	31	50	Bobby Waddell	Bobby Waddell	'60 Dodge	80		radiator
28	26	63	Runt Harris	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	73		pistons
29	13	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'62 Pontiac	50		crash
30	22	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	47		radiator
31	23	7	Bill Champion		'60 Ford	40		head gasket
32	7	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'62 Ford	24		transmission
33	30	66	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters	'62 Ford	2		rear end

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