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1962 Daytona 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 5 of 53
Sunday, February 18, 1962 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:10:41
Average Speed: 152.529 mph
Pole Speed: 156.999 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of Victory: 27 sec
Attendance: 58,070
Lead changes: 22

Glossary 1962 NASCAR Grand National results / 1962 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Stephens Pontiac (Jim Stephens)	'62 Pontiac	200	24,190	running	144
2	10	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	200	10,250	running	32
3	4	8	Joe Weatherly	Gillman Pontiac (Bud Moore)	'62 Pontiac	199	7,100	running	1
4	3	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'62 Pontiac	199	4,025	running	0
5	34	28	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette (Holman-Moody)	'62 Ford	199	2,975	running	0
6	2	39	David Pearson	Ray Fox	'62 Pontiac	198	2,075	running	0
7	8	4	Rex White	Louis Clements (Rex White)	'62 Chevrolet	197	1,550	running	0
8	35	94	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews	'62 Pontiac	197	1,050	running	0
9	38	11	Ned Jarrett	Jim Rathmann (B.G. Holloway)	'62 Chevrolet	196	850	running	0
10	17	44	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'62 Pontiac	194	750	running	0
11	36	32	Bill Wimble	Dave McCready	'61 Pontiac	193	600	running	0
12	16	84	Ernie Gahan	Rocky Hinton	'61 Ford	192	500	running	0
13	24	42	Bunkie Blackburn	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	192	500	running	0
14	28	2	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart	'61 Pontiac	186	475	running	0
15	42	95	Jim Cushman	Jack Russell	'61 Plymouth	186	475	running	0
16	12	7	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway	'62 Chevrolet	183	450	running	0
17	33	15	Speedy Thompson	Holman-Moody	'62 Ford	182	450	engine	0
18	45	01	Billy Wade	Luther Costales	'62 Ford	182	425	running	0
19	46	98	Paul Burrow	Ronald Hawk	'62 Ford	181	425	running	0
20	47	60	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker	'60 Plymouth	180	425	running	0
21	43	9	Art Brady	Wildcat Williams	'62 Ford	176	400	running	0
22	29	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'62 Ford	175	400	running	0
23	27	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	173	400	running	0
24	26	31	Jim McGuirk		'61 Ford	157	400	engine	0
25	44	92	Gerald Duke	Don Harrison	'62 Ford	150	400	engine	0
26	19	63	George Alsobrook	Ratus Walters	'61 Ford	144	400	running	0
27	7	0	Dan Gurney	Lafayette Ford (Holman-Moody)	'62 Ford	134	400	engine	0
28	31	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	89	400	crash	0
29	15	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	83	400	overheating	0
30	30	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'62 Pontiac	81	400	transmission	0
31	40	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'62 Dodge	76	400	distributor	0
32	25	68	Ed Livingston	Livingston's Auto Parts (Ed Livingston)	'61 Ford	75	400	oil pressure	0
33	5	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'62 Pontiac	73	400	clutch	1
34	9	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'62 Pontiac	72	400	engine	22
35	13	53	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick	'62 Pontiac	55	400	crankshaft	0
36	20	75	Ralph Earnhardt	Robert Smith	'61 Pontiac	54	400	engine	0
37	14	37	Wally Dallenbach	Don House	'61 Ford	53	400	engine	0
38	22	14	Charley Griffith	Joe Lee Johnson	'62 Chevrolet	53	400	rocker arm	0
39	41	88	Sal Tovella	Tom Hawkins	'61 Ford	41	400	head gasket	0
40	23	23	Red Farmer	Frank Rhoads	'61 Ford	34	400	spindle	0
41	18	25	Jim Bennett	Thurman Wilkes	'61 Ford	31	400	head gasket	0
42	32	85	Tommy Irwin	Monroe Shook	'62 Chevrolet	26	400	piston	0
43	6	29	Nelson Stacy	Ron's Ford Sales (Holman-Moody)	'62 Ford	25	400	engine	0
44	37	90	Marvin Panch	Osiecki's Dodge (Bob Osiecki)	'62 Dodge	19	400	rear end	0
45	48	38	G.C. Spencer	Matt DeMatthews	'61 Ford	15	400	clutch	0
46	11	66	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters	'62 Ford	14	400	engine	0
47	39	77	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters	'61 Ford	4	400	engine	0
48	21	52	Cale Yarborough	Julian Buesink	'61 Ford	4	400	electrical	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Weatherly	1	1	1
Fireball Roberts	2	3	2
Junior Johnson	4	4	1
Fireball Roberts	5	15	11
Cotton Owens	16	16	1
Junior Johnson	17	17	1
Fireball Roberts	18	19	2
Junior Johnson	20	25	6
Fireball Roberts	26	34	9
Junior Johnson	35	41	7
Richard Petty	42	46	5
Fireball Roberts	47	48	2
Junior Johnson	49	52	4
Fireball Roberts	53	63	11
Junior Johnson	64	66	3
Fireball Roberts	67	80	14
Richard Petty	81	88	8
Fireball Roberts	89	112	24
Richard Petty	113	130	18
Fireball Roberts	131	149	19
Richard Petty	150	150	1
Fireball Roberts	151	200	50

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