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1962 Richmond 250 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 10 of 53 Sunday, April 1, 1962 at Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond, VA 250 laps* on a 0.500 mile dirt track (125.000 miles) Time of race: 1:45:08 Average speed: 51.363 mph Pole speed: drew for pole Cautions: 5 for 32 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1962 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1962 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 20 4   Rex White Louis Clements   (Rex White) '61 Chevrolet 180 1850 running 8 2 2 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '62 Chevrolet 179 1300 running 96 3 12 27   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '61 Pontiac 178 800 running 10 4 19 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '61 Pontiac 168 600 running 0 5 7 22   Fireball Roberts Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '61 Pontiac 163 450 running 0 6 21 0   Harold Carmac Ray Herlocker '60 Plymouth 160 375 running 0 7 8 6   Cotton Owens Cotton Owens '60 Pontiac 157 300 engine 0 8 9 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '60 Chevrolet 154 250 engine 0 9 16 1   George Green Jess Potter '61 Chevrolet 152 200 running 0 10 23 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '61 Mercury 141 200 driveshaft 0 11 5 60   Tom Cox Ray Herlocker '60 Plymouth 140 100 transmission 0 12 1 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '60 Ford 136 100 running 0 13 25 76   Jim Bray Neil Castles '61 Ford 124 100 running 0 14 6 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '61 Pontiac 105 100 running 0 15 13 17   Fred Harb Fred Harb '61 Ford 84 100 overheating 0 16 22 2   Jim Paschal Cliff Stewart '62 Pontiac 83 75 engine 16 17 10 20   Marvin Panch – '61 Ford 67 75 overheating 16 18 18 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '61 Chevrolet 62 75 engine 0 19 15 84   Ernie Gahan Rocky Hinton '61 Ford 53 75 rear end 0 20 3 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '61 Plymouth 34 75 radiator 34 21 11 18   Stick Elliott Toy Bolton '60 Ford 28 75 running 0 22 17 81   Dick Dixon Dick Dixon '61 Ford 23 75 engine 0 23 14 77   Larry Frank Ratus Walters '61 Ford 18 75 crash 0 24 4 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 2 75 brakes 0 25 24 66   Ralph Moody Ratus Walters '62 Ford 1 75 overheating 0 * Race shortened to 180 laps due to darkness.

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 34 34   Ned Jarrett 35 41 7   Junior Johnson 42 51 10   Marvin Panch 52 67 16   Jim Paschal 68 83 16   Ned Jarrett 84 172 89   Rex White 173 180 8