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1962 World 600

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NASCAR Grand National race number 23 of 53
Sunday, May 27, 1962 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:46:44
Average Speed: 125.552 mph
Pole Speed: 140.15 mph

Cautions: 2 for 14 laps
Margin of Victory: 32.35 sec
Attendance: 45,875
Lead changes: 18

Glossary 1962 NASCAR Grand National results / 1962 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	18	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman-Moody	'62 Ford	400	25,505	running	13
2	4	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'62 Pontiac	400	11,105	running	0
3	15	0	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette (Holman-Moody)	'62 Ford	399	6,870	running	0
4	21	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	397	5,400	running	5
5	12	66	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters	'62 Ford	395	3,475	running	0
6	14	11	Ned Jarrett	City Chevrolet Co. (B.G. Holloway)	'62 Chevrolet	394	3,600	running	0
7	2	3	David Pearson	Ray Fox	'62 Pontiac	393	4,695	engine	208
8	11	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers	'62 Ford	393	1,600	running	0
9	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Banjo Matthews	'62 Pontiac	393	2,095	running	27
10	24	41	Bunkie Blackburn	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	393	1,100	running	0
11	10	4	Rex White	Louis Clements (Rex White)	'62 Chevrolet	392	1,075	running	0
12	31	39	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Ray Nichels	'61 Pontiac	386	1,300	running	0
13	19	44	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'62 Pontiac	385	850	running	0
14	8	20	Emanuel Zervakis	Emanuel Zervakis	'62 Mercury	383	1,150	running	0
15	6	46	Johnny Allen	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'62 Pontiac	380	590	running	4
16	22	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'62 Dodge	378	1,000	running	0
17	26	84	Red Foote	Rocky Hinton	'61 Ford	369	575	running	0
18	46	61	Bill Morton	Bill Morton	'62 Ford	368	485	running	0
19	37	30	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark	'62 Chevrolet	365	500	running	0
20	28	9	Jimmy Thompson	Wildcat Williams	'62 Ford	364	475	running	0
21	27	79	G.C. Spencer	Ralph Smith	'62 Chevrolet	363	500	running	0
22	38	1	George Green	Jess Potter	'61 Chevrolet	360	425	running	0
23	34	90	Darel Dieringer	Bob Osiecki	'62 Dodge	358	500	coil wire	0
24	25	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'62 Pontiac	355	475	brakes	0
25	39	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'62 Ford	348	375	running	0
26	47	5	Stick Elliott	Leroy Faucett	'61 Pontiac	341	350	running	0
27	42	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'62 Mercury	284	375	wheel	0
28	5	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'62 Pontiac	284	615	push rod	24
29	17	77	Jim Reed	Ratus Walters	'62 Ford	284	475	engine	0
30	41	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'61 Chevrolet	277	325	engine	0
31	20	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	259	825	oil pressure	0
32	32	2	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart	'62 Pontiac	227	600	fuel pump	0
33	33	91	Herb Tillman	Bob Osiecki	'62 Dodge	194	500	clutch	0
34	7	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'62 Pontiac	190	1,400	crash	119
35	16	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	176	300	oil pressure	0
36	29	68	Ed Livingston	Livingston's Auto Parts (Ed Livingston)	'61 Ford	118	325	engine	0
37	23	92	Gerald Duke	Don Harrison	'62 Ford	96	300	engine	0
38	9	6	Junior Johnson	Cotton Owens	'62 Pontiac	72	500	clutch	0
39	40	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel	'62 Ford	69	325	transmission	0
40	35	38	John Dodd, Jr.	Matt DeMatthews	'61 Ford	68	375	engine	0
41	36	58	Paul Lewis		'61 Chevrolet	57	350	engine	0
42	44	60	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker	'60 Plymouth	45	320	crankshaft	0
43	3	94	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews	'62 Pontiac	13	350	crash	0
44	13	81	Roscoe Thompson		'62 Mercury	12	325	engine	0
45	30	16	Ralph Earnhardt	Happy Steigel	'61 Pontiac	11	300	crash	0
46	48	80	Tubby Gonzales	Tubby Gonzales	'61 Ford	6	300	vibration	0
47	43	96	Johnny Sudderth		'61 Chevrolet	5	320	engine	0
48	45	50	Bobby Waddell	Bobby Waddell	'60 Dodge	2	320	freeze pl	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	21	21
Fireball Roberts	22	26	5
David Pearson	27	28	2
Jimmy Pardue	29	64	36
Johnny Allen	65	68	4
Jimmy Pardue	69	77	9
Bobby Johns	78	81	4
Richard Petty	82	85	4
Jimmy Pardue	86	134	49
David Pearson	135	139	5
Bobby Johns	140	159	20
Richard Petty	160	160	1
Jimmy Pardue	161	185	25
Fireball Roberts	186	207	22
David Pearson	208	273	66
Nelson Stacy	274	278	5
David Pearson	279	392	114
Nelson Stacy	393	400	8

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