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1962 Volunteer 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 17 of 53
Sunday, April 29, 1962 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:24:22
Average Speed: 73.397 mph
Pole Speed: 81.374 mph

Cautions: 4 for 37 laps
Margin of Victory: 6 laps +
Attendance: 17,000
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1962 NASCAR Grand National results / 1962 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
21	17	85	Johnny Allen	Monroe Shook	'62 Chevrolet	225	125	engine	0
27	21	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	139	125	distributor	0
12	20	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	430	275	engine	0
6	22	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'62 Ford	469	850	running	0
17	13	26	Bunkie Blackburn		'61 Pontiac	359	175	rear end	0
20	30	64	Gene Blackburn		'60 Chevrolet	274	150	axle	0
5	25	60	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker	'60 Plymouth	470	850	running	0
10	33	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	447	400	running	0
23	19	90	Darel Dieringer	Bob Osiecki	'62 Dodge	191	225	oil line	0
33	29	75	Ralph Earnhardt	Robert Smith	'62 Pontiac	68		overheating	0
31	34	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton	'60 Ford	81	100	oil pressure	0
36	32	66	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters	'62 Ford	29		overheating	0
14	36	1	George Green	Jess Potter	'61 Chevrolet	417	225	running	0
28	35	49	Charley Griffith	J.C. Parker	'61 Pontiac	137	100	rear end	0
15	27	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'61 Ford	370	200	head gasket	0
4	12	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'62 Chevrolet	475	1,400	running	0
1	6	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'62 Pontiac	500	4,405	running	430
22	23	14	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson	'62 Chevrolet	223	125	engine	0
30	5	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'62 Pontiac	96	175	transmission	0
34	2	28	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette (Holman-Moody)	'62 Ford	61	100	engine	0
24	24	30	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark	'62 Chevrolet	187	125	hub	0
9	28	61	Bill Morton	Bill Morton	'62 Ford	459	475	running	0
26	3	21	Marvin Panch	Hull-Dobbs Ford (Wood Brothers)	'62 Ford	154	200	rear end	0
13	7	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'62 Pontiac	419	325	running	0
32	16	2	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart	'62 Pontiac	77	100	crankshaft	0
7	14	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'62 Pontiac	461	650	lug bolts	0
19	18	41	Maurice Petty	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	297	150	crash	0
16	11	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	368	300	engine	9
2	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Banjo Matthews	'62 Pontiac	494	2,500	running	61
8	31	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'61 Chevrolet	460	550	running	0
3	10	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'62 Pontiac	492	1,635	running	0
25	26	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'60 Chevrolet	161	125	engine	0
18	4	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman-Moody	'62 Ford	302	200	crash	0
35	15	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'62 Dodge	60		engine	0
11	8	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'62 Pontiac	444	400	rear end	0
29	9	4	Rex White	Louis Clements (Rex White)	'62 Chevrolet	109	125	rocker arm	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fireball Roberts	1	61	61
Bobby Johns	62	159	98
Richard Petty	160	162	3
Bobby Johns	163	320	158
Richard Petty	321	326	6
Bobby Johns	327	500	174

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