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1962 Gwyn Staley 400

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NASCAR Grand National race number 12 of 53
Sunday, April 15, 1962 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:57:01
Average speed: 84.737 mph
Pole speed: 94.142 mph

Cautions: 5
Margin of victory: 4 cl
Attendance: 9228
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1962 NASCAR Grand National results / 1962 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	15	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	400	2725	running	142
2	6	28	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette (Holman-Moody Racing)	'62 Ford	400	1450	running	0
3	1	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'61 Pontiac	399	1110	running	19
4	4	22	Fireball Roberts	Banjo Matthews	'62 Pontiac	398	850	running	95
5	17	90	Darel Dieringer	Bob Osiecki	'62 Dodge	396	675	running	0
6	21	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	395	500	running	0
7	20	66	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters	'62 Ford	391	475	running	0
8	2	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'62 Pontiac	389	590	running	90
9	13	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'62 Pontiac	387	375	running	0
10	3	24	Billy Wade	James Turner	'61 Pontiac	382	375	crash	0
11	18	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'60 Chevrolet	382	300	running	0
12	28	60	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker	'60 Plymouth	381	250	running	0
13	19	30	J.C. Hendrix	Fred Clark	'62 Chevrolet	379	250	running	0
14	23	91	Herb Thomas	Stoney Johnson	'62 Chevrolet	377	200	running	0
15	16	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'62 Dodge	373	175	running	0
16	11	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'62 Pontiac	370	175	running	0
17	30	95	Jim Cushman	Russell Trucking Co. (Jack Russell)	'61 Plymouth	370	150	running	0
18	7	85	Tommy Irwin	Monroe Shook	'62 Chevrolet	365	175	running	0
19	33	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	362	150	running	0
20	27	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'62 Ford	360	150	running	0
21	26	92	Gerald Duke	Don Harrison	'62 Ford	356	100	running	0
22	35	1	George Green	Jess Potter	'61 Chevrolet	353	100	running	0
23	32	51	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper	'60 Plymouth	349	100	running	0
24	14	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'62 Chevrolet	318	375	engine	54
25	8	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman-Moody Racing	'62 Ford	289	125	transmission	0
26	24	2	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart	'62 Pontiac	281	100	transmission	0
27	25	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing (Wendell Scott)	'61 Chevrolet	240	100	running	0
28	5	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'62 Pontiac	198	150	crash	0
29	31	79	Johnny Nave	Robert Ramey	'60 Ford	169	100	withdrew	0
30	9	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'62 Pontiac	163	125	transmission	0
31	12	4	Rex White	Louis Clements (Rex White)	'62 Chevrolet	162	25	oil pressure	0
32	10	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers	'62 Ford	140	25	rear end	0
33	22	44	David Pearson	Julian Petty	'62 Pontiac	90		oil pressure	0
34	29	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson	'60 Plymouth	23		oil leak	0
35	34	50	Bobby Waddell	Bobby Waddell	'60 Dodge	6		distributor	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Junior Johnson	1	19	19
Fireball Roberts	20	114	95
Joe Weatherly	115	204	90
Richard Petty	205	264	60
Ned Jarrett	265	318	54
Richard Petty	319	400	82