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1962 Nashville 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 38 of 53 Sunday, August 5, 1962 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 3:52:41 Average speed: 64.489 mph Pole speed: 77.854 mph Cautions: 3 for 108 laps Margin of victory: 4 laps + Attendance: 12596 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1962 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1962 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 42   Jim Paschal Petty Enterprises '62 Plymouth 500 3250 running 307 2 2 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '62 Plymouth 496 1875 running 135 3 9 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 493 1350 running 12 4 10 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '62 Pontiac 489 800 running 0 5 11 2   Tom Cox Cliff Stewart '62 Pontiac 471 700 running 0 6 13 1   George Green Jess Potter '61 Chevrolet 463 600 running 0 7 16 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '62 Ford 452 500 running 0 8 12 36   Larry Thomas Wade Younts '62 Dodge 422 500 running 0 9 8 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '62 Chevrolet 387 550 engine 0 10 17 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '62 Mercury 384 365 rocker arm 0 11 5 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '62 Chevrolet 357 350 running 0 12 15 149   Bob Welborn J.C. Parker '62 Pontiac 333 225 running 0 13 6 61   Sherman Utsman Sherman Utsman '62 Ford 330 240 hub 0 14 24 79   Ralph Smith Ralph Smith '62 Chevrolet 292 175 driveshaft 0 15 19 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '61 Chevrolet 244 150 crash 0 16 4 54   Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue '62 Pontiac 204 150 engine 0 17 1 46   Johnny Allen Holly Farms   (Fred Lovette) '62 Pontiac 179 175 crash 46 18 7 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '62 Pontiac 119 150 overheating 0 19 20 22   Fireball Roberts Jim Stephens '62 Pontiac 78 150 steering 0 20 18 49   Nero Steptoe J.C. Parker '61 Pontiac 78 150 crash 0 21 14 86   Buddy Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 60 150 head gasket 0 22 22 60   Harold Carmac Ray Herlocker '60 Plymouth 12 150 oil pressure 0 23 23 63   Earl Brooks Curtis Crider '61 Mercury 2 150 handling 0 24 25 41   Joe Lee Johnson Jack Smith '61 Pontiac 2 150 clutch 0 25 21 74   Hank Grilliot Hank Grilliot '62 Studebaker 1 150 handling 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 80 80     81 104 24   #49 accident backstretch   105 182 78     183 215 33   #46 accident turn 1   216 267 52     268 318 51   #34 accident turn 3 and fire   319 500 182       Percent of race run under caution: 21.6%             Average green flag run: 98.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Johnny Allen 1 46 46   Richard Petty 47 180 134   Jim Paschal 181 189 9   Richard Petty 190 190 1   Buck Baker 191 202 12   Jim Paschal 203 500 298