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1962 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Grand National race number 45 of 53 Monday, September 3, 1962 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 4:14:34 Average speed: 117.965 mph Pole speed: 130.246 mph Cautions: 4 for 27 laps Margin of victory: 5 sec Attendance: 60000 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1962 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1962 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 10 66   Larry Frank Cafe Burgundy   (Ratus Walters) '62 Ford 364 21730 running 85 2 2 3   Junior Johnson Jerry Earl Pontiac   (Ray Fox) '62 Pontiac 364 10155 running 29 3 8 21   Marvin Panch Hull-Dobbs Ford   (Wood Brothers) '62 Ford 364 5150 running 0 4 7 6   David Pearson Hine Pontiac   (Cotton Owens) '62 Pontiac 364 3325 running 0 5 6 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '62 Plymouth 363 5450 running 95 6 14 42   Jim Paschal Petty Enterprises '62 Plymouth 363 2025 running 9 7 13 29   Nelson Stacy Holman-Moody Racing '62 Ford 363 1525 running 0 8 19 11   Ned Jarrett Royal Beach Motel   (B.G. Holloway) '62 Chevrolet 360 1575 running 0 9 18 4   Rex White Louis Clements   (Rex White) '62 Chevrolet 359 1355 running 0 10 5 8   Joe Weatherly Gillman Pontiac   (Bud Moore) '62 Pontiac 357 1025 running 0 11 23 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 357 950 running 0 12 12 54   Jimmy Pardue Bush   (Jimmy Pardue) '62 Pontiac 357 900 running 0 13 16 20   Emanuel Zervakis Emanuel Zervakis '62 Mercury 355 800 running 0 14 28 49   Bob Welborn J.C. Parker '62 Pontiac 354 700 running 0 15 31 61   Sherman Utsman Fred Ford Auto Sales Inc.   (Sherman Utsman) '62 Ford 346 650 running 0 16 27 82   Elmo Langley McCue Construction   (Elmo Langley) '61 Ford 344 620 running 0 17 24 5   H.G. Rosier McElmurray Pontiac   (H.G. Rosier) '61 Pontiac 343 550 wheel 0 18 42 97   Paul Lewis Lewis Osborne '62 Chevrolet 340 500 running 0 19 11 30   Tiny Lund Fred Clark '62 Chevrolet 335 470 running 0 20 34 84   Red Foote Rocky Hinton '61 Ford 334 450 running 0 21 33 1   George Green Jess Potter '61 Chevrolet 332 400 running 0 22 32 68   Ed Livingston Livingston's Auto Parts   (Ed Livingston) '61 Ford 330 400 running 0 23 38 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '62 Mercury 304 400 running 0 24 3 28   Fred Lorenzen LaFayette   (Holman-Moody Racing) '62 Ford 291 730 engine 31 25 39 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '61 Ford 286 400 running 0 26 9 46   Johnny Allen Holly Farms   (Fred Lovette) '62 Pontiac 275 550 crash 0 27 29 83   LeeRoy Yarbrough Worth McMillion '62 Pontiac 259 400 engine 0 28 22 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '62 Chevrolet 200 400 wheel bearing 0 29 37 96   T.C. Hunt Lewis Osborne '60 Chevrolet 196 400 engine 0 30 15 26   Darel Dieringer Mamie Reynolds '62 Ford 184 450 crash 0 31 4 72   Bobby Johns Vince Whibbs Pontiac Co.   (Shorty Johns) '62 Pontiac 184 1070 crash 57 32 21 41   Bunkie Blackburn Petty Enterprises '62 Plymouth 181 400 crash 0 33 36 93   Lee Reitzel Lee Reitzel '62 Ford 161 400 transmission 0 34 17 47   Jack Smith Miller Pontiac   (Jack Smith) '62 Pontiac 111 550 crash 0 35 30 36   Larry Thomas Wade Younts '62 Dodge 95 400 transmission 0 36 1 22   Fireball Roberts Stephens Pontiac   (Jim Stephens) '62 Pontiac 74 1030 crash 58 37 20 86   Buddy Baker Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 58 400 distributor 0 38 25 92   Cale Yarborough Universal Ford   (Don Harrison) '62 Ford 39 650 overheating 0 39 26 81   Roscoe Thompson Jimmy Baker '62 Mercury 39 530 crash 0 40 41 79   Bill Champion Ralph Smith '62 Chevrolet 15 400 transmission 0 41 35 18   Stick Elliott Toy Bolton '61 Pontiac 14 400 engine 0 42 40 91   Gary Sain Bob Osiecki '62 Dodge 11 400 fuel pump 0 43 43 2   Tom Cox Cliff Stewart '62 Pontiac 4 400 oil pressure 0 44 44 38   Matt DeMatthews Matt DeMatthews '61 Ford 2 400 oil pressure 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Fireball Roberts 1 58 58   Bobby Johns 59 75 17   Richard Petty 76 76 1   Jim Paschal 77 85 9   Bobby Johns 86 125 40   Fred Lorenzen 126 156 31   Richard Petty 157 160 4   Junior Johnson 161 189 29   Richard Petty 190 279 90   Larry Frank 280 364 85