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1962 St. Patrick's Day 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 8 of 53 Saturday, March 17, 1962 at Savannah Speedway, Savannah, GA 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:41:45 Average speed: 58.775 mph Pole speed: 70.588 mph Cautions: 3 Margin of victory: .75 lap Attendance: 7000 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1962 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1962 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '61 Pontiac 200 1000 running 48 2 9 6   Cotton Owens Cotton Owens '60 Pontiac 200 600 running 35 3 3 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '61 Pontiac 198 400 running 36 4 13 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '61 Mercury 190 300 running 0 5 1 4   Rex White Louis Clements   (Rex White) '61 Chevrolet 183 275 axle 0 6 10 60   Tom Cox Ray Herlocker '60 Plymouth 182 240 running 0 7 11 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '61 Chevrolet 177 200 running 0 8 15 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '60 Ford 173 175 running 0 9 5 87   Buddy Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 161 150 running 0 10 14 1   George Green Jess Potter '60 Chevrolet 156 140 tie rod 0 11 7 2   Jim Paschal Cliff Stewart '62 Pontiac 155 130 oil pan 0 12 12 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '60 Chevrolet 150 120 driveshaft 0 13 6 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '62 Chevrolet 134 310 oil pan 81 14 8 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '62 Plymouth 52 100 ball joint 0 15 2 86   Darel Dieringer Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 36 85 crash 0 16 16 68   Ed Livingston Ed Livingston '61 Ford 6 75 head gasket 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Joe Weatherly 1 36 36   Ned Jarrett 37 117 81   Cotton Owens 118 152 35   Jack Smith 153 200 48