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1962 Western North Carolina 500

NASCAR Grand National race number 40 of 53
Sunday, August 12, 1962 at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville, NC
500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:13:34
Average speed: 77.492 mph
Pole speed: 82.72 mph

Cautions: 2
Margin of victory: 3 laps +
Attendance: 6000
Lead changes: 1

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	500	2350	running	337
2	7	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'62 Pontiac	497	1625	running	0
3	5	4	Rex White	Louis Clements (Rex White)	'62 Chevrolet	495	1150	running	0
4	11	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'62 Chevrolet	494	1150	running	0
5	1	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'62 Pontiac	488	800	running	163
6	3	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'62 Pontiac	487	650	running	0
7	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	485	600	running	0
8	14	1	George Green	Jess Potter	'61 Chevrolet	456	550	running	0
9	15	2	Tom Cox	Cliff Stewart	'62 Pontiac	454	450	running	0
10	17	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'62 Dodge	451	400	running	0
11	21	63	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	438	375	running	0
12	18	83	Worth McMillion	Worth McMillion	'62 Pontiac	413	375	running	0
13	16	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'62 Ford	377	325	running	0
14	25	89	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'60 Chevrolet	371	275	running	0
15	24	00	Eddie Pagan	Dick Getty	'62 Chevrolet	354	250	running	0
16	9	61	Sherman Utsman	Sherman Utsman	'62 Ford	273	250	rear end	0
17	19	60	Ray Hughes	Ray Herlocker	'60 Plymouth	235	250	clutch	0
18	4	27	Tommy Irwin	Melvin Bradley	'62 Chevrolet	151	225	rear end	0
19	10	49	Bob Welborn	J.C. Parker	'62 Pontiac	116	225	fuel line	0
20	22	51	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper	'60 Ford	106	225	transmission	0
21	20	79	Bill Smith	Ralph Smith	'62 Chevrolet	60	200	crash	0
22	12	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'62 Chevrolet	46	200	valve	0
23	8	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	26	175	oil leak	0
24	13	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	18	150	oil pressure	0
25	23	65	Allan Harley	Allan Harley	'60 Dodge	10	150	oil line	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jack Smith	1	163	163
Jim Paschal	164	500	337