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1962 Daytona 500 Qualifier #1 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 3 of 53 Friday, February 16, 1962 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 40 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 0:38:13 Average speed: 156.999 mph Pole speed: 158.744 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: n/a Glossary    1962 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1962 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 4 6 0   Dan Gurney LaFayette   (Holman-Moody Racing) '62 Ford 40 300 running – 23 19 01   Harlan Richardson Luther Costales '62 Ford 17 50 oil pressure – 15 14 2   Jim Paschal Cliff Stewart '62 Pontiac 38 85 running – 3 4 6   Cotton Owens Cotton Owens '62 Pontiac 40 400 running – 12 17 14   Charley Griffith Joe Lee Johnson '62 Chevrolet 39 125 running – 1 1 22   Fireball Roberts Stephens Pontiac   (Jim Stephens) '62 Pontiac 40 1000 running 33 10 22 25   Jim Bennett Thurman Wilkes '61 Ford 39 140 running – 5 3 27   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '62 Pontiac 40 300 running – 24 5 28   Fred Lorenzen LaFayette   (Holman-Moody Racing) '62 Ford 8 50 engine – 14 13 31   Jim McGuirk – '61 Ford 39 100 running – 17 8 32   Bill Wimble Dave McCredy '62 Pontiac 38 75 running – 16 20 36   Larry Thomas Wade Younts '62 Dodge 38 75 running – 21 23 38   G.C. Spencer Matt DeMatthews '61 Ford 35 50 fuel – 13 15 42   Bunkie Blackburn Petty Enterprises '62 Plymouth 39 115 running – 2 2 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '62 Pontiac 40 600 running – 7 11 53   Bob Burdick Roy Burdick '61 Pontiac 40 225 running – 20 16 58   John Rogers John Rogers '61 Pontiac 35 50 fan belt – 22 25 60   Tom Cox Ray Herlocker '60 Plymouth 22 50 running – 6 7 66   Larry Frank Ratus Walters '62 Ford 40 250 running – 11 21 75   Ralph Earnhardt Robert Smith '61 Pontiac 39 135 running – 9 10 84   Ernie Gahan Rocky Hinton '61 Ford 39 150 running – 8 9 86   Buddy Baker Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 39 175 running – 19 18 88   Sal Tovella Tom Hawkins '61 Ford 36 50 running – 25 12 92   Gerald Duke Don Harrison '62 Ford 5   running – 18 24 95   Jim Cushman Russell Trucking Co.   (Jack Russell) '61 Plymouth 37 75 running –