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1962 Firecracker 250 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 29 of 53 Wednesday, July 4, 1962 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 100 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 1:37:36 Average speed: 153.688 mph Pole speed: 160.499 mph Cautions: 2 for 7 laps Margin of victory: 12 sec Attendance: 22591 Lead changes: 14 Glossary    1962 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1962 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 22   Fireball Roberts Stephens Pontiac   (Banjo Matthews) '62 Pontiac 100 9850 running 22 2 7 6   Junior Johnson Cotton Owens '62 Pontiac 100 5450 running 0 3 10 21   Marvin Panch Wood Brothers '62 Ford 98 3400 running 0 4 8 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '62 Pontiac 98 1675 running 0 5 12 54   Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue '62 Pontiac 97 1225 running 0 6 16 66   Larry Frank Ratus Walters '62 Ford 96 900 running 0 7 23 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '62 Chevrolet 96 775 running 0 8 5 3   David Pearson Ray Fox '62 Pontiac 96 1075 running 0 9 19 36   Larry Thomas Wade Younts '62 Dodge 95 650 running 0 10 13 41   Art Malone Jack Smith '62 Pontiac 95 600 running 0 11 21 4   Rex White Louis Clements   (Rex White) '62 Chevrolet 93 450 running 0 12 26 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 92 350 running 0 13 27 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '62 Ford 89 320 running 0 14 29 60   Tom Cox Ray Herlocker '60 Plymouth 89 300 running 0 15 33 1   George Green Jess Potter '61 Chevrolet 89 220 running 0 16 32 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '62 Mercury 88 200 running 0 17 18 16   Ralph Earnhardt Happy Steigel '62 Chevrolet 85 275 running 0 18 25 86   Buddy Baker Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 84 250 running 0 19 2 72   Bobby Johns Vince Whibbs Pontiac Co.   (Shorty Johns) '62 Pontiac 82 275 transmission 17 20 28 90   Darel Dieringer Bob Osiecki '62 Dodge 76 250 engine 0 21 1 02   Banjo Matthews Banjo Matthews '62 Pontiac 73 400 engine 61 22 22 81   Roscoe Thompson Jimmy Baker '62 Mercury 42 250 engine 0 23 6 8   Joe Weatherly Gillman Pontiac   (Bud Moore) '62 Pontiac 34 600 crash 0 24 9 28   Fred Lorenzen LaFayette   (Holman-Moody Racing) '62 Ford 34 400 crash 0 25 14 39   LeeRoy Yarbrough Ray Nichels '61 Pontiac 34 300 crash 0 26 15 29   Nelson Stacy Holman-Moody Racing '62 Ford 32 250 crash 0 27 3 46   Johnny Allen Holly Farms   (Fred Lovette) '62 Pontiac 24 600 transmission 0 28 31 80   Tubby Gonzales Tubby Gonzales '62 Ford 20 200 oil pressure 0 29 24 38   John Dodd, Jr. Matt DeMatthews '60 Ford 10 250 engine 0 30 11 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '62 Plymouth 6 275 crash 0 31 20 97   Tom Pistone Lewis Osborne '62 Chevrolet 2 250 crash 0 32 30 27   Tommy Irwin Melvin Bradley '62 Chevrolet 1 200 oil pressure 0 33 17 12   Bob Welborn Cliff Stewart '62 Pontiac 1 275 lug bolts 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Jim Paschal Pontiac Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 5 5     6 6 1   #43 accident frontstretch   7 37 31     38 44 7   #8,28,29,39 accident turn 2   45 100 56       Percent of race run under caution: 8.0%             Average green flag run: 30.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Fireball Roberts 1 1 1   Banjo Matthews 2 18 17   Bobby Johns 19 21 3   Banjo Matthews 22 31 10   Bobby Johns 32 32 1   Banjo Matthews 33 33 1   Bobby Johns 34 34 1   Banjo Matthews 35 35 1   Bobby Johns 36 40 5   Banjo Matthews 41 72 32   Bobby Johns 73 73 1   Fireball Roberts 74 74 1   Bobby Johns 75 80 6   Fireball Roberts 81 100 20