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1962 Gwyn Staley 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 12 of 53 Sunday, April 15, 1962 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:57:01 Average speed: 84.737 mph Pole speed: 94.142 mph Cautions: 5 Margin of victory: 4 cl Attendance: 9228 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1962 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1962 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 15 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '62 Plymouth 400 2725 running 142 2 6 28   Fred Lorenzen LaFayette   (Holman-Moody Racing) '62 Ford 400 1450 running 0 3 1 27   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '61 Pontiac 399 1110 running 19 4 4 22   Fireball Roberts Banjo Matthews '62 Pontiac 398 850 running 95 5 17 90   Darel Dieringer Bob Osiecki '62 Dodge 396 675 running 0 6 21 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 395 500 running 0 7 20 66   Larry Frank Ratus Walters '62 Ford 391 475 running 0 8 2 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '62 Pontiac 389 590 running 90 9 13 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '62 Pontiac 387 375 running 0 10 3 24   Billy Wade James Turner '61 Pontiac 382 375 crash 0 11 18 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '60 Chevrolet 382 300 running 0 12 28 60   Tom Cox Ray Herlocker '60 Plymouth 381 250 running 0 13 19 30   J.C. Hendrix Fred Clark '62 Chevrolet 379 250 running 0 14 23 91   Herb Thomas Stoney Johnson '62 Chevrolet 377 200 running 0 15 16 36   Larry Thomas Wade Younts '62 Dodge 373 175 running 0 16 11 72   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '62 Pontiac 370 175 running 0 17 30 95   Jim Cushman Russell Trucking Co.   (Jack Russell) '61 Plymouth 370 150 running 0 18 7 85   Tommy Irwin Monroe Shook '62 Chevrolet 365 175 running 0 19 33 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '61 Mercury 362 150 running 0 20 27 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '62 Ford 360 150 running 0 21 26 92   Gerald Duke Don Harrison '62 Ford 356 100 running 0 22 35 1   George Green Jess Potter '61 Chevrolet 353 100 running 0 23 32 51   Bob Cooper Bob Cooper '60 Plymouth 349 100 running 0 24 14 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '62 Chevrolet 318 375 engine 54 25 8 29   Nelson Stacy Holman-Moody Racing '62 Ford 289 125 transmission 0 26 24 2   Jim Paschal Cliff Stewart '62 Pontiac 281 100 transmission 0 27 25 34   Wendell Scott Scott Racing   (Wendell Scott) '61 Chevrolet 240 100 running 0 28 5 54   Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue '62 Pontiac 198 150 crash 0 29 31 79   Johnny Nave Robert Ramey '60 Ford 169 100 withdrew 0 30 9 6   Cotton Owens Cotton Owens '62 Pontiac 163 125 transmission 0 31 12 4   Rex White Louis Clements   (Rex White) '62 Chevrolet 162 25 oil pressure 0 32 10 21   Marvin Panch Wood Brothers '62 Ford 140 25 rear end 0 33 22 44   David Pearson Julian Petty '62 Pontiac 90   oil pressure 0 34 29 23   Doug Yates Raeford Johnson '60 Plymouth 23   oil leak 0 35 34 50   Bobby Waddell Bobby Waddell '60 Dodge 6   distributor 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Junior Johnson 1 19 19   Fireball Roberts 20 114 95   Joe Weatherly 115 204 90   Richard Petty 205 264 60   Ned Jarrett 265 318 54   Richard Petty 319 400 82