1962 - NASCAR Grand National Series - World 600 Race Results

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1962 - World 600 Race Results

Race Name - World 600
Date - 5/27/1962
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 600 miles
Pole Speed - 140.15 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 14
Average Race Speed - 125.55 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $85,895
Race Number - 23

More Races from 1962

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	18	Nelson Stacy	29	HolmanMoody	400	62 Ford	13	$25,505
2	4	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	400	62 Pontiac	0	$11,105
3	15	Fred Lorenzen	0	LaFayette (HolmanMoody)	399	62 Ford	0	$6,870
4	21	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	397	62 Plymout	5	$5,400
5	12	Larry Frank	66	Ratus Walters	395	62 Ford	0	$3,475
6	14	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	394	62 Chevrol	0	$3,600
7	2	David Pearson	3	Ray Fox	393	62 Pontiac	208	$4,695
8	11	Marvin Panch	21	Wood Brothers	393	62 Ford	0	$1,600
9	1	Fireball Roberts	22	Banjo Matthews	393	62 Pontiac	27	$2,095
10	24	Bunkie Blackburn	41	Petty Enterprises	393	62 Plymout	0	$1,100
11	10	Rex White	4	Louis Clements (Rex White)	392	62 Chevrol	0	$1,075
12	31	LeeRoy Yarbrough	39	Ray Nichels	386	61 Pontiac	0	$1,300
13	19	Bob Welborn	44	Julian Petty	385	62 Pontiac	0	$850
14	8	Emanuel Zervakis	20	Emanuel Zervakis	383	62 Mercury	0	$1,150
15	6	Johnny Allen	46	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	380	62 Pontiac	4	$590
16	22	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	378	62 Dodge	0	$1,000
17	26	Red Foote	84	Rocky Hinton	369	61 Ford	0	$575
18	46	Bill Morton	61	Bill Morton	368	62 Ford	0	$485
19	37	Tiny Lund	30	Fred Clark	365	62 Chevrol	0	$500
20	28	Jimmy Thompson	9	Wildcat Williams	364	62 Ford	0	$475
21	27	GC Spencer	79	Ralph Smith	363	62 Chevrol	0	$500
22	38	George Green	1	Jess Potter	360	61 Chevrol	0	$425
23	34	Darel Dieringer	90	Bob Osiecki	358	62 Dodge	0	$500
24	25	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	355	62 Pontiac	0	$475
25	39	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	348	62 Ford	0	$375
26	47	Stick Elliott	5	Leroy Faucett	341	61 Pontiac	0	$350
27	42	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	284	62 Mercury	0	$375
28	5	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	284	62 Pontiac	24	$615
29	17	Jim Reed	77	Ratus Walters	284	62 Ford	0	$475
30	41	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	277	61 Chevrol	0	$325
31	20	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	259	62 Chevrol	0	$825
32	32	Jim Paschal	2	Cliff Stewart	227	62 Pontiac	0	$600
33	33	Herb Tillman	91	Bob Osiecki	194	62 Dodge	0	$500
34	7	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	190	62 Pontiac	119	$1,400
35	16	Buddy Baker	86	Buck Baker	176	62 Chrysle	0	$300
36	29	Ed Livingston	68	Ed Livingston	118	61 Ford	0	$325
37	23	Gerald Duke	92	Don Harrison	96	62 Ford	0	$300
38	9	Junior Johnson	6	Cotton Owens	72	62 Pontiac	0	$500
39	40	Lee Reitzel	93	Lee Reitzel	69	62 Ford	0	$325
40	35	John Dodd Jr	38	Matt DeMatthews	68	61 Ford	0	$375
41	36	Paul Lewis	58		57	61 Chevrol	0	$350
42	44	Tom Cox	60	Ray Herlocker	45	60 Plymout	0	$320
43	3	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	13	62 Pontiac	0	$350
44	13	Roscoe Thompson	81		12	62 Mercury	0	$325
45	30	Ralph Earnhardt	16	Happy Steigel	11	61 Pontiac	0	$300
46	40	Tubby Gonzales	80	Tubby Gonzales	6	61 Ford	0	$300
47	43	Johnny Sudderth	96		5	61 Chevrol	0	$320
48	45	Bobby Waddell	50	Bobby Waddell	2	60 Dodge	0	$320