1962 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Southern 500 Race Results

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1962 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/3/1962
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 130.246 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 27
Average Race Speed - 117.96 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $71,865
Race Number - 45

More Races from 1962

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	10	Larry Frank	66	Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters)	364	62 Ford	85	$21,730
2	2	Junior Johnson	3	Jerry Earl Pontiac (Ray Fox)	364	62 Pontiac	29	$10,155
3	8	Marvin Panch	21	Wood Brothers	364	62 Ford	0	$5,150
4	7	David Pearson	6	Cotton Owens	364	62 Pontiac	0	$3,325
5	6	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	363	62 Plymout	95	$5,450
6	14	Jim Paschal	42	Petty Enterprises	363	62 Plymout	9	$2,025
7	13	Nelson Stacy	29	HolmanMoody	363	62 Ford	0	$1,525
8	30	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	360	62 Chevrol	0	$1,575
9	18	Rex White	4	Louis Clements (Rex White)	359	62 Chevrol	0	$1,355
10	5	Joe Weatherly	8	Gillman Pontiac (Bud Moore)	357	62 Pontiac	0	$1,025
11	23	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	357	62 Chrysle	0	$950
12	12	Jimmy Pardue	54	Bush (Jimmy Pardue)	357	62 Pontiac	0	$900
13	16	Emanuel Zervakis	20	Emanuel Zervakis	355	62 Mercury	0	$800
14	28	Bob Welborn	49	JC Parker	354	62 Pontiac	0	$700
15	31	Sherman Utsman	61	Sherman Utsman	346	62 Ford	0	$650
16	27	Elmo Langley	82	Elmo Langley	344	61 Ford	0	$620
17	24	HG Rosier	5	HG Rosier	343	61 Pontiac	0	$550
18	42	Paul Lewis	97	Lewis Osborne	340	62 Chevrol	0	$500
19	11	Tiny Lund	30	Fred Clark	335	62 Chevrol	0	$470
20	34	Red Foote	84	Rocky Hinton	334	61 Ford	0	$450
21	33	George Green	1	Jess Potter	332	61 Chevrol	0	$400
22	32	Ed Livingston	68	Ed Livingston	330	61 Ford	0	$400
23	38	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	304	62 Mercury	0	$400
24	3	Fred Lorenzen	28	LaFayette (HolmanMoody)	291	62 Ford	31	$730
25	39	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	286	61 Ford	0	$400
26	9	Johnny Allen	46	Holly Farms (Fred Lovette)	275	62 Pontiac	0	$550
27	29	LeeRoy Yarbrough	83	Worth McMillion	259	62 Pontiac	0	$400
28	22	GC Spencer	48	GC Spencer	200	62 Chevrol	0	$400
29	37	TC Hunt	96	Lewis Osborne	196	60 Chevrol	0	$400
30	15	Darel Dieringer	26	Mamie Reynolds	184	62 Ford	0	$450
31	4	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	184	62 Pontiac	57	$1,070
32	21	Bunkie Blackburn	41	Petty Enterprises	181	62 Plymout	0	$400
33	36	Lee Reitzel	93	Lee Reitzel	161	62 Ford	0	$400
34	17	Jack Smith	47	Miller Pontiac (Jack Smith)	111	62 Pontiac	0	$550
35	30	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	95	62 Dodge	0	$400
36	1	Fireball Roberts	22	Stephens Pontiac (Jim Stephens)	74	62 Pontiac	58	$1,030
37	20	Buddy Baker	86	Buck Baker	58	62 Chrysle	0	$400
38	25	Cale Yarborough	92	Don Harrison	39	62 Ford	0	$650
39	26	Roscoe Thompson	81	Jimmy Baker	39	62 Mercury	0	$530
40	41	Bill Champion	79	Ralph Smith	15	62 Chevrol	0	$400
41	35	Stick Elliott	18	Toy Bolton	14	61 Pontiac	0	$400
42	40	Gary Sain	91	Bob Osiecki	11	62 Dodge	0	$400
43	43	Tom Cox	2	Cliff Stewart	4	62 Pontiac	0	$400
44	44	Matt DeMatthews	38	Matt DeMatthews	2	61 Ford	0	$400