1962 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Capital City 300 Race Results

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1962 - Capital City 300 Race Results

Race Name - Capital City 300
Date - 9/9/1962
Race Track - Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 150 miles
Pole Speed - 66.127 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 9
Average Race Speed - 64.981 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $9,135
Race Number - 47

More Races from 1962

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	300	62 Pontiac		$2,000
2	4	Jim Paschal	41	Petty Enterprises	299	62 Plymout		$1,350
3	14	Fred Lorenzen	26	LaFayette (HolmanMoody)	296	62 Ford		$950
4	9	Richard Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	296	62 Plymout		$675
5	1	Rex White	4	Louis Clements (Rex White)	294	62 Chevrol		$510
6	6	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	292	62 Chevrol		$625
7	19	Melvin Bradley	27	Melvin Bradley	287	62 Chevrol		$350
8	16	Bob Welborn	49	JC Parker	282	62 Pontiac		$300
9	24	Dick Getty	0	Dick Getty	281	62 Chevrol		$250
10	12	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	277	62 Pontiac		$250
11	8	Ray Hendrick	35	Rebel Racing	276	61 Pontiac		$150
12	15	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	270	62 Mercury		$150
13	18	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	269	62 Dodge		$150
14	3	GC Spencer	48	GC Spencer	269	62 Chevrol		$150
15	21	Bill Dennis	98		268	61 Chevrol		$150
16	17	Bill Foster	2	Cliff Stewart	257	62 Pontiac		$125
17	10	Fireball Roberts	22	Jim Stephens	256	62 Pontiac		$125
18	25	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	254	60 Ford		$125
19	20	Fred Harb	17	Fred Harb	246	61 Ford		$125
20	28	Al White	31	Al White	233	62 Ford		$125
21	32	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	220	61 Chevrol		$125
22	33	George Green	1	Jess Potter	220	60 Chevrol		$125
23	29	Jim Bray	5		204	60 Ford		$125
24	5	Emanuel Zervakis	20	Emanuel Zervakis	190	62 Mercury		$125
25	11	Gary Sain	91	Bob Osiecki	173	62 Dodge		$
26	27	TC Hunt	79	Ralph Smith	138	62 Chevrol		$
27	31	Bobby Waddell	50	Bobby Waddell	80	60 Dodge		$
28	26	Runt Harris	63	Curtis Crider	73	61 Mercury		$
29	13	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	50	62 Pontiac		$
30	22	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	47	62 Chrysle		$
31	23	Bill Champion	7		40	60 Ford		$
32	7	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	24	62 Ford		$
33	30	Larry Frank	66	Ratus Walters	2	62 Ford		$