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1962 Capital City 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 47 of 53 Sunday, September 9, 1962 at Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond, VA 300 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 2:18:30 Average speed: 64.981 mph Pole speed: 66.127 mph Cautions: 1 for 9 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 13000 Lead changes: n/a Glossary    1962 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1962 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '62 Pontiac 300 2000 running – 2 4 41   Jim Paschal Petty Enterprises '62 Plymouth 299 1350 running – 3 14 26   Fred Lorenzen LaFayette   (Holman-Moody Racing) '62 Ford 296 950 running – 4 9 42   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '62 Plymouth 296 675 running – 5 1 4   Rex White Louis Clements   (Rex White) '62 Chevrolet 294 510 running – 6 6 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '62 Chevrolet 292 625 running – 7 19 27   Melvin Bradley Melvin Bradley '62 Chevrolet 287 350 running – 8 16 49   Bob Welborn J.C. Parker '62 Pontiac 282 300 running – 9 24 00   Dick Getty Dick Getty '62 Chevrolet 281 250 running – 10 12 54   Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue '62 Pontiac 277 250 running – 11 8 35   Ray Hendrick Rebel Racing '61 Pontiac 276 150 running – 12 15 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '62 Mercury 270 150 running – 13 18 36   Larry Thomas Wade Younts '62 Dodge 269 150 running – 14 3 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '62 Chevrolet 269 150 running – 15 21 98   Bill Dennis – '61 Chevrolet 268 150 running – 16 17 2   Bill Foster Cliff Stewart '62 Pontiac 257 125 running – 17 10 22   Fireball Roberts Jim Stephens '62 Pontiac 256 125 running – 18 25 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '60 Ford 254 125 running – 19 20 17   Fred Harb Fred Harb '61 Ford 246 125 running – 20 28 31   Al White Al White '62 Ford 233 125 distributor – 21 32 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '61 Chevrolet 220 125 ball joint – 22 33 1   George Green Jess Potter '60 Chevrolet 220 125 running – 23 29 5   Jim Bray Jim Bray '60 Ford 204 125 radiator – 24 5 20   Emanuel Zervakis Emanuel Zervakis '62 Mercury 190 125 steering – 25 11 91   Gary Sain Bob Osiecki '62 Dodge 173   lug bolts – 26 27 79   T.C. Hunt Ralph Smith '62 Chevrolet 138   shocks – 27 31 50   Bobby Waddell Bobby Waddell '60 Dodge 80   radiator – 28 26 63   Runt Harris Curtis Crider '61 Mercury 73   pistons – 29 13 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '62 Pontiac 50   crash – 30 22 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 47   radiator – 31 23 7   Bill Champion – '60 Ford 40   head gasket – 32 7 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '62 Ford 24   transmission – 33 30 66   Larry Frank Ratus Walters '62 Ford 2   rear end –