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1962 Southeastern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 36 of 53
Sunday, July 29, 1962 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:19:16
Average Speed: 75.276 mph
Pole Speed: 80.321 mph

Cautions: 4 for 21 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.5 lap
Attendance: 15,000
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1962 NASCAR Grand National results / 1962 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
29	2	6	Junior Johnson	Cotton Owens	'62 Pontiac	283	370	crash	166
2	4	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	'62 Ford	500	2,370	running	121
1	12	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	500	3,930	running	77
4	14	46	Johnny Allen	Holly Farms (Fred Lovette)	'62 Pontiac	498	1,270	running	60
3	16	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	500	1,540	running	47
36	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens	'62 Pontiac	185	270	ignition	29
5	8	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman-Moody	'62 Ford	498	875	running	0
6	13	8	Joe Weatherly	Gillman Pontiac (Bud Moore)	'62 Pontiac	498	900	running	0
7	11	4	Rex White	Louis Clements (Rex White)	'62 Chevrolet	494	650	running	0
8	21	41	Bunkie Blackburn	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	491	550	running	0
9	19	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'62 Chevrolet	491	675	running	0
10	6	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'62 Pontiac	491	450	running	0
11	7	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers	'62 Ford	489	375	running	0
12	17	49	Bob Welborn	Frizell Pontiac (J.C. Parker)	'62 Pontiac	486	275	running	0
13	18	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	486	350	running	0
14	5	61	Sherman Utsman	Sherman Utsman	'62 Ford	483	275	running	0
15	27	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	483	200	running	0
16	34	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'62 Dodge	468	290	running	0
17	26	1	George Green	Jess Potter	'61 Chevrolet	467	175	running	0
18	31	2	Ken Rush	Cliff Stewart	'62 Pontiac	463	150	running	0
19	33	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'61 Chevrolet	454	150	running	0
20	25	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'62 Ford	453	150	running	0
21	9	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'62 Pontiac	444	175	running	0
22	32	35	Ray Hendrick	Rebel Racing	'61 Pontiac	438	125	running	0
23	40	63	John Hamby	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	435	125	running	0
24	35	83	Worth McMillion	Worth McMillion	'62 Pontiac	432	125	running	0
25	29	60	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker	'60 Plymouth	430	125	hub	0
26	44	79	Ralph Smith	Ralph Smith	'62 Chevrolet	392	125	rear end	0
27	37	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'61 Ford	385	125	axle	0
28	3	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'62 Pontiac	324	375	engine	0
30	10	20	Emanuel Zervakis	Emanuel Zervakis	'62 Mercury	258	225	engine	0
31	20	27	Tommy Irwin	Melvin Bradley	'62 Chevrolet	247	100	rear end	0
32	24	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'62 Chevrolet	241	100	rear end	0
33	39	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel	'62 Ford	228		rear end	0
34	36	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton	'61 Pontiac	225		engine	0
35	38	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'62 Mercury	213		rear end	0
37	22	3	David Pearson	Ray Fox	'62 Pontiac	135		water pump	0
38	28	64	Bill Morton	Bill Morton	'60 Chevrolet	133		wheel bearing	0
39	41	67	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham	'60 Oldsmobile	133		engine	0
40	42	89	Earl Brooks	Wendell Scott	'60 Chevrolet	110		rear end	0
41	15	66	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters	'62 Ford	78		brakes	0
42	23	97	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Lewis Osborne	'62 Chevrolet	69		rear end	0
43	30	9	T.C. Hunt	Wildcat Williams	'62 Ford	63		bearing	0
44	43	65	Allan Harley	Allan Harley	'60 Dodge	5		handling	0

Failed to qualify: John Dodd, Jr. (#38), Paul Lewis (#58), Darel Dieringer (#90), Al White (#31)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fireball Roberts	1	29	29
Junior Johnson	30	155	126
Fred Lorenzen	156	168	13
Richard Petty	169	171	3
Fred Lorenzen	172	176	5
Johnny Allen	177	236	60
Richard Petty	237	243	7
Junior Johnson	244	283	40
Richard Petty	284	320	37
Fred Lorenzen	321	411	91
Jim Paschal	412	462	51
Fred Lorenzen	463	474	12
Jim Paschal	475	500	26

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