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1962 Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway · 1962 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	7	32	14	2	6	145	500	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	145	running	700
2	27	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	500		running	672
3	8	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	499	7	running	644
4	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	499	18	running	616
5	5	41	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	499		running	588
6	3	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	492		running	560
7	6	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	492		running	532
8	10	24	Billy Wade	James Turner (Owner)	Pontiac	487		running	504
9	13	66	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	487		running	476
10	19	90	Darel Dieringer	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	469		running	448
11	20	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	461		running	420
12	29	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	456		coil	392
13	16	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	456		running	364
14	25	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	456		running	336
15	22	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	451		running	308
16	9	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Pontiac	438		rear end	280
17	12	60	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker (Owner)	Plymouth	430		ball joint	252
18	18	22	Fireball Roberts	Matthews Racing	Pontiac	415	244	rear end	224
19	24	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	410		brakes	196
20	11	85	Johnny Allen	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	282		rear end	168
21	2	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody	Ford	248	30	rear end	140
22	26	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	204	56	rear end	112
23	15	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	202		transmission	84
24	21	1	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	194		engine	56
25	4	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Pontiac	111		brakes	28
26	30	65	Lester Hicks		Dodge	106		engine	28
27	23	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Ford	98		rocker arm	28
28	14	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	20		clutch	28
29	28	51	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Ford	18		rear end	28
30	17	75	Ralph Earnhardt	Robert Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	18		fan belt	28
31	31	76	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Ford	1		brakes	28
32	32	79	Johnny Nave	Robert Ramey (Owner)	Ford	1		transmission	28

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fireball Roberts	244	48.8%	P18
2	Richard Petty	145	29.0%	P1
3	Junior Johnson	56	11.2%	P22
4	Nelson Stacy	30	6.0%	P21
5	Fred Lorenzen	18	3.6%	P4
6	Rex White	7	1.4%	P3

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