1962 Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1962 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fred Lorenzen	7	46	32	2	7	51	219	328.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	219	51	running	2,250
2	1	02	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing	Pontiac	219	73	running	2,160
3	4	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Pontiac	218	32	running	2,070
4	14	22	Fireball Roberts	Matthews Racing	Pontiac	218		running	1,980
5	22	98	Troy Ruttman	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	218		running	1,890
6	19	01	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Pontiac	218		running	1,800
7	3	3	David Pearson	Fox Racing	Pontiac	217	14	running	1,710
8	10	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	217		running	1,620
9	11	6	Junior Johnson	Owens Racing	Pontiac	216		running	1,530
10	30	2	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	214		running	1,440
11	25	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	213		running	1,350
12	12	12	Bob Welborn	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Pontiac	213		running	1,260
13	16	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	213		running	1,170
14	18	81	Roscoe Thompson	Jimmy Baker (Owner)	Mercury	212		running	1,080
15	21	30	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark (Owner)	Chevrolet	212	8	running	990
16	15	20	Emanuel Zervakis	Zervakis Enterprises	Mercury	212	5	running	900
17	35	97	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Lewis Osborne (Owner)	Chevrolet	211		running	810
18	9	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	210	36	running	720
19	39	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	210		running	630
20	42	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	209		running	540
21	2	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	207		running	450
22	34	61	Bill Morton	Bill Morton (Owner)	Ford	207		running	360
23	27	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	207		running	270
24	31	80	Tubby Gonzales	Tubby Gonzales (Owner)	Ford	206		running	180
25	20	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Pontiac	205		running	90
26	32	79	G.C. Spencer	Ralph Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	204		running	90
27	38	49	Friday Hassler	J.C. Parker (Owner)	Pontiac	202		running	90
28	40	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	202		running	90
29	26	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	199		running	90
30	6	66	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	199		running	90
31	43	1	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	199		running	90
32	33	90	Darel Dieringer	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	183		rear end	90
33	41	68	Ed Livingston	Ed Livingston (Owner)	Ford	181		engine	90
34	42	63	George Alsobrook	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	156		head gasket	90
35	45	32	Jim Locke		Ford	140		running	90
36	28	16	Ralph Earnhardt	Happy Steigel (Owner)	Pontiac	132		transmission	90
37	17	46	Johnny Allen	Fred Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	130		transmission	90
38	44	60	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker (Owner)	Plymouth	130		axle	90
39	13	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	114		engine	90
40	23	92	Cale Yarborough	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	89		engine	90
41	5	7	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing	Pontiac	81		transmission	90
42	36	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Pontiac	66		engine	90
43	29	9	Bunkie Blackburn	Wildcat Williams (Owner)	Ford	23		accident	90
44	37	10	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat (Owner)	Dodge	6		engine	90
45	8	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody	Ford	2		steering	90
46	46	50	A.F. Nichols		Plymouth	1		oil pressure	90

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Banjo Matthews	73	33.3%	P2
2	Fred Lorenzen	51	23.3%	P1
3	Joe Weatherly	36	16.4%	P18
4	Bobby Johns	32	14.6%	P3
5	David Pearson	14	6.4%	P7
6	Tiny Lund	8	3.7%	P15
7	Emanuel Zervakis	5	2.3%	P16

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