1962 Firecracker 250

Daytona International Speedway · 1962 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fireball Roberts	4	33	18	2	3	22	100	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	22	Fireball Roberts	Matthews Racing	Pontiac	100	22	running	1,500
2	7	6	Junior Johnson	Owens Racing	Pontiac	100		running	1,440
3	10	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	98		running	1,380
4	8	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	98		running	1,320
5	12	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Pontiac	97		running	1,260
6	16	66	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	96		running	1,200
7	23	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	96		running	1,140
8	5	3	David Pearson	Fox Racing	Pontiac	96		running	1,080
9	19	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	95		running	1,020
10	13	41	Art Malone	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	95		running	960
11	21	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	93		running	900
12	26	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	92		running	840
13	27	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	89		running	780
14	29	60	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker (Owner)	Plymouth	89		running	720
15	33	1	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	89		running	660
16	32	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	88		running	600
17	18	16	Ralph Earnhardt	Happy Steigel (Owner)	Chevrolet	85		running	540
18	25	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	84		running	480
19	2	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Pontiac	82	17	transmission	420
20	28	90	Darel Dieringer	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	76		engine	360
21	1	02	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing	Pontiac	73	61	engine	300
22	22	81	Roscoe Thompson	Jimmy Baker (Owner)	Mercury	42		engine	240
23	6	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	34		accident	180
24	9	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	34		accident	120
25	14	39	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Nichels Engineering	Pontiac	34		accident	60
26	15	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody	Ford	32		accident	60
27	3	46	Johnny Allen	Fred Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	24		transmission	60
28	31	80	Tubby Gonzales	Tubby Gonzales (Owner)	Ford	20		oil pressure	60
29	24	38	John Dodd Jr.	Matt DeMatthews (Owner)	Ford	10		engine	60
30	11	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	6		accident	60
31	20	97	Tom Pistone	Lewis Osborne (Owner)	Chevrolet	2		accident	60
32	30	27	Tommy Irwin	Melvin Bradley (Owner)	Chevrolet	1		oil pressure	60
33	17	12	Bob Welborn	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	1		lugs	60

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Banjo Matthews	61	61.0%	P21
2	Fireball Roberts	22	22.0%	P1
3	Bobby Johns	17	17.0%	P19

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1962 Firecracker 250

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