1962 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1962 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Larry Frank	10	44	23	4	7	85	364	500.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	10	66	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	364	85	running	2,800
2	2	3	Junior Johnson	Fox Racing	Pontiac	364	29	running	2,688
3	8	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	364		running	2,576
4	7	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Pontiac	364		running	2,464
5	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	363	95	running	2,352
6	14	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	363	9	running	2,240
7	13	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody	Ford	363		running	2,128
8	30	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	360		running	2,016
9	18	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	359		running	1,904
10	5	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	357		running	1,792
11	23	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	357		running	1,680
12	12	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Pontiac	357		running	1,568
13	16	20	Emanuel Zervakis	Zervakis Enterprises	Mercury	355		running	1,456
14	28	49	Bob Welborn	J.C. Parker (Owner)	Pontiac	354		running	1,344
15	31	61	Sherman Utsman	Sherman Utsman (Owner)	Ford	346		running	1,232
16	27	82	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	344		running	1,120
17	24	5	H.G. Rosier	H.G. Rosier (Owner)	Pontiac	343		wheel	1,008
18	42	97	Paul Lewis	Lewis Osborne (Owner)	Chevrolet	340		running	896
19	11	30	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark (Owner)	Chevrolet	335		running	784
20	34	84	Red Foote	Rocky Hinton (Owner)	Ford	334		running	672
21	33	1	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	332		running	560
22	32	68	Ed Livingston	Ed Livingston (Owner)	Ford	330		running	448
23	38	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	304		running	336
24	3	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	291	31	engine	224
25	39	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	286		running	112
26	9	46	Johnny Allen	Fred Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	275		accident	112
27	29	83	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Worth McMillion (Owner)	Pontiac	259		engine	112
28	22	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	200		wheel bearing	112
29	37	96	T.C. Hunt	Lewis Osborne (Owner)	Chevrolet	196		engine	112
30	15	26	Darel Dieringer	Mamie Reynolds (Owner)	Ford	184		accident	112
31	4	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Pontiac	184	57	accident	112
32	21	41	Bunkie Blackburn	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	181		accident	112
33	36	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)	Ford	161		transmission	112
34	17	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	111		accident	112
35	30	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	95		transmission	112
36	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens (Owner)	Pontiac	74	58	accident	112
37	20	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	58		distributor	112
38	25	92	Cale Yarborough	Don Harrison (Owner)	Ford	39		overheating	112
39	26	81	Roscoe Thompson	Jimmy Baker (Owner)	Mercury	39		accident	112
40	41	79	Bill Champion	Ralph Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	15		transmission	112
41	35	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Pontiac	14		engine	112
42	40	91	Gary Sain	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	11		fuel pump	112
43	43	2	Tom Cox	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	4		oil pressure	112
44	44	38	Matt DeMatthews	Matt DeMatthews (Owner)	Ford	2		oil pressure	112

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	95	26.1%	P5
2	Larry Frank	85	23.4%	P1
3	Fireball Roberts	58	15.9%	P36
4	Bobby Johns	57	15.7%	P31
5	Fred Lorenzen	31	8.5%	P24
6	Junior Johnson	29	8.0%	P2
7	Jim Paschal	9	2.5%	P6

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1962 Southern 500

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