1962 Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway · 1962 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fireball Roberts	1	48	23	2	5	144	200	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens (Owner)	Pontiac	200	144	running	3,000
2	10	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	32	running	2,880
3	4	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	199	1	running	2,760
4	3	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	199		running	2,640
5	34	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	199		running	2,520
6	2	39	David Pearson	Fox Racing	Pontiac	198		running	2,400
7	8	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	197		running	2,280
8	35	94	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing	Pontiac	197		running	2,160
9	38	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	196		running	2,040
10	17	44	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty (Owner)	Pontiac	194		running	1,920
11	36	32	Bill Wimble	Dave McCready (Owner)	Pontiac	193		running	1,800
12	16	84	Ernie Gahan	Rocky Hinton (Owner)	Ford	192		running	1,680
13	24	42	Bunkie Blackburn	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	192		running	1,560
14	28	2	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	186		running	1,440
15	42	95	Jim Cushman	Jack Russell (Owner)	Plymouth	186		running	1,320
16	12	7	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	183		running	1,200
17	33	15	Speedy Thompson		Ford	182		engine	1,080
18	45	01	Billy Wade	Luther Costales (Owner)	Ford	182		running	960
19	46	98	Paul Barrow	Ronald Hawk (Owner)	Ford	181		running	840
20	47	60	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker (Owner)	Plymouth	180		running	720
21	43	9	Art Brady	Wildcat Williams (Owner)	Ford	176		running	600
22	29	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	175		running	480
23	27	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	173		running	360
24	26	31	Jim McGuirk		Ford	157		engine	240
25	44	92	Gerald Duke	Don Harrison (Owner)	Ford	150		engine	120
26	19	63	George Alsobrook	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	144		running	120
27	7	0	Dan Gurney	Holman Moody	Ford	134		engine	120
28	31	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	89		accident	120
29	15	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	83		overheating	120
30	30	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Pontiac	81		transmission	120
31	40	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	76		distributor	120
32	25	68	Ed Livingston	Ed Livingston (Owner)	Ford	75		oil pressure	120
33	5	6	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing	Pontiac	73	1	clutch	120
34	9	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	72	22	engine	120
35	13	53	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick (Owner)	Pontiac	55		crank shaft	120
36	20	75	Ralph Earnhardt	Robert Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	54		engine	120
37	14	37	Wally Dallenbach Sr.	Don House (Owner)	Ford	53		engine	120
38	22	14	Charley Griffith	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	53		rocker arm	120
39	41	88	Sal Tovella	Tom Hawkins (Owner)	Ford	41		head gasket	120
40	23	23	Red Farmer	Frank Rhoads (Owner)	Ford	34		spindle	120
41	18	25	Jim Bennett	Thurman Wilkes (Owner)	Ford	31		head gasket	120
42	32	85	Tommy Irwin	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	26		piston	120
43	6	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody	Ford	25		engine	120
44	37	90	Marvin Panch	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	19		rear end	120
45	48	38	G.C. Spencer	Matt DeMatthews (Owner)	Ford	15		clutch	120
46	11	66	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	14		engine	120
47	39	77	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	4		engine	120
48	21	52	Cale Yarborough	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	4		electrical	120

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fireball Roberts	144	72.0%	P1
2	Richard Petty	32	16.0%	P2
3	Junior Johnson	22	11.0%	P34
4	Joe Weatherly	1	0.5%	P3
5	Cotton Owens	1	0.5%	P33

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1962 Daytona 500

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