1962 National 400

Charlotte Motor Speedway · 1962 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Junior Johnson	3	44	21	1	4	204	267	400.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	3	Junior Johnson	Fox Racing	Pontiac	267	204	running	2,050
2	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens (Owner)	Pontiac	265		running	1,968
3	8	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	264		running	1,886
4	27	83	Bunkie Blackburn	Worth McMillion (Owner)	Pontiac	262		running	1,804
5	7	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	261		running	1,722
6	15	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	259		running	1,640
7	20	20	Emanuel Zervakis	Zervakis Enterprises	Mercury	258		running	1,558
8	33	91	Ralph Earnhardt	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	258		running	1,476
9	23	41	Speedy Thompson	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	258		running	1,394
10	19	49	Bob Welborn	J.C. Parker (Owner)	Pontiac	258		running	1,312
11	31	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	255		running	1,230
12	28	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	255		running	1,148
13	32	90	Jimmy Thompson	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	254		running	1,066
14	36	61	Sherman Utsman	Sherman Utsman (Owner)	Ford	251		running	984
15	5	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	250	47	did not finish	902
16	12	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	250		running	820
17	40	68	Ed Livingston	Ed Livingston (Owner)	Ford	243		running	738
18	11	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	243		running	656
19	43	1	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	242		running	574
20	18	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Pontiac	238		running	492
21	30	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	237		running	410
22	44	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	233		running	328
23	2	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Pontiac	230	2	ball joint	246
24	9	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	223		fan belt	164
25	39	9	Cale Yarborough	Wildcat Williams (Owner)	Ford	212		wheel bearing	82
26	34	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	204		engine	82
27	16	12	Tiny Lund	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	194		timing	82
28	6	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Pontiac	185	14	distributor	82
29	29	84	Red Foote	Rocky Hinton (Owner)	Ford	181		head gasket	82
30	26	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	178		engine	82
31	17	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody	Ford	177		accident	82
32	35	30	Johnny Sudderth	Fred Clark (Owner)	Chevrolet	171		engine	82
33	24	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	168		oil pressure	82
34	14	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Pontiac	154		engine	82
35	25	97	Paul Lewis	Lewis Osborne (Owner)	Chevrolet	142		accident	82
36	42	96	Bruce Brantley	Lewis Osborne (Owner)	Chevrolet	139		rear end	82
37	38	2	Bill Foster	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	127		brakes	82
38	10	26	Darel Dieringer	Mamie Reynolds (Owner)	Ford	72		engine	82
39	41	79	T.C. Hunt	Ralph Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	38		engine	82
40	22	27	Doug Yates	Melvin Bradley (Owner)	Chevrolet	31		engine	82
41	13	5	H.G. Rosier	H.G. Rosier (Owner)	Pontiac	22		transmission	82
42	37	38	Woodie Wilson	Matt DeMatthews (Owner)	Ford	19		axle	82
43	21	81	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jimmy Baker (Owner)	Mercury	17		oil leak	82
44	4	46	Johnny Allen	Fred Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	8		head gasket	82

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Junior Johnson	204	76.4%	P1
2	Marvin Panch	47	17.6%	P15
3	Bobby Johns	14	5.2%	P28
4	David Pearson	2	0.7%	P23

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