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1962 - Atlanta 500 Race Results


Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 6/10/1962
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 329 miles
Pole Speed - 137.64 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 61
Average Race Speed - 101.98 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $52,010
Race Number - 24
 More Races from 1962
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 7 Fred Lorenzen 28 LaFayette (HolmanMoody) 219 62 Ford 48 $15,555
2 1 Banjo Matthews 2 Banjo Matthews 219 62 Pontiac 73 $9,490
3 4 Bobby Johns 72 Shorty Johns 218 62 Pontiac 32 $5,220
4 14 Fireball Roberts 22 Banjo Matthews 218 62 Pontiac 0 $2,525
5 22 Troy Ruttman 98 Bill Stroppe 218 62 Mercury 0 $1,750
6 19 Paul Goldsmith 1 Ray Nichels 218 62 Pontiac 0 $1,375
7 3 David Pearson 3 Ray Fox 217 62 Pontiac 14 $1,420
8 10 Marvin Panch 21 Wood Brothers 217 62 Ford 0 $1,250
9 11 Junior Johnson 6 Cotton Owens 216 62 Pontiac 0 $1,025
10 30 Jim Paschal 2 Cliff Stewart 214 62 Pontiac 0 $900
11 25 Buddy Baker 86 Buck Baker 213 62 Chrysle 0 $800
12 12 Bob Welborn 12 BG Holloway 213 62 Pontiac 0 $750
13 16 Jack Smith 47 Jack Smith 213 62 Pontiac 0 $625
14 18 Roscoe Thompson 81 Jimmy Baker 212 62 Mercury 0 $500
15 21 Tiny Lund 30 Fred Clark 212 62 Chevrol 8 $400
16 15 Emanuel Zervakis 20 Emanuel Zervakis 212 62 Mercury 5 $350
17 35 LeeRoy Yarbrough 97 Lewis Osborne 211 62 Chevrol 0 $300
18 9 Joe Weatherly 8 Bud Moore 210 62 Pontiac 36 $375
19 39 Larry Thomas 36 Wade Younts 210 62 Dodge 0 $300
20 42 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 209 62 Chrysle 0 $300
21 2 Rex White 4 Louis Clements (Rex White) 207 62 Chevrol 0 $325
22 34 Bill Morton 61 Bill Morton 207 62 Ford 0 $250
23 27 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 207 62 Plymout 0 $250
24 31 Tubby Gonzales 80 Tubby Gonzales 206 61 Ford 0 $250
25 20 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 205 62 Pontiac 0 $250
26 32 GC Spencer 79 Ralph Smith 204 62 Chevrol 0 $250
27 38 Friday Hassler 49 JC Parker 202 62 Pontiac 0 $250
28 40 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 202 62 Mercury 0 $250
29 26 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 199 61 Ford 0 $250
30 6 Larry Frank 66 Ratus Walters 199 62 Ford 0 $525
31 43 George Green 1 Jess Potter 199 61 Chevrol 0 $225
32 33 Darel Dieringer 90 Bob Osiecki 183 62 Dodge 0 $225
33 41 Ed Livingston 68 Ed Livingston 181 61 Ford 0 $225
34 42 George Alsobrook 63 Ratus Walters 156 61 Ford 0 $225
35 45 Jim Locke 32 140 61 Ford 0 $225
36 28 Ralph Earnhardt 16 Happy Steigel 132 62 Pontiac 0 $225
37 17 Johnny Allen 46 Holly Farms (Fred Lovette) 130 62 Pontiac 0 $250
38 44 Tom Cox 60 Ray Herlocker 130 60 Plymout 0 $200
39 13 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 114 62 Chevrol 0 $475
40 23 Cale Yarborough 92 Julian Buesink 89 62 Ford 0 $200
41 5 Cotton Owens 7 Cotton Owens 81 62 Pontiac 0 $425
42 36 Stick Elliott 18 Toy Bolton 66 61 Pontiac 0 $200
43 29 Bunkie Blackburn 9 Wildcat Williams 23 62 Ford 0 $200
44 37 TC Hunt 10 Fred Wheat 6 61 Dodge 0 $200
45 8 Nelson Stacy 29 HolmanMoody 2 62 Ford 0 $250
46 46 AF Nichols 50 1 60 Plymout 0 $200