1962 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Daytona 500 Qualifier 1 Race Results

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1962 - Daytona 500 Qualifier 1 Race Results

Race Name - Daytona 500 Qualifier 1
Date - 2/16/1962
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 158.744 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 156.99 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $4,625
Race Number - 3

More Races from 1962

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Fireball Roberts	22	Stephens Pontiac (Jim Stephens)	40	62 Pontiac	33	$1,000
2	2	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	40	62 Pontiac		$600
3	4	Cotton Owens	6	Cotton Owens	40	62 Pontiac		$400
4	6	Dan Gurney	0	LaFayette (HolmanMoody)	40	62 Ford		$300
5	3	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	40	62 Pontiac		$300
6	7	Larry Frank	66	Ratus Walters	40	62 Ford		$250
7	11	Bob Burdick	53	Roy Burdick	40	61 Pontiac		$225
8	9	Buddy Baker	86	Buck Baker	39	62 Chrysle		$175
9	10	Ernie Gahan	84	Rocky Hinton	39	61 Ford		$150
10	22	Jim Bennett	25	Thurman Wilkes	39	61 Ford		$140
11	21	Ralph Earnhardt	75	Robert Smith	39	61 Pontiac		$135
12	17	Charley Griffith	14	Joe Lee Johnson	39	62 Chevrol		$125
13	15	Bunkie Blackburn	42	Petty Enterprises	39	62 Plymout		$115
14	13	Jim McGuirk	31		39	61 Ford		$100
15	14	Jim Paschal	2	Cliff Stewart	38	62 Pontiac		$85
16	20	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	38	62 Dodge		$75
17	8	Bill Wimble	32	Dave McCready	38	62 Pontiac		$75
18	24	Jim Cushman	95	Jack Russell	37	61 Plymout		$75
19	18	Sal Tovella	88	Tom Hawkins	36	61 Ford		$50
20	16	John Rogers	58	John Rogers	35	61 Pontiac		$50
21	23	GC Spencer	38	Matt DeMatthews	35	61 Ford		$50
22	25	Tom Cox	60	Ray Herlocker	22	60 Plymout		$50
23	19	Harlan Richardson	1	Luther Costales	17	62 Ford		$50
24	5	Fred Lorenzen	28	LaFayette (HolmanMoody)	8	62 Ford		$50
25	12	Gerald Duke	92	Don Harrison	5	62 Ford		$