1962 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Daytona 500 Race Results

NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

NASCAR Cup Series Main Page
NASCAR Cup Series Champions
NASCAR Cup Series Rookie/Popular Driver/Manufacturer by Year
NASCAR Cup Series by Year

1962 - Daytona 500 Race Results

Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/18/1962
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 156.999 mph
Number of Cautions - 0
Caution Laps - 0
Average Race Speed - 152.52 mph
Lead Changes - 22
Total Race Purse - $70,740
Race Number - 5

More Races from 1962

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Fireball Roberts	22	Stephens Pontiac (Jim Stephens)	200	62 Pontiac	144	$24,190
2	10	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	200	62 Plymout	32	$10,250
3	4	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	199	62 Pontiac	1	$7,100
4	3	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	199	62 Pontiac	0	$4,025
5	34	Fred Lorenzen	28	LaFayette (HolmanMoody)	199	62 Ford	0	$2,975
6	2	David Pearson	39	Ray Fox	198	62 Pontiac	0	$2,075
7	8	Rex White	4	Louis Clements (Rex White)	197	62 Chevrol	0	$1,550
8	35	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	197	62 Pontiac	0	$1,050
9	38	Ned Jarrett	11	Jim Rathmann (BG Holloway)	196	62 Chevrol	0	$850
10	17	Bob Welborn	44	Julian Petty	194	62 Pontiac	0	$750
11	36	Bill Wimble	32	Dave McCready	193	61 Pontiac	0	$600
12	16	Ernie Gahan	84	Rocky Hinton	192	61 Ford	0	$500
13	24	Bunkie Blackburn	42	Petty Enterprises	192	62 Plymout	0	$500
14	28	Jim Paschal	2	Cliff Stewart	186	61 Pontiac	0	$475
15	42	Jim Cushman	95	Jack Russell	186	61 Plymout	0	$475
16	12	Johnny Allen	7	BG Holloway	183	62 Chevrol	0	$450
17	33	Speedy Thompson	15	HolmanMoody	182	62 Ford	0	$450
18	45	Billy Wade	1	Luther Costales	182	62 Ford	0	$425
19	46	Paul Burrow	98	Ronald Hawk	181	62 Ford	0	$425
20	47	Tom Cox	60	Ray Herlocker	180	60 Plymout	0	$425
21	43	Art Brady	9	Wildcat Williams	176	62 Ford	0	$400
22	29	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	175	62 Ford	0	$400
23	27	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	173	61 Mercury	0	$400
24	26	Jim McGuirk	31		157	61 Ford	0	$400
25	44	Gerald Duke	92	Don Harrison	150	62 Ford	0	$400
26	19	George Alsobrook	63	Ratus Walters	144	61 Ford	0	$400
27	7	Dan Gurney	0	Lafayette Ford (HolmanMoody)	134	62 Ford	0	$400
28	31	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	89	62 Chrysle	0	$400
29	15	Buddy Baker	86	Buck Baker	83	62 Chrysle	0	$400
30	30	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	81	62 Pontiac	0	$400
31	40	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	76	62 Dodge	0	$400
32	25	Ed Livingston	68	Ed Livingston	75	61 Ford	0	$400
33	5	Cotton Owens	6	Cotton Owens	73	62 Pontiac	1	$400
34	9	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	72	62 Pontiac	22	$400
35	13	Bob Burdick	53	Roy Burdick	55	62 Pontiac	0	$400
36	20	Ralph Earnhardt	75	Robert Smith	54	61 Pontiac	0	$400
37	14	Wally Dallenbach	37	Don House	53	61 Ford	0	$400
38	22	Charley Griffith	14	Joe Lee Johnson	53	62 Chevrol	0	$400
39	41	Sal Tovella	88	Tom Hawkins	41	61 Ford	0	$400
40	23	Red Farmer	23	Frank Rhoads	34	61 Ford	0	$400
41	18	Jim Bennett	25	Thurman Wilkes	31	61 Ford	0	$400
42	32	Tommy Irwin	85	Monroe Shook	26	62 Chevrol	0	$400
43	6	Nelson Stacy	29	Rons Ford Sales (HolmanMoody)	25	62 Ford	0	$400
44	37	Marvin Panch	90	Osieckis Dodge (Bob Osiecki)	19	62 Dodge	0	$400
45	48	GC Spencer	38	Matt DeMatthews	15	61 Ford	0	$400
46	11	Larry Frank	66	Ratus Walters	14	62 Ford	0	$400
47	39	Elmo Langley	77	Ratus Walters	4	61 Ford	0	$400
48	21	Cale Yarborough	52	Julian Buesink	4	61 Ford	0	$400