1962 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Virginia 500 Race Results

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1962 - Virginia 500 Race Results

Race Name - Virginia 500
Date - 4/22/1962
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 71.287 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 66.425 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $14,265
Race Number - 15

More Races from 1962

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	7	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	500	62 Plymout	145	$3,400
2	27	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	500	62 Pontiac	0	$1,625
3	8	Rex White	4	Louis Clements (Rex White)	499	62 Chevrol	7	$1,210
4	1	Fred Lorenzen	28	LaFayette (HolmanMoody)	499	61 Ford	18	$860
5	5	Lee Petty	41	Petty Enterprises	499	62 Plymout	0	$750
6	3	Marvin Panch	21	Wood Brothers	492	62 Ford	0	$650
7	6	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	492	62 Pontiac	0	$550
8	10	Billy Wade	24	James Turner	487	61 Pontiac	0	$500
9	13	Larry Frank	66	Ratus Walters	487	62 Ford	0	$400
10	19	Darel Dieringer	90	Bob Osiecki	469	62 Dodge	0	$365
11	20	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	461	62 Ford	0	$325
12	29	GC Spencer	48	GC Spencer	456	60 Chevrol	0	$275
13	16	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	456	62 Chevrol	0	$450
14	25	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	456	61 Chevrol	0	$225
15	22	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	451	62 Dodge	0	$150
16	9	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	438	62 Pontiac	0	$150
17	12	Tom Cox	60	Ray Herlocker	430	60 Plymout	0	$150
18	18	Fireball Roberts	22	Banjo Matthews	415	62 Pontiac	244	$390
19	24	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	410	61 Mercury	0	$150
20	11	Johnny Allen	85	Monroe Shook	282	62 Chevrol	0	$150
21	2	Nelson Stacy	29	HolmanMoody	248	62 Ford	30	$180
22	26	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	204	61 Pontiac	56	$210
23	15	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	202	62 Chrysle	0	$150
24	21	George Green	1	Jess Potter	194	61 Chevrol	0	$150
25	4	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	111	62 Pontiac	0	$150
26	30	Lester Hicks	65		106	60 Dodge	0	$100
27	23	Stick Elliott	18	Toy Bolton	98	60 Ford	0	$100
28	14	Fred Harb	17	Fred Harb	20	61 Ford	0	$100
29	28	Bob Cooper	51	Bob Cooper	18	60 Ford	0	$100
30	17	Ralph Earnhardt	75	Robert Smith	18	61 Pontiac	0	$100
31	31	Neil Castles	76	Neil Castles	1	60 Ford	0	$100
32	32	Johnny Nave	79	Robert Ramey	1	60 Ford	0	$100