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1962 - Capital City 300 Race Results


Race Name - Capital City 300
Date - 9/9/1962
Race Track - Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 150 miles
Pole Speed - 66.127 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 9
Average Race Speed - 64.981 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $9,135
Race Number - 47
 More Races from 1962
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Joe Weatherly 8 Bud Moore 300 62 Pontiac $2,000
2 4 Jim Paschal 41 Petty Enterprises 299 62 Plymout $1,350
3 14 Fred Lorenzen 26 LaFayette (HolmanMoody) 296 62 Ford $950
4 9 Richard Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 296 62 Plymout $675
5 1 Rex White 4 Louis Clements (Rex White) 294 62 Chevrol $510
6 6 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 292 62 Chevrol $625
7 19 Melvin Bradley 27 Melvin Bradley 287 62 Chevrol $350
8 16 Bob Welborn 49 JC Parker 282 62 Pontiac $300
9 24 Dick Getty 0 Dick Getty 281 62 Chevrol $250
10 12 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 277 62 Pontiac $250
11 8 Ray Hendrick 35 Rebel Racing 276 61 Pontiac $150
12 15 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 270 62 Mercury $150
13 18 Larry Thomas 36 Wade Younts 269 62 Dodge $150
14 3 GC Spencer 48 GC Spencer 269 62 Chevrol $150
15 21 Bill Dennis 98 268 61 Chevrol $150
16 17 Bill Foster 2 Cliff Stewart 257 62 Pontiac $125
17 10 Fireball Roberts 22 Jim Stephens 256 62 Pontiac $125
18 25 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 254 60 Ford $125
19 20 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 246 61 Ford $125
20 28 Al White 31 Al White 233 62 Ford $125
21 32 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 220 61 Chevrol $125
22 33 George Green 1 Jess Potter 220 60 Chevrol $125
23 29 Jim Bray 5 204 60 Ford $125
24 5 Emanuel Zervakis 20 Emanuel Zervakis 190 62 Mercury $125
25 11 Gary Sain 91 Bob Osiecki 173 62 Dodge $
26 27 TC Hunt 79 Ralph Smith 138 62 Chevrol $
27 31 Bobby Waddell 50 Bobby Waddell 80 60 Dodge $
28 26 Runt Harris 63 Curtis Crider 73 61 Mercury $
29 13 Jack Smith 47 Jack Smith 50 62 Pontiac $
30 22 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 47 62 Chrysle $
31 23 Bill Champion 7 40 60 Ford $
32 7 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 24 62 Ford $
33 30 Larry Frank 66 Ratus Walters 2 62 Ford $