1962 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Dixie 400 Race Results

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1962 - Dixie 400 Race Results

Race Name - Dixie 400
Date - 10/28/1962
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 401 miles
Pole Speed - 138.978 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 124.74 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $42,510
Race Number - 53

More Races from 1962

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	5	Rex White	4	Louis Clements (Rex White)	267	62 Chevrol	3	$10,315
2	7	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	267	62 Pontiac	0	$5,270
3	3	Marvin Panch	21	Wood Brothers	267	62 Ford	52	$3,535
4	15	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	266	62 Plymout	3	$2,415
5	2	Fred Lorenzen	28	LaFayette (HolmanMoody)	266	62 Ford	0	$2,000
6	28	Larry Frank	77	Ratus Walters	264	62 Ford	0	$1,300
7	39	Stick Elliott	18	Toy Bolton	263	62 Pontiac	0	$1,175
8	27	Buck Baker	47	Jack Smith	263	62 Pontiac	0	$1,125
9	12	Jack Smith	17	Jack Smith	262	62 Pontiac	0	$900
10	1	Fireball Roberts	22	Jim Stephens	262	62 Pontiac	144	$2,425
11	10	David Pearson	8	Bud Moore	261	62 Pontiac	0	$750
12	23	Bob Welborn	49	JC Parker	261	62 Pontiac	0	$600
13	30	Elmo Langley	66	Ratus Walters	260	62 Ford	0	$525
14	34	Ralph Earnhardt	91	Bob Osiecki	259	62 Dodge	0	$450
15	40	Buddy Baker	87	Buck Baker	258	62 Chrysle	0	$425
16	18	GC Spencer	48	GC Spencer	257	62 Chevrol	0	$350
17	20	Jim Paschal	42	Petty Enterprises	257	62 Plymout	0	$350
18	16	Bunkie Blackburn	83	Worth McMillion	257	62 Pontiac	0	$350
19	38	Tiny Lund	12	Cliff Stewart	251	62 Pontiac	0	$425
20	8	Johnny Allen	46	Holly Farms (Fred Lovette)	251	62 Pontiac	0	$350
21	32	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	241	62 Ford	0	$325
22	26	Jimmy Thompson	90	Bob Osiecki	229	62 Dodge	0	$325
23	19	Darel Dieringer	26	Mamie Reynolds	196	62 Ford	0	$325
24	6	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	188	62 Pontiac	38	$515
25	22	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	158	62 Pontiac	0	$325
26	36	Sherman Utsman	61	Sherman Utsman	148	62 Ford	0	$300
27	21	Emanuel Zervakis	20	Emanuel Zervakis	145	62 Mercury	0	$300
28	13	Tommy Irwin	40	Rex White	124	62 Chevrol	0	$300
29	35	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	104	62 Dodge	0	$300
30	37	HB Bailey	24	HB Bailey	101	61 Pontiac	0	$300
31	33	HG Rosier	5	HG Rosier	99	61 Pontiac	0	$250
32	17	Johnny Sudderth	30	Fred Clark	85	62 Chevrol	0	$250
33	31	Cale Yarborough	92	Don Harrison	84	62 Ford	0	$250
34	29	Doug Yates	27	Melvin Bradley	75	62 Chevrol	0	$275
35	9	Nelson Stacy	29	HolmanMoody	71	62 Ford	0	$250
36	4	Junior Johnson	3	Ray Fox	66	62 Pontiac	27	$560
37	14	LeeRoy Yarbrough	81	Jimmy Baker	62	62 Mercury	0	$250
38	41	Red Foote	84	Rocky Hinton	55	61 Ford	0	$275
39	42	Paul Lewis	97	Lewis Osborne	20	62 Chevrol	0	$250
40	11	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	12	62 Chevrol	0	$550
41	44	Woodie Wilson	38	Matt DeMatthews	12	61 Ford	0	$250
42	24	Tom Cox	86	Buck Baker	11	62 Chrysle	0	$250
43	25	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	6	62 Mercury	0	$250
44	43	George Green	1	Jess Potter	3	61 Chevrol	0	$250