1962 Gwyn Staley 400

Race 12 of 53

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:57:01
Average speed of winner: 84.737 mph
Margin of victory: 4 car lengths
Lead changes: 5 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 5 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Johnson 1-19, Roberts 20-114, Weatherly 115-204, Petty 205-264, Jarrett 265-318, Petty 319-400

Race notes: Finale for J.C. Hendrix and Herb Thomas.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	15	Richard Petty	43		'62 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		400	2	142	running	2725	0
2	6	Fred Lorenzen	28	LaFayette	'62 Ford	Holman-Moody			400	0	0	running	1450	0
3	1	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms	'61 Pontiac	Lovette		94.142	399	1	19	running	1110	0
4	4	Fireball Roberts	22		'62 Pontiac	Banjo Matthews			398	1	95	running	850	0
5	17	Darel Dieringer	90		'62 Dodge	Osiecki			396	0	0	running	675	0
6	21	Buck Baker	87		'62 Chrysler	Buck Baker			395	0	0	running	500	0
7	20	Larry Frank	66		'62 Ford	Ratus Walters			391	0	0	running	475	0
8	2	Joe Weatherly	8		'62 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		389	1	90	running	590	0
9	13	Jack Smith	47		'62 Pontiac	Jack Smith			387	0	0	running	375	0
10	3	Billy Wade	24		'61 Pontiac	James Turner			382	0	0	accident	375	0
11	18	G.C. Spencer	48		'60 Chevrolet	Floyd Powell			382	0	0	running	300	0
12	28	Tom Cox	60		'60 Plymouth	Herlocker			381	0	0	running	250	0
13	19	J.C. Hendrix	30		'62 Chevrolet	Fred Clark			379	0	0	running	250	0
14	23	Herb Thomas	91		'62 Chevrolet				377	0	0	running	200	0
15	16	Larry Thomas	36		'62 Dodge	Younts			373	0	0	running	175	0
16	11	Bobby Johns	72		'62 Pontiac	Shorty Johns			370	0	0	running	175	0
17	30	Jim Cushman	95		'61 Plymouth	Jack Russell			370	0	0	running	150	0
18	7	Tommy Irwin	85		'62 Chevrolet	Shook			365	0	0	running	175	0
19	33	Curtis Crider	62		'61 Mercury	Crider			362	0	0	running	150	0
20	27	Herman Beam	19		'62 Ford	Beam			360	0	0	running	150	0
21	26	Gerald Duke	92		'62 Ford	Don Harrison			356	0	0	running	100	0
22	35	George Green	1		'61 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			353	0	0	running	100	0
23	32	Bob Cooper	51		'60 Plymouth				349	0	0	running	100	0
24	14	Ned Jarrett	11		'62 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway	Allman		318	1	54	engine	375	0
25	8	Nelson Stacy	29		'62 Ford	Holman-Moody			289	0	0	transmission	125	0
26	24	Jim Paschal	2		'62 Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			281	0	0	transmission	100	0
27	25	Wendell Scott	34		'61 Chevrolet	Wendell Scott			240	0	0	running	100	0
28	5	Jimmy Pardue	54		'62 Pontiac	Pardue			198	0	0	accident	150	0
29	31	Johnny Nave	79		'60 Ford				169	0	0	withdrew	100	0
30	9	Cotton Owens	6		'62 Pontiac	Owens	Owens		163	0	0	transmission	125	0
31	12	Rex White	4		'62 Chevrolet	Clements	Clements		162	0	0	oil pressure	25	0
32	10	Marvin Panch	21		'62 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		140	0	0	rear end	25	0
33	22	David Pearson	44		'62 Pontiac	Julian Petty			90	0	0	oil pressure	0	0
34	29	Doug Yates	23		'60 Plymouth	Doug Yates			23	0	0	oil leak	0	0
35	34	Bobby Waddell	50		'60 Dodge				6	0	0	distributor	0	0