1962 Capital City 300

Race 47 of 53

Richmond
300 laps
Time of race: 2:18:30
Average speed of winner: 64.981 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: N/A among N/A drivers
Lead changes: N/A
Cautions: 1 for 9 laps
Lap leaders: 1-299 unknown, Weatherly 300

Race notes: Debut for Melvin Bradley and Bill Dennis.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Joe Weatherly	8		'62 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		300	1	1	running	2000	0
2	4	Jim Paschal	41		'62 Plymouth	Petty			299	0	0	running	1350	0
3	14	Fred Lorenzen	26	LaFayette	'62 Ford	Mamie Reynolds			296	0	0	running	950	0
4	9	Richard Petty	42		'62 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		296	0	0	running	675	0
5	1	Rex White	4		'62 Chevrolet	Clements	Clements	66.127	294	0	0	running	510	0
6	6	Ned Jarrett	11		'62 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway	Allman		292	0	0	running	625	0
7	19	Melvin Bradley	27		'62 Chevrolet				287	0	0	running	350	0
8	16	Bob Welborn	49		'62 Pontiac	J.C. Parker			282	0	0	running	300	0
9	24	Dick Getty	00		'62 Chevrolet				281	0	0	running	250	0
10	12	Jimmy Pardue	54		'62 Pontiac	Pardue			277	0	0	running	250	0
11	8	Ray Hendrick	35	Rebel Racing	'61 Pontiac				276	0	0	running	150	0
12	15	Curtis Crider	62		'62 Mercury	Crider			270	0	0	running	150	0
13	18	Larry Thomas	36		'62 Dodge	Younts			269	0	0	running	150	0
14	3	G.C. Spencer	48		'62 Chevrolet	Floyd Powell			269	0	0	running	150	0
15	21	Bill Dennis	98		'61 Chevrolet				268	0	0	running	150	0
16	17	Bill Foster	2		'62 Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			257	0	0	running	125	0
17	10	Fireball Roberts	22		'62 Pontiac	Jim Stephens			256	0	0	running	125	0
18	25	Herman Beam	19		'60 Ford	Beam			254	0	0	running	125	0
19	20	Fred Harb	17		'61 Ford	Harb			246	0	0	running	125	0
20	28	Al White	31		'62 Ford				233	0	0	distributor	125	0
21	32	Wendell Scott	34		'61 Chevrolet	Wendell Scott			220	0	0	ball joint	125	0
22	33	George Green	1		'60 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			220	0	0	running	125	0
23	29	Jim Bray	5		'60 Ford				204	0	0	radiator	125	0
24	5	Emanuel Zervakis	20		'62 Mercury				190	0	0	steering	125	0
25	11	Gary Sain	91		'62 Dodge	Osiecki			173	0	0	lug bolts	0	0
26	27	T.C. Hunt	79		'62 Chevrolet				138	0	0	shocks	0	0
27	31	Bobby Waddell	50		'60 Dodge				80	0	0	radiator	0	0
28	26	Runt Harris	63		'61 Mercury	Crider			73	0	0	pistons	0	0
29	13	Jack Smith	47		'62 Pontiac	Jack Smith			50	0	0	accident	0	0
30	22	Buck Baker	87		'62 Chrysler	Buck Baker			47	0	0	radiator	0	0
31	23	Bill Champion	7		'60 Ford				40	0	0	head gasket	0	0
32	7	Elmo Langley	64		'62 Ford				24	0	0	transmission	0	0
33	30	Larry Frank	66		'62 Ford	Ratus Walters			2	0	0	rear end	0	0