1962 NASCAR Grand National Series standings

1962 season results

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Money	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Races Led	Races Led Most	X Led	Laps Led	Races Led Points	Avg % Led	% Beat	Laps	DNFs
1	Joe Weatherly	30836	52	7	9	39	45	70742	5.73	4.96	17	3	18	593	48	7.68	83.93	12431	5
2	Richard Petty	28440	52	4	8	32	39	60763	6.73	6.88	19	6	33	1437	0	10.42	76.13	11551	11
3	Ned Jarrett	25336	52	4	6	19	35	43443	9.53	9.33	12	5	14	1197	0	10.87	66.22	11295	14
4	Jack Smith	22870	51	7	5	27	35	34748	7.58	8.59	10	4	11	903	5	6.77	69.48	10781	12
5	Rex White	19424	37	9	8	18	23	36245	6.72	9.89	14	5	16	1124	0	12.77	67.78	7683	12
6	Jim Paschal	18128	39	0	4	17	24	27348	11.76	9.85	8	2	11	819	0	5.01	66.04	8311	12
7	Fred Lorenzen	17554	19	3	2	11	12	46100	7.22	10.95	8	1	12	436	0	7.35	71.06	4435	8
8	Fireball Roberts	16380	19	9	3	9	12	66151	5.21	12.37	12	3	28	928	0	14.97	67.47	4312	6
9	Marvin Panch	15138	17	0	0	5	8	26746	9.00	14.47	4	0	9	172	0	4.24	62.27	3642	8
10	David Pearson	14404	12	0	0	1	7	19031	8.17	13.67	4	1	8	280	0	7.06	66.74	2690	6
11	Herman Beam	13650	51	0	0	0	18	12571	18.94	13.04	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.92	11217	0
12	Curtis Crider	13050	52	0	0	3	18	12016	19.24	14.44	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.48	10051	13
13	Buck Baker	12838	37	0	0	6	14	12786	13.51	14.41	2	0	2	18	0	0.15	50.55	6707	18
14	Larry Frank	12814	19	0	1	2	8	32986	15.21	18.05	1	0	1	85	0	1.23	48.73	3566	8
15	Bob Welborn	12368	25	0	0	5	12	10346	13.04	11.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	65.18	5654	6
16	George Green	12132	46	0	0	1	15	9221	20.04	15.04	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.13	9279	11
17	Larry Thomas	11946	37	0	0	3	12	9486	17.95	14.92	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.35	7268	12
18	Tom Cox	11688	42	0	0	3	20	10181	18.85	14.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.91	8370	12
19	Jimmy Pardue	11414	29	0	1	5	16	12066	10.52	12.21	3	0	6	200	0	2.42	61.40	7274	6
20	Junior Johnson	11140	23	2	1	7	8	34841	6.09	17.57	10	2	21	641	0	8.71	48.44	3663	15
21	Nelson Stacy	10934	15	0	3	5	7	43080	8.07	17.87	4	1	7	371	0	5.25	55.14	3484	8
22	Wendell Scott	9906	41	1	0	4	19	7133	16.20	12.32	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	49.18	8542	13
23	Buddy Baker	9828	31	0	0	5	10	7578	16.77	15.16	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.47	5454	12
24	G.C. Spencer	9788	42	0	0	6	13	7995	14.32	15.81	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.94	7300	22
25	Bunkie Blackburn	8016	10	0	0	1	3	5890	19.80	17.40	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	57.73	2325	4
26	Johnny Allen	7602	20	1	1	5	8	7230	9.15	16.65	4	1	4	288	0	5.56	51.17	4094	9
27	Emanuel Zervakis	6406	11	0	0	0	2	4545	13.09	19.09	1	0	1	5	0	0.21	48.84	2151	6
28	Bobby Johns	5670	13	0	1	2	3	15863	7.23	20.15	8	1	19	614	0	12.28	50.00	2745	10
29	Ralph Earnhardt	5472	17	0	0	2	6	4545	19.69	18.65	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.08	2022	8
30	Cotton Owens	4984	16	1	0	7	8	5905	7.00	13.56	3	0	3	56	0	1.75	48.20	2000	10
31	Banjo Matthews	4956	5	2	0	1	2	11375	8.40	17.80	3	2	8	145	0	24.37	56.92	532	3
32	Sherman Utsman	4896	12	0	0	1	4	3580	15.58	13.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.68	3293	4
33	Darel Dieringer	4548	14	1	0	1	3	4880	16.93	19.36	1	0	1	17	0	0.55	47.44	3179	10
34	Tiny Lund	4384	10	0	0	0	0	2880	23.30	18.90	1	0	1	8	0	0.37	50.69	2487	5
35	Stick Elliott	4254	21	0	0	0	2	3928	23.40	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.17	3028	13
36	LeeRoy Yarbrough	4240	12	0	0	1	1	3285	19.42	24.17	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.62	1478	9
37	Tommy Irwin	3980	20	0	0	2	9	3305	10.11	16.10	1	0	1	10	0	0.26	41.59	2982	11
38	Ed Livingston	3604	13	0	0	0	0	2940	24.54	19.69	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.94	1758	6
39	Fred Harb	3430	21	0	0	0	3	2220	15.38	17.43	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.55	2763	16
40	Elmo Langley	2556	6	0	0	0	0	1795	23.33	25.17	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.09	774	4
41	Bill Morton	2522	5	0	0	0	2	1350	30.20	19.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.57	1359	1
42	Speedy Thompson	2522	3	0	0	0	1	1400	20.67	16.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	59.65	443	2
43	Jimmy Thompson	2346	3	0	0	0	0	1650	28.67	18.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	60.90	847	1
44	Red Foote	2274	4	0	0	0	0	1600	32.50	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.18	939	2
45	Ernie Gahan	2092	3	0	0	0	1	725	13.67	13.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	61.05	284	1
46	Billy Wade	2008	4	0	0	0	2	1350	18.00	13.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	60.77	1054	2
47	Jim Cushman	1954	4	0	0	0	1	850	28.25	14.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	56.00	782	0
48	Bill Wimble	1944	2	0	0	0	0	675	22.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	63.38	231	0
49	Troy Ruttman	1890	1	0	0	1	1	1750	22.00	5.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	91.11	218	0
50	Cale Yarborough	1884	8	0	0	0	1	2725	22.13	27.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	27.15	727	6
	Weldon Adams		1	0	0	0	0		14.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.67	90	1
	George Alsobrook		5	0	0	0	1		21.40	20.40	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.90	406	3
	L.D. Austin		1	0	0	0	0		19.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.00	53	1
	H.B. Bailey		1	0	0	0	0		37.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.56	101	1
	Paul Barrow		2	0	0	0	0		35.50	18.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.70	189	1
	Jim Bennett		5	0	0	1	2		11.40	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.00	402	3
	Robert Berrier		1	0	0	0	0		24.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.13	100	0
	Gene Blackburn		1	0	0	0	0		30.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.71	274	1
	Bill Block		1	0	0	0	0		16.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.70	32	1
	Melvin Bradley		3	0	0	1	2		14.00	7.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	76.83	1007	0
	Art Brady		2	0	0	0	0		31.00	22.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.44	179	1
	Bruce Brantley		1	0	0	0	0		42.00	36.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.60	139	1
	Frank Brantley		1	0	0	0	0		17.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.00	164	0
	Jim Bray		3	0	0	0	0		23.00	17.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.99	362	2
	Earl Brooks		8	0	0	0	3		21.88	18.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.13	946	4
	Bob Burdick		2	0	0	0	1		12.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.66	95	1
	Jerry Burnett		1	0	0	0	0		12.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.78	143	1
	Harold Carmac		2	0	0	0	1		21.50	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.83	172	1
	Neil Castles		8	0	0	0	1		19.75	19.13	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.67	547	3
	Bill Champion		2	0	0	0	0		32.00	35.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.00	55	2
	Bob Cooper		13	0	0	0	1		21.50	17.23	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.99	1644	7
	Wally Dallenbach		2	0	0	0	1		15.00	21.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.25	92	1
	Bill Delaney		1	0	0	0	0		19.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.56	3	1
	Matt DeMatthews		1	0	0	0	0		44.00	44.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	1
	Jack Deniston		1	0	0	0	0		15.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.67	81	1
	Bill Dennis		1	0	0	0	0		21.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	56.25	268	0
	Bob Devine		2	0	0	0	0		15.00	12.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.59	453	0
	Dick Dixon		1	0	0	0	0		17.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.50	23	1
	John Dodd, Jr.		2	0	0	0	0		29.50	34.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.19	78	2
	Gerald Duke		4	0	0	0	0		26.25	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.58	607	2
	George Dunn		1	0	0	1	1		7.00	4.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	83.33	108	0
	Doug Duvall		1	0	0	0	0		21.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.09	59	1
	Red Farmer		2	0	0	0	0		23.50	25.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.99	72	1
	Bubba Farr		1	0	0	0	0		8.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	22	1
	Bill Faulkner		1	0	0	0	0		20.00	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.74	43	1
	Ronnie Fones		2	0	0	0	0		15.50	14.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.77	434	0
	Bill Foster		5	0	0	0	1		24.40	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.02	1230	2
	George Fox		1	0	0	0	0		29.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	1
	Harold Fryar		1	0	0	0	0		12.00	13.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	40.00	187	0
	Steve Garrett		1	0	0	0	0		22.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.39	40	1
	Dick Getty		5	0	0	0	2		15.80	13.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.18	525	3
	Paul Goldsmith		1	0	0	0	1		19.00	6.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	88.89	218	0
	Tubby Gonzales		4	0	0	0	0		31.75	29.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	27.10	422	2
	Frank Graham		1	0	0	0	1		15.00	8.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	61.11	178	0
	Charley Griffith		3	0	0	0	0		24.67	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.25	229	2
	Hank Grilliot		1	0	0	0	0		21.00	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1
	Dan Gurney		2	0	0	1	1		6.50	15.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	59.15	174	1
	Roy Hallquist		1	0	0	0	1		7.00	8.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.00	183	1
	John Hamby		3	0	0	0	0		23.33	17.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.51	638	1
	Allan Harley		2	0	0	0	0		33.00	34.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	15	2
	Rock Harn		1	0	0	0	0		22.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	1
	Runt Harris		2	0	0	0	0		20.50	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	13.04	130	2
	Friday Hassler		2	0	0	0	0		23.00	23.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.77	257	1
	Ray Hendrick		2	0	0	0	0		20.00	16.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.67	714	0
	J.C. Hendrix		1	0	0	0	0		19.00	13.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	64.71	379	0
	Lester Hicks		2	0	0	0	0		28.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.81	264	2
	Ray Hughes		6	0	0	0	2		18.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.48	1289	2
	T.C. Hunt		9	0	0	0	2		25.78	28.22	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.10	920	7
	Mark Hurley		3	0	0	0	0		17.67	20.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.31	289	3
	Joe Lee Johnson		4	0	0	0	0		15.25	22.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.10	381	4
	Joe Jones		2	0	0	0	0		22.50	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.41	250	1
	Glenn Killian		1	0	0	0	0		19.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	1
	Harry Leake		5	0	0	0	1		15.80	13.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.76	669	1
	Paul Lewis		6	0	0	0	0		29.33	28.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.99	945	4
	Jim Locke		1	0	0	0	0		45.00	35.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.44	140	0
	Paul Lyons		1	0	0	0	0		19.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.35	9	1
	Art Malone		1	0	0	0	1		13.00	10.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	71.88	95	0
	Bill McDonald		2	0	0	0	0		16.00	16.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.51	121	1
	Jim McGuirk		2	0	0	0	0		19.50	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	49.30	196	1
	Worth McMillion		4	0	0	0	0		23.25	16.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.06	1105	1
	Sam McQuagg		1	0	0	0	0		9.00	12.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.33	51	1
	Ralph Moody		1	0	0	0	0		24.00	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1
	Johnny Nave		2	0	0	0	0		31.50	30.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.23	170	2
	A.F. Nichols		1	0	0	0	0		46.00	46.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1
	Sammy Packard		1	0	0	0	0		13.00	13.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	45	1
	Eddie Pagan		1	0	0	0	0		24.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.67	354	0
	Joe Penland		3	0	0	0	0		14.67	16.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.69	379	1
	Lee Petty		1	0	0	1	1		5.00	5.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	87.10	499	0
	Maurice Petty		5	0	0	2	3		13.40	12.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.78	800	2
	Tom Pistone		1	0	0	0	0		20.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.25	2	1
	Floyd Powell		1	0	0	0	0		13.00	13.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	40.00	142	1
	Jim Reed		4	0	0	1	1		11.75	19.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.60	919	2
	Lee Reitzel		8	0	0	0	1		30.14	26.13	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.56	1056	7
	Harlan Richardson		1	0	0	0	0		19.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.33	17	1
	John Rogers		1	0	0	0	0		16.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.83	35	1
	H.G. Rosier		5	0	0	0	1		20.00	22.40	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.15	772	4
	Ken Rush		1	0	0	0	0		31.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	60.47	463	0
	Kelly Ryan		1	0	0	0	0		23.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	13.04	34	1
	Gary Sain		5	0	0	0	0		22.20	25.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.22	986	3
	Herbert Scott		1	0	0	0	0		18.00	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.43	79	1
	Frank Sessoms		2	0	0	0	0		17.50	14.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.00	319	0
	Bill Smith		1	0	0	0	0		20.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.67	60	1
	Jerry Smith		1	0	0	0	0		19.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.00	109	1
	Ralph Smith		2	0	0	0	0		34.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.28	684	2
	Nero Steptoe		3	0	0	0	0		17.33	18.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.17	168	3
	Jim Street		1	0	0	0	0		17.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	8	1
	Johnny Sudderth		3	0	0	0	0		31.67	37.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.80	261	3
	Herb Thomas		1	0	0	0	0		23.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	61.76	377	0
	Roscoe Thompson		4	0	0	0	0		19.75	29.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.14	305	3
	Herb Tillman		1	0	0	0	0		33.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.91	194	1
	Sal Tovella		2	0	0	0	0		29.50	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.13	77	1
	E.J. Trivette		1	0	0	0	0		35.00	37.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	29	1
	Bobby Waddell		6	0	0	0	0		28.50	29.83	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.98	303	5
	Al White		1	0	0	0	0		28.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	40.63	233	1
	Bill Whitley		1	0	0	0	0		13.00	12.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.17	171	0
	Reb Wickersham		1	0	0	0	0		41.00	39.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.63	133	1
	Woodie Wilson		3	0	0	0	1		32.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.91	70	2
	Doug Yates		7	0	0	0	2		21.43	24.14	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.70	883	6