| 1962 Gwyn Staley 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 12 of 53 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $12,525 | Race Date: | Apr 15, 1962 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 40 Car Lengths | Race Duration: | 2Hr 57Min 1Sec. | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 5 | Average Speed: | 84.737 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 35 | No. of Cautions: | 5 | savethespeedway.net/history.html | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Richard Petty R. Petty | Driver: | Junior Johnson J. Johnson | Plymouth: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #43 Plymouth | Car No.: | #27 Pontiac | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Pontiac: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Dale Inman | Crew Chief: | Dodge: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 142 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 94.142 MPH | |||||
| Official 1962 Gwyn Staley 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 15 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 400 | 142 |
| 2 | 6 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | LaFayette Ford | Running |  | 0 | 400 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 27 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Running |  | 0 | 399 | 19 |
| 4 | 4 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Matthews Racing | Running | | 0 | 398 | 95 |
| 5 | 17 | 90 | Darel Dieringer | Bob Osiecki (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 396 | 0 |
| 6 | 21 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 395 | 0 |
| 7 | 20 | 66 | Larry Frank | Ratus Walters (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 391 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running | | 0 | 389 | 90 |
| 9 | 13 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 387 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | 24 | Billy Wade | James Turner (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 382 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | 48 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Running |  | 0 | 382 | 0 |
| 12 | 28 | 60 | Tom Cox (R) | Ray Herlocker (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 381 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | 30 | J.C. Hendrix | Fred Clark (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 379 | 0 |
| 14 | 23 | 91 | Herb Thomas | Stoney Johnson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 377 | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | 36 | Larry Thomas | Wade Younts (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 373 | 0 |
| 16 | 11 | 72 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 370 | 0 |
| 17 | 30 | 95 | Jim Cushman | Jack Russell (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 370 | 0 |
| 18 | 7 | 85 | Tommy Irwin | Monroe Shook (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 365 | 0 |
| 19 | 33 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 362 | 0 |
| 20 | 27 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 360 | 0 |
| 21 | 26 | 92 | Gerald Duke | Don Harrison (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 356 | 0 |
| 22 | 35 | 1 | George Green | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 353 | 0 |
| 23 | 32 | 51 | Bob Cooper | Bob Cooper (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 349 | 0 |
| 24 | 14 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 318 | 54 |
| 25 | 8 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holman-Moody | Transmission | | 0 | 289 | 0 |
| 26 | 24 | 2 | Jim Paschal | Cliff Stewart Racing | Transmission | | 0 | 281 | 0 |
| 27 | 25 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Running | | 0 | 240 | 0 |
| 28 | 5 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 29 | 31 | 79 | Johnny Nave | Robert Ramey (Car Owner) | | 0 | 169 | 0 | |
| 30 | 9 | 6 | Cotton Owens | Cotton Owens Garage | Transmission | | 0 | 163 | 0 |
| 31 | 12 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 162 | 0 |
| 32 | 10 | 21 | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers | Rear Gear | | 0 | 140 | 0 |
| 33 | 22 | 44 | David Pearson | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 90 | 0 |
| 34 | 29 | 23 | Doug Yates | Raeford Johnson (Car Owner) | | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 35 | 34 | 50 | Bobby Waddell | Bobby Waddell (Car Owner) | Distributor | | 0 | 6 | 0 |
