| 1962 Wilkes 320 NASCAR Cup Series Race 51 of 53 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $10,960 | Race Date: | Sep 30, 1962 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 14.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2Hr 19Min 14Sec. | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 2 | Average Speed: | 86.186 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 31 | No. of Cautions: | 3 | 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: | Fred Lorenzen F. Lorenzen | Plymouth: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #43 Plymouth | Car No.: | #28 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Holman-Moody Racing | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Dale Inman | Crew Chief: | Chevrolet: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 160 of 320 | Pole Speed: | 94.657 MPH | |||||
| Official 1962 Wilkes 320 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 5 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 320 | 160 |
| 2 | 3 | 21 | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers | Running |  | 0 | 320 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 320 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | 27 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Running | | 0 | 319 | 36 |
| 5 | 4 | 41 | Jim Paschal | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 319 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | LaFayette Ford | Running | | 0 | 318 | 124 |
| 7 | 2 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holman-Moody | Running | | 0 | 318 | 0 |
| 8 | 11 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Running |  | 0 | 318 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | 46 | Johnny Allen | Holly Farms | Running | | 0 | 318 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 316 | 0 |
| 11 | 12 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 315 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | 26 | Darel Dieringer | Mamie Reynolds (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 315 | 0 |
| 13 | 30 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 314 | 0 |
| 14 | 20 | 66 | Larry Frank | Ratus Walters (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 314 | 0 |
| 15 | 14 | 49 | Bob Welborn | J.C. Parker (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 313 | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | 36 | Larry Thomas | Wade Younts (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 309 | 0 |
| 17 | 21 | 91 | Gary Sain | Bob Osiecki (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 299 | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | 1 | George Green | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 296 | 0 |
| 19 | 17 | 48 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Running | | 0 | 294 | 0 |
| 20 | 23 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 288 | 0 |
| 21 | 25 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 258 | 0 |
| 22 | 28 | 37 | Tom Cox (R) | Accident | | 0 | 208 | 0 | |
| 23 | 18 | 86 | Buddy Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Head Gasket | Chrysler | 0 | 203 | 0 |
| 24 | 16 | 61 | Sherman Utsman | Fred Ford Auto Sales | Accident | | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| 25 | 26 | 58 | Tiny Lund | Fred Clark (Car Owner) | | 0 | 167 | 0 | |
| 26 | 24 | 2 | Bill Foster | Cliff Stewart Racing | Radiator | | 0 | 166 | 0 |
| 27 | 10 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Water Pump | Chrysler | 0 | 137 | 0 |
| 28 | 31 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Engine | | 0 | 110 | 0 |
| 29 | 8 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Jim Stephens (Car Owner) | Head Gasket | | 0 | 75 | 0 |
| 30 | 27 | 50 | Bobby Waddell | Bobby Waddell (Car Owner) | | 0 | 53 | 0 | |
| 31 | 29 | 5 | George Fox | Bobby Waddell (Car Owner) | Transmission | | 0 | 3 | 0 |
