| 1962 Dixie 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 53 of 53 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $42,510 | Race Date: | Oct 28, 1962 | EchoPark Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 12.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 12Min 24Sec. | Hampton, Georgia | |
| Lead Changes: | 16 | Average Speed: | 124.740 MPH | 1.54 Mile Paved Quad Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 44 | No. of Cautions: | 3 | echoparkspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Rex White R. White | Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #4 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #22 Pontiac | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Team: | White-Clemens Racing | Team: | Ford: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Louis Clements | Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 3 of 267 | Pole Speed: | 138.978 MPH | |||||
| Official 1962 Dixie 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Running |  | 0 | 267 | 3 |
| 2 | 7 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 267 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 21 | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers | Running |  | 0 | 267 | 52 |
| 4 | 15 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 266 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | LaFayette Ford | Running | | 0 | 266 | 0 |
| 6 | 28 | 77 | Larry Frank | Ratus Walters (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 264 | 0 |
| 7 | 39 | 18 | Stick Elliott | Toy Bolton (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 263 | 0 |
| 8 | 27 | 47 | Buck Baker | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 263 | 0 |
| 9 | 12 | 17 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 262 | 0 |
| 10 | 1 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Jim Stephens (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 262 | 144 |
| 11 | 10 | 08 | David Pearson | Bud Moore Engineering | Running | | 0 | 261 | 0 |
| 12 | 23 | 49 | Bob Welborn | J.C. Parker (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 261 | 0 |
| 13 | 30 | 66 | Elmo Langley | Ratus Walters (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 260 | 0 |
| 14 | 34 | 91 | Ralph Earnhardt | Bob Osiecki (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 259 | 0 |
| 15 | 40 | 87 | Buddy Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 258 | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | 48 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Running | | 0 | 257 | 0 |
| 17 | 20 | 42 | Jim Paschal | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 257 | 0 |
| 18 | 16 | 83 | Bunkie Blackburn | Worth McMillion (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 257 | 0 |
| 19 | 38 | 12 | Tiny Lund | Cliff Stewart Racing | Running | | 0 | 251 | 0 |
| 20 | 8 | 46 | Johnny Allen | Holly Farms | Running | | 0 | 251 | 0 |
| 21 | 32 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 241 | 0 |
| 22 | 26 | 90 | Jimmy Thompson | Bob Osiecki (Car Owner) | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 229 | 0 |
| 23 | 19 | 26 | Darel Dieringer | Mamie Reynolds (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 24 | 6 | 72 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 188 | 38 |
| 25 | 22 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | Head Gasket | | 0 | 158 | 0 |
| 26 | 36 | 61 | Sherman Utsman | Sherman Utsman (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 148 | 0 |
| 27 | 21 | 20 | Emanuel Zervakis | Zervakis Racing | Transmission |  | 0 | 145 | 0 |
| 28 | 13 | 40 | Tommy Irwin | Rex White (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 124 | 0 |
| 29 | 35 | 36 | Larry Thomas | Wade Younts (Car Owner) | A Frame | | 0 | 104 | 0 |
| 30 | 37 | 24 | H.B. Bailey | Bailey Racing | Accident | | 0 | 101 | 0 |
| 31 | 33 | 5 | H.G. Rosier | H.G. Rosier (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 99 | 0 |
| 32 | 17 | 30 | Johnny Sudderth | Fred Clark (Car Owner) | Sway Bar | | 0 | 85 | 0 |
| 33 | 31 | 92 | Cale Yarborough (R) | Don Harrison (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 84 | 0 |
| 34 | 29 | 27 | Doug Yates | Melvin Bradley (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 75 | 0 |
| 35 | 9 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holman-Moody | Accident | | 0 | 71 | 0 |
| 36 | 4 | 3 | Junior Johnson | Fox Racing | Accident | | 0 | 66 | 27 |
| 37 | 14 | 81 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | Jimmy Baker (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 62 | 0 |
| 38 | 41 | 84 | Red Foote | Rocky Hinton (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| 39 | 42 | 97 | Paul Lewis | Lewis Osborne (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 40 | 11 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 41 | 44 | 38 | Woodie Wilson | Matt DeMatthews (Car Owner) | | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 42 | 24 | 86 | Tom Cox (R) | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Oil Pressure | Chrysler | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 43 | 25 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 44 | 43 | 1 | George Green | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 3 | 0 |
