Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — June 10, 1962

Fred Lorenzen

Winner

219

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Fred Lorenzen won the 1962 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on June 10, 1962, leading 51 of 219 laps. Banjo Matthews finished second; Bobby Johns rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, June 10, 1962

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1962

Winner

Fred Lorenzen

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		219	—	Running	51	2250
2	1	-1	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing		219	—	Running	73	2160
3	4	+1	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		218	—	Running	32	2070
4	14	+10	Fireball Roberts	Matthews Racing		218	—	Running	—	1980
5	22	+17	Troy Ruttman	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	218	—	Running	—	1890
6	19	+13	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering		218	—	Running	—	1800
7	3	-4	David Pearson	Fox Racing		217	—	Running	14	1710
8	10	+2	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		217	—	Running	—	1620
9	11	+2	Junior Johnson	Owens Racing		216	—	Running	—	1530
10	30	+20	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart Racing		214	—	Running	—	1440
11	25	+14	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	213	—	Running	—	1350
12	12	—	Bob Welborn	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		213	—	Running	—	1260
13	16	+3	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		213	—	Running	—	1170
14	18	+4	Roscoe Thompson	Jimmy Baker (Owner)	Mercury	212	—	Running	—	1080
15	21	+6	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark (Owner)		212	—	Running	8	990
16	15	-1	Emanuel Zervakis	Zervakis Enterprises	Mercury	212	—	Running	5	900
17	35	+18	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Lewis Osborne (Owner)		211	—	Running	—	810
18	9	-9	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering		210	—	Running	36	720
19	39	+20	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	210	—	Running	—	630
20	42	+22	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	209	—	Running	—	540
21	2	-19	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		207	—	Running	—	450
22	34	+12	Bill Morton	Bill Morton (Owner)		207	—	Running	—	360
23	27	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	207	—	Running	—	270
24	31	+7	Tubby Gonzales	Tubby Gonzales (Owner)		206	—	Running	—	180
25	20	-5	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)		205	—	Running	—	90
26	32	+6	G.C. Spencer	Ralph Smith (Owner)		204	—	Running	—	90
27	38	+11	Friday Hassler	J.C. Parker (Owner)		202	—	Running	—	90
28	40	+12	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	202	—	Running	—	90
29	26	-3	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		199	—	Running	—	90
30	6	-24	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters (Owner)		199	—	Running	—	90
31	43	+12	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)		199	—	Running	—	90
32	33	+1	Darel Dieringer	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	183	—	DNF	—	90
33	41	+8	Ed Livingston	Ed Livingston (Owner)		181	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
34	42	+8	George Alsobrook	Ratus Walters (Owner)		156	—	DNF	—	90
35	45	+10	Jim Locke			140	—	Running	—	90
36	28	-8	Ralph Earnhardt	Happy Steigel (Owner)		132	—	DNF	—	90
37	17	-20	Johnny Allen	Fred Lovette (Owner)		130	—	DNF	—	90
38	44	+6	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker (Owner)	Plymouth	130	—	DNF	—	90
39	13	-26	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		114	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
40	23	-17	Cale Yarborough	Julian Buesink (Owner)		89	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
41	5	-36	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing		81	—	DNF	—	90
42	36	-6	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
43	29	-14	Bunkie Blackburn	Wildcat Williams (Owner)		23	—	DNF - Crash	—	90
44	37	-7	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat (Owner)	Dodge	6	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
45	8	-37	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody		2	—	DNF	—	90
46	46	—	A.F. Nichols		Plymouth	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	90