World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — May 27, 1962

Nelson Stacy

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Nelson Stacy won the 1962 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 27, 1962, leading 13 of 400 laps. Joe Weatherly finished second; Fred Lorenzen rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, May 27, 1962

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1962

Winner

Nelson Stacy

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	18	+17	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody		400	—	Running	13	4000
2	4	+2	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering		400	—	Running	—	3840
3	15	+12	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		399	—	Running	—	3680
4	21	+17	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	397	—	Running	5	3520
5	12	+7	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters (Owner)		395	—	Running	—	3360
6	14	+8	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		394	—	Running	—	3200
7	2	-5	David Pearson	Fox Racing		393	—	DNF - Engine	208	3040
8	11	+3	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		393	—	Running	—	2880
9	1	-8	Fireball Roberts	Matthews Racing		393	—	Running	27	2720
10	24	+14	Bunkie Blackburn	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	393	—	Running	—	2560
11	10	-1	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		392	—	Running	—	2400
12	31	+19	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Nichels Engineering		386	—	Running	—	2240
13	19	+6	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty (Owner)		385	—	Running	—	2080
14	8	-6	Emanuel Zervakis	Zervakis Enterprises	Mercury	383	—	Running	—	1820
15	6	-9	Johnny Allen	Rex Lovette (Owner)		380	—	Running	4	1760
16	22	+6	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	378	—	Running	—	1600
17	26	+9	Red Foote	Rocky Hinton (Owner)		369	—	Running	—	1440
18	46	+28	Bill Morton	Bill Morton (Owner)		368	—	Running	—	1280
19	37	+18	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark (Owner)		365	—	Running	—	1120
20	28	+8	Jimmy Thompson	Wildcat Williams (Owner)		364	—	Running	—	960
21	27	+6	G.C. Spencer	Ralph Smith (Owner)		363	—	Running	—	800
22	38	+16	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)		360	—	Running	—	640
23	34	+11	Darel Dieringer	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	358	—	DNF	—	480
24	25	+1	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		355	—	DNF	—	320
25	39	+14	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		348	—	Running	—	160
26	47	+21	Stick Elliott	Leroy Faucett (Owner)		341	—	Running	—	160
27	42	+15	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	284	—	DNF	—	160
28	5	-23	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		284	—	DNF	24	160
29	17	-12	Jim Reed	Ratus Walters (Owner)		284	—	DNF - Engine	—	160
30	41	+11	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		277	—	DNF - Engine	—	160
31	20	-11	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		259	—	DNF - Engine	—	160
32	32	—	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart Racing		227	—	DNF	—	160
33	33	—	Herb Tillman	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	194	—	DNF	—	160
34	7	-27	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)		190	—	DNF - Crash	119	160
35	16	-19	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	176	—	DNF - Engine	—	160
36	29	-7	Ed Livingston	Ed Livingston (Owner)		118	—	DNF - Engine	—	160
37	23	-14	Gerald Duke	Don Harrison (Owner)		96	—	DNF - Engine	—	160
38	9	-29	Junior Johnson	Owens Racing		72	—	DNF	—	160
39	40	+1	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)		69	—	DNF	—	160
40	35	-5	John Dodd Jr.	Matt DeMatthews (Owner)		68	—	DNF - Engine	—	160
41	36	-5	Paul Lewis			57	—	DNF - Engine	—	160
42	44	+2	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker (Owner)	Plymouth	45	—	DNF	—	160
43	3	-40	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing		13	—	DNF - Crash	—	160
44	13	-31	Roscoe Thompson		Mercury	12	—	DNF - Engine	—	160
45	30	-15	Ralph Earnhardt	Happy Steigel (Owner)		11	—	DNF - Crash	—	160
46	48	+2	Tubby Gonzales	Tubby Gonzales (Owner)		6	—	DNF	—	160
47	43	-4	Johnny Sudderth			5	—	DNF - Engine	—	160
48	45	-3	Bobby Waddell	Bobby Waddell (Owner)	Dodge	2	—	DNF	—	160