Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — September 3, 1962

Larry Frank

Winner

364

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Larry Frank won the 1962 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 3, 1962, leading 85 of 364 laps. Junior Johnson finished second; Marvin Panch rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, September 3, 1962

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1962

Winner

Larry Frank

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	10	+9	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters (Owner)		364	—	Running	85	2800
2	2	—	Junior Johnson	Fox Racing		364	—	Running	29	2688
3	8	+5	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		364	—	Running	—	2576
4	7	+3	David Pearson	Owens Racing		364	—	Running	—	2464
5	6	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	363	—	Running	95	2352
6	14	+8	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	363	—	Running	9	2240
7	13	+6	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody		363	—	Running	—	2128
8	30	+22	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		360	—	Running	—	2016
9	18	+9	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		359	—	Running	—	1904
10	5	-5	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering		357	—	Running	—	1792
11	23	+12	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	357	—	Running	—	1680
12	12	—	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)		357	—	Running	—	1568
13	16	+3	Emanuel Zervakis	Zervakis Enterprises	Mercury	355	—	Running	—	1456
14	28	+14	Bob Welborn	J.C. Parker (Owner)		354	—	Running	—	1344
15	31	+16	Sherman Utsman	Sherman Utsman (Owner)		346	—	Running	—	1232
16	27	+11	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		344	—	Running	—	1120
17	24	+7	H.G. Rosier	H.G. Rosier (Owner)		343	—	DNF	—	1008
18	42	+24	Paul Lewis	Lewis Osborne (Owner)		340	—	Running	—	896
19	11	-8	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark (Owner)		335	—	Running	—	784
20	34	+14	Red Foote	Rocky Hinton (Owner)		334	—	Running	—	672
21	33	+12	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)		332	—	Running	—	560
22	32	+10	Ed Livingston	Ed Livingston (Owner)		330	—	Running	—	448
23	38	+15	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	304	—	Running	—	336
24	3	-21	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		291	—	DNF - Engine	31	224
25	39	+14	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		286	—	Running	—	112
26	9	-17	Johnny Allen	Fred Lovette (Owner)		275	—	DNF - Crash	—	112
27	29	+2	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Worth McMillion (Owner)		259	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
28	22	-6	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing		200	—	DNF	—	112
29	37	+8	T.C. Hunt	Lewis Osborne (Owner)		196	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
30	15	-15	Darel Dieringer	Mamie Reynolds (Owner)		184	—	DNF - Crash	—	112
31	4	-27	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		184	—	DNF - Crash	57	112
32	21	-11	Bunkie Blackburn	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	181	—	DNF - Crash	—	112
33	36	+3	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)		161	—	DNF	—	112
34	17	-17	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		111	—	DNF - Crash	—	112
35	30	-5	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	95	—	DNF	—	112
36	1	-35	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens (Owner)		74	—	DNF - Crash	58	112
37	20	-17	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	58	—	DNF	—	112
38	25	-13	Cale Yarborough	Don Harrison (Owner)		39	—	DNF	—	112
39	26	-13	Roscoe Thompson	Jimmy Baker (Owner)	Mercury	39	—	DNF - Crash	—	112
40	41	+1	Bill Champion	Ralph Smith (Owner)		15	—	DNF	—	112
41	35	-6	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)		14	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
42	40	-2	Gary Sain	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	11	—	DNF	—	112
43	43	—	Tom Cox	Cliff Stewart Racing		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
44	44	—	Matt DeMatthews	Matt DeMatthews (Owner)		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	112