Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — February 18, 1962

Fireball Roberts

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Fireball Roberts won the 1962 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 1962, leading 144 of 200 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Joe Weatherly rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, February 18, 1962

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1962

Winner

Fireball Roberts

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens (Owner)		200	—	Running	144	3000
2	10	+8	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	—	Running	32	2880
3	4	+1	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering		199	—	Running	1	2760
4	3	-1	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		199	—	Running	—	2640
5	34	+29	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		199	—	Running	—	2520
6	2	-4	David Pearson	Fox Racing		198	—	Running	—	2400
7	8	+1	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		197	—	Running	—	2280
8	35	+27	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing		197	—	Running	—	2160
9	38	+29	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	2040
10	17	+7	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty (Owner)		194	—	Running	—	1920
11	36	+25	Bill Wimble	Dave McCready (Owner)		193	—	Running	—	1800
12	16	+4	Ernie Gahan	Rocky Hinton (Owner)		192	—	Running	—	1680
13	24	+11	Bunkie Blackburn	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	192	—	Running	—	1560
14	28	+14	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart Racing		186	—	Running	—	1440
15	42	+27	Jim Cushman	Jack Russell (Owner)	Plymouth	186	—	Running	—	1320
16	12	-4	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		183	—	Running	—	1200
17	33	+16	Speedy Thompson			182	—	DNF - Engine	—	1080
18	45	+27	Billy Wade	Luther Costales (Owner)		182	—	Running	—	960
19	46	+27	Paul Barrow	Ronald Hawk (Owner)		181	—	Running	—	840
20	47	+27	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker (Owner)	Plymouth	180	—	Running	—	720
21	43	+22	Art Brady	Wildcat Williams (Owner)		176	—	Running	—	600
22	29	+7	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		175	—	Running	—	480
23	27	+4	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	173	—	Running	—	360
24	26	+2	Jim McGuirk			157	—	DNF - Engine	—	240
25	44	+19	Gerald Duke	Don Harrison (Owner)		150	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
26	19	-7	George Alsobrook	Ratus Walters (Owner)		144	—	Running	—	120
27	7	-20	Dan Gurney	Holman Moody		134	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
28	31	+3	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	89	—	DNF - Crash	—	120
29	15	-14	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	83	—	DNF	—	120
30	30	—	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		81	—	DNF	—	120
31	40	+9	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	76	—	DNF	—	120
32	25	-7	Ed Livingston	Ed Livingston (Owner)		75	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
33	5	-28	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing		73	—	DNF	1	120
34	9	-25	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)		72	—	DNF - Engine	22	120
35	13	-22	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick (Owner)		55	—	DNF	—	120
36	20	-16	Ralph Earnhardt	Robert Smith (Owner)		54	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
37	14	-23	Wally Dallenbach Sr.	Don House (Owner)		53	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
38	22	-16	Charley Griffith	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)		53	—	DNF	—	120
39	41	+2	Sal Tovella	Tom Hawkins (Owner)		41	—	DNF	—	120
40	23	-17	Red Farmer	Frank Rhoads (Owner)		34	—	DNF	—	120
41	18	-23	Jim Bennett	Thurman Wilkes (Owner)		31	—	DNF	—	120
42	32	-10	Tommy Irwin	Monroe Shook (Owner)		26	—	DNF	—	120
43	6	-37	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody		25	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
44	37	-7	Marvin Panch	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	19	—	DNF	—	120
45	48	+3	G.C. Spencer	Matt DeMatthews (Owner)		15	—	DNF	—	120
46	11	-35	Larry Frank	Ratus Walters (Owner)		14	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
47	39	-8	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters (Owner)		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
48	21	-27	Cale Yarborough	Julian Buesink (Owner)		4	—	DNF	—	120