National 400

Charlotte Motor Speedway — October 14, 1962

Junior Johnson

Winner

267

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Junior Johnson won the 1962 National 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 14, 1962, leading 204 of 267 laps. Fireball Roberts finished second; Fred Lorenzen rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, October 14, 1962

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1962

Winner

Junior Johnson

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Junior Johnson	Fox Racing		267	—	Running	204	2050
2	1	-1	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens (Owner)		265	—	Running	—	1968
3	8	+5	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		264	—	Running	—	1886
4	27	+23	Bunkie Blackburn	Worth McMillion (Owner)		262	—	Running	—	1804
5	7	+2	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering		261	—	Running	—	1722
6	15	+9	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	259	—	Running	—	1640
7	20	+13	Emanuel Zervakis	Zervakis Enterprises	Mercury	258	—	Running	—	1558
8	33	+25	Ralph Earnhardt	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	258	—	Running	—	1476
9	23	+14	Speedy Thompson	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	258	—	Running	—	1394
10	19	+9	Bob Welborn	J.C. Parker (Owner)		258	—	Running	—	1312
11	31	+20	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		255	—	Running	—	1230
12	28	+16	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	255	—	Running	—	1148
13	32	+19	Jimmy Thompson	Bob Osiecki (Owner)	Dodge	254	—	Running	—	1066
14	36	+22	Sherman Utsman	Sherman Utsman (Owner)		251	—	Running	—	984
15	5	-10	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		250	—	DNF	47	902
16	12	-4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	250	—	Running	—	820
17	40	+23	Ed Livingston	Ed Livingston (Owner)		243	—	Running	—	738
18	11	-7	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	243	—	Running	—	656
19	43	+24	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)		242	—	Running	—	574
20	18	-2	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)		238	—	Running	—	492
21	30	+9	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	237	—	Running	—	410
22	44	+22	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		233	—	Running	—	328
23	2	-21	David Pearson	Owens Racing		230	—	DNF	2	246
24	9	-15	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		223	—	DNF	—	164
25	39	+14	Cale Yarborough	Wildcat Williams (Owner)		212	—	DNF	—	82
26	34	+8	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing		204	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
27	16	-11	Tiny Lund	Cliff Stewart Racing		194	—	DNF	—	82
28	6	-22	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		185	—	DNF	14	82
29	29	—	Red Foote	Rocky Hinton (Owner)		181	—	DNF	—	82
30	26	-4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		178	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
31	17	-14	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody		177	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
32	35	+3	Johnny Sudderth	Fred Clark (Owner)		171	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
33	24	-9	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	168	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
34	14	-20	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)		154	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
35	25	-10	Paul Lewis	Lewis Osborne (Owner)		142	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
36	42	+6	Bruce Brantley	Lewis Osborne (Owner)		139	—	DNF	—	82
37	38	+1	Bill Foster	Cliff Stewart Racing		127	—	DNF	—	82
38	10	-28	Darel Dieringer	Mamie Reynolds (Owner)		72	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
39	41	+2	T.C. Hunt	Ralph Smith (Owner)		38	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
40	22	-18	Doug Yates	Melvin Bradley (Owner)		31	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
41	13	-28	H.G. Rosier	H.G. Rosier (Owner)		22	—	DNF	—	82
42	37	-5	Woodie Wilson	Matt DeMatthews (Owner)		19	—	DNF	—	82
43	21	-22	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jimmy Baker (Owner)	Mercury	17	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
44	4	-40	Johnny Allen	Fred Lovette (Owner)		8	—	DNF	—	82