1962 Richmond 250

Race 10 of 53

Richmond
180 laps
Time of race: 1:45:08
Average speed of winner: 51.363 mph
Margin of victory: N/A
Lead changes: 7 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 32 laps
Lap leaders: Beam drew pole, Petty 1-34, Jarrett 35-41, Johnson 42-51, Panch 52-67, Paschal 68-83, Jarrett 84-172, White 173-180

Race notes: Debut for Jim Bray and Harold Carmac. Finale for Ralph Moody.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	20	Rex White	4		'61 Chevrolet	Clements	Clements		180	1	8	running	1850	0
2	2	Ned Jarrett	11		'62 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway	Allman		179	2	96	running	1300	0
3	12	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms	'61 Pontiac	Lovette			178	1	10	running	800	0
4	19	Joe Weatherly	8		'61 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		168	0	0	running	600	0
5	7	Fireball Roberts	22	Holly Farms	'61 Pontiac	Lovette			163	0	0	running	450	0
6	21	Harold Carmac	0		'60 Plymouth	Herlocker			160	0	0	running	375	0
7	8	Cotton Owens	6		'60 Pontiac	Owens	Owens		157	0	0	engine	300	0
8	9	G.C. Spencer	48		'60 Chevrolet	Floyd Powell			154	0	0	engine	250	0
9	16	George Green	1		'61 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			152	0	0	running	200	0
10	23	Curtis Crider	62		'61 Mercury	Crider			141	0	0	drive shaft	200	0
11	5	Tom Cox	60		'60 Plymouth	Herlocker			140	0	0	transmission	100	0
12	1	Herman Beam	19		'60 Ford	Beam			136	0	0	running	100	0
13	25	Jim Bray	76		'61 Ford				124	0	0	running	100	0
14	6	Jack Smith	47		'61 Pontiac	Jack Smith			105	0	0	running	100	0
15	13	Fred Harb	17		'61 Ford	Harb			84	0	0	heating	100	0
16	22	Jim Paschal	2		'62 Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			83	1	16	engine	75	0
17	10	Marvin Panch	20		'61 Ford				67	1	16	heating	75	0
18	18	Wendell Scott	34		'61 Chevrolet	Wendell Scott			62	0	0	engine	75	0
19	15	Ernie Gahan	84		'61 Ford	Hinton			53	0	0	rear end	75	0
20	3	Richard Petty	43		'61 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		34	1	34	radiator	75	0
21	11	Stick Elliott	18		'60 Ford	Bolton			28	0	0	running	75	0
22	17	Dick Dixon	81		'61 Ford				23	0	0	engine	75	0
23	14	Larry Frank	77		'61 Ford	Ratus Walters			18	0	0	accident	75	0
24	4	Buck Baker	87		'61 Chrysler	Buck Baker			2	0	0	brakes	75	0
25	24	Ralph Moody	66		'62 Ford	Ratus Walters			1	0	0	heating	75	0