PROFILPELAJAR.COM

1962 World 600
Race details
Race 23 of 53 in the 1962 NASCAR Grand National Series season
	1962 World 600 program cover
Date	May 27, 1962
Location	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina
Course	Permanent racing facility; 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km)
Weather	Extremely hot with temperatures of 91.9 °F (33.3 °C); wind speeds of 9.2 miles per hour (14.8 km/h)
Average speed	125.552 mph (202.056 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Fireball Roberts;
Most laps led
Driver	David Pearson
Laps	208
Winner
No. 29	Nelson Stacy

The 1962 World 600, the 3rd running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series race held on May 27, 1962 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 23rd race of the 1962 NASCAR Grand National Series season.

Background

Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States, 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious World 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the National 400. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI).

Race report

Nelson Stacy won the race over the second-place Joe Weatherly by a time of 32.35 seconds; making his third race victory of out a total of four. The race lasted four hours, forty-six minutes, and forty-four seconds. Average speed during the race was 125.552 miles per hour (202.056 km/h) while the pole position qualifier had a speed of 140.15 miles per hour (225.55 km/h). Two cautions slowed the race for 14 laps. Eighteen lead changes were recorded during the race.^[2]

David Pearson was leading with seven laps to go. It was an extremely hot day and Pearson said it was hard to see because he had to wipe the sweat from his head on the straightaway. While leading with seven laps to go, his car just quit on him.^[2] He said it was one of the most disappointing losses of his career.

Red Foote would make his NASCAR debut in this race while Gerald Duke and Herb Tillman would retire from professional stock car racing after this event. Joe Weatherly's respectable second-place finish managed to boost him ahead of Jack Smith in the championship standings.^[3]

Notable crew chiefs for this race; included Bud Moore, Herman Beam, Glen Wood, Herb Nab and Ratus Walters.^[4]

Final results

Source:^[5]
Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	18	29	Nelson Stacy	Ron's Ford Sales	'62 Ford	400	13	running
2	4	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'62 Pontiac	400	0	running
3	15	0	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette	'62 Ford	399	0	running
4	21	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	397	5	running
5	12	66	Larry Frank	Cafe Burgundy	'62 Ford	395	0	running
6	14	11	Ned Jarrett	City Chevrolet Co.	'62 Chevrolet	394	0	running
7	2	3	David Pearson	Gerry Earl Pontiac	'62 Pontiac	393	208	engine
8	11	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers	'62 Ford	393	0	running
9	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Stephens Pontiac	'62 Pontiac	393	27	running
10	24	41	Bunkie Blackburn	Petty Enterprises	'62 Plymouth	393	0	running
11	10	4	Rex White	Louis Clements	'62 Chevrolet	392	0	running
12	31	39	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Ray Nichels	'61 Pontiac	386	0	running
13	19	44	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'62 Pontiac	385	0	running
14	8	20	Emanuel Zervakis		'62 Mercury	383	0	running
15	6	46	Johnny Allen	Holly Farms	'62 Pontiac	380	4	running
16	22	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'62 Dodge	378	0	running
17	26	84	Red Foote	Rocky Hinton	'61 Ford	369	0	running
18	46	61	Bill Morton		'62 Ford	368	0	running
19	37	30	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark	'62 Chevrolet	365	0	running
20	28	9	Jimmy Thompson	Wildcat Williams	'62 Ford	364	0	running
21	27	79	G.C. Spencer	Ralph Smith	'62 Chevrolet	363	0	running
22	38	1	George Green	Jess Potter	'61 Chevrolet	360	0	running
23	34	90	Darel Dieringer	Bob Osiecki	'62 Dodge	358	0	coil wire
24	25	47	Jack Smith		'62 Pontiac	355	0	brakes
25	39	19	Herman Beam		'62 Ford	348	0	running
26	47	5	Stick Elliott	Leroy Faucett	'61 Pontiac	341	0	running
27	42	62	Curtis Crider		'62 Mercury	284	0	wheel
28	5	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'62 Pontiac	284	24	push rod
29	17	77	Jim Reed	Ratus Walters	'62 Ford	284	0	engine
30	41	34	Wendell Scott		'61 Chevrolet	277	0	engine
31	20	87	Buck Baker		'62 Chrysler	259	0	oil pressure
32	32	2	Jim Paschal	Cliff Stewart	'62 Pontiac	227	0	fuel pump
33	33	91	Herb Tillman	Bob Osiecki	'62 Dodge	194	0	clutch
34	7	54	Jimmy Pardue		'62 Pontiac	190	119	crash
35	16	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	176	0	oil pressure
36	29	68	Ed Livingston	Livingston's Auto Parts	'61 Ford	118	0	engine
37	23	92	Gerald Duke	Don Harrison	'62 Ford	96	0	engine
38	9	6	Junior Johnson	Cotton Owens	'62 Pontiac	72	0	clutch
39	40	93	Lee Reitzel		'62 Ford	69	0	transmission
40	35	38	John Dodd, Jr.	Matt DeMatthews	'61 Ford	68	0	engine
41	36	58	Paul Lewis		'61 Chevrolet	57	0	engine
42	44	60	Tom Cox	Ray Herlocker	'60 Plymouth	45	0	crankshaft
43	3	94	Banjo Matthews		'62 Pontiac	13	0	crash
44	13	81	Roscoe Thompson		'62 Mercury	12	0	engine
45	30	16	Ralph Earnhardt	Happy Steigel	'61 Pontiac	11	0	crash
46	48	80	Tubby Gonzales		'61 Ford	6	0	vibration
47	43	96	Johnny Sudderth		'61 Chevrolet	5	0	engine
48	45	50	Bobby Waddell		'60 Dodge	2	0	freeze pl