Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Nashville 500

Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville

August 5th, 1962

Race #38 of the 1962 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Drivers Entered: 25
  • Makes
    • Chevrolet (5)
    • Chrysler (2)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (2)
    • Mercury (2)
    • Plymouth (2)
    • Pontiac (10)
    • Studebaker (1)
  • Last Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville race (Nashville 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#12 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
1 George Green Chevrolet Jess Potter Jess Potter
11 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet B.G. Holloway B.G. Holloway
149 Bob Welborn Pontiac J.C. Parker J.C. Parker
19 Herman Beam Ford Herman Beam Herman Beam
2 Tom Cox Pontiac Cliff Stewart Cliff Stewart
22 Fireball Roberts Pontiac Jim Stephens Jim Stephens
34 Wendell Scott Chevrolet Wendell Scott Wendell Scott
36 Larry Thomas Dodge Wade Younts Wade Younts
41 Joe Lee Johnson Pontiac -- --
42 Jim Paschal Plymouth Petty Enterprises Petty Enterprises
43 Richard Petty Pontiac Petty Enterprises Petty Enterprises
46 Johnny Allen Pontiac Holly Farms Fred Lovette
47 Jack Smith Pontiac Jack Smith Jack Smith
48 GC Spencer Chevrolet G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer
49 Nero Steptoe Pontiac J.C. Parker J.C. Parker
54 Jimmy Pardue Pontiac Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue
60 Harold Carmac Plymouth Ray Herlocker Ray Herlocker
61 Sherman Utsman Ford Sherman Utsman Sherman Utsman
62 Curtis Crider Mercury Curtis Crider Curtis Crider
63 Earl Brooks Mercury Curtis Crider Curtis Crider
74 Hank Grilliot Studebaker -- --
79 Ralph Smith Chevrolet Ralph Smith Ralph Smith
8 Joe Weatherly Pontiac Bud Moore Bud Moore
86 Buddy Baker Chrysler Buck Baker Buck Baker
87 Buck Baker Chrysler Buck Baker Buck Baker