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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Nashville 500

Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville

August 5th, 1962

Race #38 of the 1962 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 250.0
  • Average Speed: 64.489 mph
  • Cautions: 3
  • Caution Laps: 108
  • Lead Changes: 5
#3 NASCAR Next Gen car
Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: The #3 NASCAR Next Gen car is seen in the garage during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 3 42 Jim Paschal Plymouth 0 0 0 500 307 Running
2 2 43 Richard Petty Pontiac 0 0 0 496 135 Running
3 9 87 Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 493 12 Running
4 10 8 Joe Weatherly Pontiac 0 0 0 489 0 Running
5 11 2 Tom Cox Pontiac 0 0 0 471 0 Running
6 13 1 George Green Chevrolet 0 0 0 463 0 Running
7 16 19 Herman Beam Ford 0 0 0 452 0 Running
8 12 36 Larry Thomas Dodge 0 0 0 422 0 Running
9 8 11 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet 0 0 0 387 0 Engine
10 17 62 Curtis Crider Mercury 0 0 0 384 0 Rocker arm
11 5 48 GC Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 0 357 0 Running
12 15 149 Bob Welborn Pontiac 0 0 0 333 0 Running
13 6 61 Sherman Utsman Ford 0 0 0 330 0 Hub
14 24 79 Ralph Smith Chevrolet 0 0 0 292 0 Driveshaft
15 19 34 Wendell Scott Chevrolet 0 0 0 244 0 Crash
16 4 54 Jimmy Pardue Pontiac 0 0 0 204 0 Engine
17 1 46 Johnny Allen Pontiac 0 0 0 179 46 Crash
18 7 47 Jack Smith Pontiac 0 0 0 119 0 Overheating
19 20 22 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 0 0 0 78 0 Steering
20 18 49 Nero Steptoe Pontiac 0 0 0 78 0 Crash
21 14 86 Buddy Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 60 0 Head gasket
22 22 60 Harold Carmac Plymouth 0 0 0 12 0 Oil pressure
23 23 63 Earl Brooks Mercury 0 0 0 2 0 Handling
24 25 41 Joe Lee Johnson Pontiac 0 0 0 2 0 Clutch
25 21 74 Hank Grilliot Studebaker 0 0 0 1 0 Handling