| 1962 St Patricks Day 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 8 of 53 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,300 | Race Date: | Mar 17, 1962 | Savannah Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .8 Lap | Race Duration: | 1h 41m 45s | Savannah, Georgia | |
| Lead Changes: | 4 | Average Speed: | 58.775 MPH | .500 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 16 | No. of Cautions: | 3 | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jack Smith J. Smith | Driver: | Rex White R. White | Pontiac: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #47 Pontiac | Car No.: | #4 Chevrolet | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | White-Clemens Racing | Chevrolet: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Louis Clements | Plymouth: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 48 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 70.588 MPH | |||||
| Official 1962 St Patricks Day 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | -1 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 48 |
| 2 | 9 | 6 | Cotton Owens | Cotton Owens Garage | Running | | 0 | 200 | 35 |
| 3 | 3 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running | | 0 | 198 | 36 |
| 4 | 13 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 190 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Unknown |  | 0 | 183 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | 60 | Tom Cox (R) | Ray Herlocker (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 7 | 11 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Running | | 0 | 177 | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 173 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 87 | Buddy Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 161 | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | 1 | George Green | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Tie Rod | | 0 | 156 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Jim Paschal | Cliff Stewart Racing | Oil Pan | | 0 | 155 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 48 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Driveshaft | | 0 | 150 | 0 |
| 13 | 6 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Oil Pan | | 0 | 134 | 81 |
| 14 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Ball Joint | | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| 15 | 2 | 86 | Darel Dieringer | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Accident | Chrysler | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 68 | Ed Livingston (R) | Ed Livingston (Car Owner) | Head Gasket | | 0 | 6 | 0 |
