| 1962 Capital City 300 NASCAR Cup Series Race 47 of 53 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $9,135 | Race Date: | Sep 9, 1962 | Richmond Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1 Lap | Race Duration: | 2h 18m 30s | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 64.981 MPH | .750 Mile D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 33 | No. of Cautions: | 1 For 9 Laps | richmondraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Joe Weatherly J. Weatherly | Driver: | Rex White R. White | Pontiac: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #8 Pontiac | Car No.: | #4 Chevrolet | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Bud Moore Engineering | Team: | White-Clemens Racing | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Bud Moore | Crew Chief: | Louis Clements | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | TBA | Pole Speed: | 66.127 MPH | |||||
| Official 1962 Capital City 300 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 300 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | 41 | Jim Paschal | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 299 | 0 |
| 3 | 14 | 26 | Fred Lorenzen | LaFayette Ford | Running |  | 0 | 296 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | 42 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 296 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Running |  | 0 | 294 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 292 | 0 |
| 7 | 19 | 27 | Melvin Bradley | Melvin Bradley (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 287 | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | 49 | Bob Welborn | J.C. Parker (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 282 | 0 |
| 9 | 24 | 0 | Dick Getty | Dick Getty (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 281 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 277 | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | 35 | Ray Hendrick | Rebel Racing | Running | | 0 | 276 | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 270 | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | 36 | Larry Thomas | Wade Younts (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 269 | 0 |
| 14 | 3 | 48 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Running | | 0 | 269 | 0 |
| 15 | 21 | 98 | Bill Dennis | Running | | 0 | 268 | 0 | |
| 16 | 17 | 2 | Bill Foster | Cliff Stewart Racing | Running | | 0 | 257 | 0 |
| 17 | 10 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Jim Stephens (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 256 | 0 |
| 18 | 25 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 254 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | 17 | Fred Harb | Fred Harb (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 246 | 0 |
| 20 | 28 | 31 | Al White | Al White (Car Owner) | Distributor | | 0 | 233 | 0 |
| 21 | 32 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Ball Joint | | 0 | 220 | 0 |
| 22 | 33 | 1 | George Green | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 220 | 0 |
| 23 | 29 | 5 | Jim Bray | Jim Bray (Car Owner) | Radiator | | 0 | 204 | 0 |
| 24 | 5 | 20 | Emanuel Zervakis | Zervakis Racing | Steering | | 0 | 190 | 0 |
| 25 | 11 | 91 | Gary Sain | Bob Osiecki (Car Owner) | Wheel Stud | | 0 | 173 | 0 |
| 26 | 27 | 79 | T.C. Hunt | Ralph Smith (Car Owner) | Unknown | | 0 | 138 | 0 |
| 27 | 31 | 50 | Bobby Waddell | Bobby Waddell (Car Owner) | Radiator | | 0 | 80 | 0 |
| 28 | 26 | 63 | Runt Harris | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 73 | 0 |
| 29 | 13 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| 30 | 22 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Radiator | Chrysler | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 31 | 23 | 7 | Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Head Gasket | | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 32 | 7 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing | Transmission | | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 33 | 30 | 66 | Larry Frank | Ratus Walters (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 2 | 0 |
