1962 Daytona 500

1962 Daytona 500
Race details
Race 5 of 53 in the 1962 NASCAR Grand National Series season
1962 Daytona 500 program cover
1962 Daytona 500 program cover
Date February 18, 1962 (1962-02-18)
Location Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Weather Mild with temperatures approaching 78.1 °F (25.6 °C); wind speeds up to 13.8 miles per hour (22.2 km/h)[1]
Average speed 152.529 miles per hour (245.472 km/h)
Attendance 58,070[2]
Pole position
Driver
Jim Stephens
Qualifying race winners
Duel 1 Winner Fireball Roberts Jim Stephens
Duel 2 Winner Joe Weatherly Bud Moore Engineering
Most laps led
Driver Fireball Roberts Jim Stephens
Laps 144
Winner
No. 22 Pontiac Fireball Roberts Jim Stephens
Television in the United States
Network ABC's WWOS
Announcers Jim McKay and Stirling Moss

The 1962 Daytona 500, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on February 18, 1962, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

It was won by Fireball Roberts driving a 1962 Pontiac. Roberts drove his famous number 22 to victory in three hours and 10 minutes. The race was run in its entirety without a single caution flag.[2] Roberts dominated the event by leading 144 of the 200 laps.[3] The win was Roberts' second victory of the season.[4]

  1. ^ "Weather of the 1962 Daytona 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
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