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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox infobox-table vevent" style="width: 27em; line-height: 1.5em;"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size: 125%;"><span class="summary">1962 Daytona 500</span></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:100%; background-color:#efefef;">Race details</th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-subheader"> Race 5 of 53 in the <a href="/wiki/1962_in_NASCAR" class="mw-redirect" title="1962 in NASCAR">1962 NASCAR Grand National Series</a> season</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:1962_Daytona_500_program_cover_and_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1962 Daytona 500 program cover"><img alt="1962 Daytona 500 program cover" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e5/1962_Daytona_500_program_cover_and_logo.jpg/220px-1962_Daytona_500_program_cover_and_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/1962_Daytona_500_program_cover_and_logo.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="360" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">1962 Daytona 500 program cover</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Date</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> February 18, 1962<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1962-02-18</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Location</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data location"> <a href="/wiki/Daytona_International_Speedway" title="Daytona International Speedway">Daytona International Speedway</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Daytona_Beach,_Florida" title="Daytona Beach, Florida">Daytona Beach, Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Permanent racing facility<br />2.5 mi (4.023 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Distance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Weather</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Mild with temperatures approaching 78.1 °F (25.6 °C); wind speeds up to 13.8 miles per hour (22.2 km/h)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Average speed</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 152.529 miles per hour (245.472 km/h)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Attendance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 58,070<sup id="cite_ref-Race-Ref-Info_1962_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Race-Ref-Info_1962-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">Pole position</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Fireball_Roberts" title="Fireball Roberts">Fireball Roberts</a></span></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Jim Stephens</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Qualifying race winners</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Duel 1 Winner</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <a href="/wiki/Fireball_Roberts" title="Fireball Roberts">Fireball Roberts</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Jim Stephens</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Duel 2 Winner</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Weatherly" title="Joe Weatherly">Joe Weatherly</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Bud_Moore_Engineering" title="Bud Moore Engineering">Bud Moore Engineering</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Most laps led</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Fireball_Roberts" title="Fireball Roberts">Fireball Roberts</a></span></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Jim Stephens</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Laps</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 144</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Winner</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;"><span style="font-weight:normal;white-space:nowrap;">No. 22 Pontiac</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Fireball_Roberts" title="Fireball Roberts">Fireball Roberts</a></span></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Jim Stephens</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Television in the United States</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">Network</a></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> <a href="/wiki/Wide_World_of_Sports_(US_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wide World of Sports (US TV series)">ABC's WWOS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Daytona_500_broadcasters" title="List of Daytona 500 broadcasters">Announcers</a></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> <a href="/wiki/Jim_McKay" title="Jim McKay">Jim McKay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stirling_Moss" title="Stirling Moss">Stirling Moss</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1962 Daytona 500</b>, was a <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> <a href="/wiki/Grand_National_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand National Series">Grand National Series</a> event that was held on February 18, 1962, at <a href="/wiki/Daytona_International_Speedway" title="Daytona International Speedway">Daytona International Speedway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Daytona_Beach,_Florida" title="Daytona Beach, Florida">Daytona Beach, Florida</a>. </p><p>It was won by <a href="/wiki/Fireball_Roberts" title="Fireball Roberts">Fireball Roberts</a> driving a 1962 <a href="/wiki/Pontiac_(automobile)" title="Pontiac (automobile)">Pontiac</a>. Roberts drove his famous number 22 to victory in three hours and 10 minutes. The race was run in its entirety without a single <a href="/wiki/Caution_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Caution flag">caution flag</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Race-Ref-Info_1962_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Race-Ref-Info_1962-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Roberts dominated the event by leading 144 of the 200 laps.<sup id="cite_ref-HSW-1962_Recap_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HSW-1962_Recap-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The win was Roberts' second victory of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-Fleischman_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fleischman-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Speedweeks">Speedweeks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Daytona_500&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Speedweeks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This year's <a href="/wiki/Speedweeks" title="Speedweeks">Speedweeks</a> followed a familiar pattern, Fireball was the class of the field. he won the pole for his qualifying race in his <a href="/wiki/Smokey_Yunick" title="Smokey Yunick">Smokey Yunick</a> prepared 1962 <a href="/wiki/Pontiac_(automobile)" title="Pontiac (automobile)">Pontiac</a> and again led from flag to flag, averaging 156.999 mph (252.665 km/h) over the 40 laps to set the all-time <a href="/wiki/Grand_National" title="Grand National">Grand National</a> race speed record. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Indy_Invasion">The Indy Invasion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Daytona_500&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Indy Invasion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the top <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a> drivers, including the three previous winners of the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500" title="Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500</a>--<a href="/wiki/A._J._Foyt" title="A. J. Foyt">A. J. Foyt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rodger_Ward" title="Rodger Ward">Rodger Ward</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rathmann_(race_car_driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Rathmann (race car driver)">Jim Rathmann</a>—this was irresistible. They clamored to get the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Auto_Club" title="United States Auto Club">United States Auto Club</a> (which had replaced the <a href="/wiki/American_Automobile_Association" title="American Automobile Association">AAA</a> as the nation's leading auto racing sanctioned body) to lift its ban on racing at Daytona, but USAC, which sanctioned the Indy 500, would not budge. It wanted the drivers to focus on its own stock car racing series. The Indy drivers would have to wait another year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race_Day">Race Day</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Daytona_500&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Race Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A furious battle erupted right from the green flag. Five different drivers traded the lead during the first 50 laps, including <a href="/wiki/Joe_Weatherly" title="Joe Weatherly">Joe Weatherly</a>, who had won his qualifying race. Few, if anyone, paid attention when the no. 52 <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford</a> dropped out of the race on lap four with electrical problems. Behind the wheel was 22-year-old <a href="/wiki/Cale_Yarborough" title="Cale Yarborough">Cale Yarborough</a> of Timmonsville, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>, destined to finish last in the 48-car field. </p><p>The pitched battle at the front saw Roberts lead the 15th lap, <a href="/wiki/Cotton_Owens" title="Cotton Owens">Cotton Owens</a> lead on lap 16, <a href="/wiki/Junior_Johnson" title="Junior Johnson">Junior Johnson</a> on lap 17 and Roberts again on lap 18. The blistering pace allowed the front-runners to lap nearly the entire field. But Yunick's flat-out strategy caused Roberts to run out of gas twice in the early going. During pit stops, Roberts pulled down his window by hand, just like a passenger car driver, to accept a drink. </p><p>Not far behind the front-runners was <a href="/wiki/Richard_Petty" title="Richard Petty">Richard Petty</a>. He took the lead for the first time on lap 42. Petty was in a <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_(automobile)" title="Plymouth (automobile)">Plymouth</a> that had started 10th, but his car was at least 10 mph (16 km/h) slower than Roberts' Pontiac. Petty's team decided to try Junior Johnson's 1960 race-winning strategy and stay with Roberts at all costs, to draft him incessantly and pit when he did. <a href="/wiki/Lee_Petty" title="Lee Petty">Lee Petty</a>, still limping from his devastating 1961 crash, stalked the pits during the last 125 miles (201 km), placed his hands on his lips, his cigar in his mouth, with his intention on watching the battle on the track. </p><p>But this time, Roberts would not be denied. His nerves were frayed by the fear of yet another late race calamity, but he nonetheless turned laps at more than 155 miles per hour (249 km/h) in the late going and gradually distanced himself from Petty. Roberts won by 27 seconds. Petty finished second, becoming the only other driver on the lead lap. </p><p>It was Fireball's only Daytona 500 victory. 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Beach, Florida">City of Daytona Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida#Sports" title="Florida">Sports in Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daytona_Beach_and_Road_Course" title="Daytona Beach and Road Course">Daytona Beach and Road Course</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daytona_Beach_International_Airport" title="Daytona Beach International Airport">Daytona Beach International Airport</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Daytona_Beach_News-Journal" title="The Daytona Beach News-Journal">The Daytona Beach News-Journal</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDSC-TV" title="WDSC-TV">WDSC-TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="Daytona_500_race_reports"><b>Daytona 500 race reports</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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500">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Daytona_500" title="1968 Daytona 500">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Daytona_500" title="1969 Daytona 500">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Daytona_500" title="1970 Daytona 500">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Daytona_500" title="1971 Daytona 500">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Daytona_500" title="1972 Daytona 500">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Daytona_500" title="1973 Daytona 500">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Daytona_500" title="1974 Daytona 500">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Daytona_500" title="1975 Daytona 500">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Daytona_500" title="1976 Daytona 500">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Daytona_500" title="1977 Daytona 500">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Daytona_500" title="1978 Daytona 500">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Daytona_500" title="1979 Daytona 500">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Daytona_500" title="1980 Daytona 500">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Daytona_500" title="1981 Daytona 500">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Daytona_500" title="1982 Daytona 500">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Daytona_500" title="1983 Daytona 500">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Daytona_500" title="1984 Daytona 500">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Daytona_500" title="1985 Daytona 500">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Daytona_500" title="1986 Daytona 500">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Daytona_500" title="1987 Daytona 500">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Daytona_500" title="1988 Daytona 500">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Daytona_500" title="1989 Daytona 500">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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Unser">Bobby Unser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodger_Ward" title="Rodger Ward">Rodger Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Weber" title="Bill Weber">Bill Weber</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major races</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Daytona_500_broadcasters" title="List of Daytona 500 broadcasters">Daytona 500</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Daytona_500" title="1963 Daytona 500">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Daytona_500" title="1964 Daytona 500">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Daytona_500" title="1965 Daytona 500">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Daytona_500" title="1966 Daytona 500">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Daytona_500" title="1967 Daytona 500">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Daytona_500" title="1968 Daytona 500">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Daytona_500" title="1969 Daytona 500">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Daytona_500" title="1970 Daytona 500">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Daytona_500" title="1971 Daytona 500">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Daytona_500" title="1972 Daytona 500">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Daytona_500" title="1973 Daytona 500">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Daytona_500" title="1974 Daytona 500">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Daytona_500" title="1975 Daytona 500">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Daytona_500" title="1976 Daytona 500">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Daytona_500" title="1977 Daytona 500">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Daytona_500" title="1978 Daytona 500">1978</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Brickyard_400" title="Brickyard 400">Brickyard 400</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1994_Brickyard_400" title="1994 Brickyard 400">1994</a> (ABC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Brickyard_400" title="1995 Brickyard 400">1995</a> (ESPN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Brickyard_400" title="1996 Brickyard 400">1996</a> (ABC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Brickyard_400" title="1997 Brickyard 400">1997</a> (ABC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Brickyard_400" title="1998 Brickyard 400">1998</a> (ABC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Brickyard_400" title="1999 Brickyard 400">1999</a> (ABC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Brickyard_400" title="2000 Brickyard 400">2000</a> (ABC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Brickyard_400" title="2007 Brickyard 400">2007</a> (ESPN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Brickyard_400" title="2008 Brickyard 400">2008</a> (ESPN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Brickyard_400" title="2009 Brickyard 400">2009</a> (ESPN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Brickyard_400" title="2010 Brickyard 400">2010</a> (ESPN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Brickyard_400" title="2011 Brickyard 400">2011</a> (ESPN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Brickyard_400" title="2012 Brickyard 400">2012</a> (ESPN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Brickyard_400" title="2013 Brickyard 400">2013</a> (ESPN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Brickyard_400" title="2014 Brickyard 400">2014</a> (ESPN)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_NASCAR_All-Star_Race_broadcasters" title="List of NASCAR All-Star Race broadcasters">All-Star Race</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986_The_Winston" title="1986 The 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