1962 Myers Brothers 200

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1962 Myers Brothers 200
Race details [1]
Race 25 of 53 in the 1962 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Bowman Gray Stadium 2024.svg
Date June 16, 1962 (1962-06-16)
Official name Myers Brothers 200
Location Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
0.250 mi (0.421 km)
Distance 200 laps, 50.0 mi (35.0 km)
Weather Very hot with temperatures of 81 °F (27 °C); wind speeds of 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h)
Average speed 45.466 miles per hour (73.170 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Rex White
Most laps led
Driver Johnny Allen Fred Lovette
Laps 178
Winner
No. 58Johnny AllenFred Lovette
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1962 Myers Brothers 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on June 16, 1962, at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [2]

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Background

Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned 14-mile (0.40 km) asphalt flat oval short track and longstanding football stadium located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most legendary venues, and is referred to as "NASCAR's longest-running weekly race track". Bowman Gray Stadium is part of the Winston-Salem Sports and Entertainment Complex and is home of the Winston-Salem State University Rams football team. [3] It was also the home of the Wake Forest University football team from 1956 until Groves Stadium (later BB&T Field) opened in 1968.

Race report

The winner was Johnny Allen, who scored his first win by defeating Rex White by six seconds. [2] While Rex White started the first 22 laps of the race with a commanding lead, Johnny Allen was able to win because he gained the lead on lap 23 and he never lost the lead for the remaining 178 laps of the race. [2] After the race, the total prize winnings given out to all the drivers were $3985 USD ($40,139 when adjusted for inflation). [2] [4] Notable speeds for this race were: 45.466 miles (73.170 km) per hour for the race winner's speed and 48.179 miles (77.537 km) per hour for the pole position speed. [2]

This was only time anyone has won a NASCAR Cup Series race using the #58 as their racing number. [2] Notable crew chiefs on attendance for this race were Herman Beam, Bud Allman and Bud Moore. [5]

The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.

Qualifying

Grid [2] No.DriverManufacturerOwner
14Rex White'62 ChevroletRex White
258Johnny Allen'61 PontiacFred Lovette
354Jimmy Pardue'62 PontiacJimmy Pardue
443Richard Petty'62 PlymouthPetty Enterprises
547Jack Smith'61 PontiacJack Smith
611Ned Jarrett'62 ChevroletB.G. Holloway
787Buck Baker'61 ChryslerBuck Baker
82Jim Paschal'62 PontiacCliff Stewart
936Larry Thomas'62 DodgeWade Younts
1034Wendell Scott'61 ChevroletWendell Scott
1148G.C. Spencer'60 ChevroletG.C. Spencer
128Joe Weatherly'61 PontiacBud Moore
1397Harry Leake'60 ChevroletLewis Osbourne
141George Green'60 ChevroletJess Potter
1519Herman Beam'60 FordHerman Beam
1660Tom Cox'60 PlymouthRay Herlocker
1717Fred Harb'61 FordFred Harber
1818Stick Elliott'60 FordToy Bolton
1962Curtis Crider'60 FordCurtis Crider

Finishing order

Section reference: [2]

  1. Johnny Allen (No. 58)
  2. Rex White (No. 4)
  3. Richard Petty (No. 43)
  4. Larry Thomas (No. 36)
  5. Joe Weatherly (No. 8)
  6. Wendell Scott (No. 34)
  7. Fred Harb (No. 17)
  8. Jimmy Pardue (No. 54)
  9. Harry Leake (No. 97)
  10. Jack Smith (No. 47)
  11. Ned Jarrett (No. 11)
  12. Curtis Crider (No. 62)
  13. Herman Beam (No. 19)
  14. G. C. Spencer* (No. 48)
  15. Jim Paschal* (No. 2)
  16. George Green* (No. 1)
  17. Stick Elliott* (No. 18)
  18. Buck Baker* (No. 87)
  19. Thomas Cox* (No. 60)

* Driver failed to finish race

Timeline

Section reference: [2]

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References

  1. "1962 Myers Brothers 200 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "1962 Myers Brothers 200 racing results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  3. Zona, Chris; Trevin Goodwin (2007). 2007 Rams Football (PDF). Winston-Salem State Athletics. p. 30.
  4. "1962 Myers Brothers 200 racing results (second reference)". Driver Averages. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  5. "1962 Myers Brothers 200 crew chief information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
Preceded by NASCAR Grand National Series season
1962
Succeeded by
1962 untitled race at Augusta Speedway