1962 Myers Brothers 200

1962 Myers Brothers 200

Race details
Race 25 of 53 in the 1962 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Date	June 16, 1962 (1962-June-16)
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)
Avg Speed	45.466 miles per hour (73.170 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Rex White	Rex White
Most laps led
Driver	Johnny Allen	Fred Lovette
Laps	178
Winner
58	Johnny Allen	Fred Lovette
Television
Network	untelevised
Announcers	none

The 1962 Myers Brothers 200 is a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) race that occurred on June 16, 1962 at the Bowman-Gray Stadium in the American community of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.^[1][2] The winner was Johnny Allen, scoring his first win by defeating Rex White by six seconds.^[1] After the race, the total prize winnings given out to all the drivers were $3985 USD ($28,933.04 in today's money).^[2] 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.^[1][2]

Finishers

1. Johnny Allen
2. Rex White
3. Richard Petty
4. Larry Thomas
5. Joe Weatherly
6. Wendell Scott
7. Fred Harb
8. Jimmy Pardue
9. Harry Leake
10. Jack Smith
11. Ned Jarrett
12. Curtis Crider
13. Herman Beam
14. G.C. Spencer*
15. Jim Paschal*
16. George Green*
17. Stick Elliott*
18. Buck Baker*
19. Tom Cox*

* Driver failed to finish race

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "1962 Myers Brothers 200 racing results". Racing Reference. http://www.racing-reference.info/race?s=1&series=W&id=1962-25. Retrieved 2010-11-20. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "1962 Myers Brothers 200 racing results (second reference)". Stat Sheet. http://statsheet.com/nascar/races/1962-06-16-myers-brothers-200. Retrieved 2010-11-20. 

Preceded by 1962 Atlanta 500

NASCAR Grand National Series Season 1962

Succeeded by 1962 untitled race at Augusta Speedway