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The ''1962 Southeastern 500'' was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on July 29, 1962 at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power any more. ==Summary== An amazing lineup of 44 American-born drivers made the starting grid for this 500-lap event. Fireball Roberts earned the lofty pole position for this event by virtue of driving up to during his solo qualifying runs. Approximately 4% of this racing event was done under a caution flag. The model years for every vehicle ranged from 1960 to 1962; with most drivers using a Pontiac or a Chevrolet vehicle. Although official NASCAR records state that Joe Weatherly started in 13th place, he often preferred to call the position as "12A.〔(''1962 Southeastern 500'' ) racing information at Racing Reference〕" While Fireball Roberts and Junior Johnson dominated the first 100 laps, Fred Lorenzen and Jim Paschal would rule the final 100 laps of this racing event. Fifteen thousand fans would see an event that lasted three hours and nineteen minutes. Worth McMillion was the lowest finishing driver to complete the event; he was 68 laps behind the lead lap vehicles.〔 Paschal would go on to defeat Lorenzen by half a lap and by driving speeds up to for the entire duration of the race; the winner happened to be the driver of a 1962 Plymouth Belvedere. Although he was not a member of the Petty family, his victory was a great asset for Petty Enterprises and would eventually pave the way for non-family members to belong in the organization. Allan Harley was given the credit for the last-place finish due to car handling issues on lap 5.〔 Individual earnings for each driver varied from a then-incredible figure of $3,930 ($ when adjusted for inflation) to the meager sum of $100 ($ when adjusted for inflation). The total prize purse approved for this event was $17,925 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(''1962 Southeastern 500'' racing information ) at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1962 Southeastern 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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