|| *Comments on the 1962 Gwyn Staley 400:* View the most recent comment <#8> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. biffle16 posted: 06.16.2007 - 1:27 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Herb Thomas' first start in five years, and his last. 2. David posted: 06.25.2012 - 1:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also J.C. Hendrix's last start. 3. Graham Clayton posted: 10.28.2013 - 8:00 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Apparently the organisers did not provide enough fuel for all of the competitors to finish the race. In order to get fuel, pit crews resorted to siphoning fuel from spectators cars parked on the infield. 4. A posted: 03.05.2014 - 10:42 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) When this race started, there were eight future hall of famers in the field, and probably a few more that will be. And, the starting field combined would eventually account for 704 WINS in their career in Grand National/Winston Cup!!! Richard Petty, 200, David Pearson, 105, Junior Johnson, 50, Ned Jarrett, 50, Herb Thomas, 48, Buck Baker, 46, Fireball Roberts, 33, Rex White, 28, Fred Lorenzen, 26, Joe Weatherly, 25, Jim Paschal, 25, Jack Smith, 21, Marvin Panch, 17, Cotton Owens, 9, Darel Dieringer, 7, Billy Wade, 4, Nelson Stacy, 4, Bobby Johns, 2, Jimmy Pardue, 2, Larry Frank, 1, Wendell Scott, 1 Races like this are the reason North Wilkesboro needs to be saved as at least a historic site, something. 5. nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted: 01.23.2016 - 11:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Note: Billy Wade blew a tire and wrecked hard. Same mishap for Jimmy Pardue early in the race. 6. oldschoolracing519 posted: 05.05.2016 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) race #11 and #13 have the same race name so link to the same race page 7. Brandon posted: 02.10.2017 - 12:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) David Pearson travels to the dark side for a race and drives for a Petty. 8. Joshua posted: 11.17.2019 - 1:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wendell Scott's sponsor for this race was "Scott Racing" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: