|| *Comments on the 1962 Dixie 400:* View the most recent comment <#15> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. SK posted: 05.16.2007 - 2:53 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) H.B. Bailey's Grand National debut. 2. SK posted: 12.28.2007 - 12:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) And the final win for 1960 champion Rex White. 3. Anonymous posted: 02.17.2009 - 8:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race was held on the day when the Cuban Missile Crisis ended (October 28, 1962). 4. Jim posted: 01.29.2010 - 6:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #40 was owned by the winner ! 5. rob posted: 03.04.2012 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) would be interesting to know the mood of all those in attendance that weekend as the cuban crisis loomed. was there even any thought of cancelling the race ? on the original 1962 schedule a race was slated the weekend before at south boston. was this race rained out or did the situation in cuba figure in the cancellation ? 6. Shifty Steve posted: 06.22.2012 - 12:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Had a chance to spend a couple of hours with Rex White a few times. You'll never meet a nicer guy. Enjoyed the stories he had to tell. I listened to that race on my transistor radio as a 12 year old. Rex drafted Marvin Panch to save gas. He said in his post race interview "I didn't out run 'em, I out raced 'em!" 7. Anonymous posted: 11.14.2014 - 4:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) White made his final pit stop before Panch, but Panch was the one who ran out of fuel with 2 laps to go! 8. rob posted: 01.30.2015 - 9:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Found out per an old copy of the newspaper Southern Motoracing that the South Boston race was rained out and the subsequent cancelation of the event clinched the point title for Joe Weatherly. 9. Scott B posted: 10.27.2015 - 2:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Pearson makes a one-off start for owner Bud Moore. They wouldn't team up again until 1972, though each found plenty of sucess separately. 10. nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted: 01.23.2016 - 11:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Note: the 53rd race of the season initially scheduled the October 21 at South Boston, VA (150 miles and total purse of $7,000) was finally cancelled due to lack of entries. 11. Anonymous posted: 07.18.2017 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow. Never heard of a Cup race cancelled for that reason. Is there any record of how many entries were received ? 12. kup posted: 11.13.2017 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) UPS: universal points system. Driver's UPoints = Miles / Aver.Finish 1962 UPS _ Driver = Miles / AF 1602 _ Joe Weatherly = 8011 / 5.0 1097 _ Richard Petty = 7572 / 6.9 827 _ Jack Smith = 7110 / 8.6 775 _ Ned Jarrett = 7211 / 9.3 599 _ Jim Paschal = 5868 / 9.8 582 _ Rex White = 5760 / 9.9 549 _ Herman Beam = 7140 / 13.0 & TOTAL: UPS! 14 years 1949-1962: Lee Petty 5 in: 1950, 1952, 1954, 1958, 1959. Buck Baker 2 in: 1956, 1957. Rex White 2 in: 1960, 1961. Bill Blair 1 in: 1949. Fonty Flock 1 in: 1951. Herb Thomas 1 in: 1953. Tim Flock 1 in: 1955. Joe Weatherly 1 in: 1962. 13. Brandon posted: 03.08.2018 - 10:57 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) A total of 11 manufacturers raced in the 53 races in 1962, here is how many races each showed up to. Alfa Romeo: 1 Austin-Healey: 1 Chevrolet: 53 Chrysler: 44 Dodge: 39 Ford: 53 Mercury: 49 MG: 1 Plymouth: 53 Pontiac: 53 Studebaker: 3 14. Eric posted: 12.09.2019 - 12:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) H.B. Bailey, making his debut in this race, flipped over after hitting the infield berm. Also in this race, Tommy Irwin's car hit the guardrail and rode along the guardrail on its side. 15. anonymous posted: 03.22.2020 - 2:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJO_PdtqAfQ The end of this video is from the event (Pearson #08 from Bud Moore is shown), you can see a #71 numbered Pontiac at 1h21min. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: