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1962 – Pontiac’s Greatest Season; Race 35
07/21/1961 – Rambi Speedway, Myrtle Beach, SC – ‘Gentleman’ Ned Jarrett shows everybody how to tame a 1/2-mile dirt track as he takes the win from the pole in B.G. Holloway’s 1962 Chevrolet, lapping the entire field. Joe Weatherly finishes 2nd (1 lap down), Jack Smith finished 3rd (4 laps down), and Bob Welborn finishes 5th (10 laps down) to place 3 Pontiacs in the top-5. Weatherly was driving an older 1960 model (no doubt Bud Moore was saving the 1962’s for the superspeedways) while Smith and Welborn were driving the new 1962 models.
After 35 races – 19 wins, 19 poles for Pontiac
1962 – Pontiac’s Greatest Season; Race 17
04/29/1962 – Volunteer 500 – Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN – Bobby Johns and Pontiac demolish the field as Johns leads 430 of 500 laps on the day in Shorty Johns’ 1962 Pontiac to take the win. 1962 Pontiacs finish 2nd with Fireball Roberts who sat on the pole and led 61 laps and 3rd with Jack Smith; to give you an idea as to Johns’ and Pontiac’s dominance, Roberts finished 6 laps down to Johns and Smith 8 laps down and Pontiacs lead 491 of 500 laps.
After 17 races – 9 wins, 10 poles for Pontiac.
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Legendary Pontiacs – Daytona Domination
02/12/1960 – Daytona 500 Qualifier #1 – Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL – Fireball Roberts starts 2nd in John Hines’ 1960 Pontiac, but takes the lead on the first lap from pole winner Cotton Owens in his 1960 Pontiac and proceeds to lead all 40 laps to take the win (the qualifier races in this era were considered points races).
Today in History
09/19/1982 – CRC Chemicals 500 – Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE – Ricky Rudd takes the pole in Richard Childress’ Piedmont Airlines Grand Prix, but crashes out late after leading 2 laps and finishes 11th. Kyle Petty was the highest finishing Pontiac on the day, taking 2nd place in the Petty Enterprises’ UNO/STP Grand Prix behind winner Darrell Waltrip who was having an unstoppable season in Junior Johnson’s Mountain Dew Buick Regal. 
Today in History
08/24/2002 – Sharpie 500 – Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN – Mike Wallace gets his final career Pontiac Cup top-10 – finishing 10th – on the lead lap in A.J. Foyt’s Conseco Grand Prix.
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