The 1962 Old Dominion 500 was held on September 23 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, drawing 11,500 fans for a 37-car field on the half-mile paved track. Fireball Roberts won the pole with a speed of 71.513 mph. Nelson Stacy started third in the No. 29 Holman-Moody Ford and took command for good on lap 190, leading the final 311 laps (313 total) to win by three full laps over Richard Petty. Ned Jarrett finished third, followed by Jack Smith and Joe Weatherly. Stacy averaged 66.874 mph in a race that lasted 3 hours, 44 minutes, 18 seconds and was slowed by just two cautions. He earned $3,655 for the victory—his final career win—in an event that saw only four lead changes, with Roberts leading 102 laps early and Weatherly 81.
