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1963 Daytona 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 7 of 55
Sunday, February 24, 1963 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:17:56
Average Speed: 151.556 mph
Pole Speed: 160.943 mph

Cautions: 1 for 10 laps
Margin of Victory: 24 sec
Attendance: 70,780
Lead changes: 29

Glossary 1963 NASCAR Grand National results / 1963 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	12	21	Tiny Lund	English Motors (Wood Brothers)	'63 Ford	200	24,550	running	17
2	2	28	Fred Lorenzen	Lafayette Ford (Holman-Moody)	'63 Ford	200	15,450	running	77
3	8	11	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson (Charles Robinson)	'63 Ford	200	8,700	running	26
4	10	29	Nelson Stacy	Ron's Ford Sales (Holman-Moody)	'63 Ford	199	8,275	running	0
5	11	0	Dan Gurney	Lafayette Ford (Holman-Moody)	'63 Ford	199	3,550	running	0
6	23	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	198	2,500	running	0
7	14	7A	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'63 Pontiac	198	2,600	running	22
8	26	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'63 Pontiac	197	1,500	running	0
9	4	13	Johnny Rutherford	Smokey Yunick	'63 Chevrolet	196	1,250	running	0
10	13	44	Tommy Irwin	Stewart McKinney	'63 Ford	195	1,000	running	0
11	9	06	Larry Frank	Schwister Ford (Holman-Moody)	'63 Ford	195	1,500	running	5
12	15	14	Troy Ruttman	Mercury (Bill Stroppe)	'63 Mercury	195	1,000	running	0
13	22	39	LeeRoy Yarbrough	E.A. McQuaig	'62 Pontiac	194	1,000	running	0
14	6	4	Rex White	Louis Clements (Rex White)	'63 Chevrolet	194	1,100	running	4
15	16	15	Parnelli Jones	Bill Stroppe	'63 Mercury	194	1,000	running	0
16	18	26	Darel Dieringer	Bill Stroppe	'63 Mercury	192	675	running	0
17	25	80	Sal Tovella	Tom Hawkins	'63 Ford	192	675	running	0
18	27	32	Bob James	Roscoe Sanders	'63 Plymouth	191	675	running	0
19	49	04	H.B. Bailey	H.B. Bailey	'61 Pontiac	188	675	running	0
20	30	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton	'62 Pontiac	188	675	running	0
21	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Banjo Matthews	'63 Pontiac	182	650	engine	11
22	42	56	Ed Livingston	Mamie Reynolds	'62 Ford	180	550	running	0
23	47	95	Jim Cushman	Jack Russell	'63 Plymouth	176	550	running	0
24	45	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'63 Ford	175	550	running	0
25	39	54	Jimmy Pardue	Pete Stewart	'62 Pontiac	169	550	transmission	0
26	41	34	Wendell Scott	Royal Beach Motel (Wendell Scott)	'62 Chevrolet	168	550	engine	0
27	7	02	A.J. Foyt	Ray Nichels	'63 Pontiac	143	550	spin out	6
28	37	41	Jim Hurtubise	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	113	550	engine	0
29	35	84	Red Foote	Rocky Hinton	'63 Ford	113	550	con rod	0
30	17	69	Johnny Allen	Lou Sidoit	'63 Mercury	111	550	engine	0
31	33	07	Len Sutton	Ray Nichels	'63 Pontiac	97	550	engine	0
32	21	03	G.C. Spencer	Ray Fox	'63 Chevrolet	95	1,550	engine	21
33	29	70	Floyd Powell	Paul Clayton	'62 Pontiac	94	550	wheel studs	0
34	44	68	Frank Graham	Ed Livingston	'61 Ford	93	550	engine	0
35	36	58	John Rogers	John Rogers	'61 Pontiac	72	550	handling	0
36	34	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	72	550	ignition	0
37	19	81	Dick Good	Romy (Romy Hammes)	'63 Ford	68	550	spin out	0
38	43	05	Jim McGuirk	Ray Nichels	'62 Pontiac	67	550	fumes	0
39	28	51	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper	'62 Pontiac	53	550	engine	0
40	5	01	Paul Goldsmith	Packer Pontiac (Ray Nichels)	'63 Pontiac	39	1,250	piston	11
41	46	5	Billy Wade	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	32	550	valves	0
42	3	3	Junior Johnson	Ray Fox	'63 Chevrolet	26	1,750	distributor	0
43	31	71	Bubba Farr	W.M. Harrison	'63 Chevrolet	22	550	fuel pump	0
44	38	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'63 Chrysler	19	550	flywheel	0
45	20	10	Bunkie Blackburn	Jim Stephens	'62 Pontiac	18	550	water pump	0
46	40	67	Reb Wickersham	Reb's Sport Shop (Reb Wickersham)	'62 Pontiac	18	550	engine	0
47	32	73	Ralph Earnhardt	Acey Taylor	'62 Pontiac	15	550	fuel pump	0
48	50	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	12	550	handling	0
49	24	72	Ted Hairfield	Parker Snead	'63 Ford	11	550	clutch	0
50	48	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'62 Mercury	4	550	handling	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	10	10	track drying
	11	200	190
Percent of race run under caution: 5.0% Average green flag run: 190.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fireball Roberts	1	10	10
Bobby Johns	11	22	12
Paul Goldsmith	23	33	11
A.J. Foyt	34	38	5
G.C. Spencer	39	40	2
Rex White	41	42	2
G.C. Spencer	43	45	3
Rex White	46	47	2
G.C. Spencer	48	50	3
Larry Frank	51	55	5
G.C. Spencer	56	63	8
A.J. Foyt	64	64	1
G.C. Spencer	65	69	5
Fred Lorenzen	70	105	36
Bobby Johns	106	106	1
Fred Lorenzen	107	108	2
Bobby Johns	109	114	6
Fireball Roberts	115	115	1
Bobby Johns	116	118	3
Ned Jarrett	119	141	23
Fred Lorenzen	142	155	14
Ned Jarrett	156	157	2
Tiny Lund	158	162	5
Fred Lorenzen	163	184	22
Tiny Lund	185	185	1
Fred Lorenzen	186	186	1
Tiny Lund	187	189	3
Fred Lorenzen	190	191	2
Ned Jarrett	192	192	1
Tiny Lund	193	200	8

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