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1963 Riverside 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 4 of 55
January 20, 1963 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
185 laps on a 2.700 mile road course (499.5 miles)

Time of race: 5:53:20
Average Speed: 84.965 mph
Pole Speed: 99.59 mph

Cautions: 6
Margin of Victory: 36 sec
Attendance: 52,500
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1963 NASCAR Grand National results / 1963 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	11	28	Dan Gurney	Holman-Moody	'63 Ford	185	14,400	running	120
2	2	02	A.J. Foyt	Ray Nichels	'63 Pontiac	185	6,570	running	2
3	17	14	Troy Ruttman	Bill Stroppe	'63 Mercury	184	3,980	running	0
4	3	22	Fireball Roberts	Banjo Matthews	'63 Pontiac	184	2,630	running	13
5	25	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'63 Pontiac	182	1,750	running	0
6	8	11	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson (Charles Robinson)	'63 Ford	181	1,225	running	0
7	21	5	Billy Wade	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	180	1,850	running	0
8	6	54	Jimmy Pardue	Pete Stewart	'62 Pontiac	179	1,050	running	0
9	28	1	Danny Letner		'63 Dodge	179	950	running	0
10	30	98	Joe Ruttman	Bill Stroppe (Carl Dane)	'62 Mercury	176	850	running	0
11	26	97	Ron Hornaday	Frank Galpin	'62 Ford	176	750	running	0
12	13	0	Dave MacDonald	Holman-Moody	'62 Chevrolet	176	675	running	0
13	39	38	Bob Perry	Bob Perry	'62 Mercury	175	575	running	0
14	32	70	Bob Ross	Bob Ross	'60 Pontiac	175	575	running	0
15	18	4	Rex White	Louis Clements (Rex White)	'62 Chevrolet	173	575	engine	0
16	27	19	John Rostek	John Rostek	'62 Ford	172	500	crash	0
17	10	12	Art Watts		'62 Ford	171	475	running	0
18	33	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'62 Chevrolet	169	425	running	0
19	43	61	Richard Brown		'62 Chevrolet	166	425	running	0
20	41	50	Harold Beal		'62 Dodge	164	425	running	0
21	31	51	Scotty Cain	Scotty Cain	'61 Ford	162	375	running	0
22	16	21	Fred Lorenzen	Wood Brothers	'63 Ford	158	530	engine	8
23	34	27	Marshall Sargent		'60 Pontiac	157	375	crash	0
24	5	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'63 Pontiac	148	925	oil pan	0
25	40	26	Carl Joiner	Carl Joiner	'62 Chevrolet	143	375	crash	0
26	38	10	Jim Cook	Floyd Johnson	'62 Dodge	143	325	crash	0
27	9	75	Jim Hurtubise		'61 Pontiac	142	325	engine	0
28	42	20	Jack Norton	Jack Norton	'62 Chevrolet	140	325	carburetor	0
29	35	40	Eddie Pagan	Dick Getty	'63 Chevrolet	137	325	running	0
30	24	88	Don Noel		'63 Mercury	126	450	engine	0
31	7	33	Clem Proctor	Clem Proctor	'62 Pontiac	122	275	crash	0
32	23	80	Sal Tovella	Tom Hawkins	'63 Ford	116	500	engine	0
33	20	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	113	275	oil pressure	0
34	44	25	Bill Clinton	Bill Clinton	'61 Ford	111	275	running	0
35	37	2	Bill Foster	Cliff Stewart	'62 Pontiac	91	275	transmission	0
36	19	41	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	81	300	crash	0
37	12	15	Parnelli Jones	Bill Stroppe	'63 Mercury	78	525	transmission	39
38	22	77	Marvin Porter	Vel Miletich	'63 Ford	67	650	rear end	0
39	1	01	Paul Goldsmith	Ray Nichels	'63 Pontiac	59	680	con rod	3
40	4	07	Len Sutton	Ray Nichels	'63 Pontiac	49	350	con rod	0
41	15	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	27	300	transmission	0
42	14	23	Danny Weinberg	Carl Dane	'62 Pontiac	27	300	crash	0
43	36	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'62 Mercury	26	275	clutch	0
44	29	44	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane	'62 Chevrolet	8	300	transmission	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
A.J. Foyt	1	2	2
Paul Goldsmith	3	5	3
Parnelli Jones	6	34	29
Fred Lorenzen	35	42	8
Dan Gurney	43	60	18
Parnelli Jones	61	70	10
Dan Gurney	71	87	17
Fireball Roberts	88	100	13
Dan Gurney	101	185	85

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