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1963 World 600 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 26 of 55 Sunday, June 2, 1963 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles) Time of race: 4:31:52 Average speed: 132.417 mph Pole speed: 141.148 mph Cautions: 2 for 14 laps Margin of victory: 35 sec Attendance: 58722 Lead changes: 15 Glossary    1963 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1963 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 28   Fred Lorenzen LaFayette   (Holman-Moody Racing) '63 Ford 400 27780 running 76 2 1 3   Junior Johnson Holly Farms Poultry   (Ray Fox) '63 Chevrolet 400 17460 running 289 3 6 4   Rex White Louis Clements   (Rex White) '63 Chevrolet 398 8310 running 1 4 7 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '63 Pontiac 397 6275 running 0 5 23 6   David Pearson Cotton Owens '63 Dodge 396 4425 running 0 6 5 29   Nelson Stacy Holman-Moody Racing '63 Ford 395 3000 running 0 7 3 21   Marvin Panch Wood Brothers '63 Ford 395 2620 running 18 8 12 26   Darel Dieringer Bill Stroppe '63 Mercury 394 1750 running 0 9 15 25   G.C. Spencer Bill Stroppe '63 Mercury 392 1450 running 1 10 4 22   Fireball Roberts Young Ford   (Holman-Moody Racing) '63 Ford 391 1580 running 15 11 14 99   Bobby Isaac Bondy Long '63 Ford 385 1200 running 0 12 19 44   Tiny Lund Stewart McKinney '63 Ford 384 1150 running 0 13 10 0   Jimmy Pardue Holman-Moody Racing '63 Ford 384 1050 running 0 14 28 19   Larry Thomas Herman Beam '63 Ford 373 1000 running 0 15 27 60   Bob Cooper Bob Cooper '62 Pontiac 373 900 running 0 16 34 20   Emanuel Zervakis Emanuel Zervakis '63 Ford 367 800 engine 0 17 9 13   Banjo Matthews Smokey Yunick '63 Chevrolet 358 700 differential 0 18 25 48   Stick Elliott Jack Smith '63 Plymouth 355 650 crash 0 19 36 09   Larry Manning Bob Adams '62 Chevrolet 354 600 running 0 20 43 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '62 Chevrolet 350 550 running 0 21 39 83   Worth McMillion Worth McMillion '62 Pontiac 350 500 running 0 22 30 97   Possum Jones Lewis Osborne '62 Chevrolet 338 500 running 0 23 41 18   Cale Yarborough Toy Bolton '62 Pontiac 336 500 running 0 24 20 5   Billy Wade Cotton Owens '63 Dodge 335 500 differential 0 25 13 24   Larry Frank Mercury   (Bill Stroppe) '63 Mercury 321 500 bearing 0 26 37 1   E.J. Trivette Jess Potter '62 Chevrolet 288 450 engine 0 27 32 50   T.C. Hunt – '62 Pontiac 264 450 engine 0 28 16 7   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '63 Pontiac 259 450 piston 0 29 8 06   Bob Welborn Bud Moore '63 Pontiac 253 450 engine 0 30 22 11   Ned Jarrett Burton-Robinson   (Charles Robinson) '63 Ford 228 450 engine 0 31 40 86   Neil Castles Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 200 450 engine 0 32 35 30   Bunkie Blackburn Fred Clark '62 Chevrolet 194 450 engine 0 33 31 39   LeeRoy Yarbrough E.A. McQuaig '61 Pontiac 188 450 engine 0 34 24 41   Bob James Petty Enterprises '63 Plymouth 111 450 fuel pump 0 35 29 74   Paul Clark Paul Clark '62 Pontiac 96 450 engine 0 36 18 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '63 Plymouth 90 450 camshaft 0 37 38 56   Ed Livingston Mamie Reynolds '62 Ford 81 450 engine 0 38 44 2   Buddy Baker Cliff Stewart '62 Pontiac 61 450 engine 0 39 26 54   Ralph Earnhardt Pete Stewart '63 Ford 59 450 crash 0 40 17 66   Johnny Allen Ratus Walters '63 Ford 53 450 crash 0 41 33 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '62 Plymouth 27 450 wheel 0 42 20 42   Jim Paschal Southern Dealers   (Petty Enterprises) '63 Plymouth 24 450 crash 0 43 11 87   Buck Baker North Carolina Pontiac Dealers   (Buck Baker) '63 Pontiac 23 450 crash 0 44 42 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '63 Mercury 2 450 withdrew 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bob Cooper 02 Pontiac H.G. Rosier 5 H.G. Rosier Pontiac Bill Widenhouse 23 Leland Colvin Plymouth Woodie Wilson 38 Mat DeMatthews Ford Reb Wickersham 67 Reb Wickersham Pontiac Tom Cox 75 Robert Smith Pontiac Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Junior Johnson 1 56 56   Fireball Roberts 57 71 15   Junior Johnson 72 100 29   Rex White 101 101 1   Junior Johnson 102 122 21   Fred Lorenzen 123 129 7   G.C. Spencer 130 130 1   Marvin Panch 131 131 1   Junior Johnson 132 192 61   Marvin Panch 193 194 2   Fred Lorenzen 195 201 7   Marvin Panch 202 216 15   Junior Johnson 217 261 45   Fred Lorenzen 262 319 58   Junior Johnson 320 396 77   Fred Lorenzen 397 400 4