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1963 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 2 of 12 Thursday, May 30, 1963 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:29:35 Average speed: 143.137 mph Pole speed: 151.153 mph Cautions: 7 Margin of victory: 34.04 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1963 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1963 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 98   Parnelli Jones Willard Battery   (J.C. Agajanian) Watson / Offy 200 148513 running 167 1000 2 5 92   Jimmy Clark Lotus Powered by Ford   (Team Lotus) Lotus / Ford 200 56238 running 28 800 3 8 2   A.J. Foyt Sheraton / Thompson   (Ansted-Thompson Racing) Trevis / Offy 200 32614 running 0 700 4 4 1   Rodger Ward Kaiser Aluminum   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 200 21288 running 0 600 5 3 4   Don Branson Leader Card 500 Roadster   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 200 18588 running 0 500 6 6 8   Jim McElreath Bill Forbes Racing   (Bill Forbes) Watson / Offy 200 14888 running 0 400 7 12 93   Dan Gurney Lotus Powered by Ford   (Team Lotus) Lotus / Ford 200 18063 running 0 300 8 11 10   Chuck Hulse Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Ewing / Offy 200 12163 running 0 250 9 31 84   Al Miller Harvey Aluminum   (Mickey Thompson) Thompson / Chevy 200 12513 running 0 200 10 17 22   Dick Rathmann Harry Allen Chapman Watson / Offy 200 10463 running 0 150 11 30 29   Dempsey Wilson Vita-Fresh Orange Juice   (Gordon Van Liew) Kuzma / Offy 200 8300 running 0 100 12 33 17   Troy Ruttman Robbins Autocrat   (Jim Robbins) Kuzma / Offy 200 8450 running 0 50 13 18 65   Bob Christie Travelon Trailer   (Ernest Ruiz) Christiansen / Offy 200 7900 running 0   14 32 32   Ebb Rose Sheraton / Thompson   (Ansted-Thompson Racing) Watson / Offy 200 7550 running 0   15 14 14   Roger McCluskey Konstant Hot   (Bruce Homeyer) Watson / Offy 198 7100 spun out 4   16 7 5   Bobby Marshman Econo Car Rental   (Lindsey Hopkins) Epperly / Offy 196 6300 rear end 0   17 19 9   Eddie Sachs Bryant Heating & Cooling   (DVS Inc.) Watson / Offy 181 7100 crash 0   18 9 99   Paul Goldsmith Demler Special   (Norm Demler) Watson / Offy 149 7350 crank bearing 0   19 19 52   Lloyd Ruby Trackburner   (John Zink) Watson / Offy 126 6350 crash 0   20 21 88   Eddie Johnson Drewry's   (M & W Racing) Watson / Offy 112 6300 crash 0   21 22 45   Chuck Stevenson Bardahl   (Fred Gerhardt) Watson / Offy 110 5700 valve 0   22 2 56   Jim Hurtubise Hotel Tropicana   (Andy Granatelli) Kurtis / Novi 102 7400 oil leak 1   23 15 83   Duane Carter Harvey Aluminum   (Mickey Thompson) Thompson / Chevy 100 5700 connecting rod 0   24 29 16   Jim Rathmann Coral Harbor   (Lindsey Hopkins) Watson / Offy 99 5650 magneto 0   25 20 26   Bobby Grim Gil Morcroft Trevis / Offy 79 5900 oil tank 0   26 24 86   Bob Veith Sheraton / Thompson   (Racing Associates) Porter / Offy 74 5600 valve 0   27 13 35   Allen Crowe Gabriel Shocker   (Pete Salemi) Trevis / Offy 47 5700 crash 0   28 25 54   Bud Tingelstad Hoover, Inc.   (John Wills) Epperly / Offy 46 5500 crash 0   29 26 37   Johnny Rutherford U.S. Equipment   (Ed Kostenuk) Watson / Offy 43 5400 transmission 0   30 28 21   Elmer George Sarkes Tarzian   (Mari Hulman George) Lesovsky / Offy 21 5350 handling 0   31 23 75   Art Malone STP   (Andy Granatelli) Kurtis / Novi 18 5150 clutch 0   32 27 23   Johnny Boyd Bowes Seal-Fast   (George Salih) Epperly / Offy 12 5300 oil leak 0   33 16 6   Bobby Unser Hotel Tropicana   (Andy Granatelli) Kurtis / Novi 2 6250 crash 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Ralph Liguori 3 Schulz Fueling Equipment Curtis Turner 12 Fiberglas Ronnie Duman 15 Federal Engineering Jimmy Daywalt 25 Wynn's Friction Proofing Bill Cheesbourg 27 U.S. Equipment Johnny Rutherford 27 U.S. Equipment Bob Harkey 31 American Rubber & Plastic Chuck Rodee 38, 25 Konstant Hot, Wynn's Friction Proofing Jack Turner 44 Precision Piston Ring Ebb Rose 46 Racing Associates Ray Crawford 47 Ray Crawford Len Sutton 47, 7 Ray Crawford, Leader Card Autolite Pedro Rodriguez 48 Cooper Paul Russo 53 Spirit of St. Louis Norm Hall 61 Federal Engineering Don Freeland 62 White Spot Jimmy Davies 63 Kimberly Cliff Griffith 72 Lencki Junior Johnson 73 American Rubber & Plastic Chuck Engle 77 Dayton All Star Masten Gregory 82 MT Harvey Aluminum Bill Krause 82 MT Harvey Aluminum Graham Hill 83 MT Harvey Aluminum Jack Conely 89 J & E Engineering Dan Gurney 91 Lotus Powered by Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jim Hurtubise 1 1 1   Parnelli Jones 2 63 62   Roger McCluskey 64 67 4   Jimmy Clark 68 95 28   Parnelli Jones 96 200 105