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1963 Richmond 250 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 15 of 55 Sunday, April 7, 1963 at Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond, VA 250 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (125.000 miles) Time of race: 2:06:16 Average speed: 58.624 mph Pole speed: 69.151 mph Cautions: 6 for 37 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 15000 Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1963 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1963 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '63 Pontiac 250 2400 running 63 2 14 11   Ned Jarrett Burton-Robinson   (Charles Robinson) '63 Ford 249 1300 running 0 3 1 4   Rex White Louis Clements   (Rex White) '62 Chevrolet 247 900 running 0 4 7 5   Billy Wade Cotton Owens '63 Dodge 245 625 running 0 5 6 3   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Ray Fox) '63 Chevrolet 242 450 engine 129 6 11 41   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '63 Plymouth 240 375 running 0 7 18 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '62 Mercury 234 300 running 0 8 20 96   Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '61 Chevrolet 230 250 running 0 9 13 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '62 Chevrolet 228 200 running 0 10 25 83   Worth McMillion Worth McMillion '62 Chevrolet 227 200 running 0 11 21 33   Roy Mayne C.L. Kilpatrick '62 Chevrolet 223 175 running 0 12 22 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '63 Plymouth 220 175 radiator 0 13 23 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '62 Ford 213 175 running 0 14 2 6   David Pearson Cotton Owens '63 Dodge 196 150 spindle 10 15 10 66   Johnny Allen Ratus Walters '62 Ford 196 150 engine 0 16 4 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '63 Pontiac 173 125 engine 0 17 17 03   G.C. Spencer Holly Farms   (Ray Fox) '62 Chevrolet 166 125 engine 0 18 24 27   Bob James Roscoe Sanders '63 Dodge 155 125 crash 0 19 8 43   Jim Paschal Petty Enterprises '63 Plymouth 129 125 differential 48 20 19 2   Fred Harb Cliff Stewart '62 Pontiac 95 125 crash 0 21 5 54   Jimmy Pardue Pete Stewart '63 Ford 81 100 engine 0 22 15 44   Fred Lorenzen Stewart McKinney '63 Ford 80 100 engine 0 23 9 22   Fireball Roberts Holman-Moody Racing '63 Ford 70 100 engine 0 24 12 20   Emanuel Zervakis Emanuel Zervakis '62 Mercury 68 100 differential 0 25 16 09   Larry Manning Bob Adams '62 Chevrolet 35 75 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 4 4   Joe Weatherly 5 9 5   Junior Johnson 10 70 61   Joe Weatherly 71 81 11   Jim Paschal 82 129 48   Junior Johnson 130 163 34   David Pearson 164 169 6   Junior Johnson 170 186 17   Joe Weatherly 187 190 4   Junior Johnson 191 207 17   Joe Weatherly 208 250 43