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NASCAR Grand National race number 37 of 55
Sunday, July 28, 1963 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:20:25
Average speed: 74.844 mph
Pole speed: 82.229 mph

Cautions: 7 for 36 laps
Margin of victory: 3 sec
Attendance: 23000
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1963 NASCAR Grand National results / 1963 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette (Holman-Moody Racing)	'63 Ford	500	4540	running	336
2	15	43	Richard Petty	Interstate (Petty Enterprises)	'63 Plymouth	500	2365	running	3
3	13	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	499	1825	running	1
4	4	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers	'63 Ford	492	1225	running	0
5	9	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	491	1075	running	0
6	8	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'62 Pontiac	488	1175	running	0
7	6	0	Tiny Lund	Holman-Moody Racing	'63 Ford	488	775	running	0
8	20	26	Darel Dieringer	Mercury (Bill Stroppe)	'63 Mercury	488	775	running	0
9	14	4	Rex White	Louis Clements (Rex White)	'63 Mercury	486	700	running	0
10	7	44	Tommy Irwin	Lafayette Ford (Stewart McKinney)	'63 Ford	484	525	running	0
11	16	99	Bobby Isaac	Bondy Long	'63 Ford	482	475	running	0
12	23	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'62 Dodge	475	400	running	0
13	12	5	Billy Wade	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	473	350	clutch	0
14	22	19	Cale Yarborough	Herman Beam	'63 Ford	471	300	running	0
15	11	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'63 Pontiac	469	350	running	0
16	28	86	Neil Castles	Buck Baker	'62 Chrysler	467	275	running	0
17	30	56	Ed Livingston	Mamie Reynolds	'62 Ford	436	275	running	0
18	32	67	Reb Wickersham	Reb's Sport Shop (Reb Wickersham)	'62 Pontiac	430	275	engine	0
19	33	76	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'61 Ford	425	250	running	0
20	35	83	Worth McMillion	Worth McMillion	'62 Pontiac	423	200	running	0
21	34	88	Major Melton	Major Melton	'61 Chrysler	418	225	running	0
22	3	3	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms Poultry (Ray Fox)	'63 Chevrolet	407	485	engine	160
23	31	57	Bobby Keck	Pete Stewart	'63 Ford	406	225	running	0
24	21	47	Jack Smith	Plymouth (Jack Smith)	'63 Plymouth	401	225	engine	0
25	10	11	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson (Charles Robinson)	'63 Ford	399	225	running	0
26	27	32	Mark Hurley	Dave Kent	'63 Ford	396	235	wheel	0
27	24	05	Possum Jones	Possum Jones	'62 Pontiac	364	200	brakes	0
28	19	48	Stick Elliott	Plymouth (Jack Smith)	'63 Plymouth	349	225	differential	0
29	2	22	Fireball Roberts	Young Ford (Holman-Moody Racing)	'62 Ford	312	250	crash	0
30	18	54	Jimmy Pardue	Pete Stewart	'63 Ford	187	225	crash	0
31	26	75	Bunkie Blackburn	Robert Smith	'62 Pontiac	135	200	tire	0
32	17	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'63 Pontiac	62	225	ignition	0
33	29	62	Curtis Crider	Globe Lincoln-Mercury (Curtis Crider)	'63 Mercury	51	200	engine	0
34	5	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman-Moody Racing	'63 Ford	47	225	crash	0
35	25	03	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'62 Chevrolet	11	300	fuel pump	0
36	36	63	Chuck Huckabee	Curtis Crider	'62 Mercury	4	200	differential	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Elmo Langley	09	Bob Adams	Chevrolet
	Jim Bray	14	Jim Bray	Chevrolet
	Bud Harless	60	Fred Harless	Pontiac

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fred Lorenzen	1	1	1
Junior Johnson	2	161	160
Fred Lorenzen	162	240	79
Jim Paschal	241	241	1
Fred Lorenzen	242	316	75
Richard Petty	317	319	3
Fred Lorenzen	320	500	181