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1963 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 45 of 55 Monday, September 2, 1963 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 3:51:23 Average speed: 129.784 mph Pole speed: 133.648 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: 17 sec Attendance: 62000 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1963 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1963 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 3 1 28   Fred Lorenzen LaFayette   (Holman-Moody Racing) '63 Ford 364 6550 running 20 20 2 3   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Ray Fox) '63 Chevrolet 257 4705 overheating 163 7 3 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '63 Mercury 358 2345 running 0 5 4 26   Darel Dieringer Bill Stroppe '63 Mercury 360 2625 running 0 9 5 7   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '63 Pontiac 356 1275 running 0 2 6 21   Marvin Panch English Motors   (Wood Brothers) '63 Ford 364 12650 running 123 4 7 29   Nelson Stacy Holman-Moody Racing '63 Ford 363 3500 running 0 10 8 13   Buck Baker Smokey Yunick '63 Chevrolet 356 1025 running 0 1 9 22   Fireball Roberts Young Ford   (Holman-Moody Racing) '63 Ford 364 22150 running 58 6 10 4   Rex White Louis Clements   (Rex White) '63 Mercury 358 2155 running 0 21 11 11   Ned Jarrett Burton-Robinson   (Charles Robinson) '63 Ford 208 570 engine 0 24 12 47   G.C. Spencer Jack Smith '63 Plymouth 123 500 engine 0 28 13 5   Billy Wade Cotton Owens '63 Dodge 59 500 crash 0 22 14 41   Jim Paschal Petty Enterprises '63 Plymouth 166 500 carburetor 0 27 15 42   Bob James Petty Enterprises '63 Plymouth 59 500 spindle 0 11 16 99   Bobby Isaac Bondy Long '63 Ford 353 950 running 0 14 17 6   David Pearson Cotton Owens '63 Dodge 339 950 running 0 12 18 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '63 Plymouth 341 1030 running 0 23 19 87   Buddy Baker Baker & Son   (Buck Baker) '63 Pontiac 133 570 clutch 0 15 20 54   Jimmy Pardue Pete Stewart '63 Ford 332 650 differential 0 17 21 19   Cale Yarborough Burkett & Eads   (Herman Beam) '63 Ford 306 500 running 0 13 22 70   Bunkie Blackburn Paul Clayton '62 Pontiac 339 800 running 0 30 23 36   Larry Thomas Wade Younts '62 Dodge 16 500 fuel pump 0 8 24 0   Tiny Lund Pulliam Motor Co.   (Holman-Moody Racing) '63 Ford 356 1775 running 0 29 25 92   LeeRoy Yarbrough Don Harrison '63 Ford 19 630 differential 0 25 26 17   Ralph Earnhardt Tarheel Speedway   (Fred Harb) '62 Pontiac 88 570 engine 0 16 27 62   Curtis Crider Globe Lincoln-Mercury   (Curtis Crider) '63 Mercury 332 600 running 0 19 28 60   Bud Harless Fred Harless '62 Pontiac 274 500 a frame 0 26 29 23   H.G. Rosier Leland Colvin '62 Plymouth 66 500 handling 0 32 30 76   Larry Manning J.D. McDuffie '61 Ford 11 500 handling 0 34 31 86   Neil Castles Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 6 500 oil pressure 0 33 32 57   Bobby Keck Pete Stewart '63 Ford 7 500 clutch 0 41 33 20   Emanuel Zervakis Emanuel Zervakis '63 Ford 1 500 handling 0 31 34 9   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '62 Chevrolet 15 500 transmission 0 18 35 09   Elmo Langley Bob Adams '62 Chevrolet 302 500 transmission 0 35 36 2   Bob Welborn Cliff Stewart '62 Pontiac 4 500 head gasket 0 37 37 53   Paul Lewis Paul Lewis '63 Ford 2 500 handling 0 40 38 93   Lee Reitzel Lee Reitzel '62 Ford 2 500 brakes 0 36 39 05   Possum Jones Possum Jones '61 Pontiac 3 500 oil pressure 0 38 40 68   Frank Graham Livingston Auto Parts   (Ed Livingston) '61 Ford 2 500 clutch 0 39 41 56   Ed Livingston Mamie Reynolds '62 Ford 2 500 oil pressure 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Fred Lorenzen 1 1 1   Junior Johnson 2 73 72   Marvin Panch 74 74 1   Fred Lorenzen 75 75 1   Marvin Panch 76 143 68   Junior Johnson 144 234 91   Marvin Panch 235 288 54   Fireball Roberts 289 313 25   Fred Lorenzen 314 331 18   Fireball Roberts 332 364 33