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1963 Daytona 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 7 of 55
Sunday, February 24, 1963 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:17:56
Average speed: 151.556 mph
Pole speed: 160.943 mph

Cautions: 1 for 10 laps
Margin of victory: 24 sec
Attendance: 70780
Lead changes: 29

Glossary 1963 NASCAR Grand National results / 1963 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	12	21	Tiny Lund	English Motors (Wood Brothers)	'63 Ford	200	24550	running	17
2	2	28	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette Ford (Holman-Moody Racing)	'63 Ford	200	15450	running	77
3	8	11	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson (Charles Robinson)	'63 Ford	200	8700	running	26
4	10	29	Nelson Stacy	Ron's Ford Sales (Holman-Moody Racing)	'63 Ford	199	8275	running	0
5	11	0	Dan Gurney	LaFayette Ford (Holman-Moody Racing)	'63 Ford	199	3550	running	0
6	23	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	198	2500	running	0
7	14	7A	Bobby Johns	Williamson - Willy Pontiac Co. (Shorty Johns)	'63 Pontiac	198	2600	running	10
8	26	8	Joe Weatherly	King-Zane Motors / Miller Pontiac (Bud Moore)	'63 Pontiac	197	1500	running	0
9	4	13	Johnny Rutherford	Smokey Yunick	'63 Chevrolet	196	1250	running	0
10	13	44	Tommy Irwin	LaFayette Ford (Stewart McKinney)	'63 Ford	195	1000	running	0
11	9	06	Larry Frank	Schwister Ford (Holman-Moody Racing)	'63 Ford	195	1500	running	5
12	15	14	Troy Ruttman	Mercury (Bill Stroppe)	'63 Mercury	195	1000	running	0
13	22	39	LeeRoy Yarbrough	E.A. McQuaig	'62 Pontiac	194	1000	running	0
14	6	4	Rex White	Jim Rathmann Chevrolet-Cadillac (Rex White)	'63 Chevrolet	194	1100	running	4
15	16	15	Parnelli Jones	Mercury (Bill Stroppe)	'63 Mercury	194	1000	running	0
16	18	26	Darel Dieringer	Bill Stroppe	'63 Mercury	192	675	running	0
17	25	80	Sal Tovella	Sal's Auto Sales (Tom Hawkins)	'63 Ford	192	675	running	0
18	27	32	Bob James	S&K Realty (Roscoe Sanders)	'63 Plymouth	191	675	running	0
19	49	04	H.B. Bailey	H.B. Bailey	'61 Pontiac	188	675	running	0
20	30	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton	'62 Pontiac	188	675	running	0
21	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Hine Pontiac (Banjo Matthews)	'63 Pontiac	182	650	engine	11
22	42	56	Ed Livingston	Courtesy Ford (Mamie Reynolds)	'62 Ford	180	550	running	0
23	47	95	Jim Cushman	Russell Trucking Co. (Jack Russell)	'63 Plymouth	176	550	running	0
24	45	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'63 Ford	175	550	running	0
25	39	54	Jimmy Pardue	Bush Olds-Pontiac (Pete Stewart)	'62 Pontiac	169	550	transmission	0
26	41	34	Wendell Scott	Royal Beach Motel (Wendell Scott)	'62 Chevrolet	168	550	engine	0
27	7	02	A.J. Foyt	Hampton Pontiac / Auburn Pontiac (Ray Nichels)	'63 Pontiac	143	550	spin out	6
28	37	41	Jim Hurtubise	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	113	550	engine	0
29	35	84	Red Foote	Tewksbury Speed Shop (Rocky Hinton)	'63 Ford	113	550	con rod	0
30	17	69	Johnny Allen	Mercury (Lou Sidoit)	'63 Mercury	111	550	engine	0
31	33	07	Len Sutton	Douthit-Carroll-Sanchez Co. (Ray Nichels)	'63 Pontiac	97	550	engine	0
32	21	03	G.C. Spencer	Cottrell Bakery (Ray Fox)	'63 Chevrolet	95	1550	engine	21
33	29	70	Floyd Powell	Spartanburg Dragway (Paul Clayton)	'62 Pontiac	94	550	wheel studs	0
34	44	68	Frank Graham	Livingston's Auto Parts (Ed Livingston)	'61 Ford	93	550	engine	0
35	36	58	John Rogers	Ormsby Pontiac (John Rogers)	'61 Pontiac	72	550	handling	0
36	34	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	72	550	ignition	0
37	19	81	Dick Good	Romy (Romy Hammes)	'63 Ford	68	550	spin out	0
38	43	05	Jim McGuirk	Ray Nichels	'62 Pontiac	67	550	fumes	0
39	28	51	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper	'62 Pontiac	53	550	engine	0
40	5	01	Paul Goldsmith	Packer Pontiac (Ray Nichels)	'63 Pontiac	39	1250	piston	11
41	46	5	Billy Wade	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	32	550	valves	0
42	3	3	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms Poultry (Ray Fox)	'63 Chevrolet	26	1750	distributor	12
43	31	71	Bubba Farr	Harrison-Gulley Chevrolet (W.M. Harrison)	'63 Chevrolet	22	550	fuel pump	0
44	38	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'63 Chrysler	19	550	flywheel	0
45	20	10	Bunkie Blackburn	Stephens Pontiac (Jim Stephens)	'62 Pontiac	18	550	water pump	0
46	40	67	Reb Wickersham	Reb's Sport Shop (Reb Wickersham)	'62 Pontiac	18	550	engine	0
47	32	73	Ralph Earnhardt	Acey Taylor	'62 Pontiac	15	550	fuel pump	0
48	50	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	12	550	handling	0
49	24	72	Ted Hairfield	Commonwealth Ford (Parker Snead)	'63 Ford	11	550	clutch	0
50	48	62	Curtis Crider	Full House (Curtis Crider)	'62 Mercury	4	550	handling	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Bill Foster	2	Cliff Stewart	Pontiac
	Al Terrell	9	Wildcat Williams	Ford
	Rodger Ward	16	Bill Stroppe	Mercury
	Chuck Daigh	25	Bill Stroppe	Mercury
	Roy Mayne	33	C.L. Kilpatrick	Chevrolet
	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	Dodge
	Cale Yarborough	52	Julian Buesink	Ford
	Pete Stewart	57	Pete Stewart	Pontiac
	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	Pontiac
	Bobby Isaac	99	Bondy Long	Plymouth
WD	Whitey Gerken	24	Bill Stroppe	Mercury
WD	Paul Clark	74	Paul Clark	Pontiac

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	10	10	track drying
	11	200	190
Percent of race run under caution: 5.0% Average green flag run: 190.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fireball Roberts	1	10	10
Junior Johnson	11	22	12
Paul Goldsmith	23	33	11
A.J. Foyt	34	38	5
G.C. Spencer	39	40	2
Rex White	41	42	2
G.C. Spencer	43	45	3
Rex White	46	47	2
G.C. Spencer	48	50	3
Larry Frank	51	55	5
G.C. Spencer	56	63	8
A.J. Foyt	64	64	1
G.C. Spencer	65	69	5
Fred Lorenzen	70	105	36
Bobby Johns	106	106	1
Fred Lorenzen	107	108	2
Bobby Johns	109	114	6
Fireball Roberts	115	115	1
Bobby Johns	116	118	3
Ned Jarrett	119	141	23
Fred Lorenzen	142	155	14
Ned Jarrett	156	157	2
Tiny Lund	158	162	5
Fred Lorenzen	163	184	22
Tiny Lund	185	185	1
Fred Lorenzen	186	186	1
Tiny Lund	187	189	3
Fred Lorenzen	190	191	2
Ned Jarrett	192	192	1
Tiny Lund	193	200	8