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1963 Virginia 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 19 of 55 Sunday, April 21, 1963 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 3:51:24 Average speed: 64.823 mph Pole speed: 72 mph Cautions: 5 Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 18500 Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1963 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1963 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 8 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '63 Plymouth 500 3375 running 41 2 4 21   Tiny Lund Wood Brothers '63 Ford 499 1675 running 0 3 7 26   Darel Dieringer Bill Stroppe '63 Mercury 496 1225 running 0 4 16 11   Ned Jarrett Burton-Robinson   (Charles Robinson) '63 Ford 495 875 running 0 5 5 28   Fred Lorenzen LaFayette   (Holman-Moody Racing) '63 Ford 494 1150 running 282 6 21 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '63 Pontiac 494 1000 running 0 7 17 5   Billy Wade Cotton Owens '63 Dodge 493 575 running 0 8 12 41   Jim Paschal Petty Enterprises '63 Plymouth 493 525 running 0 9 11 6   David Pearson Cotton Owens '63 Dodge 489 425 running 0 10 14 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '63 Plymouth 489 390 running 0 11 1 4   Rex White Jim Rathmann Chevrolet / Louis Clements   (Rex White) '63 Chevrolet 484 475 crash 0 12 15 54   Jimmy Pardue Pete Stewart '63 Ford 484 300 running 0 13 24 96   Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '61 Chevrolet 477 275 running 0 14 29 86   Neil Castles Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 454 225 running 0 15 25 33   Roy Mayne C.L. Kilpatrick '62 Chevrolet 450 175 running 0 16 27 83   Worth McMillion Worth McMillion '62 Pontiac 442 175 running 0 17 9 69   LeeRoy Yarbrough Lou Sidoit '63 Mercury 414 175 handling 0 18 33 93   Curtis Crider Jerome Warren '62 Ford 397 150 running 0 19 32 09   Larry Manning Bob Adams '62 Chevrolet 389 150 running 0 20 26 1   E.J. Trivette Jess Potter '61 Chevrolet 360 175 running 0 21 10 99   Bobby Isaac Bondy Long '63 Ford 358 175 engine 0 22 28 134   Earl Brooks Wendell Scott '61 Chevrolet 346 175 rear end 0 23 20 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '63 Ford 340 175 rear end 0 24 6 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '63 Pontiac 331 175 engine 0 25 18 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '62 Chevrolet 277 175 rear end 0 26 13 44   Larry Frank Stewart McKinney '63 Ford 250 125 handling 0 27 23 18   Stick Elliott Toy Bolton '62 Pontiac 234 135 engine 0 28 2 22   Fireball Roberts Holman-Moody Racing '63 Ford 223 350 crash 177 29 22 49   Larry Thomas J.C. Parker '63 Dodge 131 150 overheating 0 30 31 68   Ed Livingston Ed Livingston '62 Ford 58 100 rear end 0 31 19 60   Bud Harless Fred Harless '62 Pontiac 26 125 overheating 0 32 30 62   Jerome Warren Curtis Crider '62 Mercury 25 100 head gasket 0 33 3 3   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Ray Fox) '63 Chevrolet 23 175 crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Fireball Roberts 1 177 177   Fred Lorenzen 178 459 282   Richard Petty 460 500 41