1963 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Southern 500 Race Results

NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race

NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

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1963 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/2/1963
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 133.648 mph
Number of Cautions - 0
Caution Laps - 0
Average Race Speed - 129.78 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $78,075
Race Number - 45

More Races from 1963

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	9	Fireball Roberts	22	HolmanMoody	364	63 Ford	58	$22,150
2	6	Marvin Panch	21	Wood Brothers	364	63 Ford	123	$12,650
3	1	Fred Lorenzen	28	LaFayette (HolmanMoody)	364	63 Ford	20	$6,550
4	7	Nelson Stacy	29	HolmanMoody	363	63 Ford	0	$3,500
5	4	Darel Dieringer	26	Bill Stroppe	360	63 Mercury	0	$2,625
6	10	Rex White	4	Louis Clements (Rex White)	358	63 Mercury	0	$2,155
7	3	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	358	63 Mercury	0	$2,345
8	24	Tiny Lund	0	Pulliam Motor Co (HolmanMoody)	356	63 Ford	0	$1,775
9	5	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	356	63 Pontiac	0	$1,275
10	8	Buck Baker	13	Smokey Yunick	356	63 Chevrol	0	$1,025
11	16	Bobby Isaac	99	Bondy Long	353	63 Ford	0	$950
12	18	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	341	63 Plymout	0	$1,030
13	22	Bunkie Blackburn	70	Paul Clayton	339	62 Pontiac	0	$800
14	17	David Pearson	6	Cotton Owens	339	63 Dodge	0	$950
15	20	Jimmy Pardue	54	Pete Stewart	332	63 Ford	0	$650
16	27	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	332	63 Mercury	0	$600
17	21	Cale Yarborough	19	Herman Beam	306	63 Ford	0	$500
18	35	Elmo Langley	9	Bob Adams	302	62 Chevrol	0	$500
19	28	Bud Harless	60	Fred Harless	274	62 Pontiac	0	$500
20	2	Junior Johnson	3	Holly Farms (Ray Fox)	257	63 Chevrol	163	$4,705
21	11	Ned Jarrett	11	BurtonRobinson (Charles Robinson)	208	63 Ford	0	$570
22	14	Jim Paschal	41	Petty Enterprises	166	63 Plymout	0	$500
23	19	Buddy Baker	87	Baker Son (Buck Baker)	133	63 Pontiac	0	$570
24	12	GC Spencer	47	Jack Smith	123	63 Plymout	0	$500
25	26	Ralph Earnhardt	17	Tarheel Speedway (Fred Harb)	88	62 Pontiac	0	$570
26	29	HG Rosier	23	Leland Colvin	66	62 Plymout	0	$500
27	15	Bob James	42	Petty Enterprises	59	63 Plymout	0	$500
28	13	Billy Wade	5	Cotton Owens	59	63 Dodge	0	$500
29	25	LeeRoy Yarbrough	92	Don Harrison	19	63 Ford	0	$630
30	23	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	16	62 Dodge	0	$500
31	34	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	15	62 Chevrol	0	$500
32	30	Larry Manning	76	JD McDuffie	11	61 Ford	0	$500
33	32	Bobby Keck	57	Pete Stewart	7	63 Ford	0	$500
34	31	Neil Castles	86	Buck Baker	6	62 Chrysle	0	$500
35	36	Bob Welborn	2	Cliff Stewart	4	62 Pontiac	0	$500
36	39	Possum Jones	5	Possum Jones	3	61 Pontiac	0	$500
37	37	Paul Lewis	53	Paul Lewis	2	63 Ford	0	$500
38	40	Frank Graham	68	Ed Livingston	2	61 Ford	0	$500
39	41	Ed Livingston	56	Mamie Reynolds	2	62 Ford	0	$500
40	38	Lee Reitzel	93	Lee Reitzel	2	62 Ford	0	$500
41	33	Emanuel Zervakis	20	Emanuel Zervakis	1	63 Ford	0	$500