1963 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Riverside 500 Race Results

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1963 - Riverside 500 Race Results

Race Name - Riverside 500
Date - 1/20/1963
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.7 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 99.59 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 84.965 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $50,265
Race Number - 4

More Races from 1963

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	11	Dan Gurney	28	HolmanMoody	185	63 Ford	120	$14,400
2	2	AJ Foyt	2	Ray Nichels	185	63 Pontiac	2	$6,570
3	17	Troy Ruttman	14	Bill Stroppe	184	63 Mercury	0	$3,980
4	3	Fireball Roberts	22	Banjo Matthews	184	63 Pontiac	13	$2,630
5	25	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	182	63 Pontiac	0	$1,750
6	8	Ned Jarrett	11	BurtonRobinson (Charles Robinson)	181	63 Ford	0	$1,225
7	21	Billy Wade	5	Cotton Owens	180	63 Dodge	0	$1,850
8	6	Jimmy Pardue	54	Pete Stewart	179	62 Pontiac	0	$1,050
9	28	Danny Letner	1		179	63 Dodge	0	$950
10	30	Joe Ruttman	98	Bill Stroppe (Carl Dane)	176	62 Mercury	0	$850
11	26	Ron Hornaday	97	Frank Galpin	176	62 Ford	0	$750
12	13	Dave MacDonald	0	HolmanMoody	176	62 Chevrol	0	$675
13	39	Bob Perry	38	Bob Perry	175	62 Mercury	0	$575
14	32	Bob Ross	70	Bob Ross	175	60 Pontiac	0	$575
15	18	Rex White	4	Louis Clements (Rex White)	173	62 Chevrol	0	$575
16	27	John Rostek	19	John Rostek	172	62 Ford	0	$500
17	10	Art Watts	12		171	62 Ford	0	$475
18	33	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	169	62 Chevrol	0	$425
19	43	Richard Brown	61		166	62 Chevrol	0	$425
20	41	Harold Beal	50		164	62 Dodge	0	$425
21	31	Scotty Cain	51	Scotty Cain	162	61 Ford	0	$375
22	16	Fred Lorenzen	21	Wood Brothers	158	63 Ford	8	$530
23	34	Marshall Sargent	27		157	60 Pontiac	0	$375
24	5	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	148	63 Pontiac	0	$925
25	40	Carl Joiner	26	Carl Joiner	143	62 Chevrol	0	$375
26	38	Jim Cook	10	Floyd Johnson	143	62 Dodge	0	$325
27	9	Jim Hurtubise	75		142	61 Pontiac	0	$325
28	42	Jack Norton	20	Jack Norton	140	62 Chevrol	0	$325
29	35	Eddie Pagan	40	Dick Getty	137	63 Chevrol	0	$325
30	24	Don Noel	88		126	63 Mercury	0	$450
31	7	Clem Proctor	33	Clem Proctor	122	62 Pontiac	0	$275
32	23	Sal Tovella	80	Tom Hawkins	116	63 Ford	0	$500
33	20	David Pearson	6	Cotton Owens	113	63 Dodge	0	$275
34	44	Bill Clinton	25	Bill Clinton	111	61 Ford	0	$275
35	37	Bill Foster	2	Cliff Stewart	91	62 Pontiac	0	$275
36	19	Jim Paschal	41	Petty Enterprises	81	63 Plymout	0	$300
37	12	Parnelli Jones	15	Bill Stroppe	78	63 Mercury	39	$525
38	22	Marvin Porter	77	Vel Miletich	67	63 Ford	0	$650
39	1	Paul Goldsmith	1	Ray Nichels	59	63 Pontiac	3	$680
40	4	Len Sutton	7	Ray Nichels	49	63 Pontiac	0	$350
41	15	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	27	63 Plymout	0	$300
42	14	Danny Weinberg	23	Carl Dane	27	62 Pontiac	0	$300
43	36	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	26	62 Mercury	0	$275
44	29	Lloyd Dane	44	Lloyd Dane	8	62 Chevrol	0	$300