| 1963 National 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 52 of 55 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $46,080 | Race Date: | Oct 13, 1963 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 12.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 1Min 54Sec. | Concord, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 14 | Average Speed: | 132.105 MPH | 1.5 Mile Paved Quad Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 40 | No. of Cautions: | 3 For 17 Laps | charlottemotorspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Junior Johnson J. Johnson | Driver: | Marvin Panch M. Panch | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #3 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #21 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Fox Racing | Team: | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Raymond Fox | Crew Chief: | Leonard Wood | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 209 of 267 | Pole Speed: | 143.017 MPH | |||||
| Official 1963 National 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Running |  | 0 | 267 | 209 |
| 2 | 9 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | LaFayette Ford | Running |  | 0 | 267 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | 21 | Marvin Panch | English Motors | Running | | 0 | 267 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Holman-Moody | Running | | 0 | 263 | 1 |
| 5 | 11 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 261 | 0 |
| 6 | 15 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 257 | 0 |
| 7 | 28 | 48 | G.C. Spencer | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 257 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 26 | Darel Dieringer | Stroppe Motorsports | Running | | 0 | 256 | 35 |
| 9 | 12 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Running | | 0 | 256 | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holman-Moody | | 0 | 253 | 0 | |
| 11 | 14 | 6 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens Garage | Running |  | 0 | 252 | 0 |
| 12 | 25 | 19 | Cale Yarborough | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 251 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | 99 | Larry Frank | Bondy Long (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 250 | 0 |
| 14 | 17 | 2 | Jimmy Pardue | Pete Stewart (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 249 | 0 |
| 15 | 27 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 237 | 0 |
| 16 | 37 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Running | | 0 | 231 | 0 |
| 17 | 31 | 56 | Ed Livingston | Mamie Reynolds (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 228 | 0 |
| 18 | 24 | 23 | Bill Widenhouse | Leland Colvin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 225 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 223 | 0 |
| 20 | 30 | 02 | Bob Cooper | Bob Cooper (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 204 | 0 |
| 21 | 8 | 0 | Tiny Lund | Holman-Moody | Overheating | | 0 | 183 | 0 |
| 22 | 13 | 03 | Jim Paschal | Holly Farms | Overheating | | 0 | 170 | 0 |
| 23 | 16 | 42 | Bob James | Petty Enterprises | Engine | | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 24 | 23 | 36 | Larry Thomas | Wade Younts (Car Owner) | Ignition | | 0 | 138 | 0 |
| 25 | 40 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Crankshaft | | 0 | 93 | 0 |
| 26 | 21 | 41 | Bob Welborn | Petty Enterprises | Engine | | 0 | 78 | 0 |
| 27 | 10 | 33 | Buck Baker | Holly Farms | Head Gasket | | 0 | 67 | 0 |
| 28 | 33 | 87 | Reb Wickersham | Reb's Sport Shop | Engine | | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| 29 | 35 | 83 | Worth McMillion | Worth McMillion (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 59 | 0 |
| 30 | 34 | 1 | E.J. Trivette | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Exhaust | | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| 31 | 5 | 13 | Bobby Isaac (R) | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Accident | | 0 | 57 | 0 |
| 32 | 4 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Burton-Robinson Racing | Accident | | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 33 | 18 | 5 | Billy Wade (R) | Cotton Owens Garage | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 34 | 29 | 92 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | Ray Osborne (Car Owner) | Clutch | | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 35 | 38 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 36 | 22 | 18 | Stick Elliott | Toy Bolton (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 37 | 26 | 09 | Larry Manning (R) | Bob Adams (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 38 | 32 | 75 | Tom Cox | Robert Smith (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 39 | 36 | 86 | Ronnie Bristow | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Clutch | Chrysler | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | 39 | 61 | Roy Mayne | Engine | | 0 | 3 | 0 |
