| 1963 Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 7 of 55 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $97,850 | Race Date: | Feb 24, 1963 | Daytona International Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 24.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 17Min 56Sec. | Daytona Beach, Florida | |
| Lead Changes: | 29 | Average Speed: | 151.566 MPH | 2.5 Mile Paved Banked Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 50 | No. of Cautions: | 2 For 10 Laps | daytonainternationalspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Tiny Lund T. Lund | Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #21 Ford | Car No.: | #22 Pontiac | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Wood Brothers Racing | Team: | Matthews Racing | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Leonard Wood | Crew Chief: | Chevrolet: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 17 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 165.183 MPH | |||||
| Official 1963 Daytona 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 21 | Tiny Lund | English Motors | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 17 |
| 2 | 2 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | LaFayette Ford | Running | | 0 | 200 | 77 |
| 3 | 8 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Burton-Robinson Racing | Running | | 0 | 200 | 26 |
| 4 | 10 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holman-Moody | Running | | 0 | 199 | 0 |
| 5 | 11 | 0 | Dan Gurney | LaFayette Ford | Running | | 0 | 199 | 0 |
| 6 | 23 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 7 | 14 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 198 | 10 |
| 8 | 26 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running | | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | 13 | Johnny Rutherford | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Running |  | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | 44 | Tommy Irwin | Stewart McKinney (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | 06 | Larry Frank | Holman-Moody | Running | | 0 | 195 | 5 |
| 12 | 15 | 14 | Troy Ruttman | Mercury | Running |  | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | 39 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | E.A. McQuaig (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 194 | 0 |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Running | | 0 | 194 | 4 |
| 15 | 16 | 15 | Parnelli Jones | Mercury | Running | | 0 | 194 | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | 26 | Darel Dieringer | Stroppe Motorsports | Running | | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 17 | 25 | 80 | Sal Tovella | Tom Hawkins (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 18 | 27 | 32 | Bob James | Roscoe Sanders (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 191 | 0 |
| 19 | 49 | 04 | H.B. Bailey | Bailey Racing | Running | | 0 | 188 | 0 |
| 20 | 30 | 18 | Stick Elliott | Toy Bolton (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 188 | 0 |
| 21 | 1 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Matthews Racing | Engine | | 0 | 182 | 11 |
| 22 | 42 | 56 | Ed Livingston | Mamie Reynolds (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 180 | 0 |
| 23 | 47 | 95 | Jim Cushman | Jack Russell (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| 24 | 45 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 175 | 0 |
| 25 | 39 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Pete Stewart (Car Owner) | Transmission | | 0 | 169 | 0 |
| 26 | 41 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Engine | | 0 | 168 | 0 |
| 27 | 7 | 02 | A.J. Foyt | Nichels Engineering | | 0 | 143 | 6 | |
| 28 | 37 | 41 | Jim Hurtubise | Petty Enterprises | Engine | | 0 | 113 | 0 |
| 29 | 35 | 84 | Red Foote | Rocky Hinton (Car Owner) | | 0 | 113 | 0 | |
| 30 | 17 | 69 | Johnny Allen | Lou Sidoit (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 111 | 0 |
| 31 | 33 | 07 | Len Sutton | Nichels Engineering | Engine | | 0 | 97 | 0 |
| 32 | 21 | 03 | G.C. Spencer | Fox Racing | Engine | | 0 | 95 | 21 |
| 33 | 29 | 70 | Floyd Powell | Paul Clayton (Car Owner) | Wheel Stud | | 0 | 94 | 0 |
| 34 | 44 | 68 | Frank Graham | Ed Livingston (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 93 | 0 |
| 35 | 36 | 58 | John Rogers | John Rogers (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 72 | 0 |
| 36 | 34 | 42 | Jim Paschal | Petty Enterprises | Ignition | | 0 | 72 | 0 |
| 37 | 19 | 81 | Dick Good | Romy Hammes (Car Owner) | | 0 | 68 | 0 | |
| 38 | 43 | 05 | Jim McGuirk | Nichels Engineering | Exhaust Fumes | | 0 | 67 | 0 |
| 39 | 28 | 51 | Bob Cooper | Bob Cooper (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| 40 | 5 | 01 | Paul Goldsmith | Packer Pontiac | Piston | | 0 | 39 | 11 |
| 41 | 46 | 5 | Billy Wade (R) | Cotton Owens Garage | Valves |  | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 42 | 3 | 3 | Junior Johnson | Fox Racing | Distributor | | 0 | 26 | 12 |
| 43 | 31 | 71 | Bubba Farr | W.M. Harrison (Car Owner) | Fuel Pump | | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 44 | 38 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Flywheel | Chrysler | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 45 | 20 | 10 | Bunkie Blackburn | Stephens Pontiac | Water Pump | | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 46 | 40 | 67 | Reb Wickersham | Reb's Sport Shop | Engine | | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 47 | 32 | 73 | Ralph Earnhardt | Acey Taylor (Car Owner) | Fuel Pump | | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 48 | 50 | 6 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens Garage | Handling | | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 49 | 24 | 72 | Ted Hairfield | Parker Snead (Car Owner) | Clutch | | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 50 | 48 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 4 | 0 |
