| 1963 Southeastern 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 13 of 55 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $18,750 | Race Date: | Mar 31, 1963 | Bristol Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 5.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 15Min 2Sec. | Bristol, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | 8 | Average Speed: | 76.910 MPH | .533 Mile Concrete Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 35 | No. of Cautions: | 1 For 9 Laps | bristolmotorspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Driver: | Fred Lorenzen F. Lorenzen | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #22 Ford | Car No.: | #28 Ford | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Holman-Moody Racing | Team: | Holman-Moody Racing | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Mercury: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 165 of 500 | Pole Speed: | 80.681 MPH | |||||
| Official 1963 Southeastern 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Holman-Moody | Running |  | 0 | 500 | 165 |
| 2 | 1 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | LaFayette Ford | Running | | 0 | 500 | 164 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Running |  | 0 | 497 | 0 |
| 4 | 16 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 495 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | 69 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | Lou Sidoit (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 490 | 0 |
| 6 | 20 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Pete Stewart (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 488 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 26 | Darel Dieringer | Stroppe Motorsports | Running | | 0 | 486 | 0 |
| 8 | 11 | 5 | Billy Wade (R) | Cotton Owens Garage | Engine |  | 0 | 465 | 0 |
| 9 | 19 | 60 | Bud Harless | Fred Harless (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 464 | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Rear Gear | | 0 | 456 | 88 |
| 11 | 22 | 67 | Reb Wickersham | Reb's Sport Shop | Running | | 0 | 444 | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 444 | 0 |
| 13 | 24 | 36 | Larry Thomas | Wade Younts (Car Owner) | Distributor | | 0 | 443 | 0 |
| 14 | 2 | 21 | Tiny Lund | Wood Brothers | Engine | | 0 | 434 | 82 |
| 15 | 15 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Burton-Robinson Racing | Engine | | 0 | 430 | 0 |
| 16 | 28 | 09 | Larry Manning (R) | Bob Adams (Car Owner) | | 0 | 429 | 0 | |
| 17 | 29 | 2 | Bill Foster | Cliff Stewart Racing | Running | | 0 | 420 | 0 |
| 18 | 26 | 56 | Ed Livingston | Mamie Reynolds (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 389 | 0 |
| 19 | 27 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Running | | 0 | 371 | 0 |
| 20 | 9 | 74 | Paul Clark | Paul Clark (Car Owner) | | 0 | 346 | 0 | |
| 21 | 14 | 41 | Jim Paschal | Petty Enterprises | Engine | | 0 | 342 | 0 |
| 22 | 30 | 90 | Gary Sain | Ralph Sparks (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 328 | 0 |
| 23 | 17 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 299 | 0 |
| 24 | 7 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Piston | | 0 | 291 | 0 |
| 25 | 33 | 18 | Stick Elliott | Toy Bolton (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 262 | 0 |
| 26 | 25 | 12 | Fred Harb | Fred Harb (Car Owner) | | 0 | 242 | 0 | |
| 27 | 6 | 99 | Bobby Isaac (R) | Bondy Long (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| 28 | 32 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| 29 | 21 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 147 | 0 |
| 30 | 34 | 33 | Roy Mayne | C.L. Kilpatrick (Car Owner) | | 0 | 133 | 0 | |
| 31 | 8 | 6 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens Garage | Engine | | 0 | 123 | 0 |
| 32 | 32 | 1 | Bill Morton | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 115 | 0 |
| 33 | 12 | 32 | Bob James | Roscoe Sanders (Car Owner) | | 0 | 95 | 0 | |
| 34 | 31 | 88 | Major Melton | Major Melton (Car Owner) | Handling | Chrysler | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | 35 | 93 | Jerome Warren | Jerome Warren (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
