| 1963 Rebel 300 NASCAR Cup Series Race 23 of 55 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $40,875 | Race Date: | May 11, 1963 | Darlington Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1 Lap | Race Duration: | 2Hr 27Min 36Sec. | Darlington, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 122.745 MPH | 1.366 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 31 | No. of Cautions: | 3 For 14 Laps | darlingtonraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Joe Weatherly J. Weatherly | Driver: | Fred Lorenzen F. Lorenzen | Pontiac: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #8 Pontiac | Car No.: | #28 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Bud Moore Engineering | Team: | Holman-Moody Racing | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Bud Moore | Crew Chief: | Mercury: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 4 of 220 | Pole Speed: | 131.718 MPH | |||||
| Official 1963 Rebel 300 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 220 | 4 |
| 2 | 5 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Holman-Moody | Running |  | 0 | 219 | 7 |
| 3 | 9 | 42 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 219 | 101 |
| 4 | 2 | 21 | Tiny Lund | Wood Brothers | Running | | 0 | 219 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Running | Unknown | 0 | 218 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | 41 | Jim Paschal | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 216 | 26 |
| 7 | 7 | 26 | Darel Dieringer | Stroppe Motorsports | Running |  | 0 | 217 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 216 | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Pete Stewart (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 215 | 0 |
| 10 | 18 | 5 | Billy Wade (R) | Cotton Owens Garage | Running |  | 0 | 213 | 0 |
| 11 | 22 | 52 | Cale Yarborough | Julian Buesink (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 211 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | 6 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens Garage | Accident | | 0 | 180 | 0 |
| 13 | 21 | 16 | G.C. Spencer | Cotton Owens Garage | Running | | 0 | 210 | 0 |
| 14 | 24 | 73 | Curtis Crider | Acey Taylor (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 205 | 0 |
| 15 | 19 | 47 | Stick Elliott | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 155 | 0 |
| 16 | 20 | 71 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | W.M. Harrison (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 130 | 0 | |
| 17 | 8 | 24 | Larry Frank | Stroppe Motorsports | Running | | 0 | 155 | 0 |
| 18 | 29 | 09 | Larry Manning (R) | Bob Adams (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 19 | 27 | 56 | Ed Livingston | Mamie Reynolds (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 20 | 15 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Burton-Robinson Racing | Running | | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 21 | 17 | 99 | Bobby Isaac (R) | Bondy Long (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 112 | 0 |
| 22 | 23 | 27 | Bob James | Roscoe Sanders (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 23 | 25 | 67 | Reb Wickersham | Reb's Sport Shop | Accident | | 0 | 132 | 0 |
| 24 | 26 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 57 | 0 |
| 25 | 4 | 3 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Rear Gear | | 0 | 110 | 80 |
| 26 | 28 | 86 | Neil Castles | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Engine | Chrysler | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 27 | 12 | 66 | Johnny Allen | Ratus Walters (Car Owner) | | 0 | 69 | 0 | |
| 28 | 30 | 51 | Bob Cooper | Bob Cooper (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 29 | 31 | 97 | Possum Jones | Lewis Osborne (Car Owner) | Sway Bar | | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | 1 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | LaFayette Ford | Accident | | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | 3 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Accident | | 0 | 2 | 0 |
