| 1963 Wilkes 250 NASCAR Cup Series Race 50 of 55 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $13,875 | Race Date: | Sep 29, 1963 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 6.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2Hr 47Min 44Sec. | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 9 | Average Speed: | 89.428 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 8 | No. of Cautions: | 2 For 17 Laps | savethespeedway.net/history.html | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Marvin Panch M. Panch | Driver: | Fred Lorenzen F. Lorenzen | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #21 Ford | Car No.: | #28 Ford | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Wood Brothers Racing | Team: | Holman-Moody Racing | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Leonard Wood | Crew Chief: | Pontiac: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 131 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 95.566 MPH | |||||
| Official 1963 Wilkes 250 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 3 | 21 | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers | Running |  | 0 | 400 | 131 |
| 2 | 1 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | LaFayette Ford | Running | | 0 | 400 | 58 |
| 3 | 4 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holman-Moody | Running | | 0 | 398 | 56 |
| 4 | 2 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Holman-Moody | Running | | 0 | 397 | 155 |
| 5 | 7 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Burton-Robinson Racing | Running | | 0 | 397 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 397 | 0 |
| 7 | 13 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Running | | 0 | 390 | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | 6 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens Garage | Running |  | 0 | 389 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | 32 | Tiny Lund | Dave Kent (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 384 | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | 36 | Larry Thomas | Wade Younts (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 383 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | 14 | Darel Dieringer | Pete Stewart (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 378 | 0 |
| 12 | 27 | 17 | Bob Welborn | Fred Harb (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 375 | 0 |
| 13 | 23 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 368 | 0 |
| 14 | 28 | 67 | Reb Wickersham | Reb's Sport Shop | Running | | 0 | 358 | 0 |
| 15 | 24 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Running |  | 0 | 354 | 0 |
| 16 | 26 | 88 | Major Melton | Major Melton (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 351 | 0 |
| 17 | 20 | 09 | Larry Manning (R) | Bob Adams (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 344 | 0 |
| 18 | 21 | 33 | Roy Mayne | C.L. Kilpatrick (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 326 | 0 |
| 19 | 17 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 276 | 0 |
| 20 | 14 | 99 | Larry Frank | Bondy Long (Car Owner) | Brakes | | 0 | 243 | 0 |
| 21 | 11 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 236 | 0 |
| 22 | 19 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Pete Stewart (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 236 | 0 |
| 23 | 22 | 93 | Lee Reitzel | Lee Reitzel (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 201 | 0 |
| 24 | 6 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Rear Gear |  | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 25 | 12 | 43 | Jimmy Massey | Petty Enterprises | Engine | | 0 | 78 | 0 |
| 26 | 3 | 41 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Engine | | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 27 | 25 | 96 | Bobby Keck | Westmoreland Racing | Overheating | | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 28 | 9 | 3 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Brakes | | 0 | 4 | 0 |
