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USAC Stock Car race
Concord Speedway, Concord, NC
March 3, 1963
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1		Bill Cheesbourg			1962 Ford	200	1,150	running
2	1	Don White			1963 Ford	197		running
3		Elmer Musgrave			1963 Mercury	191		running
4		Neil Castles			1960 Ford
5		Ken Finley			1963 Pontiac
6		Ed Blanton			1961 Plymouth
7	6	Curtis Turner			1963 Ford	127		brakes	119
8		Eddie Sachs			1963 Ford
9		Paul Goldsmith			1963 Pontiac
10		Tim Flock			1960 Ford
		A.J. Foyt			1963 Pontiac		0	no car present
		Johnny Rutherford			1962 Chrysler		0	no car present
		Jim Hurtubise			1963 Plymouth		0	no car present
		Joe Lee Johnson					0	no car present

Notes: 3 cars were apparently pulled off of a used car lot to pad the field, but did not race.
According to Curtis Turner, several NASCAR owners had committed to providing cars for the USAC drivers, but were ordered by Bill France not to send their cars to the track.
Pole Speed: 26.1 seconds
Race Purse: $ 6,000
Attendance: 7,000