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Daytona 500

NASCAR Grand National race
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
February 24, 1963
200 laps on 2.5 mile paved oval; 500 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	12	Tiny Lund	21	Wood Brothers	1963 Ford	200	24,550	running	17
2	2	Fred Lorenzen	28	Holman Moody	1963 Ford	200	15,450	running	77
3	8	Ned Jarrett	11	Charles Robinson	1963 Ford	200	8,700	running	26
4	10	Nelson Stacy	29	Holman Moody	1963 Ford	199	8,275	running	0
5	11	Dan Gurney	0	Holman Moody	1963 Ford	199	3,550	running	0
6	23	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	1963 Plymouth	198	2,500	running	0
7	14	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	1963 Pontiac	198	2,600	running	22
8	26	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	1963 Pontiac	197	1,500	running	0
9	4	Johnny Rutherford	13	Smokey Yunick	1963 Chevrolet	196	1,250	running	0
10	13	Tommy Irwin	44	Stewart McKinney	1963 Ford	195	1,000	running	0
11	9	Larry Frank	06	Holman Moody	1963 Ford	195	1,500	running	5
12	15	Troy Ruttman	14	Bill Stroppe	1963 Mercury	195	1,000	running	0
13	22	LeeRoy Yarbrough	39	E.A. McQuaig	1962 Pontiac	194	1,000	running	0
14	6	Rex White	4	Rex White	1963 Chevrolet	194	1,100	running	4
15	16	Parnelli Jones	15	Bill Stroppe	1963 Mercury	194	1,000	running	0
16	18	Darel Dieringer	26	Bill Stroppe	1963 Mercury	192	675	running	0
17	25	Sal Tovella	80	Tom Hawkins	1963 Ford	192	675	running	0
18	27	Bob James	32	Roscoe Sanders	1963 Plymouth	191	675	running	0
19	49	H.B. Bailey	04	H.B. Bailey	1961 Pontiac	188	675	running	0
20	30	Stick Elliott	18	Toy Bolton	1962 Pontiac	188	675	running	0
21	1	Fireball Roberts	22	Banjo Matthews	1963 Pontiac	182	650	engine	11
22	42	Ed Livingston	56	Mamie Reynolds	1962 Ford	180	550	running	0
23	47	Jim Cushman	95	Jack Russell	1963 Plymouth	176	550	running	0
24	45	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	1963 Ford	175	550	running	0
25	39	Jimmy Pardue	54	Pete Stewart	1962 Pontiac	169	550	transmission	0
26	41	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	1962 Chevrolet	168	550	engine	0
27	7	A.J. Foyt	02	Ray Nichels	1963 Pontiac	143	550	accident	6
28	37	Jim Hurtubise	41	Petty Enterprises	1963 Plymouth	113	550	engine	0
29	35	Red Foote	84	Rocky Hinton	1963 Ford	113	550	connecting rod	0
30	17	Johnny Allen	69	Lou Sidoit	1963 Mercury	111	550	engine	0
31	33	Len Sutton	07	Ray Nichels	1963 Pontiac	97	550	engine	0
32	21	G.C. Spencer	03	Ray Fox	1963 Chevrolet	95	1,550	engine	21
33	29	Floyd Powell	70	Paul Clayton	1962 Pontiac	94	550	wheel studs	0
34	44	Frank Graham	68	Ed Livingston	1961 Ford	93	550	engine	0
35	36	John Rogers	58	John Rogers	1961 Pontiac	72	550	handling	0
36	34	Jim Paschal	42	Petty Enterprises	1963 Plymouth	72	550	ignition	0
37	19	Dick Good	81	Romy Hammes	1963 Ford 3N66Q120923	68	550	accident	0
38	43	Jim McGuirk	05	Ray Nichels	1962 Pontiac	67	550	fumes	0
39	28	Bob Cooper	51	Bob Cooper	1962 Pontiac	53	550	engine	0
40	5	Paul Goldsmith	01	Ray Nichels	1963 Pontiac	39	1,250	piston	11
41	46	Billy Wade	5	Cotton Owens	1963 Dodge	32	550	valves	0
42	3	Junior Johnson	3	Ray Fox	1963 Chevrolet	26	1,750	distributor	0
43	31	Bubba Farr	71	W.M. Harrison	1963 Chevrolet	22	550	fuel pump	0
44	38	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	1963 Chrysler	19	550	flywheel	0
45	20	Bunkie Blackburn	10	Jim Stephens	1962 Pontiac	18	550	water pump	0
46	40	Reb Wickersham	67	Reb Wickersham	1962 Pontiac	18	550	engine	0
47	32	Ralph Earnhardt	73	Acey Taylor	1962 Pontiac	15	550	fuel pump	0
48	50	David Pearson	6	Cotton Owens	1963 Dodge	12	550	handling	0
49	24	Ted Hairfield	72	Parker Snead	1963 Ford	11	550	clutch	0
50	48	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	1962 Mercury	4	550	handling	0
		Bobby Marshman			1963 Ford	0		practiced car	0
		Bobby Marshman		Norm Nelson	1963 Plymouth	0		practiced car	0
		Chris Economaki		ABC			0	pit reporter

Time of race: 03:17:56
Average Speed: 151.556 MPH
Pole Speed: 55.92 seconds
2 cautions for 10 laps
Attendance: 70,780