1963 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Atlanta 500 Race Results

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1963 - Atlanta 500 Race Results

Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 3/17/1963
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 141.038 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 130.58 mph
Lead Changes - 12
Total Race Purse - $55,820
Race Number - 11

More Races from 1963

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Fred Lorenzen	28	HolmanMoody	334	63 Ford	76	$16,855
2	17	Fireball Roberts	22	Banjo Matthews	333	63 Pontiac	6	$8,655
3	3	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	333	63 Pontiac	60	$5,700
4	16	Joe Weatherly	8	South Carolina Pontiac Dealers (Bud Moore)	333	63 Pontiac	68	$3,790
5	15	Tiny Lund	21	Wood Brothers	331	63 Ford	0	$1,875
6	14	Rex White	4	Louis Clements (Rex White)	329	63 Chevrol	1	$1,305
7	12	LeeRoy Yarbrough	39	EA McQuaig	329	62 Pontiac	0	$1,100
8	8	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	328	62 Plymout	0	$1,000
9	7	Troy Ruttman	14	Bill Stroppe	328	63 Mercury	0	$900
10	20	Ned Jarrett	11	BurtonRobinson (Charles Robinson)	328	63 Ford	0	$800
11	6	Paul Goldsmith	1	Ray Nichels	325	63 Pontiac	8	$740
12	36	Larry Frank	44	Stewart McKinney	323	63 Ford	0	$625
13	40	Billy Wade	6	Cotton Owens	317	63 Dodge	0	$500
14	11	Jim Paschal	41	Petty Enterprises	315	63 Plymout	0	$450
15	30	Elmo Langley	55	Lyle Stelter	314	62 Mercury	0	$400
16	31	TC Hunt	50		306	62 Pontiac	0	$350
17	32	Reb Wickersham	67	Rebs Sport Shop (Reb Wickersham)	303	62 Pontiac	0	$350
18	27	Ralph Earnhardt	73	Acey Taylor	303	62 Pontiac	0	$350
19	28	Stick Elliott	18	Toy Bolton	297	62 Pontiac	0	$350
20	21	Bobby Isaac	99	Bondy Long	295	63 Ford	0	$350
21	46	Ed Livingston	56	Mamie Reynolds	294	62 Ford	0	$325
22	10	Jim Hurtubise	42	Petty Enterprises	290	63 Plymout	0	$325
23	38	Bob Cooper	51	Bob Cooper	285	62 Pontiac	0	$325
24	41	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	265	62 Mercury	0	$325
25	9	Darel Dieringer	26	Bill Stroppe	261	63 Mercury	0	$325
26	34	David Pearson	2	Ray Nichels	255	63 Pontiac	0	$550
27	24	Rodger Ward	16	Bill Stroppe	242	63 Mercury	0	$325
28	37	Jimmy Pardue	54	Pete Stewart	189	63 Ford	0	$350
29	22	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	182	63 Plymout	0	$325
30	29	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	181	63 Ford	0	$325
31	23	Red Foote	84	Rocky Hinton	165	62 Ford	0	$300
32	44	Larry Thomas	2	Cliff Stewart	157	62 Pontiac	0	$300
33	5	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	157	63 Pontiac	0	$325
34	13	Bob James	32	Roscoe Sanders	150	63 Plymout	0	$300
35	35	Johnny Allen	72	Parker Snead	134	63 Ford	0	$350
36	19	Parnelli Jones	15	Bill Stroppe	133	63 Mercury	0	$275
37	4	AJ Foyt	13	Smokey Yunick	126	63 Chevrol	56	$580
38	18	Len Sutton	7	Ray Nichels	125	63 Pontiac	0	$275
39	43	Buddy Baker	49	JC Parker	85	63 Dodge	0	$275
40	33	James Norton	65	Frank Waite	84	61 Dodge	0	$275
41	25	Floyd Powell	70	Paul Clayton	70	62 Pontiac	0	$250
42	1	Junior Johnson	3	Holly Farms (Ray Fox)	65	63 Chevrol	59	$1,370
43	42	Bruce Brantley	89	Bruce Brantley	27	61 Pontiac	0	$250
44	39	Paul Clark	74	Paul Clark	17	62 Pontiac	0	$250
45	26	Johnny Sudderth	30	Fred Clark	16	62 Chevrol	0	$250
46	45	Tom Cox	68	Ed Livingston	2	61 Ford	0	$250