NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1963 - Daytona 500 Race Results
Race Name - Daytona 500Date - 2/24/1963Race Track - Daytona International SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 2.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 500 milesPole Speed - 160.943 mphNumber of Cautions - 1Caution Laps - 10Average Race Speed - 151.55 mphLead Changes - 29Total Race Purse - $97,850Race Number - 7 | More Races from 1963 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 12 | Tiny Lund | 21 | English Motors (Wood Brothers) | 200 | 63 Ford | 17 | $24,550 |
2 | 2 | Fred Lorenzen | 28 | Lafayette Ford (HolmanMoody) | 200 | 63 Ford | 77 | $15,450 |
3 | 8 | Ned Jarrett | 11 | BurtonRobinson (Charles Robinson) | 200 | 63 Ford | 26 | $8,700 |
4 | 10 | Nelson Stacy | 29 | Rons Ford Sales (HolmanMoody) | 199 | 63 Ford | 0 | $8,275 |
5 | 11 | Dan Gurney | 0 | Lafayette Ford (HolmanMoody) | 199 | 63 Ford | 0 | $3,550 |
6 | 23 | Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | 198 | 63 Plymout | 0 | $2,500 |
7 | 14 | Bobby Johns | 7 | Shorty Johns | 198 | 63 Pontiac | 22 | $2,600 |
8 | 26 | Joe Weatherly | 8 | Bud Moore | 197 | 63 Pontiac | 0 | $1,500 |
9 | 4 | Johnny Rutherford | 13 | Smokey Yunick | 196 | 63 Chevrol | 0 | $1,250 |
10 | 13 | Tommy Irwin | 44 | Stewart McKinney | 195 | 63 Ford | 0 | $1,000 |
11 | 9 | Larry Frank | 6 | Schwister Ford (HolmanMoody) | 195 | 63 Ford | 5 | $1,500 |
12 | 15 | Troy Ruttman | 14 | Mercury (Bill Stroppe) | 195 | 63 Mercury | 0 | $1,000 |
13 | 22 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | 39 | EA McQuaig | 194 | 62 Pontiac | 0 | $1,000 |
14 | 6 | Rex White | 4 | Louis Clements (Rex White) | 194 | 63 Chevrol | 4 | $1,100 |
15 | 16 | Parnelli Jones | 15 | Bill Stroppe | 194 | 63 Mercury | 0 | $1,000 |
16 | 18 | Darel Dieringer | 26 | Bill Stroppe | 192 | 63 Mercury | 0 | $675 |
17 | 25 | Sal Tovella | 80 | Tom Hawkins | 192 | 63 Ford | 0 | $675 |
18 | 27 | Bob James | 32 | Roscoe Sanders | 191 | 63 Plymout | 0 | $675 |
19 | 49 | HB Bailey | 4 | HB Bailey | 188 | 61 Pontiac | 0 | $675 |
20 | 30 | Stick Elliott | 18 | Toy Bolton | 188 | 62 Pontiac | 0 | $675 |
21 | 1 | Fireball Roberts | 22 | Banjo Matthews | 182 | 63 Pontiac | 11 | $650 |
22 | 42 | Ed Livingston | 56 | Mamie Reynolds | 180 | 62 Ford | 0 | $550 |
23 | 47 | Jim Cushman | 95 | Jack Russell | 176 | 63 Plymout | 0 | $550 |
24 | 45 | Herman Beam | 19 | Herman Beam | 175 | 63 Ford | 0 | $550 |
25 | 39 | Jimmy Pardue | 54 | Pete Stewart | 169 | 62 Pontiac | 0 | $550 |
26 | 41 | Wendell Scott | 34 | Wendell Scott | 168 | 62 Chevrol | 0 | $550 |
27 | 7 | AJ Foyt | 2 | Ray Nichels | 143 | 63 Pontiac | 6 | $550 |
28 | 37 | Jim Hurtubise | 41 | Petty Enterprises | 113 | 63 Plymout | 0 | $550 |
29 | 35 | Red Foote | 84 | Rocky Hinton | 113 | 63 Ford | 0 | $550 |
30 | 17 | Johnny Allen | 69 | Lou Sidoit | 111 | 63 Mercury | 0 | $550 |
31 | 33 | Len Sutton | 7 | Ray Nichels | 97 | 63 Pontiac | 0 | $550 |
32 | 21 | GC Spencer | 3 | Ray Fox | 95 | 63 Chevrol | 21 | $1,550 |
33 | 29 | Floyd Powell | 70 | Paul Clayton | 94 | 62 Pontiac | 0 | $550 |
34 | 44 | Frank Graham | 68 | Ed Livingston | 93 | 61 Ford | 0 | $550 |
35 | 36 | John Rogers | 58 | John Rogers | 72 | 61 Pontiac | 0 | $550 |
36 | 34 | Jim Paschal | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 72 | 63 Plymout | 0 | $550 |
37 | 19 | Dick Good | 81 | Romy (Romy Hammes) | 68 | 63 Ford | 0 | $550 |
38 | 43 | Jim McGuirk | 5 | Ray Nichels | 67 | 62 Pontiac | 0 | $550 |
39 | 28 | Bob Cooper | 51 | Bob Cooper | 53 | 62 Pontiac | 0 | $550 |
40 | 5 | Paul Goldsmith | 1 | Packer Pontiac (Ray Nichels) | 39 | 63 Pontiac | 11 | $1,250 |
41 | 46 | Billy Wade | 5 | Cotton Owens | 32 | 63 Dodge | 0 | $550 |
42 | 3 | Junior Johnson | 3 | Ray Fox | 26 | 63 Chevrol | 0 | $1,750 |
43 | 31 | Bubba Farr | 71 | WM Harrison | 22 | 63 Chevrol | 0 | $550 |
44 | 38 | Jack Smith | 47 | Jack Smith | 19 | 63 Chrysle | 0 | $550 |
45 | 20 | Bunkie Blackburn | 10 | Jim Stephens | 18 | 62 Pontiac | 0 | $550 |
46 | 40 | Reb Wickersham | 67 | Rebs Sport Shop (Reb Wickersham) | 18 | 62 Pontiac | 0 | $550 |
47 | 32 | Ralph Earnhardt | 73 | Acey Taylor | 15 | 62 Pontiac | 0 | $550 |
48 | 50 | David Pearson | 6 | Cotton Owens | 12 | 63 Dodge | 0 | $550 |
49 | 24 | Ted Hairfield | 72 | Parker Snead | 11 | 63 Ford | 0 | $550 |
50 | 48 | Curtis Crider | 62 | Curtis Crider | 4 | 62 Mercury | 0 | $550 |