1963 Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1963 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fred Lorenzen	2	46	20	1	8	76	334	501

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	2	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	334	76	running
2	17	22	Fireball Roberts	Matthews Racing	Pontiac	333	6	running
3	3	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Pontiac	333	60	running
4	16	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	333	68	running
5	15	21	Tiny Lund	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	331		running
6	14	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	329	1	running
7	12	39	LeeRoy Yarbrough	E.A. McQuaig (Owner)	Pontiac	329		running
8	8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	328		running
9	7	14	Troy Ruttman	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	328		running
10	20	11	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson	Ford	328		running
11	6	01	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Pontiac	325	8	running
12	36	44	Larry Frank	Stewart McKinney (Owner)	Ford	323		running
13	40	6	Billy Wade	Owens Racing	Dodge	317		running
14	11	41	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	315		engine
15	30	55	Elmo Langley	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Mercury	314		running
16	31	50	T.C. Hunt		Pontiac	306		running
17	32	67	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham (Owner)	Pontiac	303		running
18	27	73	Ralph Earnhardt	Acey Taylor (Owner)	Pontiac	303		running
19	28	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Pontiac	297		running
20	21	99	Bobby Isaac	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	295		engine
21	46	56	Ed Livingston	Mamie Reynolds (Owner)	Ford	294		running
22	10	42	Jim Hurtubise	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	290		engine
23	38	51	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Pontiac	285		connecting rod
24	41	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	265		running
25	9	26	Darel Dieringer	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	261		lugs
26	34	02	David Pearson	Nichels Engineering	Pontiac	255		engine
27	24	16	Rodger Ward	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	242		engine
28	37	54	Jimmy Pardue	Pete Stewart (Owner)	Ford	189		camshaft
29	22	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Plymouth	182		clutch
30	29	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	181		clutch
31	23	84	Red Foote	Rocky Hinton (Owner)	Ford	165		wheel
32	44	2	Larry Thomas	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	157		timing
33	5	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Pontiac	157		engine
34	13	32	Bob James	Roscoe Sanders (Owner)	Plymouth	150		engine
35	35	72	Johnny Allen	Parker Snead (Owner)	Ford	134		engine
36	19	15	Parnelli Jones	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	133		tire
37	4	13	A.J. Foyt	Smokey Yunick Racing	Chevrolet	126	56	transmission
38	18	07	Len Sutton	Nichels Engineering	Pontiac	125		engine
39	43	49	Buddy Baker	J.C. Parker (Owner)	Dodge	85		fuel pump
40	33	65	James Norton	Frank Waite (Owner)	Dodge	84		engine
41	25	70	Floyd Powell	Paul Clayton (Owner)	Pontiac	70		engine
42	1	3	Junior Johnson	Fox Racing	Chevrolet	65	59	piston
43	42	89	Bruce Brantley	Bruce Brantley (Owner)	Pontiac	27		fuel pump
44	39	74	Paul Clark	Paul Clark (Owner)	Pontiac	17		bearing
45	26	30	Johnny Sudderth	Fred Clark (Owner)	Chevrolet	16		accident
46	45	68	Tom Cox	Ed Livingston (Owner)	Ford	2		handling

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fred Lorenzen	76	22.8%	P1
2	Joe Weatherly	68	20.4%	P4
3	Bobby Johns	60	18.0%	P3
4	Junior Johnson	59	17.7%	P42
5	A.J. Foyt	56	16.8%	P37
6	Paul Goldsmith	8	2.4%	P11
7	Fireball Roberts	6	1.8%	P2
8	Rex White	1	0.3%	P6

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