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1963 Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway · 1963 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fireball Roberts	3	35	11	3	6	63	160	400

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	22	Fireball Roberts	Holman Moody	Ford	160	63	running	2,500
2	4	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	160	16	running	2,400
3	8	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	160	5	running	2,300
4	5	16	Darel Dieringer	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	158		running	2,200
5	26	11	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson	Ford	156		running	2,100
6	13	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	156		running	2,000
7	17	54	Jimmy Pardue	Pete Stewart (Owner)	Ford	154		running	1,900
8	18	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	154		running	1,800
9	16	25	G.C. Spencer	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	149		engine	1,700
10	10	0	Tiny Lund	Holman Moody	Ford	145	2	accident	1,600
11	31	13	A.J. Foyt	Smokey Yunick Racing	Chevrolet	145		engine	0
12	24	05	Jim McGuirk	Possum Jones (Owner)	Pontiac	142		running	1,500
13	21	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	142		running	1,400
14	27	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	135		running	1,300
15	15	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Pontiac	124		engine	1,200
16	30	99	Bobby Isaac	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	112		engine	1,100
17	1	3	Junior Johnson	Fox Racing	Chevrolet	111	66	piston	1,000
18	12	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	102		engine	900
19	23	5	Billy Wade	Owens Racing	Dodge	95		clutch	800
20	20	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	84		fuel pump	700
21	7	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Mercury	79		engine	600
22	25	56	Ed Livingston	Mamie Reynolds (Owner)	Ford	79		timing	500
23	2	03	Jim Paschal	Fox Racing	Chevrolet	61	8	piston	400
24	29	1	Bob Perry	Coz Concilla (Owner)	Mercury	58		engine	300
25	9	02	Pedro Rodriguez	Nichels Engineering	Pontiac	54		engine	0
26	11	14	Troy Ruttman	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	50		accident	0
27	6	01	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Pontiac	40		windshield	0
28	14	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Pontiac	25		radiator	200
29	32	39	Bob Welborn	E.A. McQuaig (Owner)	Pontiac	23		clutch	100
30	19	86	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	21		vibration	100
31	33	48	Stick Elliott	Jack Smith (Owner)	Plymouth	16		overheating	100
32	34	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Plymouth	14		overheating	100
33	28	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody	Ford	11		engine	100
34	35	97	Cale Yarborough	Lewis Osborne (Owner)	Chevrolet	9		engine	100
35	22	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	4		engine	100

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Junior Johnson	66	41.3%	P17
2	Fireball Roberts	63	39.4%	P1
3	Fred Lorenzen	16	10.0%	P2
4	Jim Paschal	8	5.0%	P23
5	Marvin Panch	5	3.1%	P3
6	Tiny Lund	2	1.3%	P10

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