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1963 Western North Carolina 500

Asheville-Weaverville Speedway · 1963 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fred Lorenzen	2	27	15	1	3	452	500	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	500	452	running	700
2	10	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	499	35	running	672
3	9	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	498		running	644
4	23	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	494		running	616
5	22	5	Billy Wade	Owens Racing	Dodge	493		running	588
6	15	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Plymouth	493		running	560
7	17	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Pontiac	478		running	532
8	8	36	Joe Weatherly	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	473		running	504
9	1	11	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson	Ford	467	13	running	476
10	18	2	Buddy Baker	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	467		running	448
11	27	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	452		running	420
12	24	67	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham (Owner)	Pontiac	448		running	392
13	6	83	Worth McMillion	Worth McMillion (Owner)	Pontiac	437		running	364
14	16	19	Cale Yarborough	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	434		running	336
15	5	09	Elmo Langley	Bob Adams (Owner)	Chevrolet	379		engine	308
16	26	33	Roy Mayne	C.L. Kilpatrick (Owner)	Chevrolet	369		running	280
17	19	88	Major Melton	Major Melton (Owner)	Chrysler	324		grease seal	252
18	7	99	Bobby Isaac	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	303		clutch	224
19	3	44	Tommy Irwin	Stewart McKinney (Owner)	Ford	264		vibration	196
20	25	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	258		overheating	168
21	4	48	G.C. Spencer	Jack Smith (Owner)	Plymouth	216		accident	140
22	14	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)	Ford	199		accident	112
23	21	3	Junior Johnson	Fox Racing	Chevrolet	161		battery	84
24	12	57	Bobby Keck	Pete Stewart (Owner)	Ford	52		brakes	56
25	11	54	Jimmy Pardue	Pete Stewart (Owner)	Pontiac	38		oil leak	28
26	20	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Pontiac	30		accident	28
27	13	05	Possum Jones	Possum Jones (Owner)	Pontiac	8		fuel leak	28

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fred Lorenzen	452	90.4%	P1
2	Richard Petty	35	7.0%	P2
3	Ned Jarrett	13	2.6%	P9

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