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1963 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1963 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fireball Roberts	9	41	16	3	4	58	364	500.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	9	22	Fireball Roberts	Holman Moody	Ford	364	58	running	3,050
2	6	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	364	123	running	2,928
3	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	364	20	running	2,806
4	7	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody	Ford	363		running	2,684
5	4	26	Darel Dieringer	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	360		running	2,562
6	10	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Mercury	358		running	2,440
7	3	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	358		running	2,318
8	24	0	Tiny Lund	Holman Moody	Ford	356		running	2,196
9	5	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Pontiac	356		running	2,074
10	8	13	Buck Baker	Smokey Yunick Racing	Chevrolet	356		running	1,952
11	16	99	Bobby Isaac	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	353		running	1,830
12	18	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	341		running	1,708
13	22	70	Bunkie Blackburn	Paul Clayton (Owner)	Pontiac	339		running	1,586
14	17	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	339		running	1,464
15	20	54	Jimmy Pardue	Pete Stewart (Owner)	Ford	332		rear end	1,342
16	27	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	332		running	1,220
17	21	19	Cale Yarborough	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	306		running	1,098
18	35	09	Elmo Langley	Bob Adams (Owner)	Chevrolet	302		transmission	976
19	28	60	Bud Harless	Fred Harless (Owner)	Pontiac	274		a-frame	854
20	2	3	Junior Johnson	Fox Racing	Chevrolet	257	163	overheating	732
21	11	11	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson	Ford	208		engine	610
22	14	41	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	166		carburetor	488
23	19	87	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Pontiac	133		clutch	366
24	12	47	G.C. Spencer	Jack Smith (Owner)	Plymouth	123		engine	244
25	26	17	Ralph Earnhardt	Fred Harb (Owner)	Pontiac	88		engine	122
26	29	23	H.G. Rosier	Leland Colvin (Owner)	Plymouth	66		handling	122
27	15	42	Bob James	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	59		spindle	122
28	13	5	Billy Wade	Owens Racing	Dodge	59		accident	122
29	25	92	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Don Harrison (Owner)	Ford	19		rear end	122
30	23	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	16		fuel pump	122
31	34	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	15		transmission	122
32	30	76	Larry Manning	McDuffie Racing	Ford	11		handling	122
33	32	57	Bobby Keck	Pete Stewart (Owner)	Ford	7		clutch	122
34	31	86	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	6		oil pressure	122
35	36	2	Bob Welborn	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	4		head gasket	122
36	39	05	Possum Jones	Possum Jones (Owner)	Pontiac	3		oil pressure	122
37	37	53	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis (Owner)	Ford	2		handling	122
38	40	68	Frank Graham	Ed Livingston (Owner)	Ford	2		clutch	122
39	41	56	Ed Livingston	Mamie Reynolds (Owner)	Ford	2		oil pressure	122
40	38	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)	Ford	2		brakes	122
41	33	20	Emanuel Zervakis	Zervakis Enterprises	Ford	1		handling	122

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Junior Johnson	163	44.8%	P20
2	Marvin Panch	123	33.8%	P2
3	Fireball Roberts	58	15.9%	P1
4	Fred Lorenzen	20	5.5%	P3

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