1963 South Boston 400 (Race 53)

South Boston Speedway · 1963 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	4	22	13	1	4	287	400	150

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	41	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	287	running	500
2	7	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	397		running	480
3	5	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	396		running	460
4	8	42	Bob Welborn	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	394		running	440
5	10	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	388		running	420
6	9	2	Jimmy Pardue	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	388		running	400
7	12	14	Darel Dieringer	Pete Stewart (Owner)	Ford	372		running	380
8	13	96	Jimmy Massey	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Chevrolet	369		running	360
9	14	33	Roy Mayne	C.L. Kilpatrick (Owner)	Chevrolet	369		running	340
10	20	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	368		running	320
11	19	83	Worth McMillion	Worth McMillion (Owner)	Pontiac	364		running	300
12	18	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	361		running	280
13	17	88	Major Melton	Major Melton (Owner)	Chrysler	267		running	260
14	11	09	Larry Manning	Bob Adams (Owner)	Chevrolet	262		rear end	240
15	3	3	Junior Johnson	Fox Racing	Chevrolet	204	101	clutch	220
16	2	48	G.C. Spencer	Jack Smith (Owner)	Plymouth	181	8	head gasket	200
17	22	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	149		head gasket	180
18	16	86	Ronnie Bristow	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	107		clutch	160
19	6	5	Billy Wade	Owens Racing	Dodge	55	4	head gasket	140
20	15	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Pontiac	44		engine	120
21	1	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Plymouth	24		oil line	100
22	21	02	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Pontiac	0		head gasket	80

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	287	71.8%	P1
2	Junior Johnson	101	25.3%	P15
3	G.C. Spencer	8	2.0%	P16
4	Billy Wade	4	1.0%	P19