15th season of NASCAR stock-car racing
The1963 NASCAR Grand National Series was an Americanstock car racing competition. It was the fourteenth running of what is now called theNASCAR Cup Series .
The series was won byJoe Weatherly fromRichard Petty andFred Lorenzen .[ 1]
A replica of theFord Galaxie in whichTiny Lund won the1963 Daytona 500 forWood Brothers Racing No. Race Title Track Date 1 1963-01 Fairgrounds Raceway,Birmingham November 4, 1962 2 1963-02 Golden Gate Speedway ,Tampa November 11, 1962 3 Turkey Day 200 Tar Heel Speedway ,Randleman November 22, 1962 4 Riverside 500 Riverside International Raceway ,Riverside January 20, 1963 5 100 Mile Qualifying Races Daytona International Speedway ,Daytona Beach February 22, 1963 6 7 Daytona 500 February 24, 1963 8 1963-08 Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds ,Spartanburg March 2, 1963 9 1963-09 Asheville-Weaverville Speedway ,Weaverville March 3, 1963 10 1963-10 Orange Speedway ,Hillsborough March 10, 1963 11 Atlanta 500 Atlanta International Raceway ,Hampton March 17, 1963 12 Hickory 250 Hickory Speedway ,Hickory March 24, 1963 13 Southeastern 500 Bristol International Speedway ,Bristol March 31, 1963 14 1963-14 Augusta Speedway ,Augusta April 4, 1963 15 Richmond 250 Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds ,Richmond April 7, 1963 16 Greenville 200 Greenville-Pickens Speedway ,Greenville April 13, 1963 17 South Boston 400 South Boston Speedway ,South Boston April 14, 1963 18 1963-18 Bowman Gray Stadium ,Winston-Salem April 15, 1963 19 Virginia 500 Martinsville Speedway ,Ridgeway April 21, 1963 20 Gwyn Staley 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway ,North Wilkesboro April 28, 1963 21 Columbia 200 Columbia Speedway ,Columbia May 2, 1963 22 1963-22 Tar Heel Speedway ,Randleman May 5, 1963 23 Rebel 300 (twin 150's)Darlington Raceway ,Darlington May 11, 1963 24 1963-24 Old Dominion Speedway ,Manassas May 18, 1963 25 1963-25 Southside Speedway ,Richmond May 19, 1963 26 World 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway ,Concord June 2, 1963 27 1963-27 Fairgrounds Raceway,Birmingham June 9, 1963 28 Dixie 400 Atlanta International Raceway ,Hampton June 30, 1963 29 Firecracker 400 Daytona International Speedway ,Daytona Beach July 4, 1963 30 Speedorama 200 Rambi Raceway ,Myrtle Beach July 7, 1963 31 1963-31 Savannah Speedway ,Savannah July 10, 1963 32 1963-32 Dog Track Speedway ,Moyock July 11, 1963 33 1963-33 Bowman Gray Stadium ,Winston-Salem July 13, 1963 34 1963-34 New Asheville Speedway ,Asheville July 14, 1963 35 1963-35 Old Bridge Stadium ,Old Bridge July 19, 1963 36 1963-36 Bridgehampton Raceway ,Bridgehampton July 21, 1963 37 Volunteer 500 Bristol International Speedway ,Bristol July 28, 1963 38 Pickens 200 Greenville-Pickens Speedway ,Greenville July 30, 1963 39 Nashville 400 Nashville Speedway ,Nashville August 4, 1963 40 Sandlapper 200 Columbia Speedway ,Columbia August 8, 1963 41 Western North Carolina 500 Asheville-Weaverville Speedway ,Weaverville August 11, 1963 42 1963-42 Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds ,Spartanburg August 14, 1963 43 International 200 Bowman Gray Stadium ,Winston-Salem August 16, 1963 44 Mountaineer 300 West Virginia International Speedway ,Huntington August 18, 1963 45 Southern 500 Darlington Raceway ,Darlington September 2, 1963 46 Buddy Shuman 250 Hickory Speedway ,Hickory September 6, 1963 47 Capital City 300 Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds ,Richmond September 8, 1963 48 Old Dominion 500 Martinsville Speedway ,Ridgeway September 22, 1963 49 1963-49 Dog Track Speedway ,Moyock September 24, 1963 50 Wilkes 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway ,North Wilkesboro September 29, 1963 51 1963-51 Tar Heel Speedway ,Randleman October 5, 1963 52 National 400 Charlotte Motor Speedway ,Concord October 13, 1963 53 South Boston 400 South Boston Speedway ,South Boston October 20, 1963 54 1963-54 Orange Speedway ,Hillsborough October 27, 1963 55 Golden State 400 Riverside International Raceway ,Riverside November 3, 1963
28 -Dan Gurney 02 -A. J. Foyt 14 -Troy Ruttman 22 -Fireball Roberts 7 -Bobby Johns 11 -Ned Jarrett 5 -Billy Wade 54 -Jimmy Pardue 1 -Danny Letner 98 -Joe Ruttman The1963 Daytona 500 was won byTiny Lund driving a 1963 Ford. Lund drove his number 21 to victory in three hours and 17 minutes. Lund, who was driving forWood Brothers Racing , filled in forMarvin Panch who was suffering from injuries after a fiery crash.
21 - Tiny Lund 28 -Fred Lorenzen 11 -Ned Jarrett 29 -Nelson Stacy 0 -Dan Gurney 43 -Richard Petty 7A -Bobby Johns 8 -Joe Weatherly 13 -Johnny Rutherford 44 -Tommy Irwin The1963 Pickens 200 NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on July 30, 1963, atGreenville-Pickens Speedway (Greenville ,South Carolina ).
Three lead changes ended up circulating amongst three different race leaders. This racing event took place on adirt track oval with 200 laps being the pre-determined number of laps according to the NASCAR officials who sanctioned the event.J. D. McDuffie would crash into the wall on his first lap in his 1961 Ford Galaxie vehicle; causing him to become the last-place finisher of the race.
Frank Warren would make his NASCAR debut racing againstBuck Baker ,Neil Castles ,Joe Weatherly ,Wendell Scott (NASCAR's first African-American competitor), andCale Yarborough .
41-Richard Petty 11-Ned Jarrett 87-Buck Baker 2-Fred Harb 99-Bobby Isaac 6-David Pearson 32-Tiny Lund 05-Joe Weatherly X-Frank Warren 34-Wendell Scott The1963 Sandlapper 200 was the official site ofRichard Petty 's 25thNASCAR Grand National win forPetty Enterprises ; leading 138 laps in that race. The race took place on August 8, 1963, atColumbia Speedway inColumbia ,South Carolina . Two hundred laps were done on adirt track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km).
43 - Richard Petty 6 -David Pearson 99 -Bobby Isaac 11 -Ned Jarrett 03 -G. C. Spencer 5 -Billy Wade 48 -Jack Smith 19 -Cale Yarborough 34 -Wendell Scott 57 -Bobby Keck The1963 Old Dominion 500 is aNASCAR Grand National Series race that took place on September 22, 1963, atMartinsville Speedway inMartinsville, Virginia , U.S..Possum Jones andBobby Keck were the two drivers not to qualify for this event. The race was scheduled for 500 laps; taking three hours and forty-two minutes to complete.Fred Lorenzen defeatedMarvin Panch by a single lap and two seconds.
28 -Fred Lorenzen 21 -Marvin Panch 8 -Joe Weatherly 6 -David Pearson 41 -Richard Petty 5 -Billy Wade 22 -Fireball Roberts 29 -Nelson Stacy 47 -Jack Smith 87 -Buck Baker The1963Golden State 400 is aNASCAR Grand National Series racing event held on November 3, 1963, atRiverside International Raceway in theAmerican community ofRiverside ,California .
Richard Petty attempted to compete usingautomatic transmission but his transmission failed only five laps into the race; proving that NASCAR may always be for vehicles with a four-speed T-10manual transmission with a clutch, although in2022 , theseventh-generation Cup Series race car abandoned the H-pattern transmission in favour of a sequential gearbox. He would go on to become a replacement driver for Junior Johnson; although Johnson received credit for the fifth-place finish.
16-Darel Dieringer 21-Dave MacDonald 121-Marvin Panch 22-Fireball Roberts 26-Junior Johnson 47-Jack Smith 8-Joe Weatherly 62-Bill Amick 18-Bob Ross 97-Ron Hornaday Sr. [ edit ] (key ) Bold - Pole position awarded by time.Italics - Pole position set by owner's points standings. *- Most laps led.
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