Riverside 500 • 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 Daytona 100 Mile Qualifying Races The qualifying races for the Daytona 500 were held on February 22.
Fireball Roberts won the pole for Race 1, and
Fred Lorenzen won the pole for Race 2.
Johnny Rutherford's victory in Race 2 came in his NASCAR Grand National debut. Since the qualifying races were points-paying races at the time, Rutherford's victory made him the sixth driver in NASCAR Cup history to win a points race in his first start; a feat that would not be accomplished again until 2023 by
Shane van Gisbergen.
Race 1 results: • #3 -
Junior Johnson • #01 -
Paul Goldsmith • #02 -
A.J. Foyt • #06 -
Larry Frank • #0 -
Dan Gurney • #22 -
Fireball Roberts • #44 - Tommy Irwin • #14 -
Troy Ruttman • #69 -
Johnny Allen • #31 - Dick Good
Race 2 results: • #13 -
Johnny Rutherford • #4 -
Rex White • #28 -
Fred Lorenzen • #11 -
Ned Jarrett • #29 -
Nelson Stacy • #21 -
Tiny Lund • #7 -
Bobby Johns • #15 -
Parnelli Jones • #26 -
Darel Dieringer • #10 -
Bunkie Blackburn ===
Daytona 500=== The
1963 Daytona 500 was won by
Tiny Lund driving a 1963 Ford. Lund drove his number 21 to victory in three hours and 17 minutes. Lund, who was driving for
Wood Brothers Racing, filled in for
Marvin 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 ===
Pickens 200=== The
1963 Pickens 200 was a
NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on July 30, 1963, at
Greenville-Pickens Speedway (
Greenville,
South Carolina). Three lead changes ended up circulating amongst three different race leaders. This racing event took place on a
dirt 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 against
Buck Baker,
Neil Castles,
Joe Weatherly,
Wendell Scott (NASCAR's first African-American competitor), and
Cale 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 ===
Sandlapper 200=== The
1963 Sandlapper 200 was the official site of
Richard Petty's 25th
NASCAR Grand National win for
Petty Enterprises; leading 138 laps in that race. The race took place on August 8, 1963, at
Columbia Speedway in
Columbia,
South Carolina. Two hundred laps were done on a
dirt track spanning . • #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 ===
Old Dominion 500=== The
1963 Old Dominion 500 is a
NASCAR Grand National Series race that took place on September 22, 1963, at
Martinsville Speedway in
Martinsville, Virginia, U.S..
Possum Jones and
Bobby 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 defeated
Marvin 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 ===
Golden State 400=== The
1963 Golden State 400 is a
NASCAR Grand National Series racing event held on November 3, 1963, at
Riverside International Raceway in the
American community of
Riverside,
California.
Richard Petty attempted to compete using
automatic transmission but his transmission failed only five laps into the race; proving that NASCAR may always be for vehicles with a four-speed T-10
manual transmission with a clutch, although in
2022, the
seventh-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. Drivers' championship (
key)
Bold - Pole position awarded by time.
Italics - Pole position set by owner's points standings. *- Most laps led. ==References==