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1963 Daytona 500

Auto race held at Daytona International Speedway in 1963

Field	Value
Year	1963
Type	CUST
Description	Race 7 of 55 in the [1963 NASCAR Grand National Series](1963-in-nascar) season
Image	1963_Daytona_500_program_cover_and_logo.jpg
Caption	1963 Daytona 500 program cover
Fulldate
Distance_laps	200
Distance_mi	500
Distance_km	800
Scheduled_laps
Avg	151.556 mph
Pole_Driver	Fireball Roberts
Pole_Team	Banjo Matthews
Duel1	Junior Johnson
One_Team	Ray Fox
Duel2	Johnny Rutherford
Two_Team	Smokey Yunick
Most_Driver	Fred Lorenzen
Most_Team	Holman-Moody
Most_laps	77
Car	21 Ford
First_Driver	Tiny Lund
First_Team	Wood Brothers Racing
Network	ABC's WWOS
Announcers	Bill Flemming and Chris Economaki

The 1963 Daytona 500, the 5th running of the event held on February 24, 1963, was won by Tiny Lund driving a 1963 Ford. Lund drove his number 21 to victory in three hours and 17 minutes. There were 2 cautions flags which slowed the race for 10 laps.

Weather played a critical role in Tiny Lund winning this race; with temperatures reaching up to 75 F and wind speeds up to 20 mph. Lund won by making only four pit stops, but he would not have been able to make the distance on four pit stops had the first ten laps not been run under caution to dry the track from earlier rains. Had the race not started under caution, Lund would have had to make five pit stops, just as Fred Lorenzen and Ned Jarrett did. He was able to win on four pit stops alone because of the slow start time.

Race report

Lund filled in for an injured Marvin Panch, who suffered injuries after a testing crash in a Maserati. Panch was to drive a Wood Brothers car in the 500. The win was Lund's first victory of the season.

Jim Cushman, Bubba Farr, Dick Good, Ted Hairfield, and John Rogers retired from professional stock car racing after this event. Drivers who failed to qualify for the race were: Bobby Isaac (#99), Buck Baker (#87), Pete Stewart (#57), Cale Yarborough (#52), Larry Thomas (#36), Roy Mayne (#33), Chuck Daigh (#25), Rodger Ward (#16), Al Terrell (#9) and Bill Foster (#2).

It was the first Daytona 500 start for LeeRoy Yarbrough, H. B. Bailey, Stick Elliott, Wendell Scott, A. J. Foyt, Jim Hurtubise, and Bob Cooper. Only Daytona 500 starts for Troy Ruttman, Bob James, Red Foote, Len Sutton, Floyd Powell, Frank Graham, John Rogers, Dick Good, Bubba Farr, and Ted Hairfield. Last Daytona 500 starts for Nelson Stacy, Joe Weatherly, Tommy Irwin, Rex White, Ed Livingston, Jim Cushman, Herman Beam, Jim McGuirk, and Jack Smith.

Parnelli Jones, at the wheel of Bill Stroppe's factory-backed Mercury, comes home 15th in the second of his three Daytona 500 appearances. While a great finish wasn't in the cards here about three months later Jones would go on to win the Indianapolis 500.

The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.

This race marked the first time that ABC's Wide World of Sports covered the race. It also helped to dispel the long-standing stereotypes of the Southern United States after the rest of the United States witnessed an emotional inspiring win.

Race results

Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Entrant	Manufacturer	Laps	Winnings	Laps led
12	21	Tiny Lund	Wood Brothers Racing	1963 Ford	200	$24,550	17	3:17:56
2	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	1963 Ford	200	$15,540	77	+24 seconds
8	11	Ned Jarrett	Charles Robinson	1963 Ford	200	$8,700	26	Lead lap under green flag
10	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman-Moody	1963 Ford	199	$8,275	0	+1 Lap
11	0	Dan Gurney	Holman-Moody	1963 Ford	199	$3,550	0	+1 Lap
23	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	1963 Plymouth	198	$2,500	0	+2 Laps
14	7A	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	1963 Pontiac	198	$2,600	10	+2 Laps
26	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	1963 Pontiac	197	$1,500	0	+3 Laps
4	13	Johnny Rutherford	Smokey Yunick	1963 Chevrolet	196	$1,250	0	+4 Laps
13	44	Tommy Irwin	Stewart McKinney	1963 Ford	195	$1,000	0	+5 Laps
9	06	Larry Frank	Holman-Moody	1963 Ford	195	$1,500	5	+5 Laps
15	14	Troy Ruttman	Bill Stroppe	1963 Mercury	195	$1,000	0	+5 Laps
22	39	LeeRoy Yarbrough	E. A. McQuagg	1962 Pontiac	194	$1,000	0	+6 Laps
6	4	Rex White	Rex White	1963 Chevrolet	194	$1,100	4	+6 Laps
16	15	Parnelli Jones	Bill Stroppe	1963 Mercury	194	$1,000	0	+6 Laps
18	26	Darel Dieringer	Bill Stroppe	1963 Mercury	192	$675	0	+8 Laps
25	80	Sal Tovella	Tom Hawkins	1963 Ford	192	$675	0	+8 Laps
27	32	Bob James	Roscoe Sanders	1963 Plymouth	191	$675	0	+9 Laps
49	04	H. B. Bailey	H. B. Bailey	1961 Pontiac	188	$675	0	+12 Laps
30	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton	1962 Pontiac	188	$675	0	+12 Laps
1	22	Fireball Roberts	Banjo Matthews	1963 Pontiac	182	$650	11	Engine
42	56	Ed Livingston	Mamie Reynolds	1962 Ford	180	$550	0	+20 Laps
47	95	Jim Cushman	Jack Russell	1963 Plymouth	176	$550	0	+24 Laps
45	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	1963 Ford	175	$550	0	+25 Laps
39	54	Jimmy Pardue	Pete Stewart	1962 Pontiac	169	$550	0	Transmission
41	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	1962 Chevrolet	168	$550	0	Engine
7	02	A. J. Foyt	Ray Nichels	1963 Pontiac	143	$550	6	Spin out
37	41	Jim Hurtubise	Petty Enterprises	1963 Plymouth	113	$550	0	Engine
35	84	Red Foote	Rocky Hinton	1963 Ford	113	$550	0	Con rod
17	69	Johnny Allen	Lou Sidoit	1963 Mercury	111	$550	0	Engine
33	07	Len Sutton	Ray Nichels	1963 Pontiac	97	$550	0	Engine
21	03	G. C. Spencer	Ray Fox	1963 Chevrolet	95	$1,550	21	Engine
29	70	Floyd Powell	Paul Clayton	1962 Pontiac	94	$550	0	Wheel studs
44	68	Frank Graham	Ed Livingston	1961 Ford	93	$550	0	Engine
36	58	John Rogers	John Rogers	1961 Pontiac	72	$550	0	Handling
34	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	1963 Plymouth	72	$550	0	Ignition
19	81	Dick Good	Romy Hammes	1963 Ford	68	$550	0	Spin out
43	05	Jim McGuirk	Ray Nichels	1962 Pontiac	67	$550	0	Fumes
28	51	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper	1962 Pontiac	53	$550	0	Engine
5	01	Paul Goldsmith	Ray Nichels	1963 Pontiac	39	$1,250	11	Piston
46	5	Billy Wade	Cotton Owens	1963 Dodge	32	$550	0	Valves
3	3	Junior Johnson	Ray Fox	1963 Chevrolet	26	$1,750	12	Distributor
31	71	Bubba Farr	W. M. Harrison	1963 Chevrolet	22	$550	0	Fuel pump
38	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	1963 Chrysler	19	$550	0	Flywheel
20	10	Bunkie Blackburn	Jim Stephens	1962 Pontiac	18	$550	0	Water pump
40	67	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham	1962 Pontiac	18	$550	0	Engine
32	73	Ralph Earnhardt	Acey Taylor	1962 Pontiac	15	$550	0	Fuel pump
50	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	1963 Dodge	12	$550	0	Handling
24	72	Ted Hairfield	Parker Snead	1963 Ford	11	$550	0	Clutch
48	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	1962 Mercury	4	$550	0	Handling

References

"1963 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info.
"Weather History for the 1963 Daytona 500 race". The Old Farmers' Almanac.
"1963 NASCAR Grand National Recap". HowStuffWorks, Inc.; Publications International, Ltd..
Fleischman, Bill. (2004). "The Unauthorized NASCAR Fan Guide: 2004". Checkered Flag Press; Visible Ink Press.
[http://www.race-database.com/results/results.php?year=1963&race=7&series_id=2 Retirements from NASCAR] at Race Database
[http://www.racing-reference.info/getqualify/1963-07/W Qualifying information for the 1963 Daytona 500] at Racing Reference

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