1963 NASCAR Grand National Series
15th season of NASCAR stock-car racing
The 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series was an American stock car racing competition. It was the fourteenth running of what is now called the NASCAR Cup Series .
The series was won by Joe Weatherly from Richard Petty and Fred Lorenzen .[ 1]
Schedule
A replica of the Ford Galaxie in which Tiny Lund won the 1963 Daytona 500 for Wood 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
Races
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
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
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
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 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
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
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.
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