1963 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Firecracker 400 Race Results

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1963 - Firecracker 400 Race Results

Race Name - Firecracker 400
Date - 7/4/1963
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 166.005 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 19
Average Race Speed - 150.92 mph
Lead Changes - 39
Total Race Purse - $49,650
Race Number - 29

More Races from 1963

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Fireball Roberts	22	Young Ford (HolmanMoody)	160	63 Ford	63	$12,100
2	4	Fred Lorenzen	28	LaFayette (HolmanMoody)	160	63 Ford	16	$8,015
3	8	Marvin Panch	21	English Motors (Wood Brothers)	160	63 Ford	5	$5,310
4	5	Darel Dieringer	16	Bill Stroppe	158	63 Mercury	0	$3,175
5	26	Ned Jarrett	11	BurtonRobinson (Charles Robinson)	156	63 Ford	0	$1,900
6	13	David Pearson	6	Cotton Owens	156	63 Dodge	0	$1,550
7	17	Jimmy Pardue	54	Pete Stewart	154	63 Ford	0	$1,350
8	18	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	154	63 Plymout	0	$1,250
9	16	GC Spencer	25	Bill Stroppe	149	63 Mercury	0	$1,150
10	10	Tiny Lund	0	Pulliam Ford (HolmanMoody)	145	63 Ford	2	$1,100
11	31	AJ Foyt	13	Smokey Yunick	145	63 Chevrol	0	$750
12	24	Jim McGuirk	5	Possum Jones	142	62 Pontiac	0	$650
13	21	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	142	63 Ford	0	$650
14	27	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	135	62 Chevrol	0	$550
15	15	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	124	63 Pontiac	0	$550
16	30	Bobby Isaac	99	Bondy Long	112	63 Ford	0	$450
17	1	Junior Johnson	3	Holly Farms (Ray Fox)	111	63 Chevrol	66	$1,500
18	12	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	102	63 Pontiac	0	$850
19	23	Billy Wade	5	Cotton Owens	95	63 Dodge	0	$450
20	20	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	84	63 Dodge	0	$450
21	7	Rex White	4	Louis Clements (Rex White)	79	63 Mercury	0	$500
22	25	Ed Livingston	56	Mamie Reynolds	79	62 Ford	0	$350
23	2	Jim Paschal	3	Holly Farms (Ray Fox)	61	63 Chevrol	8	$900
24	29	Bob Perry	1	Coz Concilla	58	63 Mercury	0	$350
25	9	Pedro Rodriguez	2	Ray Nichels	54	63 Pontiac	0	$400
26	11	Troy Ruttman	14	Bill Stroppe	50	63 Mercury	0	$350
27	6	Paul Goldsmith	1	Ray Nichels	40	63 Pontiac	0	$600
28	14	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	25	63 Pontiac	0	$350
29	32	Bob Welborn	39	EA McQuaig	23	62 Pontiac	0	$325
30	19	Neil Castles	86	Buck Baker	21	61 Chrysle	0	$350
31	33	Stick Elliott	48	Jack Smith	16	63 Plymout	0	$300
32	34	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	14	63 Plymout	0	$275
33	28	Nelson Stacy	29	HolmanMoody	11	63 Ford	0	$300
34	35	Cale Yarborough	97	Lewis Osborne	9	62 Chevrol	0	$250
35	22	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	4	62 Mercury	0	$300