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1963 Firecracker 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 29 of 55 Thursday, July 4, 1963 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:39:01 Average speed: 150.927 mph Pole speed: 166.005 mph Cautions: 3 for 19 laps Margin of victory: .75 cl Attendance: 26640 Lead changes: 39 Glossary    1963 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1963 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 22   Fireball Roberts Young Ford   (Holman-Moody Racing) '63 Ford 160 12100 running 63 2 4 28   Fred Lorenzen LaFayette   (Holman-Moody Racing) '63 Ford 160 8015 running 16 3 8 21   Marvin Panch English Motors   (Wood Brothers) '63 Ford 160 5310 running 5 4 5 16   Darel Dieringer Bill Stroppe '63 Mercury 158 3175 running 0 5 26 11   Ned Jarrett Burton-Robinson   (Charles Robinson) '63 Ford 156 1900 running 0 6 13 6   David Pearson Cotton Owens '63 Dodge 156 1550 running 0 7 17 54   Jimmy Pardue Pete Stewart '63 Ford 154 1350 running 0 8 18 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '63 Plymouth 154 1250 running 0 9 16 25   G.C. Spencer Bill Stroppe '63 Mercury 149 1150 engine 0 10 10 0   Tiny Lund Pulliam Ford   (Holman-Moody Racing) '63 Ford 145 1100 crash 2 11 31 13   A.J. Foyt Smokey Yunick '63 Chevrolet 145 750 engine 0 12 24 05   Jim McGuirk Possum Jones '62 Pontiac 142 650 running 0 13 21 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '63 Ford 142 650 running 0 14 27 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '62 Chevrolet 135 550 running 0 15 15 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '63 Pontiac 124 550 engine 0 16 30 99   Bobby Isaac Bondy Long '63 Ford 112 450 engine 0 17 1 3   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Ray Fox) '63 Chevrolet 111 1500 piston 66 18 12 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '63 Pontiac 102 850 engine 0 19 23 5   Billy Wade Cotton Owens '63 Dodge 95 450 clutch 0 20 20 36   Larry Thomas Wade Younts '63 Dodge 84 450 fuel pump 0 21 7 4   Rex White Louis Clements   (Rex White) '63 Mercury 79 500 engine 0 22 25 56   Ed Livingston Mamie Reynolds '62 Ford 79 350 timing 0 23 2 31   Jim Paschal Holly Farms   (Ray Fox) '63 Chevrolet 61 900 piston 8 24 29 1   Bob Perry Cos Cancilla '63 Mercury 58 350 engine 0 25 9 02   Pedro Rodriguez Ray Nichels '63 Pontiac 54 400 engine 0 26 11 14   Troy Ruttman Bill Stroppe '63 Mercury 50 350 crash 0 27 6 01   Paul Goldsmith Ray Nichels '63 Pontiac 40 600 windshield 0 28 14 7   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '63 Pontiac 25 350 radiator 0 29 32 39   Bob Welborn E.A. McQuaig '62 Pontiac 23 325 clutch 0 30 19 86   Neil Castles Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 21 350 vibration 0 31 33 48   Stick Elliott Jack Smith '63 Plymouth 16 300 overheating 0 32 34 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '63 Plymouth 14 275 overheating 0 33 28 29   Nelson Stacy Holman-Moody Racing '63 Ford 11 300 engine 0 34 35 97   Cale Yarborough Lewis Osborne '62 Chevrolet 9 250 engine 0 35 22 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '62 Mercury 4 300 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Reb Wickersham 67 Reb's Sport Shop Reb Wickersham Pontiac Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 40 40     41 47 7   #01 debris   48 50 3     51 55 5   #14 accident turn 2   56 145 90     146 152 7   #0 accident turn 4   153 160 8       Percent of race run under caution: 11.9%             Average green flag run: 35.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jim Paschal 1 1 1   Junior Johnson 2 3 2   Fred Lorenzen 4 4 1   Junior Johnson 5 8 4   Fred Lorenzen 9 9 1   Fireball Roberts 10 13 4   Junior Johnson 14 14 1   Fred Lorenzen 15 15 1   Junior Johnson 16 17 2   Jim Paschal 18 18 1   Fred Lorenzen 19 19 1   Fireball Roberts 20 21 2   Jim Paschal 22 23 2   Junior Johnson 24 26 3   Jim Paschal 27 27 1   Fireball Roberts 28 28 1   Junior Johnson 29 33 5   Fireball Roberts 34 35 2   Jim Paschal 36 37 2   Fred Lorenzen 38 38 1   Junior Johnson 39 39 1   Fred Lorenzen 40 44 5   Jim Paschal 45 45 1   Marvin Panch 46 50 5   Junior Johnson 51 63 13   Fireball Roberts 64 65 2   Junior Johnson 66 77 12   Fireball Roberts 78 80 3   Junior Johnson 81 87 7   Fred Lorenzen 88 90 3   Tiny Lund 91 92 2   Junior Johnson 93 106 14   Fireball Roberts 107 108 2   Junior Johnson 109 110 2   Fireball Roberts 111 155 45   Fred Lorenzen 156 156 1   Fireball Roberts 157 157 1   Fred Lorenzen 158 159 2   Fireball Roberts 160 160 1