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1963 Wilkes 400

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NASCAR Grand National race number 50 of 55
Sunday, September 29, 1963 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a .625 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:47:44
Average Speed: 89.428 mph
Pole Speed: 96.566 mph

Cautions: 2 for 17 laps
Margin of Victory: 6 sec
Attendance: 14,000
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1963 NASCAR Grand National results / 1963 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers	'63 Ford	400	3,225	running	131
2	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette (Holman-Moody)	'62 Ford	400	2,050	running	58
3	4	29	Nelson Stacy	Holman-Moody	'63 Ford	398	1,450	running	56
4	2	22	Fireball Roberts	Holman-Moody	'63 Ford	397	1,225	running	155
5	7	11	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson (Charles Robinson)	'63 Ford	397	625	running	0
6	5	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'63 Mercury	397	800	running	0
7	13	4	Rex White	Louis Clements (Rex White)	'63 Mercury	390	475	running	0
8	10	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	389	425	running	0
9	15	32	Tiny Lund	Dave Kent	'63 Ford	384	375	running	0
10	16	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'62 Dodge	383	325	running	0
11	18	14	Darel Dieringer	Pete Stewart	'63 Ford	378	300	running	0
12	27	17	Bob Welborn	Fred Harb	'62 Pontiac	375	250	running	0
13	23	62	Curtis Crider	Globe Lincoln-Mercury (Curtis Crider)	'63 Mercury	368	225	running	0
14	28	67	Reb Wickersham	Reb's Sport Shop (Reb Wickersham)	'62 Pontiac	358	200	running	0
15	24	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'62 Chevrolet	354	150	running	0
16	26	88	Major Melton	Major Melton	'61 Chrysler	351	150	running	0
17	20	09	Larry Manning	Bob Adams	'62 Chevrolet	344	175	running	0
18	21	33	Roy Mayne	C.L. Kilpatrick	'62 Chevrolet	326	150	running	0
19	17	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'63 Pontiac	276	175	crash	0
20	14	99	Larry Frank	Bondy Long	'63 Ford	243	175	brakes	0
21	11	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'63 Pontiac	236	125	piston	0
22	19	54	Jimmy Pardue	Pete Stewart	'63 Ford	236	125	differential	0
23	22	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel	'62 Ford	201	100	crash	0
24	6	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'63 Plymouth	151	125	differential	0
25	12	43	Jimmy Massey	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	78	125	engine	0
26	3	41	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	45	125	engine	0
27	25	96	Bobby Keck	Hubert Westmoreland	'61 Chevrolet	26	100	overheating	0
28	9	3	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Ray Fox)	'63 Chevrolet	4	125	brake cylinder	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fireball Roberts	1	153	153
Fred Lorenzen	154	158	5
Nelson Stacy	159	214	56
Fred Lorenzen	215	226	12
Fireball Roberts	227	228	2
Fred Lorenzen	229	230	2
Marvin Panch	231	312	82
Fred Lorenzen	313	351	39
Marvin Panch	352	400	49

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