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1963 Indianapolis 500

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USAC Champ Car Series race number 2 of 12
Thursday, May 30, 1963 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:29:35
Average Speed: 143.137 mph
Pole Speed: 151.153 mph

Cautions: 7
Margin of Victory: 34.04 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1963 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1963 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chassis / Engine	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
31	23	75	Art Malone	STP (Andy Granatelli)	Kurtis / Novi	18	5,150	clutch	0
23	15	83	Duane Carter	Harvey Aluminum (Mickey Thompson)	Thompson / Chevy	100	5,700	connecting rod	0
18	9	99	Paul Goldsmith	Norm Demler	Watson / Offy	149	7,350	crank bearing	0
17	19	10	Eddie Sachs	Bryant Heating & Cooling (DVS Inc.)	Watson / Offy	181	7,100	crash	0
19	19	52	Lloyd Ruby	Trackburner (John Zink)	Watson / Offy	126	6,350	crash	0
20	21	88	Eddie Johnson	Drewry's (M & W Racing)	Watson / Offy	112	6,300	crash	0
27	13	35	Allen Crowe	Gabriel Shocker (Pete Salemi)	Trevis / Offy	47	5,700	crash	0
28	25	54	Bud Tingelstad	Hoover, Inc. (John Wills)	Epperly / Offy	46	5,500	crash	0
33	16	6	Bobby Unser	Hotel Tropicana (Andy Granatelli)	Kurtis / Novi	2	6,250	crash	0
30	28	21	Elmer George	Sarkes Tarzian (Mari Hulman George)	Lesovsky / Offy	21	5,350	handling	0
24	29	16	Jim Rathmann	Coral Harbor (Lindsey Hopkins)	Watson / Offy	99	5,650	magneto	0
22	2	56	Jim Hurtubise	Hotel Tropicana (Andy Granatelli)	Kurtis / Novi	102	7,400	oil leak	1
32	27	23	Johnny Boyd	Bowes Seal-Fast (George Salih)	Epperly / Offy	12	5,300	oil leak	0
25	20	26	Bobby Grim	Gil Morcroft	Trevis / Offy	79	5,900	oil tank	0
1	1	98	Parnelli Jones	Willard Battery (J.C. Agajanian)	Watson / Offy	200	148,513	running	167	1000
2	5	92	Jimmy Clark	Lotus Powered by Ford (Team Lotus)	Lotus / Ford	200	56,238	running	28	800
3	8	2	A.J. Foyt	Sheraton / Thompson (Ansted-Thompson Racing)	Trevis / Offy	200	32,614	running	0	700
4	4	1	Rodger Ward	Kaiser Aluminum (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	200	21,288	running	0	600
5	3	4	Don Branson	Leader Card 500 Roadster (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Offy	200	18,588	running	0	500
6	6	8	Jim McElreath	Bill Forbes Racing (Bill Forbes)	Watson / Offy	200	14,888	running	0	400
7	12	93	Dan Gurney	Lotus Powered by Ford (Team Lotus)	Lotus / Ford	200	18,063	running	0	300
8	11	10	Chuck Hulse	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Ewing / Offy	200	12,163	running	0	250
9	31	84	Al Miller	Harvey Aluminum (Mickey Thompson)	Thompson / Chevy	200	12,513	running	0	200
10	17	22	Dick Rathman	Harry Allen Chapman	Watson / Offy	200	10,463	running	0	150
11	30	29	Dempsey Wilson	Vita-Fresh Orange Juice (Gordon Van Liew)	Kuzma / Offy	200	8,300	running	0	100
12	33	17	Troy Ruttman	Robbins Autocrat (Jim Robbins)	Kuzma / Offy	200	8,450	running	0	50
13	18	65	Bob Christie	Travelon Trailer (Ernest Ruiz)	Christensen / Offy	200	7,900	running	0
14	32	32	Ebb Rose	Sheraton / Thompson (Ansted-Thompson Racing)	Watson / Offy	200	7,550	running	0
16	7	5	Bobby Marshman	Econo Car Rental (Lindsey Hopkins)	Epperly / Offy	196	6,300	rear end	0
15	14	14	Roger McCluskey	Konstant Hot (Bruce Homeyer)	Watson / Offy	198	7,100	spun out	4
29	26	37	Johnny Rutherford	U.S. Equipment (Ed Kostenuk)	Watson / Offy	43	5,400	transmission	0
21	22	45	Chuck Stevenson	Bardahl (Fred Gerhardt)	Watson / Offy	110	5,700	valve	0
26	24	86	Bob Veith	Sheraton / Thompson (Racing Associates)	Porter / Offy	74	5,600	valve	0

Failed to qualify: Ralph Liguori (#3), Ray Crawford (#47), Paul Russo (#53), Norm Hall (#61), Don Freeland (#62), Jimmy Davies (#63), Cliff Griffith (#72), Junior Johnson (#73), Chuck Engle (#77), Bill Krause (#82), Graham Hill (#83), Jack Turner (#44), Bob Harkey (#31), Len Sutton (#47, 7), Masten Gregory (#82), Ebb Rose (#46), Chuck Rodee (#38, 25), Pedro Rodriguez (#48), Curtis Turner (#12), Ronnie Duman (#15), Jimmy Daywalt (#25), Bill Cheesbourg (#27), Johnny Rutherford (#27), Dan Gurney (#91)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jim Hurtubise	1	1	1
Parnelli Jones	2	63	62
Roger McCluskey	64	67	4
Jimmy Clark	68	95	28
Parnelli Jones	96	200	105

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