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1963 Southeastern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 13 of 55
Sunday, March 31, 1963 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:15:02
Average Speed: 76.91 mph
Pole Speed: 80.681 mph

Cautions: 1 for 9 laps
Margin of Victory: 5 sec
Attendance: 28,000
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1963 NASCAR Grand National results / 1963 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	22	Fireball Roberts	Southeastern Ford Dealers (Holman-Moody)	'63 Ford	500	4,060	running	165
2	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette (Holman-Moody)	'63 Ford	500	2,395	running	164
10	13	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'63 Pontiac	456	915	differential	88
14	2	21	Tiny Lund	English Motors (Wood Brothers)	'63 Ford	434	305	engine	82
6	20	54	Jimmy Pardue	Pete Stewart	'63 Ford	488	775	running	1
3	4	3	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Ray Fox)	'63 Chevrolet	497	1,725	running	0
4	16	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	495	1,225	running	0
5	10	69	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Mercury (Lou Sidoit)	'62 Mercury	490	975	running	0
7	5	26	Darel Dieringer	Bill Stroppe	'63 Mercury	486	675	running	0
8	11	5	Billy Wade	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	465	650	engine	0
9	19	60	Bud Harless	Fred Harless	'62 Pontiac	464	500	running	0
11	22	67	Reb Wickersham	Reb's Sport Shop (Reb Wickersham)	'62 Pontiac	444	375	running	0
12	18	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'63 Ford	444	300	running	0
13	24	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'62 Dodge	443	250	distributor cap	0
15	15	11	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson (Charles Robinson)	'63 Ford	430	225	engine	0
16	28	09	Larry Manning	Bob Adams	'62 Chevrolet	429	215	wheel	0
17	29	2	Bill Foster	Cliff Stewart	'62 Pontiac	420	200	running	0
18	26	56	Ed Livingston	Mamie Reynolds	'62 Ford	389	200	differential	0
19	27	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'62 Chevrolet	371	185	running	0
20	9	74	Paul Clark	Paul Clark	'62 Pontiac	346	175	wheel	0
21	14	41	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'63 Plymouth	342	200	engine	0
22	30	90	Gary Sain	Ralph Sparks	'62 Dodge	328	175	differential	0
23	17	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'63 Pontiac	299	175	engine	0
24	7	4	Rex White	Louis Clements (Rex White)	'63 Chevrolet	291	175	piston	0
25	33	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton	'62 Pontiac	262	175	engine	0
26	25	12	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'62 Pontiac	242	250	con rod	0
27	6	99	Bobby Isaac	Bondy Long	'63 Ford	176	175	differential	0
28	32	62	Curtis Crider	Full House (Curtis Crider)	'62 Mercury	176	150	engine	0
29	21	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'63 Plymouth	147	150	oil pressure	0
30	34	33	Roy Mayne	C.L. Kilpatrick	'62 Chevrolet	133	125	oil leak	0
31	8	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'63 Dodge	123	150	engine	0
32	32	1	Bill Morton	Jess Potter	'62 Chevrolet	115	125	piston	0
33	12	32	Bob James	Roscoe Sanders	'63 Plymouth	95	125	con rod	0
34	31	88	Major Melton	Major Melton	'61 Chrysler	2	150	handling	0
35	35	93	Jerome Warren	Jerome Warren	'62 Ford	1	125	handling	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tiny Lund	1	3	3
Jimmy Pardue	4	4	1
Tiny Lund	5	75	71
Joe Weatherly	76	163	88
Tiny Lund	164	171	8
Fireball Roberts	172	328	157
Fred Lorenzen	329	492	164
Fireball Roberts	493	500	8

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