1963 Daytona 500

Auto race held at Daytona International Speedway in 1963 February 2025 1963 CUST Race 7 of 55 in the 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series season 1963_Daytona_500_program_cover_and_logo.jpg 1963 Daytona 500 program cover 1963 2 24 200 500 800 151.556 mph on Fireball Roberts Banjo Matthews Junior Johnson Ray Fox Johnny Rutherford Smokey Yunick Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody 77 21 Ford Tiny Lund Wood Brothers Racing ABC's WWOS Bill Flemming and Chris Economaki The 1963 Daytona 500, the 5th running of the event held on February 24, 1963, was won by Tiny Lund driving a 1963 Ford. Lund drove his number 21 to victory in three hours and 17 minutes. There were 2 cautions flags which slowed the race for 10 laps.http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1963-07/W 1963 Daytona 500 racing-reference.info 2009-08-15 Weather played a critical role in Tiny Lund winning this race; with temperatures reaching up to 75 F C and wind speeds up to 20 mph km/h.http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/FL/Daytona%20Beach/1963-02-24 Weather History for the 1963 Daytona 500 race The Old Farmers' Almanac 2015-03-15 Lund won by making only four pit stops, but he would not have been able to make the distance on four pit stops had the first ten laps not been run under caution to dry the track from earlier rains. Had the race not started under caution, Lund would have had to make five pit stops, just as Fred Lorenzen and Ned Jarrett did. He was able to win on four pit stops alone because of the slow start time. Race report Lund filled in for an injured Marvin Panch, who suffered injuries after a testing crash in a Maserati. Panch was to drive a Wood Brothers car in the 500.http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/season-recaps/1960s/1963-nascar.htm 1963 NASCAR Grand National Recap HowStuffWorks, Inc.; Publications International, Ltd. 1 2009-08-15 2013-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012403/http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/season-recaps/1960s/1963-nascar.htm dead The win was Lund's first victory of the season.Fleischman Bill Al Pearce The Unauthorized NASCAR Fan Guide: 2004 Checkered Flag Press; Visible Ink Press Canton, MI 2004 10 2004 225–226 of 576 Race Results: 1949–2002; 1960 0-681-27587-1 registration https://archive.org/details/unauthorizednasc00/page/225 Jim Cushman, Bubba Farr, Dick Good, Ted Hairfield, and John Rogers retired from professional stock car racing after this event.Retirements from NASCAR at Race Database Drivers who failed to qualify for the race were: Bobby Isaac (#99), Buck Baker (#87), Pete Stewart (#57), Cale Yarborough (#52), Larry Thomas (#36), Roy Mayne (#33), Chuck Daigh (#25), Rodger Ward (#16), Al Terrell (#9) and Bill Foster (#2).Qualifying information for the 1963 Daytona 500 https://web.archive.org/web/20160915030129/http://racing-reference.info/getqualify/1963-07/W September 15, 2016 at Racing Reference It was the first Daytona 500 start for LeeRoy Yarbrough, H. B. Bailey, Stick Elliott, Wendell Scott, A. J. Foyt, Jim Hurtubise, and Bob Cooper. Only Daytona 500 starts for Troy Ruttman, Bob James, Red Foote, Len Sutton, Floyd Powell, Frank Graham, John Rogers, Dick Good, Bubba Farr, and Ted Hairfield. Last Daytona 500 starts for Nelson Stacy, Joe Weatherly, Tommy Irwin, Rex White, Ed Livingston, Jim Cushman, Herman Beam, Jim McGuirk, and Jack Smith. Parnelli Jones, at the wheel of Bill Stroppe's factory-backed Mercury, comes home 15th in the second of his three Daytona 500 appearances. While a great finish wasn't in the cards here about three months later Jones would go on to win the Indianapolis 500. The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s. This race marked the first time that ABC's Wide World of Sports covered the race. It also helped to dispel the long-standing stereotypes of the Southern United States after the rest of the United States witnessed an emotional inspiring win.December 2020 Race results Pos Grid No. Car number Driver Entrant Manufacturer Laps Laps completed Winnings Laps led Laps as the lead driver Time/Status 1 12 21 Tiny Lund Wood Brothers Racing 1963 Ford 200 $24,550 17 3:17:56 2 2 28 Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody 1963 Ford 200 $15,540 77 +24 seconds 3 8 11 Ned Jarrett Charles Robinson 1963 Ford 200 $8,700 26 Lead lap under green flag 4 10 29 Nelson Stacy Holman-Moody 1963 Ford 199 $8,275 0 +1 Lap 5 11 0 Dan Gurney Holman-Moody 1963 Ford 199 $3,550 0 +1 Lap 6 23 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises 1963 Plymouth 198 $2,500 0 +2 Laps 7 14 7A Bobby Johns Shorty Johns 1963 Pontiac 198 $2,600 10 +2 Laps 8 26 8 Joe Weatherly Bud Moore Engineering 1963 Pontiac 197 $1,500 0 +3 Laps 9 4 13 Johnny Rutherford Smokey Yunick 1963 Chevrolet 196 $1,250 0 +4 Laps 10 13 44 Tommy Irwin Stewart McKinney 1963 Ford 195 $1,000 0 +5 Laps 11 9 06 Larry Frank Holman-Moody 1963 Ford 195 $1,500 5 +5 Laps 12 15 14 Troy Ruttman Bill Stroppe 1963 Mercury 195 $1,000 0 +5 Laps 13 22 39 LeeRoy Yarbrough E. A. McQuagg 1962 Pontiac 194 $1,000 0 +6 Laps 14 6 4 Rex White Rex White 1963 Chevrolet 194 $1,100 4 +6 Laps 15 16 15 Parnelli Jones Bill Stroppe 1963 Mercury 194 $1,000 0 +6 Laps 16 18 26 Darel Dieringer Bill Stroppe 1963 Mercury 192 $675 0 +8 Laps 17 25 80 Sal Tovella Tom Hawkins 1963 Ford 192 $675 0 +8 Laps 18 27 32 Bob James Roscoe Sanders 1963 Plymouth 191 $675 0 +9 Laps 19 49 04 H. B. Bailey H. B. Bailey 1961 Pontiac 188 $675 0 +12 Laps 20 30 18 Stick Elliott Toy Bolton 1962 Pontiac 188 $675 0 +12 Laps 21 1 22 Fireball Roberts Banjo Matthews 1963 Pontiac 182 $650 11 Engine 22 42 56 Ed Livingston Mamie Reynolds 1962 Ford 180 $550 0 +20 Laps 23 47 95 Jim Cushman Jack Russell 1963 Plymouth 176 $550 0 +24 Laps 24 45 19 Herman Beam Herman Beam 1963 Ford 175 $550 0 +25 Laps 25 39 54 Jimmy Pardue Pete Stewart 1962 Pontiac 169 $550 0 Transmission 26 41 34 Wendell Scott Wendell Scott 1962 Chevrolet 168 $550 0 Engine 27 7 02 A. J. Foyt Ray Nichels 1963 Pontiac 143 $550 6 Spin out 28 37 41 Jim Hurtubise Petty Enterprises 1963 Plymouth 113 $550 0 Engine 29 35 84 Red Foote Rocky Hinton 1963 Ford 113 $550 0 Con rod 30 17 69 Johnny Allen Lou Sidoit 1963 Mercury 111 $550 0 Engine 31 33 07 Len Sutton Ray Nichels 1963 Pontiac 97 $550 0 Engine 32 21 03 G. C. Spencer Ray Fox 1963 Chevrolet 95 $1,550 21 Engine 33 29 70 Floyd Powell Paul Clayton 1962 Pontiac 94 $550 0 Wheel studs 34 44 68 Frank Graham Ed Livingston 1961 Ford 93 $550 0 Engine 35 36 58 John Rogers John Rogers 1961 Pontiac 72 $550 0 Handling 36 34 42 Jim Paschal Petty Enterprises 1963 Plymouth 72 $550 0 Ignition 37 19 81 Dick Good Romy Hammes 1963 Ford 68 $550 0 Spin out 38 43 05 Jim McGuirk Ray Nichels 1962 Pontiac 67 $550 0 Fumes 39 28 51 Bob Cooper Bob Cooper 1962 Pontiac 53 $550 0 Engine 40 5 01 Paul Goldsmith Ray Nichels 1963 Pontiac 39 $1,250 11 Piston 41 46 5 Billy Wade Cotton Owens 1963 Dodge 32 $550 0 Valves 42 3 3 Junior Johnson Ray Fox 1963 Chevrolet 26 $1,750 12 Distributor 43 31 71 Bubba Farr W. M. Harrison 1963 Chevrolet 22 $550 0 Fuel pump 44 38 47 Jack Smith Jack Smith 1963 Chrysler 19 $550 0 Flywheel 45 20 10 Bunkie Blackburn Jim Stephens 1962 Pontiac 18 $550 0 Water pump 46 40 67 Reb Wickersham Reb Wickersham 1962 Pontiac 18 $550 0 Engine 47 32 73 Ralph Earnhardt Acey Taylor 1962 Pontiac 15 $550 0 Fuel pump 48 50 6 David Pearson Cotton Owens 1963 Dodge 12 $550 0 Handling 49 24 72 Ted Hairfield Parker Snead 1963 Ford 11 $550 0 Clutch 50 48 62 Curtis Crider Curtis Crider 1962 Mercury 4 $550 0 Handling References Daytona 500 Daytona 500 Daytona 500 Category:NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway