1963 Birmingham International Raceway

Race 1 of 55

Birmingham
200 laps
Time of race: 1:27:47
Average speed of winner: 68.350 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 4 laps
Lap leaders: Paschal 1-146, R. Petty 147-154, Paschal 155-200

Race notes: Finale for Charley Griffith and Cotton Hodges.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Jim Paschal	41		'62 Plymouth	Petty		73.952	200	2	192	running	1000	0
2	6	Richard Petty	43		'62 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		199	1	8	running	600	0
3	12	Buck Baker	87		'62 Chrysler	Buck Baker			198	0	0	running	400	0
4	5	Jimmy Pardue	54		'62 Pontiac	Pardue			198	0	0	running	300	0
5	3	Darel Dieringer	26		'62 Ford	Mamie Reynolds			197	0	0	running	275	0
6	2	Jack Smith	47		'62 Pontiac	Jack Smith			197	0	0	running	240	0
7	4	Rex White	4		'62 Chevrolet	Clements	Clements		197	0	0	running	200	0
8	11	Joe Weatherly	8		'62 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		197	0	0	running	375	0
9	8	Sherman Utsman	61		'62 Ford				196	0	0	running	150	0
10	10	Larry Thomas	36		'62 Dodge	Younts			194	0	0	running	140	0
11	7	Ned Jarrett	11		'62 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway	Allman		188	0	0	accident	130	0
12	17	Bill Foster	2		'62 Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			187	0	0	running	120	0
13	18	Stick Elliott	18		'62 Pontiac	Bolton			186	0	0	running	110	0
14	9	Maurice Petty	42		'62 Plymouth	Petty			186	0	0	accident	100	0
15	15	Herman Beam	19		'62 Ford	Beam			186	0	0	running	85	0
16	13	George Green	1		'62 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			185	0	0	running	75	0
17	20	T.C. Hunt	79		'62 Chevrolet				184	0	0	running	65	0
18	19	Charley Griffith	30		'62 Pontiac				182	0	0	running	60	0
19	14	Curtis Crider	62		'62 Mercury	Crider			148	0	0	rear end	50	0
20	16	LeeRoy Yarbrough	81		'62 Mercury				114	0	0	brakes	50	0
21	21	Cotton Hodges	9		'62 Ford	Ewell Williams			9	0	0	oil leak	50	0