1963 Southeastern 500

Race 13 of 55

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:15:02
Average speed of winner: 76.910 mph
Margin of victory: 5.0 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 9 laps
Lap leaders: Lorenzen pole, Lund 1-3, Pardue 4, Lund 5-75, Weatherly 76-163, Lund 164-171, Roberts 172-328, Lorenzen 329-492, Roberts 493-500

Race notes: Finale for Bill Foster.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Fireball Roberts	22		'63 Ford	Holman-Moody			500	2	165	running	4060	0
2	1	Fred Lorenzen	28		'63 Ford	Holman-Moody		80.681	500	1	164	running	2395	0
3	4	Junior Johnson	3		'63 Chevrolet	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		497	0	0	running	1725	0
4	16	Richard Petty	43		'63 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		495	0	0	running	1225	0
5	10	LeeRoy Yarbrough	69		'62 Mercury	Sidoit			490	0	0	running	975	0
6	20	Jimmy Pardue	54		'63 Ford	Pete Stewart			488	1	1	running	775	0
7	5	Darel Dieringer	26		'63 Mercury	Stroppe			486	0	0	running	675	0
8	11	Billy Wade	5		'63 Dodge	Owens	Owens		465	0	0	engine	650	0
9	19	Bud Harless	60		'62 Pontiac				464	0	0	running	500	0
10	13	Joe Weatherly	8		'63 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		456	1	88	differential	915	0
11	22	Reb Wickersham	67	Reb's Sport Shop	'62 Pontiac	Wickersham			444	0	0	running	375	0
12	18	Herman Beam	19		'63 Ford	Beam			444	0	0	running	300	0
13	24	Larry Thomas	36		'62 Dodge	Younts			443	0	0	distributor cap	250	0
14	2	Tiny Lund	21		'63 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		434	3	82	engine	305	0
15	15	Ned Jarrett	11		'63 Ford	Burton-Robinson	Allman		430	0	0	engine	225	0
16	28	Larry Manning	09		'62 Chevrolet				429	0	0	wheel	215	0
17	29	Bill Foster	2		'62 Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			420	0	0	running	200	0
18	26	Ed Livingston	56		'62 Ford	Mamie Reynolds			389	0	0	differential	200	0
19	27	Wendell Scott	34		'62 Chevrolet	Wendell Scott			371	0	0	running	185	0
20	9	Paul Clark	74		'62 Pontiac	Paul Clark			346	0	0	wheel	175	0
21	14	Jim Paschal	41		'63 Plymouth	Petty			342	0	0	engine	200	0
22	30	Gary Sain	90		'62 Dodge				328	0	0	differential	175	0
23	17	Buck Baker	87		'63 Pontiac	Buck Baker			299	0	0	engine	175	0
24	7	Rex White	4		'63 Chevrolet	Clements	Clements		291	0	0	piston	175	0
25	33	Stick Elliott	18		'62 Pontiac	Bolton			262	0	0	engine	175	0
26	25	Fred Harb	12		'62 Pontiac	Harb			242	0	0	connecting rod	250	0
27	6	Bobby Isaac	99		'63 Ford	Bondy Long			176	0	0	differential	175	0
28	32	Curtis Crider	62		'62 Mercury	Crider			176	0	0	engine	150	0
29	21	Jack Smith	47		'63 Plymouth	Jack Smith			147	0	0	oil pressure	150	0
30	34	Roy Mayne	33		'62 Chevrolet	Kilpatrick			133	0	0	oil leak	125	0
31	8	David Pearson	6		'63 Dodge	Owens	Owens		123	0	0	engine	150	0
32	32	Bill Morton	1		'62 Chevrolet				115	0	0	piston	125	0
33	12	Bob James	32		'63 Plymouth	Roscoe Sanders			95	0	0	connecting rod	125	0
34	31	Major Melton	88		'61 Chrysler	Major Melton			2	0	0	handling	150	0
35	35	Jerome Warren	93		'62 Ford				1	0	0	handling	125	0