1963 Golden State 400

Race 55 of 55

Riverside
148 laps
Time of race: 4:21:37
Average speed of winner: 91.465 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 7 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 1 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Panch pole (Dan Gurney qualified Panch's car on the pole, but Panch started the race), Lorenzen 1-21, MacDonald 22-76, Dieringer 77-79, MacDonald 80-115, Dieringer 116-117, MacDonald 118, Dieringer 119-148

Race notes: First win for Darel Dieringer. First pole for Dan Gurney. Debut for Bob Bondurant, Gene Davis, Frank Deiny, Skip Hudson, Jack McCoy, and Dick Mitchell. Finale for Bob Perry and Bob Ross. Only start for Pete Brock, Ken Miles, Augie Pabst, and Chuck Shove.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Darel Dieringer	16		'63 Mercury	Stroppe			148	3	35	running	7875	0
2	6	Dave MacDonald	21		'63 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		147	3	92	running	4655	0
3	1	Marvin Panch	121		'63 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		147	0	0	running	2860	0
4	2	Fireball Roberts	22		'63 Ford	Holman-Moody			147	0	0	running	1775	0
5	19	Junior Johnson	26		'63 Mercury	Stroppe			145	0	0	running	1300	0
6	15	Jack Smith	47		'63 Plymouth	Jack Smith			144	0	0	running	1175	0
7	9	Joe Weatherly	8		'63 Mercury	Moore	Moore		143	0	0	running	1475	0
8	22	Bill Amick	62		'63 Mercury				142	0	0	running	1000	0
9	40	Bob Ross	18		'63 Mercury				140	0	0	running	950	0
10	33	Ron Hornaday	97		'63 Ford				140	0	0	running	850	0
11	10	Ken Miles	281		'63 Ford				139	0	0	running	710	0
12	8	Clem Proctor	33		'63 Pontiac				138	0	0	running	575	0
13	12	David Pearson	6		'63 Dodge	Owens	Owens		136	0	0	running	580	0
14	27	Bill Clinton	15		'63 Ford				136	0	0	running	450	0
15	14	Marvin Porter	77		'63 Ford				135	0	0	running	450	0
16	26	Pete Brock	211		'63 Mercury				134	0	0	fuel	350	0
17	21	Don Noel	88		'63 Ford				133	0	0	accident	350	0
18	24	Jim Cook	72		'63 Ford				131	0	0	running	300	0
19	38	Lloyd Dane	44		'63 Ford				131	0	0	running	250	0
20	20	Eddie Gray	98		'63 Mercury				131	0	0	running	225	0
21	31	Dick Mitchell	7		'63 Mercury				126	0	0	running	200	0
22	23	Jimmy Pardue	2		'62 Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			117	0	0	transmission	400	0
23	29	Bob Perry	61		'61 Oldsmobile				112	0	0	running	200	0
24	36	Gene Davis	13		'62 Ford				95	0	0	running	200	0
25	25	Oren Prosser	58		'62 Pontiac				95	0	0	running	200	0
26	17	Skip Hudson	02		'63 Dodge				75	0	0	transmission	275	0
27	41	Chuck Shove	40		'63 Chevrolet				74	0	0	engine	200	0
28	30	Scotty Cain	162		'63 Ford				67	0	0	engine	200	0
29	35	Bob Bondurant	0		'62 Chevrolet				44	0	0	accident	200	0
30	39	Frank Deiny	12		'62 Ford				44	0	0	drive shaft	200	0
31	16	Paul Goldsmith	1		'63 Plymouth	Nichels		101.620	42	0	0	accident	300	0
32	4	Fred Lorenzen	28		'63 Ford	Holman-Moody			25	1	21	transmission	400	0
33	13	Billy Wade	5		'63 Dodge	Owens	Owens		23	0	0	transmission	400	0
34	7	Ned Jarrett	11		'63 Ford	Burton-Robinson	Allman		21	0	0	transmission	400	0
35	18	Augie Pabst	29		'63 Ford				18	0	0	clutch	250	0
36	11	Richard Petty	43		'63 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		5	0	0	transmission	400	0
37	5	Rex White	4		'63 Mercury	Clements	Clements		1	0	0	accident	400	0
38	29	Jack McCoy	771		'63 Plymouth				1	0	0	differential	200	0
39	37	Al Self	64		'62 Ford				1	0	0	engine	200	0
40	32	Al Brand	20		'62 Chevrolet				1	0	0	engine	200	0
41	34	Bruce Worrell	48		'62 Chevrolet				1	0	0	engine	200	0
42	1	Dan Gurney	121		'63 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	101.050	0	0	0	did not start	0	0