Nascar Grand National Series 1963

	Nascar Grand National Series 1963
Allmän information
Plats	USA
Säsongsnummer	15
Antal race	55
Start	4 november 1962
Slut	3 november 1963
Bilar
Chassin	Ford; Plymouth ; Chevrolet; Pontiac;
Motorer	Se ovan.
Deltagande
Mästare
Förarmästerskapet	Joe Weatherly
Märkesmästerskapet	Ford
Årets rookie	Billy Wade
◄ 1963 ►

Nascar Grand National Series 1963 var den 15:e upplagan av den främsta divisionen av professionell stockcarracing i USA sanktionerad av National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Säsongen bestod av 55 race och inleddes redan 4 november 1962 på Fairgrounds Raceway i Birmingham, Alabama och avslutades 3 november 1963 på Riverside International Raceway i Riverside i Kalifornien.

Serien vanns av Joe Weatherly i en Pontiac körandes för Bud Moore Engineering. Det var Weatherlys andra raka mästerskapstitel. Dom två framgångsrikaste bilmärkena var Ford med 23 segrar och Plymouth med 19 segrar.

Resultat

Nr	Datum	Tävling	Bana	Pole	Vinnare	Konstruktör	Start	Rapport
1	4 november	Race 1	Fairgrounds Raceway, Birmingham, Alabama	Jim Paschal	Jim Paschal	Plymouth	1
2	11 november	Race 2	Golden Gate Speedway, Tampa, Florida	Rex White	Richard Petty	Plymouth	5
3	22 november	Turkey Day 200	Tar Heel Speedway, Randleman, North Carolina	Glen Wood	Jim Paschal	Plymouth	2	Rapport
4	20 januari	Riverside 500	Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, Kalifornien	Paul Goldsmith	Dan Gurney	Ford	11	Rapport
5	22 februari	Daytona 500 Qualifier #1	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	Fireball Roberts	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	2	Rapport
6	22 februari	Daytona 500 Qualifier #2		Ned Jarrett	Johnny Rutherford	Chevrolet	9	Rapport
7	24 februari	Daytona 500		Fireball Roberts	Tiny Lund	Ford	12	Rapport
8	2 mars	Race 8	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds, Spartanburg, South Carolina	Junior Johnson	Richard Petty	Plymouth	2
9	3 mars	Race 9	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville, North Carolina	Junior Johnson	Richard Petty	Plymouth	3
10	10 mars	Race 10	Orange Speedway, Hillsborough, North Carolina	Joe Weatherly	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	4
11	17 mars	Atlanta 500	Atlanta International Raceway, Atlanta, Georgia	Junior Johnson	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	2	Rapport
12	24 mars	Hickory 250	Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, North Carolina	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	1	Rapport
13	31 mars	Southeastern 400	Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee	Fred Lorenzen	Fireball Roberts	Ford	3	Rapport
14	4 april	Race 14	Augusta Speedway, Augusta, Georgia	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Ned Jarrett	Ford	3
15	7 april	Richmond 250	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond, Virginia	Rex White	Joe Weatherly	Pontiac	3	Rapport
16	13 april	Greenville 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Easley, South Carolina	Jimmy Pardue	Buck Baker	Pontiac	9	Rapport
17	14 april	South Boston 400	South Boston Speedway, South Boston, Virginia	Ned Jarrett	Richard Petty	Plymouth	2	Rapport
18	15 april	Race 18	Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Richard Petty	Jim Paschal	Plymouth	3
19	21 april	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia	Rex White	Richard Petty	Plymouth	8	Rapport
20	28 april	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro North Carolina	Fred Lorenzen	Richard Petty	Plymouth	7	Rapport
21	2 maj	Columbia 200	Columbia Speedway, Cayce, South Carolina	Richard Petty	Richard Petty	Plymouth	1	Rapport
22	5 maj	Race 22	Tar Heel Speedway, Randleman, North Carolina	Ned Jarrett	Jim Paschal	Plymouth	3
23	11 maj	Rebel 300	Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina	Fred Lorenzen	Joe Weatherly	Pontiac	6	Rapport
24	18 maj	Race 24	Old Dominion Speedway, Manassas, Virginia	Richard Petty	Richard Petty	Plymouth	1
25	19 maj	Race 25	Southside Speedway, Richmond, Virginia	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett	Ford	1
26	2 juni	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina	Junior Johnson	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	2	Rapport
27	9 juni	Race 27	Fairgrounds Raceway, Birmingham, Alabama	Jack Smith	Richard Petty	Plymouth	2
28	30 juni	Dixie 400	Atlanta International Raceway, Atlanta, Georgia	Marvin Panch	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	2	Rapport
29	5 juli	Firecracker 400	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	Junior Johnson	Fireball Roberts	Ford	3	Rapport
30	7 juli	Speedorama 200	Rambi Raceway, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	Richard Petty	Ned Jarrett	Ford	3	Rapport
31	10 juli	Race 31	Savannah Speedway, Savannah, Georgia	Richard Petty	Ned Jarrett	Ford	2
32	11 juli	Race 32	Dog Track Speedway, Moyock, North Carolina	Junior Johnson	Jimmy Pardue	Ford	6
33	13 juli	Race 33	Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Glen Wood	Glen Wood	Ford
34	14 juli	Race 34	New Asheville Speedway, Asheville, North Carolina	David Pearson	Ned Jarrett	Ford	5
35	19 juli	Race 35	Old Bridge Stadium, Old Bridge Township, New Jersey	Joe Weatherly	Fireball Roberts	Ford	6
36	21 juli	Race 36	Bridgehampton Raceway, Bridgehampton, New York	Richard Petty	Richard Petty	Plymouth	1
37	28 juli	Volunteer 500	Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	1	Rapport
38	30 juli	Pickens 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Easley, South Carolina	Ned Jarrett	Richard Petty	Plymouth	7	Rapport
39	4 augusti	Nashville 400	Nashville Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee	Richard Petty	Jim Paschal	Plymouth	3	Rapport
40	8 augusti	Sandlapper 200	Columbia Speedway, Cayce, South Carolina	Richard Petty	Richard Petty	Plymouth	1	Rapport
41	11 augusti	Western North Carolina 500	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville, North Carolina	Ned Jarrett	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	2	Rapport
42	14 augusti	Race 42	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds, Spartanburg, South Carolina	Joe Weatherly	Ned Jarrett	Ford	2
43	16 augusti	International 200	Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	1	Rapport
44	18 augusti	Mountaineer 300	West Virginia International Huntington, West Virginia	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	1	Rapport
45	2 september	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina	Fred Lorenzen	Fireball Roberts	Ford	9	Rapport
46	6 september	Buddy Shuman 250	Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, North Carolina	David Pearson	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	7	Rapport
47	8 september	Capital City 300	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond, Virginia	Joe Weatherly	Ned Jarrett	Ford	7	Rapport
48	22 september	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia	Junior Johnson	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	2	Rapport
49	24 september	Race 49	Dog Track Speedway, Moyock, North Carolina	Joe Weatherly	Ned Jarrett	Ford	2
50	29 september	Wilkes 250	North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro North Carolina	Fred Lorenzen	Marvin Panch	Ford	3	Rapport
51	5 oktober	Race 51	Tar Heel Speedway, Randleman, North Carolina	Fred Lorenzen	Richard Petty	Plymouth	2
52	13 oktober	National 400	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina	Marvin Panch	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	2	Rapport
53	20 oktober	South Boston 400	South Boston Speedway, South Boston, Virginia	Jack Smith	Richard Petty	Plymouth	4	Rapport
54	27 oktober	Race 54	Orange Speedway, Hillsborough, North Carolina	Joe Weatherly	Joe Weatherly	Pontiac	1
55	3 november	Golden State 400	Riverside International Raceway i Riverside i Kalifornien	Marvin Panch	Darel Dieringer	Mercury	3	Rapport
Källor:^[2]^[3]

Slutställning

Plats	Förare	Starter	Vinster	Top 5	Top 10	Pole	Ledda varv	Prispengar	Poäng	+\-
1	Joe Weatherly	53	3	10	35	6	878	$74 624	33398
2	Richard Petty	54	14	30	39	8	2181	$55 964	31170	–2228
3	Fred Lorenzen	29	6	21	23	8	2418	$122 587	29684	–3714
4	Ned Jarrett	53	8	32	39	4	1897	$45 843	27214	–6184
5	Fireball Roberts	20	4	11	14	1	693	$73 059	22642	–10756
6	Jimmy Pardue	52	1	7	20	1	74	$20 538	22228	–11170
7	Darel Dieringer	20	1	7	15	0	84	$29 725	21418	–11980
8	David Pearson	41	0	13	19	2	178	$24 986	21156	–12242
9	Rex White	25	0	5	14	3	171	$27 241	20976	–12422
10	Tiny Lund	22	1	12	5	0	127	$49 396	19624	–13774
11	Buck Baker	47	1	17	30	0	74	$18 616	18114	–15284
12	Junior Johnson	33	7	13	14	9	2535	$67 351	17720	–15678
13	Marvin Panch	12	1	9	12	2	291	$39 102	17156	–16242
14	Nelson Stacy	12	0	4	9	0	78	$20 025	14974	–18424
15	Wendell Scott	47	0	1	15	0	0	$10 966	14814	–18584
Källor:^[4]

Notering: Endast de femton främsta förarna redovisas.

Anmärkningar

^ Listan är ett urval av dom framgångsrikaste bilarna som nyttjades. Enstaka andra märken förekom.

Referenser

^ ”Full list of Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award winners” (på engelska). NASCAR Digital Media. 1 december 2020. https://www.nascar.com/gallery/every-sunoco-rookie-of-the-year-award-winner/#photo-1. Läst 24 juni 2021.
^ ”1963 NASCAR Grand National Results” (på engelska). ESPN. https://www.espn.com/racing/results/_/year/1963. Läst 24 juni 2021.
^ ”1963 NASCAR Grand National Results” (på engelska). racing-reference.info. Nascar Digital Media. https://www.racing-reference.info/season-stats/1963/W/. Läst 24 juni 2021.
^ ”NASCAR Grand National standings for 1963” (på engelska). racing-reference.info. Nascar Digital Media. https://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet/1963/W. Läst 24 juni 2021.

[1] Listan är ett urval av dom framgångsrikaste bilarna som nyttjades. Enstaka andra märken förekom.

[rookie-2] ”Full list of Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award winners” (på engelska). NASCAR Digital Media. 1 december 2020. https://www.nascar.com/gallery/every-sunoco-rookie-of-the-year-award-winner/#photo-1. Läst 24 juni 2021.

[espn1963racing-3] ”1963 NASCAR Grand National Results” (på engelska). ESPN. https://www.espn.com/racing/results/_/year/1963. Läst 24 juni 2021.

[rrresults1963-4] ”1963 NASCAR Grand National Results” (på engelska). racing-reference.info. Nascar Digital Media. https://www.racing-reference.info/season-stats/1963/W/. Läst 24 juni 2021.

[rrstandings1963-5] ”NASCAR Grand National standings for 1963” (på engelska). racing-reference.info. Nascar Digital Media. https://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet/1963/W. Läst 24 juni 2021.

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