
| 1963 Riverside 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 4 of 55 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $50,265 | Race Date: | Jan 20, 1963 | Riverside International Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 36.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 5h 53m 20s | Riverside, California | |
| Lead Changes: | 9 | Average Speed: | 84.965 MPH | 2.63 Mile Paved Road Course | |
| No. of Cars: | 44 | No. of Cautions: | 6 | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Dan Gurney D. Gurney | Driver: | Paul Goldsmith P. Goldsmith | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #28 Ford | Car No.: | #1 Pontiac | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Holman-Moody Racing | Team: | Nichels Engineering | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Dodge: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 120 of 185 | Pole Speed: | 99.590 MPH | |||||
| Official 1963 Riverside 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 28 | Dan Gurney | Holman-Moody | Running | ![]() | 0 | 185 | 120 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | A.J. Foyt | Nichels Engineering | Running | ![]() | 0 | 185 | 2 |
| 3 | 17 | 14 | Troy Ruttman | Mercury | Running | ![]() | 0 | 184 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Matthews Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 184 | 13 |
| 5 | 25 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Burton-Robinson Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 181 | 0 |
| 7 | 21 | 5 | Billy Wade (R) | Cotton Owens Garage | Running | ![]() | 0 | 180 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Pete Stewart (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 179 | 0 |
| 9 | 28 | 1 | Danny Letner | Running | ![]() | 0 | 179 | 0 | |
| 10 | 30 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Carl Dane (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| 11 | 26 | 97 | Ron Hornaday | Frank Galpin (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | 0 | Dave MacDonald | Holman-Moody | Running | ![]() | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| 13 | 39 | 38 | Bob Perry | Bob Perry (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 175 | 0 |
| 14 | 32 | 70 | Bob Ross | Bob Ross (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 175 | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Engine | ![]() | 0 | 173 | 0 |
| 16 | 27 | 19 | John Rostek | John Rostek (Car Owner) | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 172 | 0 |
| 17 | 10 | 12 | Art Watts | Running | ![]() | 0 | 171 | 0 | |
| 18 | 33 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 169 | 0 |
| 19 | 43 | 61 | Dick Bown | Dick Bown (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 166 | 0 |
| 20 | 41 | 50 | Harold Beal | Pederson Motors | Running | ![]() | 0 | 164 | 0 |
| 21 | 31 | 51 | Scotty Cain | Scotty Cain (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 162 | 0 |
| 22 | 16 | 21 | Fred Lorenzen | English Motors | Engine | ![]() | 0 | 158 | 8 |
| 23 | 34 | 27 | Marshall Sargent | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 157 | 0 | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Oil Pan | ![]() | 0 | 148 | 0 |
| 25 | 40 | 26 | Carl Joiner | Carl Joiner (Car Owner) | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 143 | 0 |
| 26 | 38 | 10 | Jim Cook | Floyd Johnson (Car Owner) | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 143 | 0 |
| 27 | 9 | 75 | Jim Hurtubise | Engine | ![]() | 0 | 142 | 0 | |
| 28 | 42 | 20 | Jack Norton | Carburetor | ![]() | 0 | 140 | 0 | |
| 29 | 35 | 40 | Eddie Pagan | Dick Getty (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 137 | 0 |
| 30 | 24 | 88 | Don Noel | Frank Galpin (Car Owner) | Engine | ![]() | 0 | 126 | 0 |
| 31 | 7 | 33 | Clem Proctor | Clem Proctor (Car Owner) | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 122 | 0 |
| 32 | 23 | 80 | Sal Tovella | Tom Hawkins (Car Owner) | Engine | ![]() | 0 | 116 | 0 |
| 33 | 20 | 6 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens Garage | Oil Pressure | ![]() | 0 | 113 | 0 |
| 34 | 44 | 25 | Bill Clinton | Bill Clinton (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 111 | 0 |
| 35 | 37 | 2 | Bill Foster | Cliff Stewart Racing | Transmission | ![]() | 0 | 91 | 0 |
| 36 | 19 | 41 | Jim Paschal | Petty Enterprises | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 81 | 0 |
| 37 | 12 | 15 | Parnelli Jones | Mercury | Transmission | ![]() | 0 | 78 | 39 |
| 38 | 22 | 77 | Marvin Porter | Vel Miletich (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | ![]() | 0 | 67 | 0 |
| 39 | 1 | 1 | Paul Goldsmith | Nichels Engineering | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 59 | 3 |
| 40 | 4 | 7 | Len Sutton | Nichels Engineering | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| 41 | 15 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Transmission | ![]() | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 42 | 14 | 23 | Danny Weinberg | S California Pontiac Dealers | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 43 | 36 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Clutch | ![]() | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 44 | 29 | 44 | Lloyd Dane | Lloyd Dane (Car Owner) | Transmission | ![]() | 0 | 8 | 0 |