| 1963 Virginia 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 19 of 55 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $15,625 | Race Date: | Apr 21, 1963 | Martinsville Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1 Lap | Race Duration: | 3h 51m 24s | Ridgeway, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 3 | Average Speed: | 64.823 MPH | .526 Mile Paved Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 33 | No. of Cautions: | 5 | martinsvillespeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Richard Petty R. Petty | Driver: | Rex White R. White | Plymouth: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #43 Plymouth | Car No.: | #4 Chevrolet | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | White-Clemens Racing | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Dale Inman | Crew Chief: | Louis Clements | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 41 of 500 | Pole Speed: | 72.000 MPH | |||||
| Official 1963 Virginia 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 500 | 41 |
| 2 | 4 | 21 | Tiny Lund | Wood Brothers | Running |  | 0 | 499 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | 26 | Darel Dieringer | Stroppe Motorsports | Running |  | 0 | 496 | 0 |
| 4 | 16 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Burton-Robinson Racing | Running | | 0 | 495 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | LaFayette Ford | Running | | 0 | 494 | 282 |
| 6 | 21 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 494 | 0 |
| 7 | 17 | 5 | Billy Wade (R) | Cotton Owens Garage | Running |  | 0 | 493 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | 41 | Jim Paschal | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 493 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 6 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens Garage | Running | | 0 | 489 | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 489 | 0 |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Accident |  | 0 | 484 | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Pete Stewart (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 484 | 0 |
| 13 | 24 | 96 | Jimmy Massey | Westmoreland Racing | Running | | 0 | 477 | 0 |
| 14 | 29 | 86 | Neil Castles | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 454 | 0 |
| 15 | 25 | 33 | Roy Mayne | C.L. Kilpatrick (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 450 | 0 |
| 16 | 27 | 83 | Worth McMillion | Worth McMillion (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 442 | 0 |
| 17 | 9 | 69 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | Lou Sidoit (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 414 | 0 |
| 18 | 33 | 93 | Curtis Crider | Jerome Warren (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 397 | 0 |
| 19 | 32 | 9 | Larry Manning (R) | Bob Adams (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 389 | 0 |
| 20 | 26 | 1 | E.J. Trivette | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 360 | 0 |
| 21 | 10 | 99 | Bobby Isaac (R) | Bondy Long (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 358 | 0 |
| 22 | 28 | 127 | Earl Brooks | Scott Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 346 | 0 |
| 23 | 20 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 340 | 0 |
| 24 | 6 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 331 | 0 |
| 25 | 18 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 277 | 0 |
| 26 | 13 | 44 | Larry Frank | Stewart McKinney (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 250 | 0 |
| 27 | 23 | 18 | Stick Elliott | Toy Bolton (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 234 | 0 |
| 28 | 2 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Holman-Moody | Accident | | 0 | 223 | 177 |
| 29 | 22 | 49 | Larry Thomas | J.C. Parker (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 131 | 0 |
| 30 | 31 | 68 | Ed Livingston | Ed Livingston (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| 31 | 19 | 60 | Bud Harless | Fred Harless (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 32 | 30 | 62 | Jerome Warren | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Head Gasket | | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 33 | 3 | 3 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Accident | | 0 | 23 | 0 |
