| 1963 Firecracker 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 29 of 55 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $49,650 | Race Date: | Jul 4, 1963 | Daytona International Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 160 Car Lengths | Race Duration: | 2h 39m 1s | Daytona Beach, Florida | |
| Lead Changes: | 39 | Average Speed: | 150.927 MPH | 2.5 Mile Paved Banked Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 35 | No. of Cautions: | 3 For 19 Laps | daytonainternationalspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Driver: | Junior Johnson J. Johnson | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #22 Ford | Car No.: | #3 Chevrolet | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Holman-Moody Racing | Team: | Fox Racing | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Plymouth: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 63 of 160 | Pole Speed: | 166.005 MPH | |||||
| Official 1963 Firecracker 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 3 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Young Ford | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 63 |
| 2 | 4 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | LaFayette Ford | Running | | 0 | 160 | 16 |
| 3 | 8 | 21 | Marvin Panch | English Motors | Running | | 0 | 160 | 5 |
| 4 | 5 | 16 | Darel Dieringer | Stroppe Motorsports | Running |  | 0 | 158 | 0 |
| 5 | 26 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Burton-Robinson Racing | Running | | 0 | 156 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | 6 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens Garage | Running |  | 0 | 156 | 0 |
| 7 | 17 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Pete Stewart (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 154 | 0 |
| 8 | 18 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 154 | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | 25 | G.C. Spencer | Stroppe Motorsports | Engine | | 0 | 149 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Tiny Lund | Pulliam Ford | Accident | | 0 | 145 | 2 |
| 11 | 31 | 13 | A.J. Foyt | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Engine |  | 0 | 145 | 0 |
| 12 | 24 | 5 | Jim McGuirk | Possum Jones (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| 13 | 21 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| 14 | 27 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Running | | 0 | 135 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 124 | 0 |
| 16 | 30 | 99 | Bobby Isaac (R) | Bondy Long (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 112 | 0 |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Piston | | 0 | 111 | 66 |
| 18 | 12 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Engine | | 0 | 102 | 0 |
| 19 | 23 | 5 | Billy Wade (R) | Cotton Owens Garage | Clutch | | 0 | 95 | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | 36 | Larry Thomas | Wade Younts (Car Owner) | Fuel Pump | | 0 | 84 | 0 |
| 21 | 7 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Engine | | 0 | 79 | 0 |
| 22 | 25 | 56 | Ed Livingston | Mamie Reynolds (Car Owner) | Unknown | | 0 | 79 | 0 |
| 23 | 2 | 3 | Jim Paschal | Holly Farms | Piston | | 0 | 61 | 8 |
| 24 | 29 | 1 | Bob Perry | Cos Cancilla (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| 25 | 9 | 2 | Pedro Rodriguez | Nichels Engineering | Engine | | 0 | 54 | 0 |
| 26 | 11 | 14 | Troy Ruttman | Stroppe Motorsports | Accident | | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| 27 | 6 | 1 | Paul Goldsmith | Nichels Engineering | Unknown | | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 28 | 14 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Radiator | | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 29 | 32 | 39 | Bob Welborn | E.A. McQuaig (Car Owner) | Clutch | | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 30 | 19 | 86 | Neil Castles | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Vibration | Chrysler | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 31 | 33 | 48 | Stick Elliott | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 32 | 34 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 33 | 28 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holman-Moody | Engine | | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 34 | 35 | 97 | Cale Yarborough | Lewis Osborne (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 35 | 22 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 4 | 0 |
