1963 Birmingham International Raceway

Race 27 of 55

Birmingham
200 laps
Time of race: 1:27:59
Average speed of winner: 68.195 mph
Margin of victory: 2.0 sec.
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 3 laps
Lap leaders: Smith 1-22, Petty 23-200

Race notes: Finale for Fred Thompson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Richard Petty	41		'63 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		200	1	178	running	1000	0
2	3	Junior Johnson	3		'63 Chevrolet	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		200	0	0	running	600	0
3	6	Buck Baker	87		'63 Pontiac	Buck Baker			198	0	0	running	400	0
4	5	Ned Jarrett	11		'63 Ford	Burton-Robinson	Allman		196	0	0	running	300	0
5	1	Jack Smith	47		'63 Plymouth	Jack Smith		71.146	195	1	22	running	275	0
6	8	Curtis Crider	62		'63 Mercury	Crider			193	0	0	running	240	0
7	15	Wendell Scott	34		'62 Chevrolet	Wendell Scott			186	0	0	running	200	0
8	14	Fred Thompson	39		'61 Pontiac	McQuaig			186	0	0	running	175	0
9	13	Herman Beam	19		'62 Ford	Beam			185	0	0	running	150	0
10	12	Reb Wickersham	67	Reb's Sport Shop	'62 Pontiac	Wickersham			180	0	0	running	140	0
11	11	Neil Castles	86		'62 Chrysler	Buck Baker			169	0	0	running	130	0
12	16	Major Melton	88		'61 Chrysler	Major Melton			168	0	0	running	120	0
13	10	David Pearson	6		'62 Dodge	Owens	Owens		162	0	0	vapor lock	110	0
14	9	Bob Perry	21W		'63 Mercury				79	0	0	vapor lock	100	0
15	7	Joe Weatherly	2		'62 Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			71	0	0	wheel	300	0
16	4	Jimmy Pardue	57		'62 Pontiac	Pete Stewart			36	0	0	drive shaft	100	0