1963 Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds

Race 8 of 55

Spartanburg
200 laps
Time of race: 1:47:55
Average speed of winner: 55.598 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 2 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 2 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Johnson 1-42, Jarrett 43-198, Petty 199-200

Race notes: Debut for Major Melton and Frank Waite. Only start for Johnny Clements.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Richard Petty	43		'63 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		200	1	2	running	1000	0
2	3	Ned Jarrett	11		'63 Ford	Burton-Robinson	Allman		199	1	156	running	600	0
3	7	Jim Paschal	42		'63 Plymouth	Petty			199	0	0	running	400	0
4	14	Joe Weatherly	17		'62 Pontiac	Harb			194	0	0	running	500	0
5	9	Wendell Scott	34		'61 Chevrolet	Wendell Scott			190	0	0	running	275	0
6	13	Bruce Brantley	104		'61 Pontiac				188	0	0	running	240	0
7	11	Bill Foster	2		'62 Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			188	0	0	running	200	0
8	21	Jimmy Pardue	54		'62 Pontiac	Pete Stewart			185	0	0	running	175	0
9	12	Herman Beam	19		'61 Ford	Beam			184	0	0	running	150	0
10	19	Curtis Crider	62		'62 Mercury	Crider			174	0	0	running	140	0
11	4	Bobby Isaac	99		'62 Plymouth	Bondy Long			167	0	0	running	130	0
12	15	Frank Waite	65		'61 Dodge				167	0	0	running	120	0
13	18	Stick Elliott	18		'62 Pontiac	Bolton			135	0	0	running	110	0
14	10	Johnny Clements	98		'61 Ford				132	0	0	accident	100	0
15	17	Sonny Fogle	31		'61 Mercury				96	0	0	fuel pump	85	0
16	5	Billy Wade	5		'62 Dodge	Owens	Owens		48	0	0	clutch	75	0
17	1	Junior Johnson	3		'63 Chevrolet	Ray Fox	Ray Fox	64.470	42	1	42	rear end	65	0
18	20	David Pearson	6		'63 Dodge	Owens	Owens		34	0	0	handling	60	0
19	16	Major Melton	88		'61 Chrysler	Major Melton			27	0	0	fuel pump	50	0
20	8	Gary Sain	90		'62 Dodge				26	0	0	axle	50	0
21	6	Roy Mayne	33		'62 Chevrolet	Kilpatrick			0	0	0	accident	50	0