1963 in NASCAR

1963 in NASCAR was the fourteenth season in what is now called the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

1963 Daytona 500
The 1963 Daytona 500 was won by Tiny Lund driving a 1963 Ford. Lund drove his number 12 to victory in three hours and 17 minutes. Lund filled in for an injured Marvin Panch, who suffered injuries after a crash in a Maserati was driving a Wood Brothers car.


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Tiny Lund
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Fred Lorenzen
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Ned Jarrett
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Nelson Stacy
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Richard Petty
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Bobby Johns
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Joe Weatherly
 * 9) 🇺🇸 Johnny Rutherford
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Tommy Irwin

1963 Sandlapper 200
The 1963 Sandlapper 200 was the official site of Richard Petty's 25th NASCAR Grand National win for Petty Enterprises; leading 138 laps in that race. The race took place on August 8, 1963 at Columbia Speedway in Columbia, South Carolina. Two hundred laps were done on a dirt track spanning 0.500 mi.


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Richard Petty
 * 2) 🇺🇸 David Pearson
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Bobby Isaac
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Ned Jarrett
 * 5) 🇺🇸 G.C. Spencer
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Billy Wade
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Jack Smith
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Cale Yarborough
 * 9) 🇺🇸 Wendell Scott
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Bobby Keck