Race details [1] | |||
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Race 30 of 55 in the 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
Rambi Raceway | |||
Date | July 7, 1963 | ||
Official name | Speedorama 200 | ||
Location | Rambi Raceway, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility 0.500 mi (0.804 km) | ||
Distance | 200 laps, 100 mi (160 km) | ||
Weather | Very hot with temperatures of 82.0 °F (27.8 °C); wind speeds of 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) | ||
Average speed | 60.996 miles per hour (98.164 km/h) | ||
Attendance | 4,000 [2] | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Petty Enterprises | ||
Time | 26.2 seconds [3] | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Ned Jarrett | Charles Robinson | |
Laps | 140 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 11 | Ned Jarrett | Charles Robinson | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | untelevised | ||
Announcers | none |
The 1963 Speedorama 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on July 7, 1963, at Rambi Raceway in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Chuck Huckabee's NASCAR Cup debut nets him his lone top-10 finish in ninth place. He wouldn't finish higher than 12th in any of his other 11 Cup starts.
Two hundred laps were done on a dirt track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km) for a grand total of 100 miles (160 km) of racing action. [2] The entire race lasted one hour and thirty-eight seconds with four thousand people watching Ned Jarrett defeat Buck Baker by more than seven laps. [2] [4] This was the first race competed in by J. D. McDuffie (who drove in a self-sponsored 1961 Ford Galaxie). [2] [5]
The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.
The average speed of the race was 60.996 miles per hour (98.164 km/h) while Richard Petty would be the fastest driver in qualifying with a speed of 68.700 miles per hour (110.562 km/h). [2] There were no records kept of any cautions committed in this race. [2] Despite McDuffie's later problems, he would finish in 12th place in this race. [2] Bobby Isaac would lead 30 laps before an engine problem would force him to finish in last place. Cale Yarborough would receive his first top-5 finish of his career at this race. [2]
Notable crew chiefs at this race were Herman Beam and Crawford Clements. [6]
The winner would receive $1,000 in winnings ($8,351 in current US dollars) while the last-place finisher would receive a meager $100 for his "hard work" ($835 in current US dollars). [2] [4] The total winnings of the race would add up to $4,540 ($37,914 in current US dollars).
Grid [2] | No. | Driver | Manufacturer | Owner |
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1 | 41 | Richard Petty | '63 Plymouth | Petty Enterprises |
2 | 99 | Bobby Isaac | '63 Ford | Bondy Long |
3 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | '63 Ford | Charles Robinson |
4 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | '63 Ford | Pete Stewart |
5 | 93 | Jim Reitzel | '63 Ford | Lee Reitzel |
6 | 19 | Cale Yarborough | '62 Ford | Herman Beam |
7 | 2 | Joe Weatherly | '62 Pontiac | Cliff Stewart |
8 | 87 | Buck Baker | '63 Pontiac | Buck Baker |
9 | 34 | Wendell Scott | '62 Chevrolet | Wendell Scott |
10 | 86 | Neil Castles | '62 Chrysler | Buck Baker |
11 | 09 | Larry Manning | '62 Chevrolet | Bob Adams |
12 | 61 | Mark Hurley | '63 Ford | Mark Hurley |
13 | 18 | Stick Elliott | '62 Pontiac | Toy Bolton |
14 | X | J.D. McDuffie | '61 Ford | J.D. McDuffie |
15 | 96 | Jimmy Massey | '61 Chevrolet | Hubert Westmoreland |
16 | 88 | Curtis Crider | '61 Chrysler | Buck Baker |
17 | 68 | Ed Livingston | '61 Ford | Ed Livingston |
18 | 62 | Chuck Huckabee | '62 Mercury | Curtis Crider |
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* DNF
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