1963 Speedorama 200

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1963 Speedorama 200
Race details [1]
Race 30 of 55 in the 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series season
MyrtleBeachSpeedway.svg
Rambi Raceway
Date July 7, 1963;57 years ago (1963-07-07)
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. 11Ned JarrettCharles 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.

Contents

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.

Race report

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).

Qualifying

Grid [2] No.DriverManufacturerOwner
141Richard Petty'63 Plymouth Petty Enterprises
299Bobby Isaac'63 Ford Bondy Long
311Ned Jarrett'63 Ford Charles Robinson
454Jimmy Pardue'63 Ford Pete Stewart
593Jim Reitzel'63 Ford Lee Reitzel
619Cale Yarborough'62 Ford Herman Beam
72Joe Weatherly'62 Pontiac Cliff Stewart
887Buck Baker'63 Pontiac Buck Baker
934Wendell Scott'62 Chevrolet Wendell Scott
1086Neil Castles'62 Chrysler Buck Baker
1109Larry Manning'62 Chevrolet Bob Adams
1261Mark Hurley'63 Ford Mark Hurley
1318Stick Elliott'62 Pontiac Toy Bolton
14XJ.D. McDuffie'61 Ford J.D. McDuffie
1596Jimmy Massey'61 Chevrolet Hubert Westmoreland
1688Curtis Crider'61 Chrysler Buck Baker
1768Ed Livingston'61 Ford Ed Livingston
1862Chuck Huckabee'62 Mercury Curtis Crider

Timeline

Section reference: [2]

Finishing order

Section reference: [2]

  1. Ned Jarrett (No. 11)
  2. Buck Baker (No. 87)
  3. Joe Weatherly (No. 2)
  4. Neil Castles (No. 86)
  5. Cale Yarborough (No. 19)
  6. Larry Manning (No. 09)
  7. Jimmy Massey (No. 96)
  8. Curtis Crider (No. 88)
  9. Chuck Huckabee (No. 62)
  10. Stick Elliott (No. 18)
  11. Jimmy Pardue* (No. 54)
  12. J. D. McDuffie (No. X)
  13. Ed Livingston (No. 68)
  14. Lee Reitzel* (No. 93)
  15. Richard Petty* (No. 41)
  16. Wendell Scott* (No. 34)
  17. Mark Hurley* (No. 61)
  18. Bobby Isaac* (No. 99)

* DNF

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References

  1. "1963 Speedorama 200 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "1963 Speedorama 200 racing results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  3. "1963 Speedorama 200 pole speed (in seconds)". Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
  4. 1 2 "1963 Speedorama 200 racing results (third reference)". Everything Stock Car. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  5. "Career summary of J.D. McDuffie". NASCAR.COM (Wayback Machine). Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  6. 1963 Speedorama 200 crew chiefs information at Racing Reference