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Daytona 500 Qualifying Race
NASCAR Grand National race
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
February 22, 1963
40 laps on 2.5 mile paved oval; 100 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 9
| Johnny Rutherford
| 13
| Smokey Yunick
| 1963 Chevrolet
| 40
| 1,100
| running
| 6 |
| 2
| 8
| Rex White
| 4
| Rex White
| 1963 Chevrolet
| 40
| 600
| running
| 26 |
| 3
| 1
| Fred Lorenzen
| 28
| Holman Moody
| 1963 Ford
| 40
| 400
| running
| 8 |
| 4
| 3
| Ned Jarrett
| 11
| Charles Robinson
| 1963 Ford
| 40
| 300
| running
| 0 |
| 5
| 6
| Nelson Stacy
| 29
| Holman Moody
| 1963 Ford
| 40
| 300
| running
| 0 |
| 6
| 2
| Tiny Lund
| 21
| Wood Brothers
| 1963 Ford
| 40
| 250
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 11
| Bobby Johns
| 7
| Shorty Johns
| 1963 Pontiac
| 39
| 225
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 15
| Parnelli Jones
| 15
| Bill Stroppe
| 1963 Mercury
| 39
| 200
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 14
| Darel Dieringer
| 26
| Bill Stroppe
| 1963 Mercury
| 39
| 150
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 16
| Bunkie Blackburn
| 10
| Jim Stephens
| 1962 Pontiac
| 39
| 150
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 7
| LeeRoy Yarbrough
| 30
| E.A. McQuaig
| 1962 Pontiac
| 39
| 150
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 18
| Ted Hairfield
| 72
| Parker Snead
| 1963 Ford
| 39
| 125
| running
| 0 |
| 13
| 10
| Joe Weatherly
| 8
| Bud Moore
| 1963 Pontiac
| 38
| 125
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 22
| Bob Cooper
| 51
| Bob Cooper
| 1962 Pontiac
| 38
| 100
| running
| 0 |
| 15
| 20
| Stick Elliott
| 18
| Toy Bolton
| 1962 Pontiac
| 38
| 100
| running
| 0 |
| 16
| 24
| Roy Mayne
| 33
| C.L. Kilpatrick
| 1962 Chevrolet
| 38
| 100
| running
| 0 |
| 17
| 25
| H.B. Bailey
| 04
| H.B. Bailey
| 1961 Pontiac
| 38
| 100
| running
| 0 |
| 18
| 29
| David Pearson
| 6
| Cotton Owens
| 1963 Dodge
| 37
| 100
| running
| 0 |
| 19
| 26
| John Rogers
| 58
| John Rogers
| 1961 Pontiac
| 37
| 75
| running
| 0 |
| 20
| 21
| Cale Yarborough
| 52
| Julian Buesink
| 1963 Ford
| 37
| 75
| overheating
| 0 |
| 21
| 28
| Bill Foster
| 2
| Cliff Stewart
| 1962 Ford
| 36
| 75
| running
| 0 |
| 22
| 27
| Bobby Isaac
| 90
| Bondy Long
| 1962 Plymouth
| 31
| 75
| black flagged
| 0 |
| 23
| 23
| Jim Paschal
| 41
| Petty Enterprises
| 1963 Plymouth
| 28
| 75
| engine
| 0 |
| 24
| 19
| Ralph Earnhardt
| 73
| Acey Taylor
| 1962 Pontiac
| 26
| 75
| head gasket
| 0 |
| 25
| 31
| Wendell Scott
| 34
| Wendell Scott
| 1962 Chevrolet
| 25
|
| black flagged
| 0 |
| 26
| 14
| Ed Livingston
| 56
| Mamie Reynolds
| 1962 Ford
| 21
|
| overheating
| 0 |
| 27
| 17
| Rodger Ward
| 36
| Bill Stroppe
| 1963 Mercury
| 9
|
| engine
| 0 |
| 28
| 4
| Jimmy Pardue
| 54
| Pete Stewart
| 1962 Pontiac
| 3
|
| engine
| 0 |
| 29
| 30
| Jim McGuirk
| 05
| Ray Nichels
| 1962 Pontiac
| 3
|
|
| 0 |
| 30
| 13
| Len Sutton
| 97
| Ray Nichels
| 1963 Pontiac
| 3
|
| distributor
| 0 |
| 31
| 12
| Buck Baker
| 87
| Buck Baker
| 1963 Pontiac
| 1
|
| distributor
| 0 |
Time of race: 00:36:49
Average Speed: 162.969 MPH
Attendance: 27,000