Draft:1963 Riverside 500

1963 Riverside 500
Race details
Race 4 of 55 in the 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series season
	Layout of Riverside International Raceway
Date	January 20, 1963
Official name	Riverside 500
Location	Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, California
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.700 mi (4.345 km)
Distance	185 laps, 499.5 mi (803.687 km)
Weather	Chilly with temperatures of 61.0 °F (16.1 °C); wind speeds of 16.1 miles per hour (25.9 km/h)
Average speed	84.965 mph (136.738 km/h)
Attendance	52,500
Pole position
Driver	Paul Goldsmith;
Most laps led
Driver	Dan Gurney
Laps	120
Winner
No. 28	Dan Gurney
Television in the United States
Network	untelevised
Announcers	none

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The 1963 Riverside 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on January 20, 1963, at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California.

Background

Riverside International Raceway a race track or road course in Moreno Valley, California. The track was in operation from September 22, 1957, to July 2, 1989. The original course design proved to be dangerous, and it was partially reconfigured in 1969.

The track was built to accommodate several different configurations, depending on the type of car and race length. The three options on Riverside Raceway were the long course (3.27 miles (5.26 km)), the short course (2.5 miles (4.0 km)), and the NASCAR (2.62 miles (4.22 km)) course. The original racetrack had a 1.1-mile (1.8 km) backstretch from 1957 to 1968. When the track was redesigned in 1969, Turn 9 was reconfigured with a wider radius and a dogleg approach added to reduce strain on the cars' brakes.

Race report

Qualifying

Grid	No.	Driver	Manufacturer	Speed^[3]	Owner
1	01	Paul Goldsmith	'63 Pontiac	99.590	Ray Nichels
2	02	A. J. Foyt	'63 Pontiac		Ray Nichels
3	22	Fireball Roberts	'63 Pontiac		Banjo Matthews
4	07	Len Sutton	'63 Pontiac		Ray Nichels
5	8	Joe Weatherly	'63 Pontiac		Bud Moore
6	54	Jimmy Pardue	'62 Pontiac		Pete Stewart
7	33	Clem Proctor	'62 Pontiac		Clem Proctor
8	11	Ned Jarrett	'63 Ford		Charles Robinson
9	75	Jim Hurtubise	'61 Pontiac
10	12	Art Watts	'62 Ford
11	28	Dan Gurney	'63 Ford	98.809	Holman-Moody
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15	43	Richard Petty	'63 Plymouth		Petty Enterprises
16	21	Fred Lorenzen	'63 Ford		Wood Brothers Racing
17	14	Troy Ruttman	'63 Mercury		Bill Stroppe
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21	5	Billy Wade	'63 Dodge		Cotton Owens
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25	7	Bobby Johns	'63 Pontiac		Shorty Johns
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Failed to qualify

1963 Riverside 500 Failed to Qualify
Pos	Name	Nbr	Car
	Al Self
WD	Roger McCluskey	16	Chevrolet
WD	Curly Mills	63

Starting grid

Row	Inside		Outside
1	01	Paul Goldsmith	02	A. J. Foyt
2	22	Fireball Roberts	07	Len Sutton
3	8	Joe Weatherly	54	Jimmy Pardue
4	33	Clem Proctor	11	Ned Jarrett
5	75	Jim Hurtubise	12	Art Watts
6	28	Dan Gurney
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8	43	Richard Petty	28	Fred Lorenzen
9	14	Troy Ruttman
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11	5	Billy Wade
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13	7	Bobby Johns
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Finishers

Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Car Make	Laps	Status	Money	Laps led	Points
1	11	28	Dan Gurney	'63 Ford	185	5:53:20	$14,400	120	0
2	2	02	A. J. Foyt	'63 Pontiac	185	+36 seconds	$6,570	2	0
3	17	14	Troy Ruttman	'63 Mercury	184	+1 lap	$3,980	0	0
4	3	22	Fireball Roberts	'63 Pontiac	184	+1 lap	$2,630	13	0
5	25	7	Bobby Johns	'63 Pontiac	182	+3 laps	$1,750	0	0
6	8	11	Ned Jarrett	'63 Ford	181	+4 laps	$1,225	0	0
7	21	5	Billy Wade	'63 Dodge	180	+5 laps	$1,850	0	0
8	6	54	Jimmy Pardue	'62 Pontiac	179	+6 laps	$1,050	0	0
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17	10	12	Art Watts	'62 Ford	171	+14 laps	$475	0	0
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22	16	21	Fred Lorenzen	'63 Ford	158	engine	$530	8	0
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24	5	8	Joe Weatherly	'63 Pontiac	148	oil pan	$925	0	0
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27	9	75	Jim Hurtubise	'61 Pontiac	142	engine	$325	0	0
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31	7	33	Clem Proctor	'62 Pontiac	122	crash	$275	0	0
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39	1	01	Paul Goldsmith	'63 Pontiac	59	con rod	$680	3	0
40	4	07	Len Sutton	'63 Pontiac	49	con rod	$350	0	0
41	15	43	Richard Petty	'63 Plymouth	27	transmission	$300	0	0
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Lap leader breakdown

1963 Riverside 500 Lap Leaders
Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# of Laps
A. J. Foyt	1	2	2
Paul Goldsmith	3	5	3
Parnelli Jones	6	34	29
Fred Lorenzen	35	42	8
Dan Gurney	43	60	18
Parnelli Jones	61	70	10
Dan Gurney	71	87	17
Fireball Roberts	88	100	13
Dan Gurney	101	185	85

References

^ "1963 Riverside 500 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
^ ^a ^b "1963 Riverside 500 race information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
^ ^a ^b "1963 Riverside 500 qualifying information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2024-11-03.

Preceded by 1962 Turkey Day 200	NASCAR Grand National Races 1963-64	Succeeded by 1963 Daytona 500 Qualifying Race

[race_weather-1] "1963 Riverside 500 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2024-11-03.

[1963rs500-2] "1963 Riverside 500 race information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2024-11-03.

[getqualify-3] "1963 Riverside 500 qualifying information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2024-11-03.

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