Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States, 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious World 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the National 400. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI).
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The 1963 World 600 the 4th running of the event was a NASCAR Grand National Series race held on June 2 1963 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte North Carolina Contested over 400 laps on the 1 5 mile 2 4 km speedway it was the 26th race of the 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series season Fred Lorenzen of Holman Moody won the race 1963 World 600Race detailsRace 26 of 55 in the 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series season1963 World 600 program coverDateJune 2 1963 1963 06 02 LocationCharlotte Motor Speedway Concord North CarolinaCoursePermanent racing facility1 5 mi 2 4 km Distance400 laps 600 mi 965 606 km Average speed132 417 mph 213 105 km h Pole positionDriverJunior JohnsonMost laps ledDriverJunior JohnsonLaps289WinnerNo 28Fred Lorenzen Paul Clark and Banjo Matthews would depart from NASCAR after the race while Joe Weatherly took the championship lead from Richard Petty 1 Contents 1 Background 1 1 World 600 1 1 1 Race results 1 2 World 600 Qualifier 1 2 1 Race results 2 ReferencesBackground editCharlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord North Carolina United States 13 miles from Charlotte North Carolina The complex features a 1 5 miles 2 4 km quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious World 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the National 400 The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc SMI World 600 edit Race results edit Source 2 Fin St Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status 1 2 28 Fred Lorenzen 63 Ford 400 76 running 2 1 3 Junior Johnson 63 Chevrolet 400 289 running 3 6 4 Rex White 63 Chevrolet 398 1 running 4 7 8 Joe Weatherly 63 Pontiac 397 0 running 5 23 6 David Pearson 63 Dodge 396 0 running 6 5 29 Nelson Stacy 63 Ford 395 0 running 7 3 21 Marvin Panch 63 Ford 395 18 running 8 12 26 Darel Dieringer 63 Mercury 394 0 running 9 15 25 G C Spencer 63 Mercury 392 1 running 10 4 22 Fireball Roberts 63 Ford 391 15 running 11 14 99 Bobby Isaac 63 Ford 385 0 running 12 19 44 Tiny Lund 63 Ford 384 0 running 13 10 0 Jimmy Pardue 63 Ford 384 0 running 14 28 19 Larry Thomas 63 Ford 373 0 running 15 27 60 Bob Cooper 62 Pontiac 373 0 running 16 34 20 Emanuel Zervakis 63 Ford 367 0 engine 17 9 13 Banjo Matthews 63 Chevrolet 358 0 differential 18 25 48 Stick Elliott 63 Plymouth 355 0 crash 19 36 09 Larry Manning 62 Chevrolet 354 0 running 20 43 34 Wendell Scott 62 Chevrolet 350 0 running 21 39 83 Worth McMillion 62 Pontiac 350 0 running 22 30 97 Possum Jones 62 Chevrolet 338 0 running 23 41 18 Cale Yarborough 62 Pontiac 336 0 running 24 20 5 Billy Wade 63 Dodge 335 0 differential 25 13 24 Larry Frank 63 Mercury 321 0 bearing 26 37 1 E J Trivette 62 Chevrolet 288 0 engine 27 32 50 T C Hunt 62 Pontiac 264 0 engine 28 16 7 Bobby Johns 63 Pontiac 259 0 piston 29 8 06 Bob Welborn 63 Pontiac 253 0 engine 30 22 11 Ned Jarrett 63 Ford 228 0 engine 31 40 86 Neil Castles 62 Chrysler 200 0 engine 32 35 30 Bunkie Blackburn 62 Chevrolet 194 0 engine 33 31 39 LeeRoy Yarbrough 61 Pontiac 188 0 engine 34 24 41 Bob James 63 Plymouth 111 0 fuel pump 35 29 74 Paul Clark 62 Pontiac 96 0 engine 36 18 43 Richard Petty 63 Plymouth 90 0 camshaft 37 38 56 Ed Livingston 62 Ford 81 0 engine 38 44 2 Buddy Baker 62 Pontiac 61 0 engine 39 26 54 Ralph Earnhardt 63 Ford 59 0 crash 40 17 66 Johnny Allen 63 Ford 53 0 crash 41 33 47 Jack Smith 62 Plymouth 27 0 wheel 42 20 42 Jim Paschal 63 Plymouth 24 0 crash 43 11 87 Buck Baker 63 Pontiac 23 0 crash 44 42 62 Curtis Crider 63 Mercury 2 0 withdrew World 600 Qualifier edit Race results edit Source 3 POS ST DRIVER TEAM SPONSOR CAR LAPS STATUS LED 1 2 30 Bunkie Blackburn Fred Clark CV 20 running 19 2 4 09 Larry Manning Bob Adams CV 20 running 0 3 5 1 E J Trivette Jess Potter CV 20 running 0 4 12 56 Ed Livingston Mamie Reynolds FR 20 running 0 5 7 83 Worth McMillion Worth McMillion PT 20 running 0 6 3 86 Neil Castles Buck Baker CY 19 running 0 7 1 18 Cale Yarborough Toy Bolton PT 19 running 1 8 13 62 Curtis Crider Curtis Crider MR 19 running 0 9 6 34 Wendell Scott Wendell Scott CV 18 running 0 10 15 2 Buddy Baker Cliff Stewart PT 17 running 0 11 8 67 Reb Wickersham Reb Wickersham Reb s Sport Shop PT 7 crash 0 12 9 02 Bob Cooper Bob Cooper PT 7 crash 0 13 10 75 Tom Cox Robert Smith PT 7 crash 0 14 11 23 Bill Widenhouse Leland Colvin PL 7 crash 0 15 14 38 Woodie Wilson Mat DeMatthews FR 2 oil leak 0 16 16 5 H G Rosier H G Rosier PT 0 did not start 0References edit Race information at Race Database 1963 World 600 The Third Turn www thethirdturn com Retrieved 2021 05 07 Race Results Racing Reference Retrieved 2021 05 07 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1963 World 600 amp oldid 1064422753, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
