World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — June 2, 1963

Fred Lorenzen

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Fred Lorenzen won the 1963 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on June 2, 1963, leading 76 of 400 laps. Junior Johnson finished second; Rex White rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, June 2, 1963

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1963

Winner

Fred Lorenzen

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		400	—	Running	76	4300
2	1	-1	Junior Johnson	Fox Racing		400	—	Running	289	4128
3	6	+3	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		398	—	Running	1	3956
4	7	+3	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering		397	—	Running	—	3784
5	23	+18	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	396	—	Running	—	3612
6	5	-1	Nelson Stacy	Holman Moody		395	—	Running	—	3440
7	3	-4	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		395	—	Running	18	3268
8	12	+4	Darel Dieringer	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	394	—	Running	—	3096
9	15	+6	G.C. Spencer	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	392	—	Running	1	2924
10	4	-6	Fireball Roberts			391	—	Running	15	2752
11	14	+3	Bobby Isaac	Bondy Long (Owner)		385	—	Running	—	2580
12	19	+7	Tiny Lund	Stewart McKinney (Owner)		384	—	Running	—	2408
13	10	-3	Jimmy Pardue	Holman Moody		384	—	Running	—	2236
14	28	+14	Larry Thomas	Herman Beam (Owner)		373	—	Running	—	2064
15	27	+12	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		373	—	Running	—	1892
16	34	+18	Emanuel Zervakis	Zervakis Enterprises		367	—	DNF - Engine	—	1720
17	9	-8	Banjo Matthews	Smokey Yunick Racing		358	—	DNF	—	1548
18	25	+7	Stick Elliott	Jack Smith (Owner)	Plymouth	355	—	Running	—	1376
19	36	+17	Larry Manning	Bob Adams (Owner)		354	—	Running	—	1204
20	43	+23	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		350	—	Running	—	1032
21	39	+18	Worth McMillion	Worth McMillion (Owner)		350	—	Running	—	860
22	30	+8	Possum Jones	Lewis Osborne (Owner)		338	—	Running	—	688
23	41	+18	Cale Yarborough	Toy Bolton (Owner)		336	—	Running	—	516
24	20	-4	Billy Wade	Owens Racing	Dodge	335	—	DNF	—	344
25	13	-12	Larry Frank	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	321	—	DNF	—	172
26	37	+11	E.J. Trivette	Jess Potter (Owner)		288	—	DNF - Engine	—	172
27	32	+5	T.C. Hunt			264	—	DNF - Engine	—	172
28	16	-12	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		259	—	DNF	—	172
29	8	-21	Bob Welborn	Bud Moore Engineering		253	—	DNF - Engine	—	172
30	22	-8	Ned Jarrett	Burton-Robinson		228	—	DNF - Engine	—	172
31	40	+9	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	200	—	DNF - Engine	—	172
32	35	+3	Bunkie Blackburn	Fred Clark (Owner)		194	—	DNF - Engine	—	172
33	31	-2	LeeRoy Yarbrough	E.A. McQuaig (Owner)		188	—	DNF - Engine	—	172
34	24	-10	Bob James	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	111	—	DNF	—	172
35	29	-6	Paul Clark	Paul Clark (Owner)		96	—	DNF - Engine	—	172
36	18	-18	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	90	—	DNF	—	172
37	38	+1	Ed Livingston	Mamie Reynolds (Owner)		81	—	DNF - Engine	—	172
38	44	+6	Buddy Baker	Cliff Stewart Racing		61	—	DNF - Engine	—	172
39	26	-13	Ralph Earnhardt	Pete Stewart (Owner)		59	—	DNF - Crash	—	172
40	17	-23	Johnny Allen	Ratus Walters (Owner)		53	—	DNF - Crash	—	172
41	33	-8	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Plymouth	27	—	DNF	—	172
42	21	-21	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	24	—	DNF - Crash	—	172
43	11	-32	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		23	—	DNF - Crash	—	172
44	42	-2	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	2	—	DNF	—	172