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Winnings for this race varied from $ 1,500 for the winner ($ 14,928.26 when considering inflation) and $ 380 for the last-place driver ($ 3,781.83 when considering inflation); with the total prize purse consisting of $ 6,095 ($ 60,658.5 when considering inflation).
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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.
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while driving speeds up to 78.72 miles per hour (126.69 km/h). The average speed of the actual racing event was 75.229 miles per hour (121.069 km/h). Most of the drivers on the starting grid used
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took up a sizeable amount of the grid; model years for the vehicles varied from 1961 to 1963, as allowances were made for older vehicles before NASCAR become modernized.
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would be the only lap leaders for this race; with Petty leading the most laps. There were 400 laps in this one-hour-and-fifty-nine-minute race. Last-place finisher
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would make first "top five" finish here out of the three that he performed during his professional stock car racing career.
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had to withdraw from the race on lap 48 due to troubles with his vehicle's rear end. Only him,
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Start of race: Ned
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Larry
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792:Finish: Richard Petty won the race.
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34:1963 NASCAR Grand National Series
216:Television in the United States
759:* Driver failed to finish race
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859:at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet
103:400 laps, 150.0 mi (229.7 km)
854:NASCAR Race Results for the
810:Weather information for the
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753:Joe Weatherly* (No. 83)
912:1963 untitled race at
883:Crew chief information
750:Jimmy Pardue* (No. 54)
747:Neil Castles* (No. 86)
741:Larry Thomas* (No. 49)
681:Richard Petty (No. 43)
260:South Boston, Virginia
84:South Boston, Virginia
55:; 61 years ago
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870:1963 South Boston 400
856:1963 South Boston 400
841:1963 South Boston 400
812:1963 South Boston 400
256:South Boston Speedway
252:Grand National Series
245:1963 South Boston 400
80:South Boston Speedway
32:Race 17 of 55 in the
684:Jim Paschal (No. 41)
311:was defeated by his
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898:1963 Greenville 200
885:at Racing Reference
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744:Billy Wade* (No. 5)
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95:0.375 mi (0.816 km)
53:April 14, 1963
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442:Petty Enterprises
425:Petty Enterprises
356:Franklin McMillion
319:qualified for the
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558:'62 Chrysler
555:Neil Castles
521:Jimmy Pardue
510:Herman Beam
490:'62 Chrysler
439:'62 Plymouth
422:'63 Plymouth
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291:Neil Castles
287:Jimmy Pardue
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27:Race details
1009:Pickens 200
994:Daytona 500
935:April 1963
706:Herman Beam
700:Earl Brooks
688:Ned Jarrett
657:Earl Brooks
609:'62 Mercury
575:'62 Pontiac
561:Buck Baker
504:Herman Beam
493:Buck Baker
436:Jim Paschal
402:Ned Jarrett
364:Herman Beam
345:Earl Brooks
317:Ned Jarrett
309:Jim Paschal
275:Ned Jarrett
270:Race report
226:untelevised
147:Ned Jarrett
1054:Categories
797:References
724:Buck Baker
544:Bob Adams
487:Buck Baker
453:Billy Wade
370:Qualifying
295:Billy Wade
231:Announcers
124:Attendance
60:1963-04-14
1039:World 600
702:(No. 134)
643:'63 Dodge
473:'63 Dodge
456:'62 Dodge
326:Chevrolet
764:Timeline
738:(No. 62)
726:(No. 87)
714:(No. 34)
708:(No. 19)
696:(No. 09)
690:(No. 11)
524:'63 Ford
507:'62 Ford
405:'63 Ford
330:Plymouth
303:American
100:Distance
76:Location
732:(No. 0)
720:(No. 6)
385:Driver
222:Network
108:Weather
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391:Owner
362:, and
249:NASCAR
247:was a
200:No. 43
194:Winner
167:Driver
139:Driver
90:Course
36:season
907:1963
377:Grid
334:Dodge
127:5,000
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332:and
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