| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 55 of 55 in the 1963 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
| Date | November 3, 1963 | ||
| Location | Riverside International Raceway (Riverside, California) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.620 mi (4.216 km) |
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| Distance | 153 laps, 400.9 mi (645.1 km) | ||
| Avg Speed | 91.645 miles per hour (147.488 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Dave MacDonald | Wood Brothers | |
| Laps | 92 | ||
| Winner | |||
| 16 |
Darel Dieringer |
Bill Stroppe | |
| Television | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1963 Golden State 400 is a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event held on November 3, 1963 at Riverside International Raceway in the American community of Riverside, California.[1][2]
This event took four hours and twenty-one seconds to resolve itself; Darel Dieringer defeated Dave MacDonald by at least one lap.[1] More than 32000 people would watch a 148-lap race on a road course spanning 2.700 miles (4.345 km) and speeds averaging 91.465 miles per hour (147.199 km/h).[1][2] Dan Gurney won the pole position driving at speeds of up to 101.050 miles per hour (162.624 km/h) but Marvin Panch substituted for him on the day of the race.[1] Only one caution was given out for the entire racing event.[1][2] Forty-one American-born races would qualify for this race and Bruce Worwell would finish in last place due to an engine problem on the first lap of the race.[1][2]
The race purse would add up to $33,780 ($242,317.16 in today's money); with the winner receiving $7,875 ($56,490.46 in today's money) and the last place finisher receiving only $200 ($1,434.68 in today's money).[3]
| Preceded by 1963 untitled race at Orange Speedway |
NASCAR Grand National Races 1963-64 |
Succeeded by 1964 Textile 250 |