1963 Western North Carolina 500

The 1963 Western North Carolina 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) race that took place on August 11, 1963 at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in the American community of Weaverville, North Carolina.^[1]

The race took three hours and thirteen minutes to successfully complete.^[1] Fred Lorenzen won the race with an average speed of 77.673 miles per hour (125.003 km/h) and defeated Richard Petty by outlapping him once.^[1] Five hundred laps were done on an oval track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km) in front of 14500 live spectators.^[1] Total winnings for this race were $13,765 ($98,741.73 in today's money) while Lorenzen walked away with the lion's share of $2,550 ($18,292.15 in today's money).^[2] Possum Jones (the last place finisher) came home from the race with a meager $150 ($1,076.01 in today's money) as a result of only completely eight laps of the race due to a fuel leak.^[1]

Finishing order

1. Fred Lorenzen
2. Richard Petty
3. Jim Paschal
4. David Pearson
5. Billy Wade
6. Jack Smith
7. Buck Baker
8. Joe Weatherly
9. Ned Jarrett
10. Buddy Baker
11. Wendell Scott
12. Red Wickersham
13. Worth McMillion
14. Cale Yarborough
15. Elmo Langley*
16. Roy Mayne
17. Major Melton*
18. Bobby Isaac*
19. Tommy Irwin*
20. Curtis Crider*
21. G.C. Spencer*
22. Lee Reitzel*
23. Junior Johnson*
24. Bobby Keck*
25. Jimmy Pardue*
26. Stick Elliott*
27. Possum Jones*

* Driver failed to finish race

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