1963 Pickens 200

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1963 Pickens 200
Race details
Race 38 of 55 in the 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date July 30, 1963 (1963-July-30)
Location Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Greenville, South Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance 200 laps, 100 mi (160 km)
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds up to 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h)[1]
Average speed 62.456 miles per hour (100.513 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Ned Jarrett Charles Robinson
Most laps led
Driver Ned Jarrett Charles Robinson
Laps 112
Winner
No. 41
 Richard Petty
 Petty Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1963 Pickens 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on July 30, 1963 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Greenville, South Carolina).[2][3][4]

Summary

Three lead changes ended up circulating amongst three different race leaders.[5]

Two cautions were initiated by NASCAR with the average speed of the competitors being 62.456 miles per hour (100.513 km/h).[2][3][4] Pole position winner Ned Jarrett would earn the post with a speed of 65.526 miles per hour (105.454 km/h) on his 1963 Ford Galaxie before losing to Richard Petty driving his 1963 Plymouth Belvedere in the actual race.[2][4][6] J. D. McDuffie would crash into the wall on his first lap in his 1961 Ford Galaxie vehicle; causing him to become the last-place finisher of the race.[2][3][4][5] Frank Warren would make his NASCAR debut racing against Buck Baker, Neil Castles, Joe Weatherly, Wendell Scott (NASCAR's first African-American competitor), and Cale Yarborough.[2][3][4][5]

This racing event took place on a dirt track oval with 200 laps being the pre-determined number of laps according to the NASCAR officials who sanctioned the event.[2][3]

Top ten finishers

  1. Richard Petty
  2. Ned Jarrett
  3. Buck Baker
  4. Fred Harb
  5. Bobby Isaac
  6. David Pearson
  7. Tiny Lund
  8. Joe Weatherly
  9. Frank Warren
  10. Wendell Scott

References

  1. ↑ "1963 Pickens 200 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-10-11. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "1963 Pickens 200 racing information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "1963 Pickens 200 racing information (second reference)". Ultimate Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-01-31. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "1963 Pickens 200 racing information (third reference)". Stat Sheet. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "NASCAR debut for Frank Warren/J.D. McDuffie's accident". Race Database. Retrieved 2011-02-01. 
  6. ↑ "1963 Pickens 200 pole winner and race winner". Jacobs USA. Retrieved 2011-01-31. 
Preceded by
1963 Volunteer 500		 NASCAR Grand National Series Season
1963 		Succeeded by
1963 Nashville 400
Preceded by
1963 untitled race at Bridgehampton Raceway		 Richard Petty's Career Wins
1960-1984 		Succeeded by
1963 Sandlapper 200
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