1963 Sandlapper 200

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1963 Sandlapper 200
Race details
Race 40 of 55 in the 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date August 6, 1963 (1963-August-06)
Location Columbia Speedway (Columbia, South Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance 200 laps, 100 mi (160 km)
WeatherTemperatures up to 95.0 °F (35.0 °C); winds up to 11.10 miles per hour (17.86 km/h)[1]
Average speed 83.360 miles per hour (134.155 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Most laps led
Driver Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Laps 138
Winner
No. 43
 Richard Petty
 Petty Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1963 Sandlapper 200 was the site of Richard Petty's 25th NASCAR Grand National win for Petty Enterprises (now Richard Petty Motorsports).[2]

Summary

This race was the last time that the letter "X" could be legally used as a race number. An amendment to one of NASCAR's rules made by Bill France, Sr. forced all drivers to use only single-digit and double-digit race car numbers started in the 1963 Western North Carolina 500 event. As a result, cars could no longer use letters and/or numbers higher than "99" at any NASCAR Cup Series racing event - although EA Sports violated this rule numerous times on their NASCAR video game series.

The race took place on August 8, 1963, at Columbia Speedway in Columbia, South Carolina.[2] Two hundred laps were done on a dirt track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km). It took one hour, forty-seven minutes, and fifty-five seconds for Richard Petty to defeat David Pearson with a margin of nine seconds.[2] The notable speeds were: 55.598 miles per hour (89.476 km/h) as the average speed and 69.014 miles per hour (111.067 km/h) as the pole position speed.[2] 8,500 people attended this untelevised race.[2] Other notable participants included: J.D. McDuffie, Wendell Scott, Cale Yarborough and Buck Baker.[2] Possum Jones scored last place in the race after only finishing five laps due to tire issues.[2] Frank Warren finished the race 13th in his unsponsored 1961 Pontiac Catalina vehicle (with the X designation for his driver number) after starting in 18th place. He received $100 ($762.5 in today's money) as a part of his winnings.[2]

Total winnings for this race were $4,825 ($36,790.63 in today's money) with Petty receiving the lion's share with $1,140 ($8,692.5 in today's money).[3]

Finishing order

  1. Richard Petty
  2. David Pearson
  3. Bobby Isaac†
  4. Ned Jarrett
  5. G.C. Spencer†
  6. Billy Wade†
  7. Jack Smith†
  8. Cale Yarborough
  9. Wendell Scott†
  10. Bobby Keck
  11. Joe Weatherly*†
  12. Curtis Crider
  13. Frank Warren
  14. J.D. McDuffie*†
  15. Buck Baker*†
  16. Joel Davis*
  17. Junior Johnson*
  18. Billy Oswald*
  19. Fred Harb*
  20. Jimmy Pardue*†
  21. Ed Livingston*
  22. Possum Jones*

* Driver failed to finish race
† signifies that the driver is known to be dead

References

  1. ↑ "1963 Sandlapper 200 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "1963 Sandlapper 200 information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-30. 
  3. ↑ "1963 Sandlapper 200 information (second reference)". Stat Sheet. Retrieved 2010-11-30. 
Preceded by
1963 Pickens 200		 Richard Petty's Career Wins
1960-1984 		Succeeded by
1963 untitled race at Old Dominion Speedway
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