Official NASCAR Race Results

Jim Paschal won the 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series Turkey Day 200 at Tar Heel Speedway.

11-22-1963 | Turkey Day 200 | Tar Heel Speedway

Fin St # Driver Make Sponsor Pts Laps Led Status Money
1 2 41 Jim Paschal Plymouth Petty Enterprises 0 200 27 Running 575
2 7 8 Joe Weatherly Pontiac Bud Moore 0 198 0 Running 650
3 8 44 Tommy Irwin Ford Stewart McKinney 0 197 0 Running 350
4 15 6 David Pearson Dodge Cotton Owens 0 197 0 Running 290
5 6 42 Maurice Petty Plymouth Petty Enterprises 0 196 0 Running 225
6 10 62 Curtis Crider Mercury Curtis Crider 0 196 0 Running 220
7 14 61 Sherman Utsman Ford Sherman Utsman 0 193 0 Running 230
8 3 49 Jimmy Pardue Pontiac J.C. Parker 0 193 0 Running 160
9 9 1 George Green Chevrolet Jess Potter 0 192 0 Running 200
10 16 34 Wendell Scott Chevrolet Wendell Scott 0 191 0 Running 140
11 5 43 Richard Petty Plymouth Petty Enterprises 0 188 0 Transmission 145
12 18 33 Jack Deniston Chevrolet C.L. Kilpatrick 0 187 0 Running 135
13 21 60 Ray Hughes Plymouth Ray Herlocker 0 183 0 Running 110
14 17 2 Bill Foster Pontiac Cliff Stewart 0 180 0 Running 100
15 1 21 Glen Wood Ford Wood Brothers 0 173 173 Engine 125
16 24 5 Jim Bray Ford Jim Bray 0 171 0 Running 100
17 22 31 Sam Fogle Mercury James Kelly 0 162 0 Running 100
18 12 48 G.C. Spencer Chevrolet G.C. Spencer 0 156 0 Oil pressure 100
19 19 58 Lyle Stelter Chevrolet Lyle Stelter 0 122 0 Tire 100
20 11 17 Fred Harb Ford Fred Harb 0 117 0 Driveshaft 100
21 20 19 Herman Beam Ford Herman Beam 0 111 0 Running 100
22 23 32 John Hoffman Ford Dave Kent 0 51 0 Handling 100
23 13 36 Larry Thomas Dodge Wade Younts 0 27 0 Transmission 100
24 4 11 Ned Jarrett Ford Burton-Robinson 0 6 0 Handling 100

Race Recap

  • Date: 11-22-1963
  • Track: Tar Heel Speedway
  • Race: Turkey Day 200
  • Race #: 3
  • Cars: 24
  • Winner: Jim Paschal
  • Start Position: 2nd
  • Car Make: 1962 Plymouth
  • Avg Speed: 47.544 mph
  • Distance: 50 miles
  • Purse: $4,555
  • Cautions: 0
  • Caution Laps: 0
  • Lead Changes: 1
  • Pole: 51.933 mph

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