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The 1963 Sandlapper 200 was the site of Richard Petty's 25th NASCAR Grand National win for Petty Enterprises (now Richard Petty Motorsports). Taking place on August 8, 1963, at Columbia Speedway in Columbia, South Carolina.〔 Two hundred laps were done on a dirt track spanning . The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power any more. ==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. It took one hour, forty-seven minutes, and fifty-five seconds for Richard Petty to defeat David Pearson with a margin of nine seconds.〔 Pearson and Petty would start a bitter rivalry during the course of the race that would ultimately influence all future rivalries in the NASCAR Cup Series. The notable speeds were: as the average speed and as the pole position speed.〔 8,500 people attended this untelevised race.〔 Other notable participants included: J.D. McDuffie, Wendell Scott, Cale Yarborough and Buck Baker.〔 Possum Jones scored last place in the race after only finishing five laps due to tire issues.〔 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 $100 ($ when considering inflation) as a part of his winnings.〔 Total winnings for this race were $4,825 ($ when considering inflation) with Petty receiving most of it with $1,140 ($ when considering inflation).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1963 Sandlapper 200」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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