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The ''1963 South Boston 400'' was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on April 14, 1963 at South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Virginia. 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== Ned Jarrett and Richard Petty would be the only lap leaders for this race; with Petty leading the most laps. There were 400 laps in this one hour and fifty-nine minute race. Last-place finisher Joe Weatherly had to withdraw from the race on lap 48 due to troubles with his vehicle's rear end. Only him, Jimmy Pardue, Neil Castles, Billy Wade and Larry Thomas failed to finish the race out of this grid of 16 American-born drivers.〔(''1963 South Boston 400'' ) racing information at Racing Reference〕 Jim Paschal was defeated by his Petty Enterprises teammate Richard Petty by two laps in front a live audience of five thousand people. Ned Jarrett qualified for the pole position while driving speeds up to . The average speed of the actual racing event was . Most of the drivers on the starting grid used Chevrolet as their manufacturer while Plymouth and Dodge took up a sizeable amount of the grid; model years for the vehicles varied from 1961 to 1963, as allowances were made for older vehicles before NASCAR become modernized.〔 Winnings for this race varied from $1,500 for the winner ($ when considering inflation) and $380 for the last-place driver ($ when considering inflation); with the total prize purse consisting of $6,095 ($ when considering inflation).〔〔(NASCAR Race Results for the ''1963 South Boston 400'' ) at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 Earl Brooks would make first "top five" finish here out of the three that he performed during his professional stock car racing career.〔(''1963 South Boston 400'' ) racing information at Race Database〕 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 South Boston 400 (April)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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