1963 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1963 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400....

 on Thursday, May 30, 1963.
Finish Start No Name Qual Rank Laps Led Status
1 1 98  United States Parnelli Jones
Parnelli Jones
Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones , is a retired American racing driver and racecar owner. He is most remembered for his 1963 Indianapolis 500 win, and almost winning the 1967 Indy 500 in a turbine car...

151.153 1 200 167 Running
2 5 92  United Kingdom Jim Clark
Jim Clark
James "Jim" Clark, Jr OBE was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965....

149.750 7 200 28 Running
3 8 2  United States A.J. Foyt 150.615 2 200 0 Running
4 4 1  United States Rodger Ward
Rodger Ward
Rodger M. Ward was an American racecar driver who won the 1959 and 1962 Indianapolis 500. He also was the 1959 and 1962 USAC Championship Car champion.-Early history:...

149.800 6 200 0 Running
5 3 4  United States Don Branson
Don Branson
Don Branson was an American racecar driver.Born in Rantoul, Illinois, Branson was killed in a racing crash at Ascot Park in Gardena, California. He drove in the USAC Championship Car series and also in sprint cars, racing champ cars in the 1956-1966 seasons with 129 starts, including the...

150.188 4 200 0 Running
6 6 8  United States Jim McElreath
Jim McElreath
Jim McElreath , is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series.-Racing career:He raced in the 1961-1983 seasons, with 178 combined career starts, including 15 in the Indianapolis 500 in 1962-1970, 1973–1974, and 1977-1980. He finished in the top ten 101 times, with five victories...

149.744 8 200 0 Running
7 12 93  United States Dan Gurney
Dan Gurney
Daniel Sexton Gurney is an American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner.The son of a Metropolitan Opera star, he was born in Port Jefferson, New York, but moved to California as a teenager...

149.019 17 200 0 Running
8 11 10  United States Chuck Hulse
Chuck Hulse
Chuck Hulse is a retired American racecar driver.Hulse raced in the USAC Championship Car series in the 1959-1964 and 1966-1968 seasons, with 60 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races in 1962, 1963, 1966 and 1967. He finished in the top ten 26 times, with his best finish in 2nd...

149.340 13 200 0 Running
9 31 84  United States Al Miller II 149.613 9 200 0 Running
10 17 22  United States Dick Rathmann
Dick Rathmann
Dick Rathmann was an American racecar driver....

149.130 14 200 0 Running
11 30 29  United States Dempsey Wilson
Dempsey Wilson
Dempsey Wilson was an American racecar driver.Wilson was born in Los Angeles, California. He drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1956, 1958-1965 and 1968-1969 seasons with 32 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races in 1958, 1960, 1961, and 1963...

147.832 33 200 0 Running
12 33 17  United States Troy Ruttman
Troy Ruttman
Troy Ruttman was an American race car driver. He was the older brother of NASCAR driver Joe Ruttman.Ruttman won the Indianapolis 500 in 1952, and , he is the youngest winner of the race....

148.374 24 200 0 Running
13 18 65  United States Bob Christie
Bob Christie
Bob Christie was an American racecar driver.Christie raced in the USAC Championship Car series in the 1956-1963 seasons, with 15 career starts, including every Indianapolis 500 race in that span...

149.123 15 200 0 Running
14 32 32  United States Ebb Rose
Ebb Rose
Jesse Ebb Rose was an American racecar driver.Rose raced in the USAC Championship Car series in the 1961-1963 seasons, with 4 career starts, including the 1961-1963 Indianapolis 500 races. His best finish at Indy was in 14th position in both 1962 and 1963.-Indy 500 results:...

148.545 21 200 0 Running
15 14 14  United States Roger McCluskey
Roger McCluskey
Roger McCluskey was an American race car driver. He was from Tucson, Arizona.He won championship titles in three divisions of USAC -Sprints, Stocks, and Champ Cars. He won the USAC Sprint Car title in 1963 and 1966, the USAC Stock car title in 1969 and 1970. The Champ Car title in 1973...

148.680 20 198 4 Spun T3
16 7 5  United States Bobby Marshman
Bobby Marshman
Bobby Marshman , was an American racecar driver.Born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Marshman died in San Antonio, Texas from injuries sustained in a tire test in Phoenix, Arizona. He drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1961-1964 seasons, with 49 career starts, including each...

149.458 11 196 0 Rear End
17 10 9  United States Eddie Sachs
Eddie Sachs
Edward Julius Sachs, Jr, born May 28, 1927 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, died May 30, 1964 in Speedway, Indiana was a United States Auto Club driver who was known as the "Clown Prince of Auto Racing." He coined the phrase "If you can't win, be spectacular."...

149.570 10 181 0 Crash T3
18 9 99  United States Paul Goldsmith
Paul Goldsmith
Paul Goldsmith is a motorcycle Hall of Famer, Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee and former USAC and NASCAR driver.- Motorcycle career :...

150.163 5 149 0 Crankshaft
19 19 52  United States Lloyd Ruby
Lloyd Ruby
Lloyd Ruby was an American racecar driver.Ruby raced in the USAC Championship Car series in the 1958-1977 seasons, with 177 career starts, including every Indianapolis 500 race during 1960-1977. He finished in the top ten 88 times, with 7 victories. His best Indy finish was 3rd in 1964...

149.123 16 126 0 Crash T4
20 21 88  United States Eddie Johnson
Eddie Johnson (auto racer)
Eddie Johnson was an American racecar driver.Born in Richmond, Virginia, Johnson died in a plane crash near Cleveland, Ohio. He drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1950-1952 and 1955-1966 seasons with 33 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races in all of those...

148.509 22 112 0 Crash BS
21 22 45  United States Chuck Stevenson
Chuck Stevenson
Charles "Chuck" Stevenson was an American racecar driver.- AAA and USAC Championship Car series :...

148.386 23 110 0 Valve
22 2 56  United States Jim Hurtubise
Jim Hurtubise
In 1957, Hurtubise started his NASCAR career running two races. Over the next twenty years, he would race 36 races, winning one race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and amassing eleven top ten finishes.-Award:...

150.257 3 102 1 Oil Leak
23 15 83  United States Duane Carter
Duane Carter
Duane Carter was an American racecar driver. He raced midget cars, sprint cars, and IndyCars. Carter was born in Fresno, California, and he died in Indianapolis, Indiana...

148.002 30 100 0 Rod
24 29 16  United States Jim Rathmann
Jim Rathmann
Jim Rathmann was an American race car driver who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1960....

147.838 32 99 0 Magneto
25 20 26  United States Bobby Grim
Bobby Grim
Robert "Bobby" Grim was an American racecar driver.Born in Coal City, Indiana, Grim died of cancer in Indianapolis, Indiana. He drove in the and USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1958-1969 seasons with 66 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races each year from 1959-1968 except 1965...

148.717 19 79 0 Oil Leak
26 24 86  United States Bob Veith
Bob Veith
Bob Veith was an American racecar driver.Veith drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, racing from 1955 to 1968 with 63 starts...

148.289 26 74 0 Valve
27 13 35  United States Allen Crowe
Allen Crowe
Allen Crowe was an American racecar driver.Born in York, Illinois, Crowe died in New Bremen, Ohio from injuries sustained in a sprint car race at New Bremen Speedway. He drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1961-1963 seasons with 15 starts, including the 1962 and 1963...

148.877 18 47 0 Crash T1
28 25 54  United States Bud Tingelstad
Bud Tingelstad
Bud Tingelstad was an American racecar driver.Born in Frazee, Minnesota, Tingelstad drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1960-1971 seasons with 120 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in each year except 1961 and 1970. He finished in the top ten 56 times, with his one...

148.227 27 46 0 Crash T2
29 26 37  United States Johnny Rutherford
Johnny Rutherford
For the Major League Baseball pitcher, see Johnny Rutherford . For other people with a similar name, see John RutherfordJohn Sherman Rutherford III , better known as Johnny Rutherford, and also known as "Lone Star JR" is a former U.S...

148.063 28 43 0 Transmission
30 28 21  United States Elmer George
Elmer George
Elmer George was an American racecar driver.Born in Hockerville, Oklahoma, George died in Terre Haute, Indiana. He drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1956-1963 seasons with 64 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races in 1957, 1962, and 1963...

147.893 31 21 0 Handling
31 23 75  United States Art Malone
Art Malone
Arthur Malone "Colonel" is a retired American racecar driver.-Career:Malone is known primarily as a drag racer and was the 1963 AHRA Top Fuel World champion.In 1959, he drove for Don Garlits...

148.343 25 18 0 Clutch
32 27 23  United States Johnny Boyd
Johnny Boyd
Johnny Boyd was an American racecar driver.Born in Fresno, California, Boyd drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series from 1954 to 1966 with 56 starts...

148.038 29 12 0 Oil Leak
33 16 6  United States Bobby Unser
Bobby Unser
Robert William "Bobby" Unser is a retired U.S. automobile racer. He is the brother of Al Unser, Jerry Unser and Louie Unser, the father of Robby Unser, and the uncle of Al Unser, Jr. and Johnny Unser...

149.421 12 2 0 Crash T1
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