1963 Riverside 500
| Date | 20.01.1963 | Category | Stock cars |
| Circuit | Riverside International Raceway | Championship | NASCAR Grand National |
| Race title | Riverside 500 | Round | 4 |
| Distance | 185 laps = 499.5 miles | Country | USA |
Winner's speed: 84.965 mph
Pole's speed: 99.59 mph
Fastest lap speed: n/a
| Rank | Pos. | # | Driver | Entrant | Car | Laps | Laps lead | Time | Status | Purse | Grid | Row | Qual time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 28 | Dan Gurney | Holman-Moody | '63 Ford | 188 | 120 | 5:53'20 | finished | 14400 USD | 11 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 02 | A.J. Foyt | Ray Nichels | '63 Pontiac | 185 | 2 | 5:53'56 | finished | 6570 USD | 2 | 1 | |
| 3 | 3 | 14 | Troy Ruttman | Bill Stroppe | '63 Mercury | 184 | finished | 3980 USD | 17 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Banjo Matthews | '63 Pontiac | 184 | 13 | finished | 2630 USD | 3 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns | '63 Pontiac | 182 | finished | 1750 USD | 25 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Charles Robinson | '63 Ford | 181 | finished | 1225 USD | 8 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 5 | Billy Wade | Cotton Owens | '63 Dodge | 180 | finished | 1850 USD | 21 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Pete Stewart | '62 Pontiac | 179 | finished | 1050 USD | 6 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | 1 | Danny Letner | Duffield Lincoln-Mercury | '63 Mercury | 179 | finished | 950 USD | 28 | ||||
| 10 | 10 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Carl Dane | '62 Mercury | 176 | finished | 850 USD | 30 | ||||
| 11 | 11 | 97 | Ron Hornaday | Frank Galpin | '62 Ford | 176 | finished | 750 USD | 26 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Dave MacDonald | Jim Simpson | '62 Chevrolet | 176 | finished | 675 USD | 13 | ||||
| 13 | 13 | 38 | Bob Perry | Bob Perry | '62 Mercury | 175 | finished | 575 USD | 39 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | 70 | Bob Ross | Bob Ross | '60 Pontiac | 175 | finished | 575 USD | 32 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | 4 | Rex White | Rex White | '62 Chevrolet | 173 | DNF, engine | 575 USD | 18 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 19 | John Rostek | John Rostek | '62 Ford | 172 | DNF, crash | 500 USD | 27 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 12 | Art Watts | '62 Ford | 171 | finished | 475 USD | 10 | |||||
| 18 | 18 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Wendell Scott | '62 Chevrolet | 169 | finished | 425 USD | 33 | ||||
| 19 | 19 | 61 | Dick Bown | Dick Bown | '62 Chevrolet | 166 | finished | 425 USD | 43 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | 50 | Harold Beal | Pederson Motors | '62 Dodge | 164 | finished | 425 USD | 41 | ||||
| 21 | 21 | 51 | Scotty Cain | Scotty Cain | '61 Ford | 162 | finished | 375 USD | 31 | ||||
| 22 | 22 | 21 | Fred Lorenzen | Wood Brothers | '63 Ford | 158 | 8 | DNF, engine | 530 USD | 16 | |||
| 23 | 23 | 27 | Marshall Sargent | '60 Pontiac | 157 | DNF, crash | 375 USD | 34 | |||||
| 24 | 24 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore | '63 Pontiac | 148 | DNF, oil pan | 925 USD | 5 | ||||
| 25 | 25 | 26 | Carl Joiner | Carl Joiner | '62 Chevrolet | 143 | DNF, crash | 375 USD | 40 | ||||
| 26 | 26 | 10 | Jim Cook | Floyd Johnson | '62 Dodge | 143 | DNF, crash | 325 USD | 38 | ||||
| 27 | 27 | 75 | Jim Hurtubise | Mountain Meadows Hotel | '61 Pontiac | 142 | DNF, engine | 325 USD | 9 | ||||
| 28 | 28 | 20 | Jack Norton | Jack Norton | '62 Chevrolet | 140 | DNF, carburetor | 325 USD | 42 | ||||
| 29 | 29 | 40 | Eddie Pagan | Dick Getty | '63 Chevrolet | 137 | finished | 325 USD | 35 | ||||
| 30 | 30 | 88 | Don Noel | Frank Galpin | '63 Mercury | 126 | DNF, engine | 450 USD | 24 | ||||
| 31 | 31 | 33 | Clem Proctor | Clem Proctor | '62 Pontiac | 122 | DNF, crash | 275 USD | 7 | ||||
| 32 | 32 | 80 | Sal Tovella | Tom Hawkins | '63 Ford | 116 | DNF, engine | 500 USD | 23 | ||||
| 33 | 33 | 6 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens | '63 Dodge | 113 | DNF, oil pressure | 275 USD | 20 | ||||
| 34 | 34 | 25 | Bill Clinton | Bill Clinton | '61 Ford | 111 | finished | 275 USD | 44 | ||||
| 35 | 35 | 2 | Bill Foster | Cliff Stewart | '62 Pontiac | 91 | DNF, transmission | 275 USD | 37 | ||||
| 36 | 36 | 41 | Jim Paschal | Petty Enterprises | '63 Plymouth | 81 | DNF, crash | 300 USD | 19 | ||||
| 37 | 37 | 15 | Parnelli Jones | Bill Stroppe | '63 Mercury | 78 | 39 | DNF, transmission | 525 USD | 12 | |||
| 38 | 38 | 77 | Marvin Porter | Vel Miletich | '63 Ford | 67 | DNF, rear end | 650 USD | 22 | ||||
| 39 | 39 | 01 | Paul Goldsmith | Ray Nichels | '63 Pontiac | 59 | 3 | DNF, con rod | 680 USD | 1 | 1 | 99.59 mph | |
| 40 | 40 | 07 | Len Sutton | Ray Nichels | '63 Pontiac | 49 | DNF, con rod | 350 USD | 4 | ||||
| 41 | 41 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | '63 Plymouth | 27 | DNF, transmission | 300 USD | 15 | ||||
| 42 | 42 | 23 | Danny Weinberg | Carl Dane | '62 Pontiac | 27 | DNF, crash | 300 USD | 14 | ||||
| 43 | 43 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider | '62 Mercury | 26 | DNF, clutch | 275 USD | 36 | ||||
| 44 | 44 | 44 | Lloyd Dane | Lloyd Dane | '62 Chevrolet | 8 | DNF, transmission | 300 USD | 29 | ||||
| 45 | Al Self | DNQ | |||||||||||
| 46 | 16 | Roger McCluskey | Chevrolet | withdrawn | |||||||||
| 47 | 63 | Curly Mills | withdrawn |