On this date in 1963 - September 8th - Ned Jarrett of Conover, NC drove the Burton & Robinson Concrete Construction Ford to the win over Rex White's Mercury before 15,000 fans at the half-mile dirt Virginia State Fairgrounds layout in Richmond, Virginia. Jarrett's pale blue #11 car was owned out of Fairfax, Virginia with the car owner generally listed as Red Robinson of Burton & Robinson.
26 drivers started the Richmond fray. Pole sitter and leader Joe Weatherly in Bud Moore's Pontiac blew on lap 165.
Jarrett set a new track race record of 66.339 mph, topping Weatherly's former mark.
Weatherly started on the pole beside 2nd place starter jack Smith's 1963 Plymouth.
Finishing behind Jarrett and White in third was Larry Frank, driving a Ford for Bondy Long who'd field cars for Jarrett in 1964.
Bluff City, Tennessee's G.C. Spencer held down the 4th finishing position, one ahead of the Elmhurst Express, Fearless Freddie Lorenzen, making a rare dirt track start.
Finishing sixth was Richard Petty, one spot ahead of Richmond favorite Ray Hendrick in 7th. 8th-10th positions were claimed by Virginia ABC agent Worth McMillion, Tiny Lund and Larry Thomas, respectively.
Member, Bill McPeek will note his friend, Jack Anderson posting a 16th place finish for Richmond car builder and former driver, Emanuel Zervakis, the Golden Greek, after differential failure.
Petty wheeled Plymouth #41 that day, not the familiar #43.
It was a big year in Richmond for Jarrett and the Burton & Robinson team. They won Grand National races at both of the city's Grand National venues, the half-mile dirt Fairgrounds and the third-mile asphalt Southside Speedway.
Virginia was a busy place for racers that weekend. Both Ray Hendrick and Jack Anderson car owner, Emanuel Zervakis had driven in the Saturday night 300-lap Modified-Sportsman race at Old Dominion Speedway in Manassas, Virginia won by Runt Harris before Sunday afternoon's Richmond go. And Junior Johnson had already claimed victory on Friday night in the Hickory, NC Grand National outing.
I had a difficult time finding a news clip for this race (I'm holding out for TMC-Chase), but did find a brief Associated Press clip in the Fredericksburg, Virginia paper and a UPI write-up in the Hendersonville (NC) Times. Please note the UPI clip has numerous typos and errors.
Ned Jarrett won 8 times in 1963 for the Fairfax, Virginia Burton & Robinson team.
RR member, Buddy Burton is the caretaker of his father's Burton & Robinson team jacket.
A couple of modelers takes on the Ned Jarrett #11 Burton & Robinson 1963 Ford
1963 Capital City 300
NASCAR Grand National race number 47 of 55
Sunday, September 8, 1963 at Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond, VA
300 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (150.0 miles)
Time of race: 2:15:04
Average Speed: 66.339 mph
Pole Speed: 68.104 mph
Margin of Victory: 2 lp 2 sec
Attendance: 15,000
Lead changes: 4
Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led
1 7 11 Ned Jarrett Burton-Robinson (Charles Robinson) '63 Ford 300 2,200 running 57
2 5 4 Rex White Louis Clements (Rex White) '63 Mercury 298 1,475 running 98
3 12 99 Larry Frank Bondy Long '63 Ford 293 1,050 running 0
4 9 03 G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '62 Chevrolet 291 775 running 0
5 8 28 Fred Lorenzen LaFayette (Holman-Moody) '63 Ford 289 560 running 0
6 3 41 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '63 Plymouth 286 425 distributor 0
7 18 35 Ray Hendrick Rebel Racing '61 Pontiac 285 350 running 0
8 15 83 Worth McMillion Worth McMillion '62 Pontiac 275 300 running 0
9 16 32 Tiny Lund Dave Kent '63 Ford 275 250 running 0
10 19 36 Larry Thomas Wade Younts '62 Dodge 273 250 running 0
11 14 19 Cale Yarborough Herman Beam '62 Ford 270 225 running 0
12 2 47 Jack Smith Jack Smith '63 Plymouth 266 225 differential 0
13 23 96 Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '62 Chevrolet 266 225 wheel 0
14 11 34 Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '62 Chevrolet 262 200 running 0
15 4 6 David Pearson Cotton Owens '63 Dodge 254 200 running 0
16 21 20 Jack Anderson Emanuel Zervakis '63 Ford 242 175 differential 0
17 24 33 Roy Mayne C.L. Kilpatrick '62 Chevrolet 240 175 running 0
18 17 62 Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '63 Mercury 237 175 clutch 0
19 22 17 Bob Welborn Fred Harb '62 Pontiac 233 175 running 0
20 20 54 Jimmy Pardue Pete Stewart '63 Ford 175 175 overheating 0
21 1 8 Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '63 Mercury 165 350 engine 145
22 6 87 Buck Baker Buck Baker '63 Pontiac 124 150 overheating 0
23 10 09 Larry Manning Bob Adams '62 Chevrolet 98 150 overheating 0
24 25 86 Neil Castles Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 90 150 crash 0
25 13 3 Junior Johnson Holly Farms (Ray Fox) '63 Chevrolet 62 100 wheel cylinder 0
26 26 66 Elmo Langley Ratus Walters '63 Ford 8 100 head gasket 0
Lap leader breakdown:
Leader From
Lap To
Lap # Of
Laps
Joe Weatherly 1 98 98
Ned Jarrett 99 118 20
Joe Weatherly 119 165 47
Rex White 166 263 98
Ned Jarrett 264 300 37
From Racing Reference
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updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
