| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 26 of 55 in the 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
 1963 World 600 program cover | |||
| Date | June 2, 1963 | ||
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km) | ||
| Average speed | 132.417 mph (213.105 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | |||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Junior Johnson | ||
| Laps | 289 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 28 | Fred Lorenzen | ||
The 1963 World 600, the 4th running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series race held on June 2, 1963 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 26th race of the 1963 NASCAR Grand National Series season. Fred Lorenzen of Holman-Moody won the race.
Paul Clark and Banjo Matthews would depart from NASCAR after the race while Joe Weatherly took the championship lead from Richard Petty.[1]
- ^ Race information at Race Database