Indianapolis 200 Miles 1963 - Race Results

Event: 3rd Annual $10.000 Hoosier Grand Prix		Date: 28.7.1963
Track: Indianapolis Raceway Park (United States), 4.023 kms	Organiser: USAC
Indianapolis 200 Miles
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Gr.
1^st	96	Dan Gurney	Lotus 18 Climax	Arciero Bros. Racing	80	2:31:41.700	321.8688 kms	127.3152	FL
2^nd	95	Hap Sharp	Lotus 27 Ford	Hap Sharp	80	2:32:01.000			FL
3^rd	14	Bob Holbert	Porsche 718 RS 61	Robert Holbert	80	2:32:08.000			S
4^th	77	Bill Wuesthoff	Porsche 718 RS 61	Wm. Wuesthoff	79				S
5^th	2	Ludwig Heimrath	Porsche 718 RS 60	Ludwig Heimrath	79				S
6^th	24	Dean Causey	Lotus 19 Climax	Dean and Dave Causey					S
7^th	99	Ed Hamill	Cooper - Ford	Hamill Car. Co.
8^th	12	Bob Markley	Lotus 23B Ford						S
9^th	99	Eddie Johnson	Porsche Spyder	Willard Storage Battery Co.
10^th	98	Herb Swan	Elva - Porsche	Willard Storage Battery Co.

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
15	Chuck Daigh	Lotus 19 Climax	Arciero Bros. Racing Team	48	DNF
4	Roger Penske	Lotus 24 Climax	Mecom Racing Team	24	DNF
60T	Walt Hansgen	Cooper Monaco T57 Buick	Cunningham-Momo Auto Distributors of N. Y.	15	Rear axle
5	Augie Pabst	Lotus 19 Climax		15	Gearbox

Started, result unknown:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
25	Ralph Salyer	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	Ralph C. Salyer
33	Bob Johnson	Shelby Cobra	Bob Johnson
35	Bob Spooner	Bocar Stiletto Corvette	Bob Spooner
44	Roy Kumnick	Maserati - Corvette	Tero Corvette
47	Harry Washburn	Cooper Monaco T49 Maserati	Harry Washburn	S
204	Don Hulette	Maserati 250F	Joe Lubin

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
4T	Roger Penske	Cooper Monaco T61 Chevrolet		Raced Lotus 24
60	Walt Hansgen	Maserati Tipo 64 Ford	Cunningham-Momo Auto Distributors of N. Y.		S

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
1	Pedro Rodriguez	Gimini - Chevrolet	Kjell R. Qvale	Not known if ran
5	Augie Pabst	De Tomaso - Ford	Mecom Racing Team
7	Joe Buzzetta	Robert Bosch Special	Competition Imports, Inc.	Not known if ran
8	Jerry Grant	Lotus 19 Buick	Bardahl International Corp.	Not known if ran
9	John Snyder	Lister - Corvette	John I. Snyder, III	Not known if ran
10	Mike McCreevy	Midget	Porter Goff Special	Not known if ran
11	Gerry Brownrout	Scimitar - Chevrolet	McDonalds on the Blvd.	Not known if ran
13	Ted Buckley	Cooper Formula Junior BMC	Edward F. Buckley, Jr,	Not known if ran
17	Jack Ensley	Cooper International Formula	Jack Ensley	Not known if ran
27	Dan Gerber	AC Cobra		Not known if ran
28	Bud Gates	Apache - Chevrolet	Bud Gates	Not known if ran
34	Joseph Concannon	Kurtis - Corvette	Jos. L. Concannon	Not known if ran
36	Slim Helson	Maserati - Chevrolet	Tom Canes	Not known if ran
40	T. A. Rees	Lotus Eleven Ford	T. A. Rees	Not known if ran
45	Charles Hamill	Chevrolet Corvette	Tero Corvette	Not known if ran
54	Alan Ross	Cooper - Climax	Chas. Peitchand	Not known if ran
55	George Reed	Ferrari 250 TR 59/60 Ford	Chas. Peitchand	Not known if ran
56	Ralph Trieschmann	Elva Mk VII Ford	Ralph M. Trieschmann	Not known if ran
66	Bob McLean	Kurtis Midget 102	Kirk Kirchner	Not known if ran
85	Walter Lubinski	MBM Formula Jr. DKW	Edw. B. Howland	Not known if ran	FJr.
87	Chuck Rodee	Kurtis Kraft Midget Offenhauser	Thread Master Valce Guide, Sp.	Not known if ran
91	Don Brady	Stanguellini - Fiat	Rod Whelan	Not known if ran
92	Joe Scopelite		Scopelite	Not known if ran
97	Frankie Ballard	Cooper - Maserati	Rallye Motors Ltd.	Not known if ran
97	Lloyd Ruby	Lotus - Climax	J. Frank Harrison Chattanooga Glass Co.	Not known if ran
98	Herb Swan	Porsche 718 RS 61	Willard Storage Battery Co.
196	Tom Brand	Cooper - Climax	Thomas A. Brand	Not known if ran
		Ferrari 250 GTO	Mecom Racing Team	Not known if ran
		Cooper Special Climax	Mecom Racing Team	Not known if ran
		Kurtis Midget 108	Kirk Kirchner	Not known if ran