International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
200 Laps/500 Miles
May 30, 1963
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | Parnelli Jones | 98 | Agajanian/Willard Battery | Watson | Offy | 200 | 3:29:35.20 143.137 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Jim Clark | 92 | Lotus Powered by Ford | Lotus RE | Ford | 200 | 3:30:09.24 142.752 | 800 |
| 3 | 8 | A. J. Foyt | 2 | Sheraton Thompson | Trevis | Offy | 200 | 3:30:57.34 142.210 | 700 |
| 4 | 4 | Rodger Ward | 1 | Kaiser Aluminum | Watson | Offy | 200 | 3:32:37.80 141.090 | 600 |
| 5 | 3 | Don Branson | 4 | Leader Card 500 | Watson | Offy | 200 | 3:32:58.11 140.866 | 500 |
| 6 | 6 | Jim McElreath | 8 | Bill Forbes Racing | Watson | Offy | 200 | 3:32:58.43 140.862 | 400 |
| 7 | 12 | Dan Gurney | 93 | Lotus Powered by Ford | Lotus RE | Ford | 200 | 3:34:10.61 140.071 | 300 |
| 8 | 11 | Chuck Hulse | 10 | Dean Van Lines | Ewing | Offy | 200 | 3:34:11.26 140.064 | 250 |
| 9 | 31 | Al Miller (Krulac) | 84 | MT Harvey Aluminum | Thompson RE | Chevy | 200 | 3:35:00.98 139.524 | 200 |
| 10 | 17 | Dick Rathmann | 22 | Chapman | Watson | Offy | 200 | 3:36:04.09 138.845 | 150 |
| 11 | 30 | Dempsey Wilson | 29 | Vita Fresh Orange Juice | Kuzma | Offy | 200 | 3:36:29.48 138.574 | 100 |
| 12 | 33 | Troy Ruttman | 17 | Jim Robbins Seat Belt | Kuzma | Offy | 200 | 3:37:00.48 138.244 | 50 |
| 13 | 18 | Bob Christie | 65 | Travelon Trailer | Christiansen | Offy | 200 | 3:40:25.18 136.104 | |
| 14 | 32 | Ebb Rose | 32 | Sheraton Thompson | Watson | Offy | 200 | 3:46:40.63 132.347 | |
| 15 | 14 | Roger McCluskey | 14 | Konstant Hot | Watson | Offy | 198 | Spun out NE | |
| 16 | 7 | Bobby Marshman | 5 | Econo Car Rental | Epperly | Offy | 196 | Broken rear end gear | |
| 17 | 10 | Eddie Sachs | 9 | Bryant Heating & Cooling | Watson | Offy | 181 | Wrecked NW lost wheel | |
| 18 | 9 | Paul Goldsmith | 99 | Demler | Watson | Offy | 149 | Lost crank bearing | |
| 19 | 19 | Lloyd Ruby | 52 | John Zink Trackburner | Watson | Offy | 126 | Wrecked NW | |
| 20 | 21 | Eddie Johnson | 88 | Drewry's | Watson | Offy | 112 | Wrecked BS | |
| 21 | 22 | Chuck Stevenson | 45 | Bardahl | Watson | Offy | 110 | Dropped valve | |
| 22 | 2 | Jim Hurtubise | 56 | Hotel Tropicana | Kurtis | Novi SC | 102 | Oil leak, black flag | |
| 23 | 15 | Duane Carter | 83 | MT Harvey Aluminum | Thompson RE | Chevy | 100 | Broken connecting rod | |
| 24 | 29 | Jim Rathmann | 16 | Coral Harbor | Watson | Offy | 99 | Magneto | |
| 25 | 20 | Bobby Grim | 26 | Morcroft | Trevis | Offy | 79 | Oil tank leak | |
| 26 | 24 | Bob Veith | 86 | Sheraton Thompson | Porter | Offy | 74 | Dropped valve | |
| 27 | 13 | Allen Crowe | 35 | Gabriel Shocker | Trevis | Offy | 47 | Wrecked SW | |
| 28 | 25 | Bud Tingelstad | 54 | Hoover, Inc. | Epperly | Offy | 46 | Wrecked SE | |
| 29 | 26 | Johnny Rutherford | 37 | U. S. Equipment | Watson | Offy | 43 | Transmission | |
| 30 | 28 | Elmer George | 21 | Sarkes Tarzian | Lesovsky | Offy | 21 | Poor handling | |
| 31 | 23 | Art Malone | 75 | STP | Kurtis | Novi SC | 18 | Clutch failure | |
| 32 | 27 | Johnny Boyd | 23 | Bowes Seal Fast | Epperly | Offy | 12 | Losing oil | |
| 33 | 16 | Bobby Unser | 6 | Hotel Tropicana | Kurtis | Novi SC | 2 | Wrecked SW | |
| -- | -- | Bill Cheesbourg | 27 | U. S. Equipment | Watson | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jimmy Davies | 63 | Kimberly | Borth 63 RE | Buick | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jimmy Daywalt | 25 | Wynn's Friction Proofing | Ewing | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ray Crawford | 47 | Crawford | Elder | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ronnie Duman | 15 | Federal Engineering | Trevis | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Chuck Engle | 77 | Dayton All Star | Sutton | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Don Freeland | 62 | White Spot | Watson | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Cliff Griffith | 72 | Lencki | Trevis | Lencki | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Dan Gurney | 91 | Lotus Powered by Ford | Lotus RE | Ford | -- | Wrecked qualifying, SW | |
| -- | -- | Masten Gregory | 82 | MT Harvey Aluminum | Thompson RE | Chevy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Bob Harkey | 31 | American Rubber/Plastic | Epperly | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Graham Hill | 83 | MT Harvey Aluminum | Thompson RE | Chevy | -- | Wrecked practice SE | |
| -- | -- | Norm Hall | 61 | Federal Engineering | Kurtis 500C | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Junior Johnson | 73 | American Rubber/Plastic | Kurtis | Offy | -- | Did not finish rookie orientation | |
| -- | -- | Bill Krause | 82 | MT Harvey Aluminum | Thompson RE | Chevy | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Ralph Liguori | 3 | Schulz Fueling Equipment | Kurtis 500G | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Curtis Turner | 12 | Fiberglas | Yunick | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Jack Turner | 44 | Precision Piston Ring | Kuzma | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice, retired | |
| -- | -- | Chuck Rodee | 38 | Konstant Hot | Philipp | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Chuck Rodee | 25 | Wynn's Friction Proofing | Ewing | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ebb Rose | 46 | Associates | Watson | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Johnny Rutherford | 27 | U. S. Equipment | Watson | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Paul Russo | 53 | Spirit of St. Louis | Watson | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Pedro Rodríguez | 48 | Cooper | Cooper 61 RE | Aston Martin | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Len Sutton | 47 | Crawford | Elder | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Len Sutton | 7 | Leader Card Autolite | Watson | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Colby Scroggin | 73 | American Rubber/Plastic | Kurtis | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Bruce Jacobi | 29 | Vita Fresh Orange Juice | Kuzma | Offy | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Bobby Unser | 31 | American Rubber/Plastic | Epperly | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bob Mathouser | 3 | Schulz Fueling Equipment | Kurtis 500G | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Gig Stephens | X | Edgar Stone | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Cotton Farmer | 25 | Wynn's Friction Proofing | Ewing | Offy | -- | Withdrew, injured | |
| -- | -- | Bob Wente | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Joe Sostilio | 62 | White Spot | Watson | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Keith Rachwitz | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Gene Hartley | X | X | X | X | -- | Retired | |
| -- | -- | Ed Kostenuk | 37 | U. S. Equipment | Watson | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jack Conely | 89 | J & E Engineering | Dunn | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bill Cheesbourg | X | MT Harvey Aluminum | Thompson RE | Chevy | -- | Wrecked practice |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Parnelli Jones | 167 | 2-63, 96-200 |
| Jim Clark | 28 | 68-95 |
| Roger McCluskey | 4 | 64-67 |
| Jim Hurtubise | 1 | 1 |