1963 USAC MIDGET REVIEW: SECOND NO MORE, WENTE FINALLY A CHAMP
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
For three daunting years, a vigilant Bob Wente continuously knocked at the proverbial championship door, finishing as the runner-up in the standings behind Jimmy Davies for three consecutive seasons. However, in 1963, the 30-year-old Saint Louis, Missourian was not to be denied in his arduous USAC National Midget driving championship quest.
Wente grabbed feature victories in the final two events of the four-race Sunshine State series in March to earn himself the Florida championship, which, in the larger picture, firmly established his stand atop the overall series point standings. He was never headed from that point forward, competing in 48 of the scheduled 72 events to compile 411.05 points.
Driving the Robert J. Shadday Offy, Wente posted 10 victories, was second in six races and third on eight other occasions. He posted the fastest qualifying speed five times. For Indianapolis, Indiana’s Shadday, 1963 was the only year his name ever appeared in the USAC National Midget standings, and he made it a good one by also earning the series entrant title.
Meanwhile, the battle for second place was a see-saw affair that went right down to the wire. Mel Kenyon slid back into second place, a spot he had held earlier in the season, but he needed a break to get there. Kenyon got it by winning the biggest race of his young career when he captured the 150-lap Turkey Night Grand Prix Ascot Park in Gardena, Calif. in November. Kenyon nosed out Tommy Copp in a ferocious battle for the runner-up spot with Kenyon posting 322.40 points to 319.35 for Copp with the two drivers trading positions all season long.
The division showed an increase of $53,873.05 over the 1962 season, with a total of $191,724.05 being paid out. Wente collected $10,543 of this, not counting his share of the point fund money which amounted to $9,403.05.
Over the winter, promoter J.C. Agajanian unveiled a new quarter-mile dirt track inside the half-mile at Ascot Park and presented weekly USAC National Midget racing throughout the summer. Twenty-one points-paying series races were held at the Gardena, Calif. oval in 1963, creating numerous scenarios in which simultaneous USAC National Midget events occurred on the west coast and in the Midwest at the same time. Parnelli Jones was the first winner on the quarter-mile.
Johnnie Parsons, the 1950 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1949 AAA National Champion, returned to USAC racing this year not as a driver, but as the representative for National Midget races in the western and southwestern regions of the U.S.A.
Gene Force became the official starter for the four races held in Florida during March. During the 20 years in which he had been active in the sport, Force was a sensational driver, finishing second in the AAA Midwest championship in 1952 and finished 11th in the 1951 Indianapolis 500. Les Kimbrell served as chief scorer, timer and statistician for these events.
The first ever USAC National Midget event conducted outside the borders of the United States was held in April at the Canadian National Exhibition Fairgrounds in Toronto, Ont. Race leader Wente changed a tire during a stoppage, but due to an official USAC rule, he was forced to replace it and make the change when the race was restarted. This cost him three laps and the checkered flag. Elmer George won the 200-lap race, besting the 33-car field in Dick Kincaid's Offy.
A new addition to the 1963 USAC racing schedule brought the USAC National Midgets to the 2.3-mile Watkins Glen International road course in August where Eddie Johnson scored the 100-mile victory in his Jerry Zeelo-owned machine.
The division made a raucous and successful debut at the Ohio State Fairgrounds on September 2 with an overflow of patrons that overwhelmed security, carnies and corn dog vendors alike as eventual champion Wente scored the inaugural Buckeye 100 win, an event which was held annually on the half-mile dirt venue between 1963 and 1970.
“I've never seen anything like it,” series director Bob Stroud exclaimed of the Buckeye 100 atmosphere. “And I wasn't the only one surprised. The fair officials didn't expect the kind of crowd we drew and, consequently, weren't ready for it. The fans there were so eager to get into the stands, they just rushed the gate and knocked over one of the ticket booths.”
Among the first-time visitors to USAC National Midget victory lane in 1963 were future three-time Indianapolis 500 victor Bobby Unser, one-handed Allen Heath, Don Horvath and Chuck Hulse, all of which came at Ascot Park. Also tallying wins were Bob Harkey at New Jersey’s Wall Stadium, Elmer George in Toronto, Dean Holden at California’s Kearney Bowl and future two-time series champ Mike McGreevy at New York’s Islip Motor Speedway.
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1963 USAC National Midget Driver Points
POS. PTS. DRIVER
1 411.05 Bob Wente, Saint Louis, Mo.
2 322.4 Mel Kenyon, Davenport, Iowa
3 319.35 Tommy Copp, Fresno, Calif.
4 273.25 Jimmy Davies, Glendale, Calif.
5 272.8 Chuck Rodee, Speedway, Ind.
6 209.6 Billy Cantrell, Anaheim, Calif.
7 198.85 Ronnie Duman, Dearborn, Mich.
8 193.3 Bob Tattersall, Streator, Ill.
9 189.05 Bobby Grim, Indianapolis, Ind.
10 183.95 Parnelli Jones, Torrance, Calif.
11 166.15 Mike McGreevy, Hayward, Calif.
12 145.85 Don Horvath, Riverside, Calif.
13 136.6 Johnny Moorhouse, Santa Ana, Calif.
14 126.8 Allen Heath, Northridge, Calif.
15 125.1 Johnny Riva, Northbrook, Ill.
16 112.85 Harry Beck, Indianapolis, Ind.
17 92.55 Don Branson, Rantoul, Ill.
18 88.1 Billy Wood, Kenosha, Wis.
19 81.85 Johnnie Tolan, Victor, Colo.
20 77.25 Russ Congdon, Puyallup, Wash.
21 73.6 Bobby Unser, Albuquerque, N.M.
22 70.45 Porky Rachwitz, Redondo Beach, Calif.
23 69.9 Norm Hall, Los Angeles, Calif.
24 67.95 Bob Hogle, Buena Park, Calif.
25 67.4 Warren Scheibe, Denver, Colo.
26 66.8 Bob McLean, Granger, Ind.
27 63.75 Joe Garson, Los Angeles, Calif.
28 62.05 Tom Sellberg, Inglewood, Calif.
29 59.3 Lowell Sachs, Escondido, Calif.
30 55.2 Harry Turner, Kenosha, Wis.
31 53.75 Colby Scroggin, Los Angeles, Calif.
32 53.35 Don Weaver, Redondo Beach, Calif.
33 50.8 Les Scott, Livonia, Mich.
34 50.7 Roger McCluskey, Tucson, Ariz.
35 45.15 Bill Gallaugher, Bedford, Ohio
36 41.85 Bob Harkey, Charlotte, N.C.
37 41.1 Eddie Johnson, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
38 38.5 Arnie Knepper, Belleville, Ill.
39 36.7 Chuck Weyant, Springfield, Ill.
40 35.55 Don Hawley, Los Angeles, Calif.
41 34.6 Bill Mehner, Portland, Ore.
42 34.3 George Benson, San Jose, Calif.
43 30.45 Bobby Marshman, Pottstown, Pa.
44 30.15 Russ Sweedler, Elwood, Ill.
45 29.9 Duane Sears, Westminster, Calif.
46 29.65 Jimmy Knight, Worth, Ill.
47 29.65 Dwight Brown, Decatur, Ill.
48 29.45 Johnny White, Warren, Mich.
49 28.7 Bud Tingelstad, Dayton, Ohio
50 27.85 Allen Crowe, Springfield, Ill.
51 27.05 Johnny Gavin, Lynwood, Calif.
52 26.4 Dempsey Wilson, Lawndale, Calif.
53 23.4 Johnny Baldwin, San Carlos, Calif.
54 23.3 Jim Hurtubise, North Tonawanda, N.Y.
55 22.1 Bernie Schechter, Riverside, Calif.
56 20.3 Cotton Farmer, Crowley, Texas
57 20 Elmer George, Hockerville, Okla.
58 19 Chuck Hulse, Downey, Calif.
59 18.25 Russ Moynagh, Huntington Beach, Calif.
60 17.8 Dee Jones, Glendale, Ariz.
61 16.65 Ed Stanley, Brecksville, Ohio
62 15.45 Gig Stephens, North Reading, Mass.
63 14.4 Dean Holden, Palo Alto, Calif.
64 14.2 Denny Keith, Greentown, Ind.
65 14.05 Gil Michaels, Berwyn, Ill.
66 13.7 Bob Coulter, Lakewood, Calif.
67 13.55 Johnny Rutherford, Fort Worth, Texas
68 12.9 Chuck Marshall, Springfield, Ill.
69 12.75 Ray Elliott, Lockport, Ill.
70 12.7 Jim Devitt, Calimesa, Calif.
71 12.4 Jiggs Peters, Metuchen, N.J.
72 12 Johnny Wood, Hollywood, Calif.
73 11.85 Bob Behrens, Downey, Calif.
74 11.7 Bob Lithgow, Streator, Ill.
75 11.45 Larry Ferrua, Fresno, Calif.
76 11.35 Jack O'Rourke, Stow, Ohio
77 11.05 Dick Barry, Covina, Calif.
78 10.8 Dick Atkins, Hayward, Calif.
79 10.35 Ted Hartley, Roanoke, Ind.
80 9.75 Steve Stapp, Sherman Oaks, Calif.
81 9.4 Skee Redican, Bell, Calif.
82 8.8 Walt Kennedy, Hacienda Heights, Calif.
83 8.5 Frank Burany, Elm Grove, Wis.
84 8.3 A.J. Foyt, Houston, Texas
85 8.3 Bobby Marvin, Corinth, Miss.
86 7.9 Don Staudinger, Anaheim, Calif.
87 7.5 Joe Giba, Denver, Colo.
88 7.3 Newt White, Lockport, Ill.
89 7.05 Buddy Lee, Duarte, Calif.
90 7.05 Don Lewis, Springfield, Ill.
91 6.7 Willie Hunziker, Riverside, Calif.
92 6.7 Bob Hare, Lyons, Ill.
93 6.3 Dee Hileman, Palo Alto, Calif.
94 6.1 Chuck Arnold, Stamford, Conn.
95 6.05 Sonny Ates, Sellersburg, Ind.
96 5.85 John Hysinger, Buena Park, Calif.
97 5.45 Bob Burbridge, San Francisco, Calif.
98 5.3 Dave Norris, Columbus, Ind.
99 5.25 Edgar Elder Jr., El Monte, Calif.
100 5 Ned Spath, Ojai, Calif.
101 4.8 Frank Armi, Portland, Ore.
102 4.8 Keith Thomas, Madison, Wis.
103 4.7 Bob Hodge, Calumet City, Ill.
104 4.5 Jim Smith, Columbus, Ohio
105 4.05 Bob Hamilton, Columbus, Ohio
106 4 Willie Swift, Anaheim, Calif.
107 3.6 Ralph Parkinson, Wichita Falls, Texas
108 3.5 Gene Gurney, Hayward, Calif.
109 3.3 John Starner, San Bernardino, Calif.
110 3.2 John McKeand, San Clemente, Calif.
111 3.15 Dick Kincaid, Terre Haute, Ind.
112 3.1 Gary Congdon, Garden Grove, Calif.
113 2.95 Al Unser, Albuquerque, N.M.
114 2.9 Norm Rapp, Daly City, Calif.
115 2.9 Len Sutton, Portland, Ore.
116 2.65 Ed Johns, Monterey Park, Calif.
117 2.45 Jerry Mans, Wood River, Ill.
118 2.3 Bill Sarles, Lafayette, Ind.
119 2.2 Louie Unser, Albuquerque, N.M.
120 2.2 Gary Koster, Woodland, Calif.
121 2.2 Paul Jones, Torrance, Calif.
122 2.1 Dickie Deis, Fresno, Calif.
123 2 Nick Wilhelm, Montpelier, Ind.
124 2 Bob DeJong, Hayward, Calif.
125 1.9 Gene Brown, Phoenix, Ariz.
126 1.85 Ed Miller, Norwalk, Calif.
127 1.7 John Batts, Jamestown, Ind.
128 1.7 Red Amick, Muncie, Ind.
129 1.6 Todd Barton, Footville, Wis.
130 1.6 Al Gunter, Alhambra, Calif.
131 1.55 Bruce Jacobi, Salem, Ind.
132 1.2 Don Reidelberger, Chicago, Ill.
133 1.15 Tommy Winchester, Gardena, Calif.
134 1 Al Henderson, Downey, Calif.
135 1 LeRoy Stolle, Decatur, Ill.
136 0.7 Bob Tomlinson, Oak Lawn, Ill.
137 0.6 Ray Lattie, Templeton, Calif.
138 0.6 James Ford, Saint Louis, Mo.
1963 USAC National Midget Entrant Points
POS. PTS. ENTRANT, TEAM LOCATION
1 385.65 Robert Shadday, Indianapolis, Ind. (#23)
2 300.3 Mel & Don Kenyon, Davenport, Iowa (#61)
3 229.55 Lloyd Hamm, Richmond, Ind. (#10)
4 223.9 Ed Loniewski, Michigan City, Ind. (#87)
5 206.85 Doug Caruthers, Anaheim, Calif. (#34)
6 192.35 Carl Forberg, Warren, Mich. (#7)
7 191.15 Coxie Bowman, Ossian, Ind. (#33)
8 187.7 Ed Pearson, Marion, Ohio (#21)
9 184.4 Jimmy Davies, Monticello, Ind. (#1)
10 181.4 Paul Baines, Charleston, Ill. (#3)
11 161.6 Porter Goff, Alameda, Calif. (#101)
12 154.95 Don Kischell, Downey, Calif. (#23)
13 152.2 C.E. Lynch, Garden Grove, Calif. (#27)
14 145.85 Don Horvath, Riverside, Calif. (#8)
15 125.15 Harry Turner, Kenosha, Wis. (#12)
16 122.8 Dick Kincaid, Terre Haute, Ind. (#8)
17 120.65 Lloyd Rahn, Tuscola, Ill. (#2)
18 118.8 Ralph Wilke & Gus Wesell, Milwaukee, Wis. (#9)
19 114.45 Jim Gary, Claremont, Calif. (#50)
20 113.85 Bob Radebaugh, Peoria, Ill. (#96)
21 109.35 Marv Edwards, Los Angeles, Calif. (#98JR)
22 91.2 Howard Linne, Mendota, Ill. (#99)
23 90.1 Eddie Meyer, Hollywood, Calif. (#99JR)
24 78.45 Mike Cascio, West Allis, Wis. (#97)
25 74.35 Bob Hanson & William Ward, Hacienda Heights, Calif. (#46)
26 69.9 Norm Hall, Los Angeles, Calif. (#14)
27 67.95 LeRoy Kail, Pico Rivera, Calif. (#17)
28 63.1 Bob Weaver, Woodland Hills, Calif. (#32)
29 62.8 Jerry Zeelo, Gates Mills, Ohio (#21)
30 59.4 Jack Sims, Hobart, Ind. (#73)
31 59.3 George Newnam, Culver City, Calif. (#1A)
32 57.1 Richard Hubbell, Arcadia, Calif. (#21)
33 54.85 Gay Van Berckelaer, Westminster, Calif. (#45)
34 46.5 Robert Willeford, Bedford Heights, Ohio (#71)
35 43.95 Bob Higman, Lafayette, Ind. (#67)
36 43.6 Bruce Homeyer, Cedar Grove, N.J. (#7)
37 42.35 Mel Owens, Troy, Mich. (#33)
38 41.5 Gus Sohm, Saint Louis, Mo. (#93)
39 38.95 Ed Stone, Belmont, Mass. (#19)
40 36.95 Walt Schweitzer, Bakersfield, Calif. (#36)
41 36.2 Bill Logan, Warren, Mich. (#16)
42 33.25 Bob Nowicke, Louisville, Ky. (#6)
43 31.7 Oliver Johnson, San Jose, Calif. (#96)
44 30.95 Jake Vargo, Perkasie, Pa. (#17)
45 28.9 Harry Starner, Colton, Calif. (#59)
46 28.8 Richard Hoffman, Loveland, Ohio (#7JR)
47 27.05 Tony Saylor, Joliet, Ill. (#29)
48 24.45 George Hopkins, Harvey, Ill. (#54)
49 22.85 Gus Sohm, Saint Louis, Mo. (#2)
50 22.1 Bernie Schechter, Riverside, Calif. (#78)
51 19.7 Justin King, Columbus, Ind. (#79)
52 19.55 Ray Bradshaw, Compton, Calif. (#77)
53 18.25 Russ Moynagh, Huntington Beach, Calif. (#79)
54 17.7 Dempsey Wilson, Lawndale, Calif. (#53)
55 17.1 Tom Sellberg, Inglewood, Calif. (#30wc)
56 17.1 Leon Mensing, Lowden, Iowa (#55)
57 17.1 Ray Ridenour, South Bend, Ind. (#33)
58 17 George Benson, San Jose, Calif. (#25x)
59 16.65 C.E. Kirchner, Solon, Ohio (#11)
60 16.65 Ed Stanley, Brecksville, Ohio (#81)
61 16.3 John Saeman & Harry Grabow, Warsaw, Ind. (#17)
62 15.9 Steve Hornyak, South Bend, Ind. (#84)
63 15.35 Sandy Chais, Tarzana, Calif. (#5x)
64 15.1 Don Reidelberger, Chicago, Ill. (#53)
65 15.05 Therrel Keith, Greentown, Ind. (#56)
66 14.5 Carl Williams, Kansas City, Mo. (#25)
67 14.45 Porter Goff, Alameda, Calif. (#18)
68 14.05 Gil Michaels, Berwyn, Ill. (#44)
69 13.65 Gray Hargleroad, South Gate, Calif. (#47)
70 13.5 John McKeand, San Clemente, Calif. (#22)
71 12.75 Lou Cooper, Orland Park, Ill. (#3)
72 12.4 Jack London, Oakland, Calif. (#2)
73 11.8 Jack Stroud, Hazelwood, Mo. (#35)
74 11.75 Louis Snook, Charlotte, Texas (#65)
75 11.7 Bob Lithgow, Streator, Ill. (#28)
76 11.35 Milan Bursac, Wyandotte, Mich. (#77)
77 11.1 D.E. Gresham, Los Angeles, Calif. (#41)
78 10.8 Sim Clark, Santa Clara, Calif. (#28)
79 10.5 Denny Keith, Greentown, Ind. (#65)
80 10.25 John McFadden, Gardena, Calif. (#91)
81 9.55 Willie Hunziker, Riverside, Calif. (#11)
82 9.4 Don Kischell, Downey, Calif. (#29)
83 9.1 Dallas Garman, Fairfield, Ill. (#5)
84 8.8 Walt Kennedy, Hacienda Heights, Calif. (#116)
85 8.7 W.S. Murray & A.J. Walker, Los Angeles, Calif. (#35)
86 8.2 Porter Goff, Alameda, Calif. (#35)
87 8 Bob Hare, Lyons, Ill. (#49)
88 7.5 Joe Giba, Denver, Colo. (#62)
89 7.45 Joe French, Evansville, Ind. (#39)
90 6.9 L. Gene Hamilton, Robinson, Ill. (#55)
91 6.8 Bob Nowicke, Louisville, Ky. (#4)
92 6.6 Ernest Frederickson, Kenosha, Wis. (#50)
93 6.5 Bob & Gene Shannon, Dayton, Ohio (#22)
94 5.4 Ted Bohlander, Phoenix, Ariz. (#4)
95 4.8 Paul Krueger, Madison, Wis. (#82)
96 4.8 Bud Trainor, Phoenix, Ariz. (#4)
97 4.7 Bob Hodge, Calumet City, Ill. (#41)
98 4.2 Ted Hartley, Roanoke, Ind. (#4)
99 4.05 Wayne Clark, New Castle, Pa. (#53)
100 3.85 Frank Griffo, San Gabriel, Calif. (#16)
101 3.6 Ed Silk, Wichita Falls, Texas (#85)
102 3.4 Harv Guttry, Arroyo Grande, Calif. (#37)
103 3.4 Howard Linne, Mendota, Ill. (#96)
104 3 Gene Nelson, Granite City, Ill. (#32)
105 2.9 Porter Goff, Alameda, Calif. (#7)
106 2.9 Margaret Betts, Encino, Calif. (#7)
107 2.75 Tommy Winchester, Gardena, Calif. (#15)
108 2.6 L.H. Martin, San Diego, Calif. (#17x)
109 2.45 Ed Stone, Belmont, Mass. (#11)
110 2.3 Bill Sarles, Lafayette, Ind. (#64)
111 2.2 Gary Koster, Woodland, Calif. (#36)
112 2.1 Joe Bertoncini, Madera, Calif. (#99x)
113 1.85 Dale Webb, Rialto, Calif. (#138)
114 1.85 Richard Marek, Kenosha, Wis. (#2)
115 1.7 John Batts, Jamestown, Ind. (#6)
116 1.6 Bob Hoff, Huntington Beach, Calif. (#11x)
117 1.6 Walter Whitehorse, Madison, Wis. (#98)
118 1.3 Jim Smith, Columbus, Ohio (#72)
119 1.15 Steve Sullivan, Indianapolis, Ind. (#32)
120 1 LeRoy Stolle, Decatur, Ill. (#21)
121 1 Carl Herbert, Monrovia, Calif. (#30)
122 1 Larry Sinclair, Indianapolis, Ind. (#15)
123 0.7 Warren Scheibe, Denver, Colo. (#5)
124 0.7 John Wills, Nashville, Tenn. (#7)
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USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: January 12, 1963 – International Amphitheatre – Chicago, Illinois
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Ronnie Duman (Carl Forberg #7), 2. Bob McLean, 3. Chuck Weyant, 4. Bobby Grim, 5. Chuck Rodee, 6. Mel Kenyon, 7. Bob Wente, 8. Bud Williams, 9. Bobby Grim, 10. Allen Crowe. FQ: Chuck Weyant (9.270)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: January 27, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Parnelli Jones (Marv Edwards #98), 2. Johnnie Tolan, 3. A.J. Foyt, 4. Harry Turner, 5. Johnny Moorhouse, 6. Tommy Copp, 7. Don Staudinger, 8. Jim Devitt, 9. Bernie Schechter, 10. Harry Beck, 11. Chuck Hulse, 12. Porky Rachwitz, 13. Duane Sears, 14. Tom Sellberg, 15. Joe Garson, 16. Norm Hall, 17. George Benson, 18. Roger McCluskey. FQ: Parnelli Jones (20.250)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 3, 1963 – Palmetto Speedway – Miami, Florida
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Johnny Riva (Jack Sims #73), 2. Allen Crowe, 3. Bob Wente, 4. Bobby Grim, 5. Chuck Rodee, 6. Mel Kenyon, 7. Don Branson, 8. Roger McCluskey, 9. Ray Brown, 10. Tommy Copp, 11. Jimmy Knight, 12. Bill Gallaugher, 13. Ronnie Duman, 14. Bob McLean, 15. Tony Lenti, 16. Billy Wood, 17. Bobby Marvin, 18. Jerry Mans. FQ: Bob Wente (17.630)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 6, 1963 – Golden Gate Speedway – Tampa, Florida
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Chuck Rodee (Ed Loniewski #87), 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Johnny Riva, 4. Bob Wente, 5. Ronnie Duman, 6. Billy Wood, 7. Bobby Marvin, 8. Tommy Copp, 9. Don Branson, 10. Jimmy Knight, 11. Allen Crowe, 12. Bill Gallaugher, 13. Bobby Grim, 14. Bob McLean, 15. Tony Romit, 16. Roger McCluskey, 17. Tony Lenti. FQ: Mel Kenyon (17.990)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 8, 1963 – Palmetto Speedway – Miami, Florida
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bob Wente (Robert Shadday #23), 2. Tony Romit, 3. Bobby Grim, 4. Bill Gallaugher, 5. Johnny Riva, 6. Chuck Rodee, 7. Billy Wood, 8. Don Branson, 9. Tommy Copp, 10. Tony Lenti, 11. Bobby Marvin, 12. Mel Kenyon, 13. Allen Crowe, 14. Ronnie Duman, 15. Bobby Marshman. FQ: Billy Wood (17.580)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 10, 1963 – Golden Gate Speedway – Tampa, Florida
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bob Wente (Robert Shadday #23), 2. Chuck Rodee, 3. Ray Brown, 4. Allen Crowe, 5. Bobby Grim, 6. Billy Wood, 7. Jimmy Knight, 8. Bill Gallaugher, 9. Ronnie Duman, 10. Bob McLean, 11. Johnny Riva, 12. Warren Scheibe, 13. Jerry Mans, 14. Mel Kenyon, 15. Tommy Copp, 16. Tony Romit, 17. Tony Lenti, 18. Don Branson. FQ: Billy Wood (18.070)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 10, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Parnelli Jones (Marv Edwards #98), 2. Johnnie Tolan, 3. Billy Cantrell, 4. Tom Sellberg, 5. Duane Sears, 6. Edgar Elder Jr., 7. Steve Stapp, 8. Willie Swift, 9. Norm Hall, 10. Bob Behrens, 11. Joe Garson, 12. George Benson, 13. Don Weaver, 14. Russ Moynagh, 15. Don Staudinger, 16. Dick Atkins, 17. Ned Spath, 18. Johnny Gavin. FQ: Johnny Gavin (20.260)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 23, 1963 – International Amphitheatre – Chicago, Illinois
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Bobby Grim (Coxie Bowman #33), 2. Billy Wood, 3. Ray Elliott, 4. Bob McLean, 5. Ronnie Duman, 6. Gil Michaels, 7. Bob Wente, 8. Chuck Marshall, 9. Mel Kenyon, 10. Chuck Rodee. FQ: Ronnie Duman (8.870)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 14, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Chuck Hulse (Don Kischell #23), 2. Tommy Copp, 3. Parnelli Jones, 4. Bob Hogle, 5. Johnny Moorhouse, 6. Joe Garson, 7. Don Weaver, 8. Johnny Gavin, 9. Dave Bradley, 10. Russ Moynagh, 11. Harry Turner, 12. Don Horvath, 13. George Cross, 14. Johnnie Tolan, 15. Duane Sears, 16. Vern Barker, 17. Billy Cantrell, 18. Jim Devitt. FQ: Parnelli Jones (21.050)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 26, 1963 – C.N.E. Fairgrounds – Toronto, Ontario
FEATURE: (200 laps) 1. Elmer George (Dick Kincaid #8), 2. Warren Scheibe, 3. Jiggs Peters, 4. Eddie Johnson, 5. Bob Tattersall, 6. Bobby Grim, 7. Jimmy Knight, 8. Bob Wente, 9. Jimmy Davies, 10. Tommy Copp, 11. Bill Gallaugher, 12. Norm Hall, 13. Bob Harkey, 14. Chuck Rodee, 15. Gig Stephens, 16. Billy Wood, 17. Mike McGreevy, 18. Chuck Hulse, 19. Mel Kenyon, 20. Johnny Rutherford, 21. Bob Lithgow, 22. Bruce Jacobi, 23. Harry Beck, 24. Allen Crowe, 25. Bill Mehner, 26. Johnny Riva, 27. Cotton Farmer, 28. Johnnie Tolan, 29. Les Scott, 30. Jim Hurtubise, 31. Bob McLean, 32. Dickie Deis, 33. Don Branson. FQ: Jimmy Knight (16.680)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 29, 1963 – Indianapolis Speedrome – Indianapolis, Indiana – Night Before the 500
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Mel Kenyon (Don & Mel Kenyon #61), 2. Bob Wente, 3. Mike McGreevy, 4. Bob Coulter, 5. Jimmy Davies, 6. Warren Scheibe, 7. Johnny Riva, 8. Porky Rachwitz, 9. Ralph Parkinson, 10. Ted Hartley, 11. Russ Sweedler, 12. Johnnie Tolan, 13. Harry Beck, 14. Gil Michaels, 15. Jimmy Knight, 16. Russ Congdon, 17. Tommy Copp, 18. Teddy Dean. FQ: Ted Hartley (14.140)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 1, 1963 – Columbus Motor Speedway – Columbus, Ohio
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Ronnie Duman (Carl Forberg #7), 2. Bob Wente, 3. Mel Kenyon, 4. Billy Wood, 5. Warren Scheibe, 6. Tommy Copp, 7. Russ Congdon, 8. Harry Beck, 9. Bob Hamilton, 10. Jack O’Rourke, 11. Jim Smith, 12. Bill Mehner, 13. Harry Turner, 14. Mike McGreevy, 15. Joe Giba, 16. Tony Lenti, 17. Bob Tattersall, 18. Chuck Rodee. FQ: Bob Wente (16.270)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 5, 1963 – Kentucky State Fairgrounds – Louisville, Kentucky
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Bob Tattersall (Paul Baines #3), 2. Parnelli Jones, 3. Mel Kenyon, 4. Warren Scheibe, 5. Tony Lenti, 6. Bobby Grim, 7. Chuck Rodee, 8. Mike McGreevy, 9. Bob Wente, 10. Jimmy Davies, 11. Russ Congdon, 12. Porky Rachwitz, 13. Dick Kincaid, 14. Tommy Copp, 15. Joe Giba. FQ: Bob Wente (19.720)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 7, 1963 – Cloverleaf Speedway – Valley View, Ohio
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Jimmy Davies (Lloyd Hamm #10), 2. Les Scott, 3. Bob Wente, 4. Harry Beck, 5. Mike McGreevy, 6. Bill Gallaugher, 7. Bill Mehner, 8. Bob Tattersall, 9. Jim Florian, 10. Jack O’Rourke, 11. Mel Kenyon, 12. Ed Stanley, 13. Tommy Copp, 14. Bill Junkin, 15. Bob Hamilton, 16. Ronnie Duman, 17. Mike Nemer, 18. Chuck Rodee. FQ: Chuck Rodee (14.970)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 8, 1963 – Soldier Field – Chicago, Illinois
FEATURE: (17 laps) 1. Johnny Riva (Jack Sims #73), 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Tommy Copp, 4. Billy Wood, 5. Bob Wente, 6. Chuck Rodee, 7. Harry Turner, 8. Tony Lenti, 9. Les Scott, 10. Russ Congdon, 11. Parnelli Jones, 12. Ronnie Duman, 13. Bob McLean, 14. Mike McGreevy, 15. Gil Michaels, 16. Jimmy Davies, 17. Frank Burany, 18. Jimmy Knight. FQ: Bob Wente (16.360)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 11, 1963 – Freeport Motor Speedway – Freeport, Illinois
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Don Branson (Ralph Wilke & Gus Wesell #4), 2. Tommy Copp, 3. Ronnie Duman, 4. Bob Tattersall, 5. Bob Wente, 6. Mel Kenyon, 7. Bud Tingelstad, 8. Billy Wood, 9. Porky Rachwitz, 10. Harry Beck, 11. Mike McGreevy, 12. Johnny Riva, 13. Chuck Rodee, 14. Keith Thomas, 15. Harry Turner, 16. Bill Gallaugher, 17. Bill Horstmeyer, 18. Gary Congdon, 19. Warren Scheibe, 20. Bobby Grim, 21. Danny Frye, 22. B Langdon, 23. Russ Sweedler, 24. Bill Mehner, 25. Todd Barton, 26. Bob Hodge, 27. Gene Nelson. FQ: Mike McGreevy (25.070)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 12, 1963 – Rockford Speedway – Rockford, Illinois
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Don Branson (Ralph Wilke & Gus Wesell #4), 2. Johnny Riva, 3. Bob Wente, 4. Ronnie Duman, 5. Bob Tattersall, 6. Mel Kenyon, 7. Jimmy Davies, 8. Warren Scheibe, 9. Tommy Copp, 10. Bobby Grim, 11. Billy Wood, 12. Harry Beck, 13. Bill Mehner, 14. Chuck Rodee, 15. Mike McGreevy, 16. Gil Michaels, 17. Keith Thomas, 18. Russ Sweedler. FQ: Don Branson (14.950)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 15, 1963 – South Bend Motor Speedway – South Bend, Indiana
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Bob McLean (Jerry Zeelo #21), 2. Bob Wente, 3. Bob Tattersall, 4. Tommy Copp, 5. Ronnie Duman, 6. Jimmy Knight, 7. Newt White, 8. Bobby Grim, 9. Billy Wood, 10. Chuck Rodee, 11. Mel Kenyon, 12. Porky Rachwitz, 13. Bill Gallaugher, 14. Harry Beck, 15. Bob Hare, 16. Bob Lithgow, 17. Johnny Riva, 18. Warren Scheibe. FQ: Mel Kenyon (13.140)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 15, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Parnelli Jones (Marv Edwards #98), 2. Johnny Moorhouse, 3. Billy Cantrell, 4. Joe Garson, 5. Lowell Sachs, 6. Bob Hogle, 7. Frank Armi, 8. George Benson, 9. Don Weaver, 10. Ned Spath, 11. Louie Unser, 12. Dee Jones, 13. Allen Heath, 14. Jim Steele, 15. Bernie Schechter, 16. Norm Hall, 17. Johnny Baldwin, 18. Johnny Gavin. FQ: Parnelli Jones (19.720)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 16, 1963 – Danville Fairgrounds – Danville, Illinois
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Tommy Copp (Lloyd Hamm #10), 2. Ronnie Duman, 3. Jimmy Davies, 4. Harry Beck, 5. Bob Tattersall, 6. Bobby Grim, 7. Mel Kenyon, 8. Porky Rachwitz, 9. Billy Wood, 10. Mike McGreevy, 11. Chuck Marshall, 12. Bob Lithgow, 13. Chuck Rodee, 14. Dwight Brown, 15. Bud Bogard, 16. Larry Sinclair, 17. Bob Hodge, 18. Bob Wente. FQ: Harry Beck (15.940)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 16, 1963 – Kearney Bowl – Fresno, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Dean Holden (Oliver Johnson #96), 2. Parnelli Jones, 3. George Benson, 4. Don Weaver, 5. Dick Atkins, 6. Bob Burbridge, 7. Billy Cantrell, 8. Gene Gurney, 9. Norm Rapp, 10. Joe Garson, 11. Gary Koster, 12. Dempsey Wilson, 13. Ned Spath, 14. Dee Jones, 15. Tommy Winchester, 16. Dickie Deis, 17. Duane Sears, 18. Larry Ferrua. FQ: Dick Atkins (13.620)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 21, 1963 – Dixie Motor Speedway – Birch Run, Michigan
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Bob Wente (Robert Shadday #23), 2. Johnny Riva, 3. Warren Scheibe, 4. Harry Beck, 5. Mel Kenyon, 6. Jimmy Davies, 7. Russ Congdon, 8. Bob Tattersall, 9. Ronnie Duman, 10. Les Scott, 11. Jack O'Rourke, 12. Porky Rachwitz, 13. Tommy Copp, 14. Chuck Rodee, 15. Sonny Ates. FQ: Mel Kenyon (15.400)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 22, 1963 – Mount Clemens Speedway – Mount Clemens, Michigan
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Bob Wente (Robert Shadday #23), 2. Jimmy Davies, 3. Bob Tattersall, 4. Les Scott, 5. Porky Rachwitz, 6. Bobby Grim, 7. Mike McGreevy, 8. Bob McLean, 9. Russ Congdon, 10. Mel Kenyon, 11. Warren Scheibe, 12. Chuck Rodee, 13. Harry Beck, 14. Ronnie Duman, 15. Johnny Riva, 16. Ed Stanley, 17. Jack O’Rourke, 18. Tommy Copp. FQ: Bobby Grim (15.780)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 22, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Bobby Unser (Eddie Meyer #99), 2. Johnny Moorhouse, 3. Allen Heath, 4. George Benson, 5. Johnny Wood, 6. Norm Hall, 7. Don Weaver, 8. Billy Cantrell, 9. Don Horvath, 10. Lowell Sachs, 11. Bob Hogle, 12. Dick Barry, 13. Joe Garson, 14. Phil Bradley, 15. Ed Johns, 16. Russ Moynagh, 17. Willie Hunziker, 18. Jim Steele. FQ: Billy Cantrell (19.810)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 23, 1963 – Orange Show Stadium – San Bernardino, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Johnny Moorhouse (Clyde Lynch #27), 2. Don Horvath, 3. Norm Hall, 4. Billy Cantrell, 5. Johnnie Tolan, 6. Bernie Schechter, 7. Don Melton, 8. Johnny Wood, 9. Johnny Gavin, 10. Dee Jones, 11. Duane Sears, 12. John Starner, 13. Lowell Sachs, 14. Allen Heath, 15. Bobby Unser, 16. Don Weaver, 17. Bob Hogle, 18. Willie Hunziker. FQ: Billy Cantrell (16.680)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 24, 1963 – Springfield Speedway – Springfield, Illinois
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Bob Wente (Robert Shadday #23), 2. Arnie Knepper, 3. Mike McGreevy, 4. Carl Williams, 5. Jimmy Davies, 6. Mel Kenyon, 7. Harry Turner, 8. Porky Rachwitz, 9. Harry Beck, 10. Bob Tattersall, 11. Dwight Brown, 12. Teddy Dean, 13. Don Lewis, 14. Bill Puterbaugh, 15. Gene Nelson, 16. Leroy Stolle, 17. Tommy Copp, 18. Bob Hodge. FQ: Jimmy Davies (13.520)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 28, 1963 – 25th Street Fairgrounds – Columbus, Indiana
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bob Tattersall (Paul Baines #3), 2. Tommy Copp, 3. Bobby Grim, 4. Ronnie Duman, 5. Mel Kenyon, 6. Bobby Marshman, 7. Dave Norris, 8. Porky Rachwitz, 9. Mike McGreevy, 10. Russ Sweedler, 11. Harry Beck, 12. George Rodgers, 13. Bob Wente, 14. Russ Congdon, 15. Warren Scheibe, 16. Bob Hodge, 17. Les Scott, 18. Chuck Arnold. FQ: Ronnie Duman (28.160)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 29, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Johnny Moorhouse (Clyde Lynch #27), 2. Johnnie Tolan, 3. Don Horvath, 4. Allen Heath, 5. Bob Hogle, 6. Bernie Schechter, 7. Dee Jones, 8. Joe Garson, 9. Bob Behrens, 10. Jim Devitt, 11. John McKeand, 12. Billy Cantrell, 13. Ed Miller, 14. Norm Hall, 15. Lowell Sachs, 16. Don Melton, 17. Don Weaver, 18. Johnny Wood. FQ: Billy Cantrell (19.630)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 3, 1963 – Cloverleaf Speedway – Valley View, Ohio
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Chuck Rodee (Ed Loniewski #87), 2. Russ Congdon, 3. Bobby Grim, 4. Bob Wente, 5. Bob Tattersall, 6. Russ Sweedler, 7. Bob McLean, 8. Ronnie Duman, 9. Len Sutton, 10. Ed Stanley, 11. Harry Turner, 12. Bill Gallaugher, 13. Cotton Farmer, 14. Mel Kenyon, 15. Tommy Copp, 16. Harry Beck, 17. Mike McGreevy, 18. Warren Scheibe. FQ: Mel Kenyon (15.150)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 6, 1963 – Fairgrounds Speedway – Nashville, Tennessee
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Tommy Copp (Ed Pearson #21), 2. Bobby Grim, 3. Bob Wente, 4. Bob Tattersall, 5. Russ Congdon, 6. Mel Kenyon, 7. Chuck Rodee, 8. Ronnie Duman, 9. Warren Scheibe, 10. Bob McLean, 11. Harry Turner, 12. Bill Gallaugher, 13. Tom Sellberg, 14. Arnie Knepper, 15. Mike McGreevy, 16. Newt White, 17. Jimmy Davies, 18. Chuck Marshall. FQ: Mel Kenyon (15.360)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 6, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Johnny Moorhouse (Clyde Lynch #27), 2. Allen Heath, 3. Don Horvath, 4. Billy Cantrell, 5. Don Melton, 6. Joe Garson, 7. Johnny Baldwin, 8. Willie Hunziker, 9. Jim Devitt, 10. Johnnie Tolan, 11. Porky Rachwitz, 12. Phil Bradley, 13. Duane Sears, 14. Colby Scroggin, 15. Larry Ferrua, 16. Johnny Gavin, 17. Norm Hall, 18. Ray Lattie. FQ: Billy Cantrell (20.230)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 13, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Billy Cantrell (Doug Caruthers #34), 2. Don Horvath, 3. Allen Heath, 4. Porky Rachwitz, 5. Johnny Moorhouse, 6. Colby Scroggin, 7. Larry Ferrua, 8. Don Melton, 9. Dempsey Wilson, 10. Bob Behrens, 11. Johnny Gavin, 12. Bob Hogle, 13. Norm Hall, 14. Jim Steele, 15. George Benson, 16. Russ Moynagh, 17. Don Hawley, 18. Willie Hunziker. FQ: Allen Heath (20.000)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 15, 1963 – Springfield Speedway – Springfield, Illinois
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Chuck Weyant (Dick Kincaid #8), 2. Mike McGreevy, 3. Bob Wente, 4. Mel Kenyon, 5. Dwight Brown, 6. Harry Turner, 7. Tommy Copp, 8. Chuck Rodee, 9. Bill Puterbaugh, 10. Jimmy Davies, 11. Tom Sellberg, 12. Harry Beck, 13. Gene Nelson, 14. Bob Tattersall, 15. Don Lewis, 16. Arnie Knepper, 17. Jim Adair, 18. James Ford. FQ: Chuck Rodee (13.070)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 19, 1963 – Indianapolis Speedrome – Indianapolis, Indiana
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Bobby Grim (Coxie Bowman #33), 2. Mike McGreevy, 3. Mel Kenyon, 4. Johnny Riva, 5. Bob Wente, 6. Russ Congdon, 7. Johnny Rutherford, 8. Tommy Copp, 9. Bob Tattersall, 10. Chuck Rodee, 11. Ted Hartley, 12. Nick Wilhelm, 13. Harry Beck, 14. Jimmy Davies, 15. Steve Sullivan, 16. Sonny Ates, 17. Dick Northam, 18. Harry Turner. FQ: Bobby Grim (13.820)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 22, 1963 – Wall Stadium – Belmar, New Jersey
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Parnelli Jones (Howard Linne #99), 2. Bob Wente, 3. Jimmy Davies, 4. Ronnie Duman, 5. Russ Sweedler, 6. Chuck Rodee, 7. Tommy Copp, 8. Bob Harkey, 9. Roger McCluskey, 10. Mel Kenyon, 11. Gig Stephens, 12. Bobby Grim, 13. Johnny Riva, 14. Don Branson, 15. Mike McGreevy, 16. Harry Beck, 17. Bill Gallaugher, 18. Bob Lithgow. FQ: Bob Harkey (14.530)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 23, 1963 – Lebanon Valley Speedway – West Lebanon, New York
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Parnelli Jones (Howard Linne #99), 2. Don Branson, 3. Bob Wente, 4. Jimmy Davies, 5. Johnny Riva, 6. Roger McCluskey, 7. Ronnie Duman, 8. Steve Stapp, 9. Bobby Grim, 10. Mike McGreevy, 11. Chuck Rodee, 12. Tommy Copp, 13. Cotton Farmer, 14. Bob Tattersall, 15. Gig Stephens, 16. Mel Kenyon, 17. Russ Sweedler, 18. Warren Scheibe. FQ: Don Branson (25.290)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 24, 1963 – Islip Motor Speedway – Islip, New York
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Ronnie Duman (Carl Forberg #7), 2. Harry Beck, 3. Tommy Copp, 4. Jimmy Davies, 5. Bob Wente, 6. Mel Kenyon, 7. Bob Harkey, 8. Mike McGreevy, 9. Bob Tattersall, 10. Russ Sweedler, 11. Chuck Rodee, 12. Bobby Grim, 13. Warren Scheibe, 14. Roger McCluskey, 15. Steve Stapp, 16. Joe Giba, 17. Don Branson, 18. Parnelli Jones. FQ: Bob Tattersall (13.120)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 25, 1963 – Seekonk Motor Speedway – Seekonk, Massachusetts
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Chuck Rodee (Ed Loniewski #87), 2. Tommy Copp, 3. Bob Tattersall, 4. Bob Harkey, 5. Bob Wente, 6. Johnny Riva, 7. Don Branson, 8. Mike McGreevy, 9. Roger McCluskey, 10. Russ Sweedler, 11. Bobby Grim, 12. Mel Kenyon, 13. Bill Gallaugher, 14. Warren Scheibe, 15. Joe Giba, 16. Ronnie Duman, 17. Parnelli Jones, 18. Tom Sellberg. FQ: Bobby Grim (14.270)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 27, 1963 – Mount Clemens Speedway – Mount Clemens, Michigan
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Jimmy Davies (Jimmy Davies #1), 2. Bob Wente, 3. Johnny Riva, 4. Bob Tattersall, 5. Tom Sellberg, 6. Tommy Copp, 7. Warren Scheibe, 8. Harry Beck, 9. Sonny Ates, 10. Bob Lithgow, 11. Denny Keith, 12. Ed Stanley, 13. Mike McGreevy, 14. Mel Kenyon, 15. Joe Giba. FQ: Bob Wente (15.660)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 27, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Billy Cantrell (Doug Caruthers #34), 2. Johnny Moorhouse, 3. Bob Hogle, 4. Allen Heath, 5. Don Weaver, 6. Colby Scroggin, 7. Johnnie Tolan, 8. Don Hawley, 9. Lowell Sachs, 10. John Hysinger, 11. Joe Garson, 12. Dee Jones, 13. Don Horvath, 14. Russ Moynagh, 15. Duane Sears, 16. Norm Hall, 17. Dempsey Wilson, 18. Bobby Unser. FQ: Billy Cantrell (19.430)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 1, 1963 – Lake Hill Speedway – Valley Park, Missouri
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bob Wente (Robert Shadday #23), 2. Jimmy Davies, 3. Chuck Rodee, 4. Ronnie Duman, 5. Bobby Grim, 6. Dwight Brown, 7. Mel Kenyon, 8. Bob Tattersall, 9. Harry Beck, 10. Tommy Copp, 11. Arnie Knepper, 12. Bill Puterbaugh, 13. Tom Sellberg, 14. Gene Weyant, 15. Danny Frye, 16. John Batts, 17. Don Gerstner, 18. Larry Majeski. FQ: Jimmy Davies (12.440)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 2, 1963 – 25th Street Fairgrounds – Columbus, Indiana
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bobby Marshman (Harry Turner #12), 2. Jimmy Davies, 3. Roger McCluskey, 4. Bob Wente, 5. Mel Kenyon, 6. Don Branson, 7. Tommy Copp, 8. Bob Tattersall, 9. Cotton Farmer, 10. Ronnie Duman, 11. Les Scott, 12. Russ Congdon, 13. Danny Frye, 14. Wayne Woodward, 15. Bobby Grim, 16. Arnie Knepper, 17. Bob Hodge, 18. George Rodgers. FQ: Jimmy Davies (27.530)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 3, 1963 – Cloverleaf Speedway – Valley View, Ohio
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Ronnie Duman (Carl Forberg #7), 2. Chuck Rodee, 3. Eddie Johnson, 4. Jim Florian, 5. Bob Tattersall, 6. Harry Beck, 7. Cotton Farmer, 8. Les Scott, 9. Bill Gallaugher, 10. Bill Mehner, 11. Bobby Grim, 12. Ed Stanley, 13. Bob Wente, 14. Chuck Arnold, 15. Jimmy Davies, 16. Eddie Sells, 17. Russ Congdon, 18. Mel Kenyon. FQ: Chuck Rodee (15.260)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 3, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Billy Cantrell (Doug Caruthers #34), 2. Don Horvath, 3. Colby Scroggin, 4. Bob Hogle, 5. Johnny Moorhouse, 6. Joe Garson, 7. Allen Heath, 8. Don Hawley, 9. Don Weaver, 10. Norm Hall, 11. Johnnie Tolan, 12. Duane Sears, 13. Dempsey Wilson, 14. Porky Rachwitz, 15. Don Staudinger, 16. Al Gunter, 17. Jack Brunner, 18. George Cross. FQ: Bob Hogle (19.450)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 9, 1963 – Indianapolis Speedrome – Indianapolis, Indiana
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Chuck Rodee (Ed Loniewski #87), 2. Bill Mehner, 3. Parnelli Jones, 4. Johnny Rutherford, 5. Johnny White, 6. Tommy Copp, 7. Tom Sellberg, 8. Bob Wente, 9. Ronnie Duman, 10. Harry Beck, 11. Billy Wood, 12. Ted Hartley, 13. Bill Eubank, 14. Bob Tattersall, 15. Bobby Grim, 16. Russ Congdon, 17. Bud Bogard, 18. Mel Kenyon. FQ: Russ Congdon (13.890)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 10, 1963 – Soldier Field – Chicago, Illinois
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Chuck Rodee (Ed Loniewski #87), 2. Mike McGreevy, 3. Tommy Copp, 4. Frank Burany, 5. Bob Wente, 6. Bobby Grim, 7. Jimmy Davies, 8. Les Scott, 9. Mel Kenyon, 10. Johnny White, 11. Billy Wood, 12. Johnny Riva, 13. Bob Hare, 14. Harry Beck, 15. Bob McLean, 16. Ronnie Duman, 17. Jimmy Knight, 18. Bob Lithgow. FQ: Billy Wood (16.430)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 10, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Billy Cantrell (Doug Caruthers #34), 2. Johnnie Tolan, 3. Johnny Moorhouse, 4. Norm Hall, 5. Allen Heath, 6. Bob Hogle, 7. Johnny Baldwin, 8. Don Weaver, 9. Lowell Sachs, 10. Colby Scroggin, 11. Johnny Gavin, 12. Don Hawley, 13. Joe Garson, 14. Gary Hill, 15. Bobby Unser, 16. George Benson, 17. Dempsey Wilson, 18. Jack Brunner. FQ: Allen Heath (20.100)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 15, 1963 – Lake Hill Speedway – Valley Park, Missouri
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Jimmy Davies (Jimmy Davies #1), 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Chuck Rodee, 4. Bob Tattersall, 5. Ronnie Duman, 6. Tommy Copp, 7. Mike McGreevy, 8. Dwight Brown, 9. Arnie Knepper, 10. Tom Sellberg, 11. Bill Puterbaugh, 12. Jack O’Donnell, 13. Bill Cordes, 14. Bob Wente, 15. Harry Beck, 16. Danny Frye, 17. Chuck Weyant, 18. Gene Weyant. FQ: Tommy Copp (12.710)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 16, 1963 – Springfield Speedway – Springfield, Illinois
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Tommy Copp (Lloyd Hamm #10), 2. Harry Turner, 3. Chuck Rodee, 4. Ronnie Duman, 5. Dwight Brown, 6. Bob Wente, 7. Mike McGreevy, 8. Arnie Knepper, 9. Jimmy Davies, 10. Mel Kenyon, 11. Bobby Grim, 12. Johnny White, 13. Bob Tattersall, 14. Harry Beck, 15. Warren Scheibe, 16. Chuck Arnold, 17. Gary Congdon, 18. Don Lewis. FQ: Arnie Knepper (12.560)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 16, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Johnny Moorhouse (Clyde Lynch #27), 2. Don Horvath, 3. Billy Cantrell, 4. Colby Scroggin, 5. Don Weaver, 6. Buddy Lee, 7. Dee Hileman, 8. John Hysinger, 9. Larry Ferrua, 10. Lowell Sachs, 11. Phil Bradley, 12. Porky Rachwitz, 13. Don Hawley, 14. Allen Heath, 15. Bob Hogle, 16. Johnny Baldwin, 17. Johnnie Tolan, 18. Norm Hall. FQ: Billy Cantrell (19.810)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 21, 1963 – Fairbury American Legion Speedway – Fairbury, Illinois
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Parnelli Jones (Howard Linne #99), 2. Bob Wente, 3. Tommy Copp, 4. Don Branson, 5. Jimmy Davies, 6. Harry Turner, 7. Mike McGreevy, 8. Bob Tattersall, 9. Bobby Grim, 10. Mel Kenyon, 11. Bobby Marshman, 12. Tom Sellberg, 13. Chuck Rodee, 14. Billy Wood, 15. Ray Elliott, 16. Harry Beck, 17. Newt White, 18. Russ Sweedler. FQ: Jimmy Davies (15.200)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 23, 1963 – Wall Stadium – Belmar, New Jersey
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Bob Harkey (Ed Stone #19), 2. Jimmy Davies, 3. Johnny Riva, 4. Bob Wente, 5. Mel Kenyon, 6. Jim Hurtubise, 7. Mike McGreevy, 8. Tom Sellberg, 9. Chuck Rodee, 10. Bill Mehner, 11. Harry Beck, 12. Bob Tattersall, 13. Harry Turner, 14. Johnnie Tolan, 15. Tommy Copp, 16. Gig Stephens, 17. Cotton Farmer, 18. Jiggs Peters. FQ: Tommy Copp (14.540)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 24, 1963 – Islip Motor Speedway – Islip, New York
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Mike McGreevy (Porter Goff #1), 2. Tom Sellberg, 3. Jimmy Davies, 4. Mel Kenyon, 5. Chuck Rodee, 6. Tommy Copp, 7. Bob Wente, 8. Bob Tattersall, 9. Les Scott, 10. Jim Hurtubise, 11. Johnny Riva, 12. Bill Gallaugher, 13. Bill Mehner, 14. Bud Tingelstad, 15. Ronnie Duman, 16. Harry Beck, 17. Bob Harkey, 18. Denny Keith. FQ: Chuck Rodee (13.090)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 24, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Don Horvath (Don Horvath #8), 2. Johnny Moorhouse, 3. Bob Hogle, 4. Porky Rachwitz, 5. Phil Bradley, 6. Johnny Gavin, 7. Lowell Sachs, 8. Bob Coulter, 9. Norm Hall, 10. Walt Kennedy, 11. Jack Brunner, 12. Don Weaver, 13. Joe Garson, 14. Dick Barry, 15. Billy Cantrell, 16. Colby Scroggin, 17. Dempsey Wilson, 18. Don Hawley. FQ: Don Horvath (20.050)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 25, 1963 – Watkins Glen International – Watkins Glen, New York
FEATURE: (100 miles) 1. Eddie Johnson (Jerry Zeelo #21), 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Bud Tingelstad, 4. Tommy Copp, 5. Gig Stephens, 6. Herb Swan, 7. Bill Mehner, 8. Johnny Riva, 9. Les Scott, 10. Cotton Farmer, 11. Ronnie Duman, 12. Mike McGreevy, 13. Harry Beck, 14. Tom Sellberg, 15. Ed Stanley, 16. Jack O’Donnell, 17. Bob Harkey, 18. Bob Hare, 19. Jim Smith, 20. Don Reidelberger, 21. Chuck Rodee, 22. Bob Tattersall, 23. Bob Wente, 24. Bill Gallaugher, 25. Jimmy Davies, 26. Gil Michaels. FQ: Eddie Johnson
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 31, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Don Horvath (Don Horvath #8), 2. Billy Cantrell, 3. Johnny Baldwin, 4. Colby Scroggin, 5. Bob Hogle, 6. Mike McGreevy, 7. Don Hawley, 8. Joe Garson, 9. Norm Hall, 10. Russ Moynagh, 11. Duane Sears, 12. Bernie Schechter, 13. Don Weaver, 14. Paul Jones, 15. Bob Behrens, 16. Porky Rachwitz, 17. Don Staudinger, 18. Dempsey Wilson. FQ: Billy Cantrell (19.930)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 2, 1963 – Ohio State Fairgrounds – Columbus, Ohio
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Bob Wente (Robert Shadday #23), 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Jimmy Davies, 4. Jim Florian, 5. Eddie Johnson, 6. Ronnie Duman, 7. Chuck Rodee, 8. Chuck Marshall, 9. Denny Keith, 10. Bob Lithgow, 11. Russ Congdon, 12. Tom Sellberg, 13. Jack O’Rourke, 14. Danny Frye, 15. Harry Beck, 16. Dwight Brown, 17. Les Scott, 18. Tommy Copp. FQ: Dwight Brown (25.600)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 7, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Billy Cantrell (Doug Caruthers #34), 2. Parnelli Jones, 3. Allen Heath, 4. Don Horvath, 5. Bob Hogle, 6. Don Hawley, 7. Jimmy Davies, 8. Lowell Sachs, 9. Norm Hall, 10. Don Weaver, 11. Joe Garson, 12. Skee Redican, 13. George Benson, 14. Colby Scroggin, 15. Don Staudinger, 16. Dempsey Wilson, 17. Phil Bradley, 18. Jack Brunner. FQ: Don Weaver (19.680)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 13, 1963 – Sun Valley Speedway – Anderson, Indiana
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Johnny White (Ralph Wilke & Gus Wesell #4), 2. Chuck Rodee, 3. Tommy Copp, 4. Johnny Riva, 5. Bob Wente, 6. Russ Congdon, 7. Mel Kenyon, 8. Ronnie Duman, 9. Bill Mehner, 10. Bobby Grim, 11. Harry Beck, 12. Tony Lenti, 13. Bob Tattersall, 14. Billy Wood, 15. Denny Keith, 16. George Amick, 17. Bob McLean, 18. Chuck Arnold. FQ: Russ Congdon (13.590)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 14, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) , 1. Johnny Moorhouse (Clyde Lynch #27), 2. Allen Heath, 3. Don Horvath, 4. Lowell Sachs, 5. Dempsey Wilson, 6. Porky Rachwitz, 7. Bob Coulter, 8. Norm Hall, 9. Buddy Lee, 10. Russ Moynagh, 11. Jim Steele, 12. Joe Garson, 13. Skee Redican, 14. Don Weaver, 15. Walt Kennedy, 16. Duane Sears, 17. Don Hawley, 18. Paul Jones. FQ: Don Horvath (20.290)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 22, 1963 – Champaign-Urbana Fairgrounds – Champaign, Illinois
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bobby Grim (Coxie Bowman #33), 2. Chuck Weyant, 3. Jimmy Davies, 4. Mel Kenyon, 5. Tommy Copp, 6. Billy Wood, 7. Bob McLean, 8. Bill Horstmeyer, 9. Arnie Knepper, 10. Harry Beck, 11. Les Scott, 12. Keith Thomas, 13. Denny Keith, 14. Gene Weyant, 15. Don Lewis, 16. Danny Frye, 17. Russ Congdon, 18. Todd Barton. FQ: Chuck Weyant (25.140)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 27, 1963 – Lancaster Fairgrounds – Lancaster, California
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Billy Cantrell (Doug Caruthers #34), 2. Don Hawley, 3. Don Horvath, 4. Bobby Unser, 5. Lowell Sachs, 6. Porky Rachwitz, 7. Mike McGreevy, 8. Bernie Schechter, 9. Ernie Abels, 10. Jim Devitt, 11. Duane Sears, 12. Tommy Copp, 13. Don Morgan, 14. Skee Redican, 15. Jimmy Davies, 16. Gary Hill, 17. Russ Moynagh, 18. Allen Heath. FQ: Bobby Unser (17.420)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 28, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Jimmy Davies (Walt Schweitzer #36), 2. Don Horvath, 3. Allen Heath, 4. Bobby Unser, 5. Tommy Copp, 6. Tom Sellberg, 7. Lowell Sachs, 8. Mike McGreevy, 9. Norm Hall, 10. Colby Scroggin, 11. Russ Moynagh, 12. Duane Sears, 13. Don Hawley, 14. Dempsey Wilson, 15. Don Weaver, 16. John McKeand, 17. Billy Cantrell, 18. Bob Hogle. FQ: Billy Cantrell (18.020)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 5, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Billy Cantrell (Doug Caruthers #34), 2. Jimmy Davies, 3. Allen Heath, 4. Bobby Unser, 5. Dempsey Wilson, 6. Norm Hall, 7. Lowell Sachs, 8. Mike McGreevy, 9. Don Horvath, 10. Colby Scroggin, 11. Bob Mathouser, 12. Walt Kennedy, 13. Don Weaver, 14. Bernie Schechter, 15. Johnny Moorhouse, 16. Don Meacham, 17. Skee Redican, 18. Porky Rachwitz. FQ: Lowell Sachs (17.820)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 6, 1963 – Terre Haute Action Track – Terre Haute, Indiana – Hut 100
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Bob Wente (Robert Shadday #23), 2. Jim Hurtubise, 3. Billy Wood, 4. Tommy Copp, 5. Bud Tingelstad, 6. Arnie Knepper, 7. Don Branson, 8. Dwight Brown, 9. Bobby Marshman, 10. Mel Kenyon, 11. Bob Tattersall, 12. Bobby Grim, 13. Bob Harkey, 14. Ray Elliott, 15. Gil Michaels, 16. Roger McCluskey, 17. Denny Keith, 18. Les Scott, 19. Bob McLean, 20. Johnny White, 21. Chuck Rodee, 22. Johnny Rutherford, 23. Chuck Hulse, 24. Russ Congdon. FQ: Dwight Brown (26.330)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 12, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Allen Heath (Don Kischell #23), 2. Jimmy Davies, 3. Don Horvath, 4. Tommy Copp, 5. Mel Kenyon, 6. Lowell Sachs, 7. Johnnie Tolan, 8. Norm Hall, 9. Mike McGreevy, 10. Bernie Schechter, 11. Bob Behrens, 12. Parnelli Jones, 13. Billy Cantrell, 14. George Benson, 15. Bobby Unser, 16. Duane Sears, 17. Porky Rachwitz, 18. Johnny Moorhouse. FQ: Parnelli Jones (17.610)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 16, 1963 – Speedway Park – Albuquerque, New Mexico
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Bobby Unser (Jim Gary #50), 2. Chuck Rodee, 3. Bob Wente, 4. Mel Kenyon, 5. Bob Tattersall, 6. Jimmy Davies, 7. Bobby Grim, 8. Buddy Taylor, 9. Mike McGreevy, 10. Al Unser, 11. Dee Hileman, 12. Carl Williams, 13. Johnny Capels, 14. Billy Cantrell, 15. Parnelli Jones, 16. Frank Mantello, 17. Tommy Copp, 18. Roger McCluskey. FQ: Jimmy Davies (17.080)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 19, 1963 – Tucson Motor Speedway – Tucson, Arizona
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Bob Wente (Robert Shadday #23), 2. Bobby Unser, 3. Parnelli Jones, 4. Tommy Copp, 5. Bud Tingelstad, 6. Chuck Rodee, 7. Jimmy Davies, 8. Bob Tattersall, 9. Johnnie Tolan, 10. Bobby Grim, 11. Roger McCluskey, 12. Carl Williams, 13. Skee Redican, 14. Colby Scroggin, 15. Mel Kenyon, 16. Dempsey Wilson, 17. Billy Cantrell, 18. Al Gunter. FQ: Parnelli Jones (16.290)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 19, 1963 – Manzanita Speedway – Phoenix, Arizona
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Billy Cantrell (Doug Caruthers #34), 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Chuck Rodee, 4. Jimmy Davies, 5. Don Horvath, 6. Colby Scroggin, 7. Norm Hall, 8. Tommy Copp, 9. Bobby Grim, 10. Buddy Taylor, 11. Bob Wente, 12. Parnelli Jones, 13. Dee Jones, 14. Walt Kennedy, 15. Mike McGreevy, 16. Carl Williams, 17. Roger McCluskey, 18. Allen Heath. FQ: Parnelli Jones (23.870)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 20, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Tommy Copp (Eddie Meyer #99), 2. Billy Cantrell, 3. Bob Wente, 4. Don Horvath, 5. Chuck Rodee, 6. Bob Tattersall, 7. Roger McCluskey, 8. Mike McGreevy, 9. Bobby Grim, 10. Lowell Sachs, 11. Joe Garson, 12. Dick Barry, 13. Allen Heath, 14. Walt Kennedy, 15. Colby Scroggin, 16. Parnelli Jones, 17. Jimmy Davies, 18. Phil Bradley. FQ: Parnelli Jones (17.600)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: November 28, 1963 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California – Turkey Night Grand Prix
FEATURE: (150 laps) 1. Mel Kenyon (Don & Mel Kenyon #61), 2. Tommy Copp, 3. Parnelli Jones, 4. Tom Sellberg, 5. Johnnie Tolan, 6. Allen Heath, 7. Bob Tattersall, 8. Colby Scroggin, 9. Johnny Moorhouse, 10. Russ Sweedler, 11. Norm Hall, 12. Dick Barry, 13. Johnny Baldwin, 14. Don Horvath, 15. Gene Brown, 16. Bobby Unser, 17. Duane Sears, 18. Roger McCluskey, 19. Joe Garson, 20. Bob Coulter, 21. Jimmy Davies, 22. Dempsey Wilson, 23. Carl Williams, 24. Billy Cantrell. FQ: Jimmy Davies (23.540)
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: November 30, 1963 – Cincinnati Gardens – Cincinnati, Ohio
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Bob Wente (Bob Higman #67), 2. Ronnie Duman, 3. Mel Kenyon, 4. Chuck Rodee, 5. Dick Northam, 6. Henry Pens, 7. Bobby Grim, 8. Ed Stanley, 9. Russ Congdon, 10. Bud Tingelstad. FQ: Ronnie Duman (7.840)
