Golden State 400 1963 var ett stockcarlopp ingående i Nascar Grand National Series (nuvarande Nascar Cup Series) som kördes 3 november 1963 på den 2,7 mile (4,345 km) långa road course-banan Riverside International Raceway i Riverside i Kalifornien. Totalt avverkades 399,6 miles (643,094 km) fördelat på 148 varv. Banunderlaget var asfalt. Loppet vanns av Darel Dieringer i en Mercury på tiden 4:21.37 körande för Stroppe Motorsports. Dieringers snitthastighet uppgick till 91,465 mph. Han var vid målgång ensam förare på ledarvarvet, ett varv före tvåan Dave MacDonald. Det var Dieringers första seger av totalt sju i cup-serien. Prispotten uppgick till 33 780 dollar, varav 7 875 dollar gick till segraren.
| Plc | Nr | Förare | Team/ bilägare |
Konstruktör | Start | Varv | Ledda varv | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Darel Dieringer | Stroppe Motorsports | Mercury | 3 | 148 | 35 | |
| 2 | 21 | Dave MacDonald | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 6 | 147 | 92 | |
| 3 | 121 | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 1 | 147 | 1 | |
| 4 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Holman Moody | Ford | 2 | 147 | 0 | |
| 5 | 26 | Junior Johnson | Stroppe Motorsports | Mercury | 19 | 145 | 0 | |
| 6 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith | Plymouth | 15 | 144 | 0 | |
| 7 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Mercury | 9 | 143 | 0 | |
| 8 | 62 | Bill Amick | Dick Niles | Mercury | 22 | 142 | 0 | |
| 9 | 18 | Bob Ross | i.u. | Mercury | 70 | 140 | 0 | |
| 10 | 97 | Ron Hornaday | Frank Galpin | Ford | 33 | 140 | 0 | |
| 11 | 281 | Ken Miles | Holman Moody | Ford | 10 | 139 | 0 | |
| 12 | 33 | Clem Proctor | Clem Proctor | Pontiac | 8 | 138 | 0 | |
| 13 | 6 | David Pearson | Owens Racing | Dodge | 12 | 136 | 0 | |
| 14 | 15 | Bill Clifton | Bill Clifton | Ford | 27 | 136 | 0 | |
| 15 | 77 | Marvin Porter | Vel Miletich | Ford | 14 | 135 | 0 | |
| 16 | 211 | Pete Brock | i.u. | Mercury | 26 | 134 | 0 | |
| 17 | 88 | Don Noel | Frank Galpin | Ford | 21 | 133 | 0 | |
| 18 | 72 | Jim Cook | i.u. | Ford | 24 | 131 | 0 | |
| 19 | 44 | Lloyd Dane | Bob Kitchell | Ford | 38 | 131 | 0 | |
| 20 | 98 | Eddie Gray | i.u. | Mercury | 20 | 131 | 0 | |
| 21 | 7 | Dick Mitchell | i.u. | Mercury | 31 | 126 | 0 | |
| 22 | 2 | Jimmy Pardue | Cliff Stewart Racing | Pontiac | 23 | 117 | 0 | |
| 23 | 61 | Bob Perry | i.u. | Oldsmobile | 29 | 112 | 0 | |
| 24 | 13 | Gene Davis | i.u. | Ford | 36 | 95 | 0 | |
| 25 | 58 | Oren Prosser | Oren Prosser | Pontiac | 25 | 95 | 0 | |
| 26 | 02 | Skip Hudson | i.u. | Dodge | 17 | 75 | 0 | |
| 27 | 40 | Chuck Shove | i.u. | Chevrolet | 41 | 74 | 0 | |
| 28 | 162 | Scotty Cain | Scotty Cain | Ford | 30 | 67 | 0 | |
| 29 | 0 | Bob Bondurant | Bob Bondurant | Chevrolet | 35 | 44 | 0 | |
| 30 | 12 | Frank Deiny | i.u. | Ford | 39 | 44 | 0 | |
| 31 | 1 | Paul Goldsmith | Nichels Engineering | Plymouth | 16 | 42 | 0 | |
| 32 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Holman Moody | Ford | 4 | 25 | 20 | |
| 33 | 5 | Billy Wade | Owens Racing | Dodge | 13 | 23 | 0 | |
| 34 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Burton-Robinson | Ford | 7 | 21 | 0 | |
| 35 | 29 | Augie Pabst | Holman Moody | Ford | 18 | 18 | 0 | |
| 36 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Plymouth | 11 | 5 | 0 | |
| 37 | 4 | Rex White | Rex White | Mercury | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 38 | 771 | Jack McCoy | i.u. | Plymouth | 28 | 1 | 0 | |
| 39 | 64 | Al Self | Al Self | Ford | 37 | 1 | 0 | |
| 40 | 20 | Al Brand | i.u. | Chevrolet | 32 | 1 | 0 | |
| 41 | 48 | Bruce Worrell | Coz Concilla | Chevrolet | 34 | 1 | 0 | |
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