1965 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Southern 500 Race Results

NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race

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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

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1965 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/6/1965
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 137.528 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 44
Average Race Speed - 115.87 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $72,165
Race Number - 45

More Races from 1965

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	10	Ned Jarrett	11	Bondy Long	364	65 Ford	62	$21,060
2	14	Buck Baker	86	Buck Baker	350	65 Plymout	0	$9,170
3	5	Darel Dieringer	16	Mercury (Bud Moore)	345	64 Mercury	199	$7,200
4	33	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	345	65 Chevrol	0	$3,225
5	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	344	64 Dodge	0	$2,400
6	22	HB Bailey	4	HB Bailey	340	64 Pontiac	0	$1,750
7	31	Stick Elliott	18	Toy Bolton	336	65 Chevrol	0	$1,500
8	41	Frank Warren	79	Harold Rhodes	334	63 Chevrol	0	$1,250
9	19	JT Putney	19	Herman Beam	328	65 Chevrol	0	$1,000
10	44	Wendell Scott	57	Clay Eastridge	320	64 Ford	0	$900
11	2	Fred Lorenzen	28	HolmanMoody	319	65 Ford	57	$1,550
12	37	Jimmy Helms	53	David Warren	316	63 Ford	0	$800
13	42	Bob Derrington	68	Bob Derrington	311	63 Ford	0	$775
14	18	Paul Lewis	1	Paul Lewis	308	64 Ford	0	$750
15	39	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	304	65 Chevrol	0	$725
16	40	EJ Trivette	52	Jess Potter	302	63 Chevrol	0	$700
17	16	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	301	64 Pontiac	2	$695
18	32	Don Hume	63	Don Hume	298	63 Ford	0	$650
19	6	Dick Hutcherson	29	HolmanMoody	293	65 Ford	0	$625
20	20	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	293	64 Ford	0	$620
21	35	Larry Hess	44	Larry Hess	261	64 Ford	0	$615
22	7	Jim Paschal	41	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	230	65 Chevrol	9	$710
23	34	Bud Harless	7	Bud Harless	222	64 Ford	0	$605
24	38	Gene Black	75	CL Crawford	197	64 Ford	0	$600
25	30	Neil Castles	72	Bill Champion	173	64 Ford	0	$595
26	15	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	156	64 Ford	0	$590
27	25	LeeRoy Yarbrough	3	Ray Fox	134	65 Chevrol	0	$635
28	17	Buddy Baker	87	Buck Baker	123	65 Chevrol	0	$580
29	11	Sam McQuagg	24	Betty Lilly	118	65 Ford	31	$1,015
30	9	Cale Yarborough	27	Abindgon Motor Co Ford (Banjo Matthews)	118	65 Ford	2	$830
31	12	Bunkie Blackburn	33	Ray Fox	109	65 Chevrol	0	$695
32	4	Earl Balmer	15	Bud Moore	94	64 Mercury	2	$580
33	29	Doug Cooper	2	Bob Cooper	85	65 Chevrol	0	$555
34	13	Junior Spencer	17	Jerry Mullins	79	64 Ford	0	$620
35	8	Curtis Turner	14	Sam Fletcher	51	65 Plymout	0	$545
36	27	Bobby Wawak	4	Bobby Wawak	46	64 Mercury	0	$560
37	3	Marvin Panch	21	Wood Brothers	42	65 Ford	0	$605
38	43	Henley Gray	97	Gene Cline	29	64 Ford	0	$530
39	26	Tiny Lund	55	Lyle Stelter	25	64 Ford	0	$555
40	28	Bud Moore	25	Jabe Thomas	9	64 Ford	0	$520
41	36	Bert Robbins	0	Emory Gilliam	3	64 Ford	0	$515
42	21	Buren Skeen	23	Hill Motor Co (Reid Shaw)	2	64 Ford	0	$510
43	23	Reb Wickersham	3	Ray Underwood	2	65 Ford	0	$505
44	1	Junior Johnson	26	Junior Johnson	1	65 Ford	0	$750