1965 - NASCAR Grand National Series - American 500 Race Results

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1965 - American 500 Race Results

Race Name - American 500
Date - 10/31/1965
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 116.26 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 55
Average Race Speed - 101.94 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $56,180
Race Number - 54

More Races from 1965

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Curtis Turner	41	Wood Brothers	500	65 Ford	239	$13,090
2	7	Cale Yarborough	27	Banjo Matthews	500	65 Ford	49	$6,450
3	5	Marvin Panch	21	Wood Brothers	498	65 Ford	32	$4,010
4	17	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	490	64 Ford	0	$2,450
5	9	Jim Paschal	42	Petty Enterprises	486	65 Plymout	84	$2,000
6	13	JT Putney	19	Herman Beam	482	65 Chevrol	0	$1,300
7	8	Dick Hutcherson	29	HolmanMoody	475	65 Ford	0	$1,150
8	15	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	468	64 Ford	0	$1,100
9	25	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	468	65 Chevrol	0	$1,150
10	24	Paul Lewis	56	Curtis Larimer	459	64 Ford	0	$1,000
11	21	Larry Hess	44	Larry Hess	457	64 Ford	0	$845
12	18	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	448	64 Pontiac	0	$870
13	41	Worth McMillion	83	Allen McMillion	439	65 Pontiac	0	$810
14	36	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	434	65 Chevrol	0	$805
15	35	Jimmy Helms	97	Gene Cline	434	64 Ford	0	$785
16	12	Ned Jarrett	11	Bondy Long	425	65 Ford	0	$720
17	38	Bob Derrington	68	Bob Derrington	414	63 Ford	0	$730
18	19	Jabe Thomas	25	Jabe Thomas	408	64 Ford	0	$715
19	30	Neil Castles	88	Buck Baker	408	64 Dodge	0	$675
20	34	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	385	63 Ford	0	$680
21	10	Bobby Isaac	35	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	341	65 Dodge	11	$735
22	29	Frank Warren	79	Harold Rhodes	305	63 Chevrol	0	$625
23	11	Sam McQuagg	24	Betty Lilly	254	65 Ford	0	$640
24	14	Buddy Baker	86	Buck Baker	253	65 Plymout	0	$605
25	3	David Pearson	6	Cotton Owens	234	65 Dodge	0	$645
26	42	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	228	65 Chevrol	0	$590
27	6	Fred Lorenzen	28	HolmanMoody	214	65 Ford	0	$585
28	22	Lionel Johnson	57	Clay Eastridge	200	64 Ford	0	$580
29	16	Junior Spencer	17	Jerry Mullins	194	64 Ford	0	$575
30	37	EJ Trivette	52	Jess Potter	183	63 Chevrol	0	$600
31	27	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	166	65 Chevrol	0	$590
32	2	Junior Johnson	26	Junior Johnson	154	65 Ford	85	$1,100
33	20	Stick Elliott	18	Toy Bolton	113	65 Chevrol	0	$555
34	26	Tom Pistone	59	Glen Sweet	90	64 Ford	0	$600
35	32	Doug Cooper	2	Bob Cooper	79	65 Chevrol	0	$645
36	1	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	58	65 Plymout	0	$1,240
37	40	Darrell Bryant	89	Buck Baker	57	65 Oldsmob	0	$555
38	28	Gene Black	75	CL Crawford	52	64 Ford	0	$530
39	39	Rene Charland	1	Herman Beam	18	64 Ford	0	$550
40	33	Don Hume	63	Don Hume	13	63 Ford	0	$570
41	43	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	5	64 Dodge	0	$515
42	23	John Sears	48	LG DeWitt	1	64 Ford	0	$510
43	31	Darel Dieringer	10	Gary Weaver	0	64 Ford	0	$705