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1965 American 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 54 of 55
Sunday, October 31, 1965 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:54:17
Average Speed: 101.942 mph
Pole Speed: 116.26 mph

Cautions: 8 for 55 laps
Margin of Victory: 11 sec
Attendance: 35,000
Lead changes: 16

Glossary 1965 NASCAR Grand National results / 1965 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	4	41	Curtis Turner	Harvest-Ford (Wood Brothers)	'65 Ford	500	13,090	running	239
2	7	27	Cale Yarborough	Abingdon Motor (Banjo Matthews)	'65 Ford	500	6,450	running	49
3	5	21	Marvin Panch	Harvest Motors (Wood Brothers)	'65 Ford	498	4,010	running	32
4	17	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'64 Ford	490	2,450	running	0
5	9	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'65 Plymouth	486	2,000	running	84
6	13	19	J.T. Putney	Herman Beam	'65 Chevrolet	482	1,300	running	0
7	8	29	Dick Hutcherson	East Tenn. Motor Co. (Holman-Moody)	'65 Ford	475	1,150	running	0
8	15	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'64 Ford	468	1,100	running	0
9	25	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'65 Chevrolet	468	1,150	running	0
10	24	56	Paul Lewis	Curtis Larimer	'64 Ford	459	1,000	running	0
11	21	44	Larry Hess	Larry Hess	'64 Ford	457	845	running	0
12	18	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'64 Pontiac	448	870	running	0
13	41	83	Worth McMillion	Allen McMillion	'65 Pontiac	439	810	running	0
14	36	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith	'65 Chevrolet	434	805	running	0
15	35	97	Jimmy Helms	Gene Cline	'64 Ford	434	785	running	0
16	12	11	Ned Jarrett	Richmond Ford Motor Co. (Bondy Long)	'65 Ford	425	720	wheel bearing	0
17	38	68	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington	'63 Ford	414	730	running	0
18	19	25	Jabe Thomas	Jabe Thomas	'64 Ford	408	715	running	0
19	30	88	Neil Castles	Buck Baker	'64 Dodge	408	675	running	0
20	34	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'63 Ford	385	680	running	0
21	10	35	Bobby Isaac	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'65 Dodge	341	735	engine	11
22	29	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes	'63 Chevrolet	305	625	valve	0
23	11	24	Sam McQuagg	Betty Lilly	'65 Ford	254	640	engine	0
24	14	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'65 Plymouth	253	605	crash	0
25	3	6	David Pearson	Southeastern Dodge Dealers (Cotton Owens)	'65 Dodge	234	645	engine	0
26	42	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'65 Chevrolet	228	590	grease seal	0
27	6	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	'65 Ford	214	585	engine	0
28	22	57	Lionel Johnson	Clay Eastridge	'64 Ford	200	580	clutch	0
29	16	17	Junior Spencer	Jerry Mullins	'64 Ford	194	575	a frame	0
30	37	52	E.J. Trivette	Jess Potter	'63 Chevrolet	183	600	fuel tank	0
31	27	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'65 Chevrolet	166	590	axle	0
32	2	26	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson	'65 Ford	154	1,100	engine	85
33	20	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton	'65 Chevrolet	113	555	oil pressure	0
34	26	59	Tom Pistone	Glen Sweet	'64 Ford	90	600	engine	0
35	32	02	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper	'65 Chevrolet	79	645	engine	0
36	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'65 Plymouth	58	1,240	crash	0
37	40	89	Darrell Bryant	Buck Baker	'65 Oldsmobile	57	555	no tires	0
38	28	75	Gene Black	C.L. Crawford	'64 Ford	52	530	crash	0
39	39	1	Rene Charland	Herman Beam	'64 Ford	18	550	oil pressure	0
40	33	63	Don Hume	Don Hume	'63 Ford	13	570	brakes	0
41	43	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'64 Dodge	5	515	oil leak	0
42	23	48	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'64 Ford	1	510	crash	0
43	31	10	Darel Dieringer	Gary Weaver	'64 Ford	0	705	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Junior Johnson	1	45	45
Curtis Turner	46	46	1
Marvin Panch	47	48	2
Junior Johnson	49	81	33
Bobby Isaac	82	82	1
Junior Johnson	83	89	7
Bobby Isaac	90	99	10
Curtis Turner	100	145	46
Marvin Panch	146	175	30
Curtis Turner	176	275	100
Jim Paschal	276	359	84
Curtis Turner	360	364	5
Cale Yarborough	365	378	14
Curtis Turner	379	438	60
Cale Yarborough	439	473	35
Curtis Turner	474	500	27

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