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NASCAR Grand National race number 1 of 55
January 17, 1965 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
185 laps on a 2.700 mile road course (499.5 miles)

Time of race: 5:41:42
Average Speed: 87.708 mph
Pole Speed: 102.846 mph

Cautions: 2
Margin of Victory: 27 sec
Attendance: 61,474
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1965 NASCAR Grand National results / 1965 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	11	121	Dan Gurney	Augusta Motor Sales (Wood Brothers)	'65 Ford	185	13,625	running	126
2	1	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms Poultry (Junior Johnson)	'65 Ford	185	7,310	running	11
3	5	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers	'65 Ford	184	4,075	running	0
4	16	06	Darel Dieringer		'65 Ford	181	2,625	running	0
5	15	5	Gene Davis	Bill Groves	'64 Mercury	177	1,850	running	0
6	35	98	Eddie Gray	Ralph Shelton	'64 Mercury	176	1,300	running	0
7	8	45	Scotty Cain	Bill Clinton	'64 Mercury	172	1,175	running	0
8	37	17	Sam Stanley	Irwin Sandlin	'64 Mercury	172	1,050	running	0
9	18	88	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'64 Dodge	171	1,025	running	0
10	12	00	A.J. Foyt	Holman-Moody	'65 Ford	169	1,035	crash	12
11	17	12	Jerry Grant	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'63 Ford	167	830	running	0
12	22	4	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'64 Chevrolet	164	650	running	0
13	38	0	Nat Reeder	Nat Reeder	'64 Chevrolet	160	625	fuel	0
14	23	6	Ed Brown	Coz Concilla	'64 Oldsmobile	151	605	running	0
15	20	100	Dick Guldstrand	Bob McDonald	'63 Chevrolet	151	615	running	0
16	36	711	Bob Connor	Howard York	'63 Mercury	115	580	clutch	0
17	28	71	Sam McQuagg	James Thomas	'63 Ford	97	575	differential	0
18	6	9	Bill Amick	Dick Niles	'64 Mercury	95	620	engine	0
19	3	11	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long	'65 Ford	94	765	fire	0
20	13	1	Skip Hudson		'64 Ford	90	635	engine	0
21	33	43	Fritz Wilson	Fritz Wilson	'64 Plymouth	84	550	engine	0
22	21	60	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper	'64 Ford	80	540	overheating	0
23	14	76	Larry Frank	Larry Frank	'64 Ford	65	580	running	0
24	4	28	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette (Holman-Moody)	'65 Ford	55	625	overheating	0
25	25	58	Doug Moore	Doug Moore	'64 Ford	51	525	transmission	0
26	30	84	Al Self	Al Self	'64 Ford	49	500	engine	0
27	9	611	Dick Bown	Dick Bown	'65 Plymouth	47	525	engine	0
28	10	33	Bob Bondurant	Clem Proctor	'64 Ford	47	520	wheel cylinder	0
29	41	2	Bobby Allison	Southern Racing (Bobby Allison)	'64 Ford	41	500	overheating	0
30	32	14	Joe Clark	Bob Bristol	'64 Mercury	41	500	driveshaft	0
31	7	29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman-Moody	'65 Ford	40	525	overheating	0
32	2	15	Parnelli Jones	Mercury (Bill Stroppe)	'64 Mercury	37	980	valves	36
33	19	67	Jim Cook	Floyd Johnson	'64 Mercury	36	550	engine	0
34	39	19	Bob Thompson		'64 Mercury	26	500	engine	0
35	40	18	Bill Boldt		'63 Mercury	19	500	engine	0
36	31	20	Bill Meyer		'63 Ford	19	500	engine	0
37	26	111	Johnny Steele	Johnny Steele	'63 Ford	16	500	engine	0
38	34	10	Don Walker		'63 Ford	14	500	transmission	0
39	24	53	Billy Cantrell		'63 Chevrolet	2	500	overheating	0
40	42	38	Charles Powell		'62 Pontiac	1	500	engine	0
41	29	48	Bruce Worrell	Bruce Worrell	'63 Chevrolet	1	500	transmission	0
42	27	61	Dana Hall		'64 Pontiac	1	500	transmission	0
43	43	23	Bob Perry	Bob Perry	'63 Mercury	1	500	transmission	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Parnelli Jones	1	36	36
Junior Johnson	37	38	2
Dan Gurney	39	81	43
Junior Johnson	82	90	9
Dan Gurney	91	116	26
A.J. Foyt	117	128	12
Dan Gurney	129	185	57

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