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1965 Wilkes 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 51 of 55 Sunday, October 3, 1965 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:48:55 Average speed: 88.801 mph Pole speed: 101.58 mph Cautions: 5 for 36 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 15000 Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1965 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1965 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 5 26   Junior Johnson Holly Farms Poultry   (Junior Johnson) '65 Ford 400 4475 running 204 2 6 27   Cale Yarborough Banjo Matthews '65 Ford 398 2125 running 6 3 7 11   Ned Jarrett Bondy Long '65 Ford 398 1275 running 0 4 4 6   David Pearson Cotton Owens '65 Dodge 397 825 running 0 5 11 47   Curtis Turner Wood Brothers '65 Ford 396 675 running 0 6 8 21   Marvin Panch Wood Brothers '65 Ford 396 525 running 0 7 10 17   Junior Spencer Jerry Mullins '64 Ford 394 475 running 0 8 21 59   Tom Pistone Glen Sweet '64 Ford 393 500 running 0 9 12 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '64 Ford 392 400 running 0 10 17 88   Buddy Baker Buck Baker '64 Dodge 389 325 running 0 11 19 19   J.T. Putney Herman Beam '65 Chevrolet 387 300 running 0 12 16 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '65 Chevrolet 386 275 running 0 13 22 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '63 Ford 375 300 running 0 14 15 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '64 Ford 349 225 running 0 15 24 02   Doug Cooper Bob Cooper '65 Chevrolet 349 200 running 0 16 23 46   Roy Mayne Tom Hunter '65 Chevrolet 318 225 engine 0 17 33 75   Gene Black C.L. Crawford '64 Ford 311 175 running 0 18 14 10   Darel Dieringer Gary Weaver '64 Ford 308 200 clutch 0 19 1 28   Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody Racing '65 Ford 219 550 engine 190 20 29 52   E.J. Trivette Jess Potter '63 Chevrolet 215 200 differential 0 21 28 38   Wayne Smith Archie Smith '65 Chevrolet 211 175 steering 0 22 18 56   Paul Lewis Curtis Larimer '63 Ford 198 175 engine 0 23 31 53   Jimmy Helms David Warren '63 Ford 174 150 vibration 0 24 26 25   Jabe Thomas Jabe Thomas '64 Ford 154 175 oil leak 0 25 20 7   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '64 Pontiac 119 175 push rod 0 26 34 81   Frank Weathers Joe Keistler '63 Dodge 119 150 handling 0 27 25 89   Neil Castles Buck Baker '65 Oldsmobile 98 175 axle 0 28 13 06   Sam McQuagg Kenny Myler '64 Ford 93 175 gas tank 0 29 32 97   Henley Gray Gene Cline '64 Ford 82 150 crash 0 30 27 68   Bob Derrington Bob Derrington '63 Ford 82 175 a frame 0 31 30 9   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '65 Chevrolet 35 175 engine 0 32 3 29   Dick Hutcherson Holman-Moody Racing '65 Ford 14 175 crash 0 33 2 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '65 Plymouth 14 450 crash 0 34 9 35   Bobby Isaac Nichels Engineering   (Ray Nichels) '65 Dodge 14 175 crash 0 35 35 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington '64 Dodge 13 150 crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Fred Lorenzen 1 190 190   Junior Johnson 191 310 120   Cale Yarborough 311 316 6   Junior Johnson 317 400 84