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1965 Firecracker 400

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NASCAR Grand National race number 29 of 55
Sunday, July 4, 1965 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:39:57
Average speed: 150.046 mph
Pole speed: 171.51 mph

Cautions: 3 for 20 laps
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 33467
Lead changes: 19

Glossary 1965 NASCAR Grand National results / 1965 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	11	41	A.J. Foyt	Bunnell Motor Co. (Wood Brothers)	'65 Ford	160	8500	running	30
2	12	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'65 Plymouth	160	5400	running	0
3	14	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'64 Ford	158	4200	running	0
4	28	19	J.T. Putney	Herman Beam	'65 Chevrolet	153	2525	running	0
5	24	88	Neil Castles	Buck Baker	'64 Dodge	152	1725	running	0
6	27	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'65 Chevrolet	152	1525	running	0
7	15	44	Larry Hess	Larry Hess	'64 Ford	151	1300	running	0
8	19	03	Reb Wickersham	Ray Underwood	'65 Ford	151	1200	running	0
9	23	75	Gene Black	C.L. Crawford	'64 Ford	149	1175	running	0
10	30	57	Lionel Johnson	Clay Eastridge	'64 Ford	144	1000	running	0
11	38	55	Tiny Lund	Dick Wallen Productions (Lyle Stelter)	'64 Ford	139	700	running	0
12	1	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers	'65 Ford	136	1000	overheating	39
13	29	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'63 Ford	135	550	running	0
14	32	53	Jimmy Helms	David Warren	'63 Ford	131	530	running	0
15	26	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes	'63 Ford	129	600	out of gas	0
16	16	1	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis	'64 Ford	125	520	running	0
17	3	27	Cale Yarborough	Abingdon Motor Company (Banjo Matthews)	'65 Ford	108	515	engine	72
18	9	16	Darel Dieringer	Mercury (Bud Moore)	'64 Mercury	108	510	crash	6
19	6	29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman-Moody Racing	'65 Ford	108	505	crash	0
20	5	11	Ned Jarrett	Richmond Ford Motor Co. (Bondy Long)	'65 Ford	108	500	crash	0
21	22	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'64 Ford	99	495	engine	0
22	18	17	Junior Spencer	Mullins Ford (Jerry Mullins)	'64 Ford	84	565	axle	0
23	40	6	Bub Strickler	–	'64 Ford	84	485	crash	0
24	10	14	Nelson Stacy	Sam Fletcher	'65 Plymouth	83	480	fuel pump	0
25	21	09	Bobby Allison	Ed Grady	'64 Ford	56	550	overheating	0
26	8	26	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson	'65 Ford	51	470	quit	7
27	35	25	Jabe Thomas	Handy's Engineering Radford, VA (Jabe Thomas)	'64 Ford	51	465	fuel pump	0
28	2	15	Earl Balmer	Bud Moore	'64 Ford	47	460	engine	5
29	4	24	Sam McQuagg	Betty Lilly	'65 Ford	34	455	rocker arm	0
30	33	52	E.J. Trivette	Jess Potter	'63 Chevrolet	32	450	engine	0
31	7	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody Racing	'65 Ford	25	545	engine	1
32	17	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'65 Chevrolet	24	440	push rod	0
33	13	33	Bunkie Blackburn	Ray Fox	'65 Chevrolet	20	435	clutch	0
34	37	3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Southeastern Chevy Dealers (Ray Fox)	'65 Chevrolet	9	430	clutch	0
35	39	68	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington	'63 Ford	8	425	oil leak	0
36	31	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith	'65 Chevrolet	5	420	axle	0
37	36	02	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper	'65 Chevrolet	0	415	oil pressure	0
38	20	00	Tom Pistone	Emory Gilliam	'64 Ford	0	410	crash	0
39	25	97	Henley Gray	Gene Cline	'64 Ford	0	405	crash	0
40	34	89	Ken White	Buck Baker	'65 Oldsmobile	0	400	clutch	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Earl Balmer	1	5	5
Marvin Panch	6	6	1
Fred Lorenzen	7	7	1
Cale Yarborough	8	8	1
Junior Johnson	9	10	2
Cale Yarborough	11	14	4
A.J. Foyt	15	17	3
Junior Johnson	18	22	5
Cale Yarborough	23	39	17
A.J. Foyt	40	42	3
Cale Yarborough	43	71	29
Darel Dieringer	72	72	1
Marvin Panch	73	81	9
Cale Yarborough	82	93	12
Marvin Panch	94	94	1
Darel Dieringer	95	99	5
Cale Yarborough	100	108	9
Marvin Panch	109	136	28
A.J. Foyt	137	160	24