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1965 Daytona 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 4 of 55 Sunday, February 14, 1965 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps* on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 2:22:56 Average speed: 141.539 mph Pole speed: 171.151 mph Cautions: 3 for 43 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 58682 Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1965 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1965 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 28   Fred Lorenzen LaFayette   (Holman-Moody Racing) '65 Ford 133 27100 running 25 2 1 16   Darel Dieringer Mercury   (Bud Moore) '64 Mercury 132 12900 running 0 3 5 7   Bobby Johns Bunnell Motor Co.   (Holman-Moody Racing) '65 Ford 132 7850 running 1 4 16 15   Earl Balmer Mercury   (Bud Moore) '64 Mercury 132 4350 running 0 5 3 11   Ned Jarrett Richmond Ford Motor Co.   (Bondy Long) '65 Ford 132 3750 running 0 6 6 21   Marvin Panch Augusta Motor Sales   (Wood Brothers) '65 Ford 132 2750 running 80 7 26 29   Dick Hutcherson East Tennessee Motor Co.   (Holman-Moody Racing) '65 Ford 130 2175 running 0 8 10 24   Sam McQuagg Langdale Ford   (Betty Lilly) '65 Ford 130 1900 running 0 9 32 10   Cale Yarborough Lynch-Davidson Ford   (Gary Weaver) '64 Ford 128 1500 running 0 10 36 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '64 Ford 128 1675 running 0 11 13 12   Bobby Allison Southland Racing Corp.   (Bobby Allison) '64 Ford 128 1425 running 0 12 9 04   H.B. Bailey H.B. Bailey '64 Pontiac 126 1425 running 0 13 15 60   Doug Cooper Bob Cooper '64 Ford 125 1350 running 0 14 19 19   J.T. Putney Latimer-Looney / Southeastern Aviation   (Herman Beam) '65 Chevrolet 125 1225 running 0 15 8 74   Donald Tucker Don Snyder '63 Ford 124 1275 running 0 16 17 72   Jerry Grant Friedkin Enterprises   (Tom Friedkin) '63 Ford 123 1170 running 0 17 27 86   Neil Castles Buck Baker '65 Plymouth 122 1165 running 0 18 12 68   Bob Derrington Bob Derrington '64 Ford 121 1160 running 0 19 21 44   Larry Hess Zero Blast-N-Peen   (Larry Hess) '64 Ford 119 1155 running 0 20 14 34   Wendell Scott Rappahannock Seafood Market   (Wendell Scott) '64 Ford 118 1150 running 0 21 31 64   Elmo Langley Woodfield Ford   (Elmo Langley) '64 Ford 118 1145 running 0 22 33 81   Don Tilley Joe Keistler '63 Dodge 117 1140 running 0 23 28 14   Johnny Allen Sam Fletcher '65 Plymouth 114 1135 running 0 24 41 99   Herb Shannon – '64 Mercury 110 1130 engine 0 25 30 37   Bub Strickler Bub Strickler '64 Ford 73 1225 engine 0 26 20 03   Reb Wickersham Bailey's Used Cars   (Ray Underwood) '64 Ford 68 1120 running 0 27 11 82   Bunkie Blackburn Casper Hensley '64 Pontiac 49 1115 crankshaft 0 28 2 27   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) '65 Ford 27 1110 crash 27 29 24 55   Tiny Lund U.S. Autosports Magazine   (Lyle Stelter) '64 Ford 12 1105 rocker arm 0 30 22 02   Roy Mayne Bob Cooper '65 Pontiac 6 1100 distributor 0 31 23 20   Jack Anderson Ron Cory '64 Ford 5 1095 transmission 0 32 29 2   Jim Bray Tarheel Speedway   (Shorty Johns) '64 Pontiac 4 1090 overheating 0 33 43 35   Jeff Hawkins Lester Hunter '64 Dodge 4 1085 handling 0 34 34 18   Ned Setzer Smith Chevrolet   (Toy Bolton) '65 Chevrolet 3 1080 fuel pump 0 35 35 61   Barry Brooks Bob Cooper '64 Pontiac 3 1150 oil pressure 0 36 42 26   Red Farmer – '64 Ford 3 1070 handling 0 37 37 53   Pete Stewart David Warren '63 Ford 2 1065 handling 0 38 39 98   Jimmy Helms – '64 Ford 2 1060 clutch 0 39 40 08   Tom Pistone Glen Sweet '64 Ford 2 1055 clutch 0 40 18 88   Buddy Baker Buck Baker '64 Dodge 2 1050 engine 0 41 7 76   Larry Frank Larry Frank '64 Ford 1 1145 oil pressure 0 42 38 79   Joe Penland Harold Rhodes '63 Chevrolet 1 1040 piston 0 43 25 39   Robert Vaughn Ronald Smith '63 Pontiac 1 1035 oil pressure 0 * Race shortened to 133 laps due to rain.

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bay Darnell Jack Watts Ford Jack Goodwin 00 Salem Lincoln-Mercury Emory Gilliam Mercury Jim Cook 1 Jim Cook Ford Rene Charland 03 Julian Buesink Ford LeeRoy Yarbrough 3 Jon Thorne Motors Inc. Ray Fox Dodge Gene Davis 5 Bill Groves Mercury Terry Murchison 13 J.R. Underwood Ford Possum Jones 31 Sam Fogle Ford Bill McMahan 42 Casper Hensley Pontiac J.T. Putney 46 John Roberts Chevrolet Doug Moore 58 Doug Moore Chevrolet Tom Pistone 59 Glen Sweet Ford Billy DeCoster 63 Don House Ford Bill Cheesbourg 66 Holman-Moody Ford Rod Eulenfeld 71 P.H. Partin, Inc. Oscar Bowman Ford Earl Brooks 80 Allen McMillion Pontiac Joe Clark 84 A.L. Self Ford Buck Baker 87 Hoff Cadillac & Olds Buck Baker Oldsmobile Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 27 27     28 40 13   #27 accident turn 3   41 80 40     81 103 23   rain   104 126 23     127 133 7   rain     Percent of race run under caution: 32.3%             Average green flag run: 30.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Junior Johnson 1 27 27   Marvin Panch 28 68 41   Fred Lorenzen 69 78 10   Marvin Panch 79 112 34   Bobby Johns 113 113 1   Marvin Panch 114 118 5   Fred Lorenzen 119 133 15