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1965 - American 500 Race Results


Race Name - American 500
Date - 10/31/1965
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 116.26 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 55
Average Race Speed - 101.94 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $56,180
Race Number - 54
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Curtis Turner 41 Wood Brothers 500 65 Ford 239 $13,090
2 7 Cale Yarborough 27 Banjo Matthews 500 65 Ford 49 $6,450
3 5 Marvin Panch 21 Wood Brothers 498 65 Ford 32 $4,010
4 17 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 490 64 Ford 0 $2,450
5 9 Jim Paschal 42 Petty Enterprises 486 65 Plymout 84 $2,000
6 13 JT Putney 19 Herman Beam 482 65 Chevrol 0 $1,300
7 8 Dick Hutcherson 29 HolmanMoody 475 65 Ford 0 $1,150
8 15 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 468 64 Ford 0 $1,100
9 25 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 468 65 Chevrol 0 $1,150
10 24 Paul Lewis 56 Curtis Larimer 459 64 Ford 0 $1,000
11 21 Larry Hess 44 Larry Hess 457 64 Ford 0 $845
12 18 Bobby Johns 7 Shorty Johns 448 64 Pontiac 0 $870
13 41 Worth McMillion 83 Allen McMillion 439 65 Pontiac 0 $810
14 36 Wayne Smith 38 Archie Smith 434 65 Chevrol 0 $805
15 35 Jimmy Helms 97 Gene Cline 434 64 Ford 0 $785
16 12 Ned Jarrett 11 Bondy Long 425 65 Ford 0 $720
17 38 Bob Derrington 68 Bob Derrington 414 63 Ford 0 $730
18 19 Jabe Thomas 25 Jabe Thomas 408 64 Ford 0 $715
19 30 Neil Castles 88 Buck Baker 408 64 Dodge 0 $675
20 34 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 385 63 Ford 0 $680
21 10 Bobby Isaac 35 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 341 65 Dodge 11 $735
22 29 Frank Warren 79 Harold Rhodes 305 63 Chevrol 0 $625
23 11 Sam McQuagg 24 Betty Lilly 254 65 Ford 0 $640
24 14 Buddy Baker 86 Buck Baker 253 65 Plymout 0 $605
25 3 David Pearson 6 Cotton Owens 234 65 Dodge 0 $645
26 42 Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 228 65 Chevrol 0 $590
27 6 Fred Lorenzen 28 HolmanMoody 214 65 Ford 0 $585
28 22 Lionel Johnson 57 Clay Eastridge 200 64 Ford 0 $580
29 16 Junior Spencer 17 Jerry Mullins 194 64 Ford 0 $575
30 37 EJ Trivette 52 Jess Potter 183 63 Chevrol 0 $600
31 27 Roy Mayne 46 Tom Hunter 166 65 Chevrol 0 $590
32 2 Junior Johnson 26 Junior Johnson 154 65 Ford 85 $1,100
33 20 Stick Elliott 18 Toy Bolton 113 65 Chevrol 0 $555
34 26 Tom Pistone 59 Glen Sweet 90 64 Ford 0 $600
35 32 Doug Cooper 2 Bob Cooper 79 65 Chevrol 0 $645
36 1 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 58 65 Plymout 0 $1,240
37 40 Darrell Bryant 89 Buck Baker 57 65 Oldsmob 0 $555
38 28 Gene Black 75 CL Crawford 52 64 Ford 0 $530
39 39 Rene Charland 1 Herman Beam 18 64 Ford 0 $550
40 33 Don Hume 63 Don Hume 13 63 Ford 0 $570
41 43 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 5 64 Dodge 0 $515
42 23 John Sears 48 LG DeWitt 1 64 Ford 0 $510
43 31 Darel Dieringer 10 Gary Weaver 0 64 Ford 0 $705