1965 Daytona 500

Auto race run in Florida in 1965 February 2025 1965 Daytona 500 CUST Race 4 of 55 in the 1965 NASCAR Grand National Series season 1965_Daytona_500_program_cover_and_logo.jpg 1965 Daytona 500 program cover 1965 02 14 Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Florida, U.S. 2.5 4.02 133 332.5 535.106 200 500 804.672 141.539 mi/h Temperatures hovering around 66 F C; wind speeds up to 17.2 mph km/hWeather information for the 1965 Daytona 500 at Old Farmers Almanac Darel Dieringer Bud Moore Engineering 171.151 mph km/h Marvin Panch Wood Brothers Racing 80 28 Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody The 1965 Daytona 500, the 7th running of the event, was held on February 14, 1965, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Fred Lorenzen, driving a 1965 Ford, won the race from fourth position in a two-hour-and-23-minute time span by Darel Dieringer by a full lap. There were 3 cautions flags which slowed the race for 43 laps.http://www.racing-reference.info/race?id=1965-04&series=W 1965 Daytona 500 racing-reference.info 2009-08-15 The race ended on lap 133 due to persistent rain.http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/season-recaps/1960s/1965-nascar.htm 1965 NASCAR Grand National Recap HowStuffWorks, Inc.; Publications International, Ltd. 1 2009-08-15 2011-09-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110908070428/http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/season-recaps/1960s/1965-nascar.htm dead This was Lorenzen's first victory of the season.Fleischman Bill Pearce Al The Unauthorized NASCAR Fan Guide: 2004 Checkered Flag Press; Visible Ink Press Canton, MI 2004 10 2004 226 of 576 Race Results: 1949–2002; 1960 0-681-27587-1 registration https://archive.org/details/unauthorizednasc00/page/226 Safety innovations NASCAR instituted new rules in October 1964 to enhance safety and decrease speeds for 1965 after the previous year's deaths of Joe Weatherly and Fireball Roberts. The Chrysler Hemi engine was dominated that year by 1964 NASCAR Champion Richard Petty. Ford Motor Company wanted a new engine with high-rise cylinder heads to compete with the Hemi and threatened to pull out if Bill France Sr. didn't allow it. NASCAR's new rules, however, banned both Hemi engines and high-rise cylinder heads. Speedweeks Darel Dieringer won the pole with a speed of 171.151 mph km/h on in Bud Moore's 1964 Mercury, then held off Ned Jarrett's move in the final turn to win the first 100 mi km on qualifying race. the second race became a duel between Fred Lorenzen and Junior Johnson. Lorenzen took the lead on lap 39. But when he roared under the white flag, he mistook it for the checkered flag. Lorenzen let off and Johnson passed him on the last lap to win. The second qualifying race featured a wild first lap crash as Rod Eulenfeld triggered a wild crash that also took out 12 other cars in the race. Eulenfeld walked away from that crash. Race Day On Race day, Junior Johnson grabbed the lead on the first lap from his second starting spot and led the first 27 laps. at that car 14 cars were out all because of mechanical problems. Johnson was racing in his usual go-for-broke style when a tire blew. Johnson's car hurled into the outside wall and spread debris over a wide area. Johnson suffered only a cut over his eye. After Johnson's abrupt departure, 1961 winner Marvin Panch led through lap 68 in the Wood Brothers Ford, with Lorenzen and Bobby Johns on his tail. Lorenzen led laps 69 through 78 before giving way to Panch. At halfway, Panch was still in control, but clouds were darkening over the track. On lap 119, Lorenzen edged past Panch and took the lead for only the second time. Rain was falling by Lap 129. As the yellow light came on, Panch made a run on Lorenzen coming off turn two. Panch went to the outside, Lorenzen moved up, the cars touched and Panch spun down the backstretch, ending his chances for a second 500 victory. Lorenzen remained in the lead, but the fender that had hit Panch's car was bent in on his tire. "Stay out", ordered the crew chief, who was counting on the weather to shorten the race. Soon, it was pouring. The race was stopped after 133 laps and declared official. The "Golden Boy" had won NASCAR's biggest race. Results Pos Grid Car No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps Led Time/Retired 1 4 28 Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody Ford 133 25 2:22:56 2 1 16 Darel Dieringer Bud Moore Engineering Mercury 132 0 +1 Lap 3 5 7 Bobby Johns Holman-Moody Ford 132 1 +1 Lap 4 16 15 Earl Balmer Bud Moore Engineering Mercury 132 0 +1 Lap 5 3 11 Ned Jarrett Bondy Long Ford 132 0 +1 Lap 6 6 21 Marvin Panch Wood Brothers Racing Ford 132 80 +1 Lap 7 26 29 Dick Hutcherson Holman-Moody Ford 130 0 +3 Laps 8 10 24 Sam McQuagg Betty Lilly Ford 130 0 +3 Laps 9 32 10 Cale Yarborough Gary Weaver Ford 128 0 +5 Laps 10 36 49 G. C. Spencer G. C. Spencer Ford 128 0 +5 Laps 11 13 12 Bobby Allison Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 128 0 +5 Laps 12 9 04 H. B. Bailey H. B. Bailey Pontiac 126 0 +7 Laps 13 15 60 Doug Cooper Bob Cooper Ford 125 0 +8 Laps 14 19 19 J. T. Putney Herman Beam Chevrolet 125 0 +8 Laps 15 8 74 Donald Tucker Don Snyder Ford 124 0 +9 Laps 16 17 72 Jerry Grant Tom Friedkin Ford 123 0 +10 Laps 17 27 86 Neil Castles Buck Baker Plymouth 122 0 +11 Laps 18 12 68 Bob Derrington Bob Derrington Ford 121 0 +12 Laps 19 21 44 Larry Hess Larry Hess Ford 119 0 +14 Laps 20 14 34 Wendell Scott Wendell Scott Ford 118 0 +15 Laps 21 31 64 Elmo Langley Elmo Langley Ford 118 0 +15 Laps 22 33 81 Don Tilley Joe Keistler Dodge 117 0 +16 Laps 23 28 14 Johnny Allen Sam Fletcher Plymouth 114 0 +19 Laps 24 41 99 Herb Shannon – Mercury 110 0 Engine 25 30 37 Bub Strickler Bub Strickler Ford 73 0 Engine 26 20 03 Reb Wickersham Ray Underwood Ford 68 0 +55 Laps 27 11 82 Bunkie Blackburn Casper Hensley Pontiac 49 0 Crankshaft 28 2 27 Junior Johnson Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 27 27 Accident 29 24 55 Tiny Lund Lyle Stelter Ford 12 0 Rocker arm 30 22 02 Roy Mayne Bob Cooper Pontiac 6 0 Distributor 31 23 20 Jack Anderson Ron Cory Ford 5 0 Transmission 32 29 2 Jim Bray Shorty Johns Pontiac 4 0 Overheating 33 43 35 Jeff Hawkins Lester Hunter Dodge 4 0 Handling 34 34 18 Ned Setzer Toy Bolton Chevrolet 3 0 Fuel pump 35 35 61 Barry Brooks Bob Cooper Pontiac 3 0 Oil pressure 36 42 26 Red Farmer – Ford 3 0 Handling 37 37 53 Pete Stewart David Warren Ford 2 0 Handling 38 39 98 Jimmy Helms – Ford 2 0 Clutch 39 40 08 Tom Pistone Glen Sweet Ford 2 0 Clutch 40 18 88 Buddy Baker Buck Baker Dodge 2 0 Engine 41 7 76 Larry Frank Larry Frank Ford 1 0 Oil pressure 42 38 79 Joe Penland Harold Rhodes Chevrolet 1 0 Piston 43 25 39 Robert Vaughn Ronald Smith Pontiac 1 0 Oil pressure Source:1965 Daytona 500 References Daytona 500 Daytona 500 Daytona 500 Category:NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway