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1965 Western North Carolina 500

Asheville-Weaverville Speedway · 1965 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	1	27	12	1	4	346	500	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	346	running	750
2	2	11	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	498	8	running	720
3	5	29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody	Ford	495		running	690
4	9	88	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Dodge	488		running	660
5	13	06	Cale Yarborough	Kenny Myler (Owner)	Ford	487		running	630
6	8	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	485		running	600
7	11	19	J.T. Putney	Herman Beam (Owner)	Chevrolet	479		running	570
8	14	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	469		running	540
9	12	17	Junior Spencer	Jerry Mullins (Owner)	Ford	443		running	510
10	27	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	442		running	480
11	19	52	E.J. Trivette	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	441		running	450
12	24	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	436		engine	420
13	18	68	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington (Owner)	Ford	430		running	390
14	6	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Ford	425		engine	360
15	4	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	398	89	axle	330
16	15	20	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Ford	374		water pump	300
17	7	1	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis (Owner)	Ford	254		engine	270
18	3	26	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	193	57	accident	240
19	10	10	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Gary Weaver (Owner)	Ford	154		rear end	210
20	26	9	Darel Dieringer	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	136		oil leak	180
21	16	67	Darrell Bryant	Arrington Racing	Dodge	120		lugs	150
22	21	97	Henley Gray	Gene Cline (Owner)	Ford	95		transmission	120
23	22	53	Jimmy Helms	David Warren (Owner)	Ford	78		transmission	90
24	17	89	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Oldsmobile	10		engine	60
25	25	0	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	7		lugs	30
26	23	62	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	1		drive shaft	30
27	20	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	1		axle	30

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	346	69.2%	P1
2	David Pearson	89	17.8%	P15
3	Junior Johnson	57	11.4%	P18
4	Ned Jarrett	8	1.6%	P2

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