1965 American 500

Rockingham Speedway · 1965 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Curtis Turner	4	43	19	2	6	239	500	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	41	Curtis Turner	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	500	239	running	2,600
2	7	27	Cale Yarborough	Matthews Racing	Ford	500	35	running	2,496
3	5	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	498	32	running	2,392
4	17	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Ford	491		running	2,288
5	9	42	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	486	84	running	2,184
6	13	19	J.T. Putney	Herman Beam (Owner)	Chevrolet	482		running	2,080
7	8	29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody	Ford	475		running	1,976
8	15	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	468		running	1,872
9	25	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	468		running	1,768
10	24	56	Paul Lewis	Curtis Larimer (Owner)	Ford	459		running	1,664
11	21	44	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)	Ford	457		running	1,560
12	18	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Pontiac	448		running	1,456
13	41	83	Worth McMillion	Allen McMillion (Owner)	Pontiac	439		running	1,352
14	36	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	434		running	1,248
15	35	97	Jimmy Helms	Gene Cline (Owner)	Ford	434		running	1,144
16	12	11	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	425		hub	1,040
17	38	68	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington (Owner)	Ford	414		running	936
18	30	88	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Dodge	408		running	832
19	19	25	Jabe Thomas	Jabe Thomas (Owner)	Ford	408		running	728
20	34	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	385		running	624
21	10	35	Bobby Isaac	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	341	11	oil pressure	520
22	29	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)	Chevrolet	305		valve	416
23	11	24	Sam McQuagg	Betty Lilly (Owner)	Ford	254		engine	312
24	14	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Plymouth	253		engine	208
25	3	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	234		engine	104
26	42	9	Darrell Bryant	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	228		grease seal	104
27	6	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	214		engine	104
28	22	57	Lionel Johnson	Clay Esteridge (Owner)	Ford	200		clutch	104
29	16	17	Junior Spencer	Jerry Mullins (Owner)	Ford	194		a-frame	104
30	37	52	E.J. Trivette	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	183		fuel tank	104
31	27	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	166		axle	104
32	2	26	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	154	99	engine	104
33	20	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Chevrolet	113		oil pressure	104
34	26	59	Tom Pistone	Glen Sweet (Owner)	Ford	90		vibration	104
35	32	02	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Chevrolet	79		engine	104
36	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	58		accident	104
37	40	89	Roy Tyner	Buck Baker Racing	Oldsmobile	57		tire	104
38	28	75	Gene Black	C.L. Crawford (Owner)	Ford	52		accident	104
39	39	1	Rene Charland	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	18		oil pressure	104
40	33	63	Don Hume	Don Hume (Owner)	Ford	13		brakes	104
41	43	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	5		oil leak	104
42	23	48	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	1		accident	104
43	31	10	Darel Dieringer	Gary Weaver (Owner)	Ford	0		accident	104

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Curtis Turner	239	47.8%	P1
2	Junior Johnson	99	19.8%	P32
3	Jim Paschal	84	16.8%	P5
4	Cale Yarborough	35	7.0%	P2
5	Marvin Panch	32	6.4%	P3
6	Bobby Isaac	11	2.2%	P21

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