NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1965 - National 400 Race Results
Race Name - National 400Date - 10/17/1965Race Track - Charlotte Motor SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 1.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 401 milesPole Speed - 147.773 mphNumber of Cautions - 6Caution Laps - 47Average Race Speed - 119.11 mphLead Changes - 28Total Race Purse - $47,940Race Number - 52 | More Races from 1965 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 1 | Fred Lorenzen | 28 | LaFayette (HolmanMoody) | 267 | 65 Ford | 35 | $9,920 |
2 | 10 | Dick Hutcherson | 29 | East Tennessee Motor Co (HolmanMoody) | 267 | 65 Ford | 1 | $5,225 |
3 | 6 | Curtis Turner | 47 | Wood Brothers | 267 | 65 Ford | 17 | $3,340 |
4 | 9 | Ned Jarrett | 11 | Bondy Long | 266 | 65 Ford | 8 | $2,390 |
5 | 17 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | 3 | Ray Fox | 265 | 65 Chevrol | 6 | $1,630 |
6 | 8 | AJ Foyt | 41 | Banjo Matthews | 265 | 65 Ford | 119 | $1,930 |
7 | 5 | Earl Balmer | 15 | Bud Moore | 262 | 64 Mercury | 6 | $1,055 |
8 | 20 | HB Bailey | 4 | HB Bailey | 257 | 64 Pontiac | 0 | $975 |
9 | 32 | Paul Lewis | 1 | Paul Lewis | 256 | 64 Ford | 0 | $900 |
10 | 33 | Iggy Katona | 14 | Sam Fletcher | 251 | 65 Plymout | 0 | $850 |
11 | 39 | Roy Mayne | 46 | Tom Hunter | 251 | 65 Chevrol | 0 | $800 |
12 | 19 | Larry Hess | 44 | Larry Hess | 248 | 64 Ford | 0 | $800 |
13 | 42 | EJ Trivette | 52 | Jess Potter | 248 | 63 Chevrol | 0 | $750 |
14 | 30 | Henley Gray | 97 | Gene Cline | 239 | 64 Ford | 0 | $725 |
15 | 28 | Buddy Arrington | 84 | Elmo Langley | 237 | 64 Ford | 0 | $700 |
16 | 43 | Gene Black | 75 | CL Crawford | 235 | 64 Ford | 0 | $680 |
17 | 29 | Wayne Smith | 38 | Archie Smith | 217 | 65 Chevrol | 0 | $660 |
18 | 21 | Doug Cooper | 2 | Bob Cooper | 215 | 65 Chevrol | 0 | $865 |
19 | 44 | Lionel Johnson | 57 | Clay Eastridge | 210 | 64 Ford | 0 | $620 |
20 | 7 | Sam McQuagg | 24 | Betty Lilly | 209 | 65 Ford | 0 | $625 |
21 | 3 | Darel Dieringer | 16 | Bud Moore | 199 | 64 Mercury | 48 | $910 |
22 | 12 | GC Spencer | 49 | GC Spencer | 188 | 64 Ford | 0 | $570 |
23 | 13 | Buddy Baker | 86 | Buck Baker | 188 | 65 Plymout | 0 | $560 |
24 | 41 | Don Hume | 63 | Don Hume | 183 | 63 Ford | 0 | $550 |
25 | 40 | Neil Castles | 88 | Buck Baker | 157 | 64 Dodge | 0 | $540 |
26 | 18 | Buck Baker | 87 | Buck Baker | 123 | 65 Chevrol | 0 | $555 |
27 | 15 | Elmo Langley | 64 | Elmo Langley | 114 | 64 Ford | 0 | $520 |
28 | 26 | Stick Elliott | 18 | Toy Bolton | 105 | 65 Chevrol | 0 | $510 |
29 | 14 | Junior Spencer | 17 | Jerry Mullins | 93 | 64 Ford | 0 | $500 |
30 | 36 | Jeff Hawkins | 35 | Lester Hunter | 92 | 64 Dodge | 0 | $515 |
31 | 34 | Wendell Scott | 34 | Wendell Scott | 89 | 63 Ford | 0 | $505 |
32 | 4 | Junior Johnson | 26 | Junior Johnson | 63 | 65 Ford | 0 | $500 |
33 | 31 | Jim Paschal | 4 | Toy Bolton | 53 | 65 Chevrol | 0 | $535 |
34 | 2 | Cale Yarborough | 27 | Banjo Matthews | 47 | 65 Ford | 27 | $780 |
35 | 16 | Marvin Panch | 21 | Wood Brothers | 41 | 65 Ford | 0 | $545 |
36 | 11 | JT Putney | 19 | Herman Beam | 16 | 65 Chevrol | 0 | $440 |
37 | 37 | Bobby Johns | 7 | Shorty Johns | 16 | 64 Pontiac | 0 | $460 |
38 | 38 | Rene Charland | 10 | Gary Weaver | 8 | 64 Ford | 0 | $455 |
39 | 35 | Tom Pistone | 59 | Glen Sweet | 1 | 64 Ford | 0 | $450 |
40 | 22 | Rock Harn | 32 | 1 | 64 Ford | 0 | $445 | |
41 | 23 | Sonny Hutchins | 90 | Junie Donlavey | 1 | 64 Ford | 0 | $440 |
42 | 24 | Harold Kite | 1 | Harold Mays | 1 | 65 Plymout | 0 | $410 |
43 | 25 | Frank Warren | 79 | Harold Rhodes | 1 | 63 Chevrol | 0 | $405 |
44 | 27 | Jimmy Helms | 53 | David Warren | 1 | 63 Ford | 0 | $400 |