1965 Daytona 500

Race 4 of 55

Daytona
133 laps
Time of race: 2:22:56
Average speed of winner: 141.539 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 7 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 43 laps
Lap leaders: Dieringer pole, Johnson 1-27, Panch 28-68, Lorenzen 69-78, Panch 79-112, Johns 113, Panch 114-118, Lorenzen 119-133

Race notes: Debut for Jeff Hawkins. Finale for Jack Anderson, Herb Shannon, and Pete Stewart. Darel Dieringer took the points lead from Junior Johnson.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Fred Lorenzen	28		'65 Ford	Holman-Moody	Jack Sullivan		133	2	25	running	27100	0
2	1	Darel Dieringer	16		'64 Mercury	Moore	Moore	171.151	132	0	0	running	12900	0
3	5	Bobby Johns	7		'65 Ford	Holman-Moody			132	1	1	running	7850	0
4	16	Earl Balmer	15		'64 Mercury	Moore	Moore		132	0	0	running	4350	0
5	3	Ned Jarrett	11		'65 Ford	Bondy Long	Ervin		132	0	0	running	3750	0
6	6	Marvin Panch	21		'65 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		132	3	80	running	2750	0
7	26	Dick Hutcherson	29		'65 Ford	Holman-Moody			130	0	0	running	2175	0
8	10	Sam McQuagg	24		'65 Ford	Betty Lilly			130	0	0	running	1900	0
9	32	Cale Yarborough	10		'64 Ford	Gary Weaver			128	0	0	running	1500	0
10	36	G.C. Spencer	49		'64 Ford	G.C. Spencer			128	0	0	running	1675	0
11	13	Bobby Allison	12		'64 Ford	Allison			128	0	0	running	1425	0
12	9	H.B. Bailey	04		'64 Ford	H.B. Bailey			126	0	0	running	1425	0
13	15	Doug Cooper	60		'64 Ford	Bob Cooper			125	0	0	running	1350	0
14	19	J.T. Putney	19		'65 Chevrolet	Beam			125	0	0	running	1225	0
15	8	Donald Tucker	74		'63 Ford	Don Snyder			124	0	0	running	1275	0
16	17	Jerry Grant	72		'63 Ford	Friedkin			123	0	0	running	1170	0
17	27	Neil Castles	86		'65 Plymouth	Buck Baker			122	0	0	running	1165	0
18	12	Bob Derrington	68		'64 Ford	Derrington			121	0	0	running	1160	0
19	21	Larry Hess	44		'64 Ford	Larry Hess			119	0	0	running	1155	0
20	14	Wendell Scott	34		'64 Ford	Wendell Scott			118	0	0	running	1150	0
21	31	Elmo Langley	64		'64 Ford	Langley			118	0	0	running	1145	0
22	33	Don Tilley	81		'63 Dodge	Keistler			117	0	0	running	1140	0
23	28	Johnny Allen	14		'65 Plymouth	Sam Fletcher			114	0	0	running	1135	0
24	41	Herb Shannon	99		'64 Mercury				110	0	0	engine	1130	0
25	30	Bub Strickler	37		'64 Ford	Strickler			73	0	0	engine	1225	0
26	20	Reb Wickersham	03		'64 Ford	Underwood			68	0	0	running	1120	0
27	11	Bunkie Blackburn	82		'64 Pontiac	Casper Hensley			49	0	0	crank shaft	1115	0
28	2	Junior Johnson	27		'65 Ford	Johnson			27	1	27	accident	1110	0
29	24	Tiny Lund	55		'64 Ford	Stelter			12	0	0	rocker arm	1105	0
30	22	Roy Mayne	02		'65 Pontiac				6	0	0	distributor	1100	0
31	23	Jack Anderson	20		'64 Ford	Jack Anderson			5	0	0	transmission	1095	0
32	29	Jim Bray	2		'64 Pontiac	Shorty Johns			4	0	0	heating	1090	0
33	43	Jeff Hawkins	35		'64 Dodge	Lester Hunter			4	0	0	handling	1085	0
34	34	Ned Setzer	18		'65 Chevrolet	Bolton			3	0	0	fuel pump	1080	0
35	35	Barry Brooks	61		'64 Pontiac	Bob Cooper			3	0	0	oil pressure	1150	0
36	42	Red Farmer	26		'64 Ford				3	0	0	handling	1070	0
37	37	Pete Stewart	53		'63 Ford	David Warren			2	0	0	handling	1065	0
38	39	Jimmy Helms	98		'64 Ford				2	0	0	clutch	1060	0
39	40	Tom Pistone	08		'64 Ford				2	0	0	clutch	1055	0
40	18	Buddy Baker	88		'64 Dodge	Buck Baker			2	0	0	engine	1050	0
41	7	Larry Frank	76		'64 Ford	Larry Frank			1	0	0	oil pressure	1145	0
42	38	Joe Penland	79		'63 Chevrolet	Harold Rhodes			1	0	0	piston	1040	0
43	25	Robert Vaughn	39		'63 Pontiac	Ronald Smith			1	0	0	oil pressure	1035	0