1964 Motor Trend 500

Race 5 of 62

Riverside
185 laps
Time of race: 5:28:47
Average speed of winner: 91.245 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 2 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Lorenzen 1-7, Petty 8-18, Gurney 19-28, Jones 29-37, Petty 38-53, Gurney 54-185

Race notes: Debut for Walt Price and Don Walker. Finale for Jim Blomgren, Al Brand, Bill Clinton, Chuck Daigh, Lloyd Dane, Dick Mitchell, Oren Prosser, Troy Ruttman, Rodger Ward, Joe Weatherly, and Danny Weinberg. Ned Jarrett took the points lead from Joe Weatherly.

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Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Dan Gurney	121		'64 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		185	2	142	running	12870	0
2	6	Marvin Panch	21		'64 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		184	0	0	running	6650	0
3	14	Fireball Roberts	22		'64 Ford	Holman-Moody			183	0	0	running	3900	0
4	10	Bill Amick	9W		'63 Mercury	Stroppe			181	0	0	running	2470	0
5	21	Ned Jarrett	11		'64 Ford	Bondy Long	Ervin		180	0	0	running	1750	0
6	3	David Pearson	6		'63 Dodge	Owens	Owens		179	0	0	running	1500	0
7	31	Marvin Porter	77W		'63 Ford				179	0	0	running	1150	0
8	9	Skip Hudson	06		'64 Ford	Holman-Moody			178	0	0	running	1075	0
9	8	Darel Dieringer	16		'64 Mercury	Stroppe			177	0	0	running	975	0
10	17	Troy Ruttman	02		'63 Plymouth	Nichels			177	0	0	running	850	0
11	13	Don White	0		'64 Ford	Holman-Moody			176	0	0	running	825	0
12	39	Eddie Gray	98W		'63 Mercury				174	0	0	running	650	0
13	15	Billy Wade	4		'63 Mercury	Moore	Moore		174	0	0	running	625	0
14	40	Jim Cook	2W		'63 Ford				170	0	0	running	575	0
15	18	Tiny Lund	32		'63 Ford				164	0	0	running	575	0
16	38	Bruce Worrell	60W		'63 Oldsmobile				161	0	0	running	575	0
17	1	Fred Lorenzen	28		'64 Ford	Holman-Moody	Nab	102.433	159	1	7	running	1005	0
18	37	Jim Bray	56		'62 Chevrolet	Rampling			156	0	0	running	525	0
19	20	Lloyd Dane	44W		'63 Ford				154	0	0	engine	525	0
20	22	Dick Mitchell	7W		'63 Ford				152	0	0	running	525	0
21	12	A.J. Foyt	00		'64 Ford	Banjo Matthews			151	0	0	accident	650	0
22	35	Bill Clinton	151		'63 Ford				150	0	0	running	525	0
23	36	Jack Anderson	92		'63 Ford				145	0	0	running	525	0
24	5	Dave MacDonald	14		'64 Mercury	Stroppe			137	0	0	accident	600	0
25	33	Don Walker	10		'63 Ford				106	0	0	a-frame	525	0
26	2	Richard Petty	43		'63 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		101	2	27	transmission	940	0
27	24	Jim Blomgren	33W		'62 Pontiac				94	0	0	engine	500	0
28	29	Oren Prosser	58W		'62 Pontiac				87	0	0	engine	500	0
29	16	Joe Weatherly	8		'64 Mercury	Moore	Moore		86	0	0	fatal accident	1000	0
30	44	Paul Goldsmith	25		'63 Dodge	Nichels			83	0	0	engine	500	0
31	23	Dave James	05W		'63 Dodge				79	0	0	engine	500	0
32	11	Parnelli Jones	15		'64 Mercury	Stroppe			68	1	9	transmission	685	0
33	27	Chuck Daigh	18W		'63 Mercury				62	0	0	clutch	500	0
34	32	Joe Ruttman	1W		'63 Mercury				46	0	0	engine	500	0
35	41	Walt Price	63W		'62 Ford				43	0	0	engine	500	0
36	19	Curtis Crider	27		'63 Plymouth				32	0	0	transmission	500	0
37	30	Joe Clark	162		'63 Ford				26	0	0	oil pressure	500	0
38	7	Rodger Ward	26		'64 Mercury	Stroppe			24	0	0	transmission	525	0
39	25	Clem Proctor	51W		'64 Ford				15	0	0	accident	500	0
40	34	Don Noel	61W		'61 Oldsmobile				10	0	0	engine	500	0
41	28	Danny Weinberg	3W		'63 Plymouth				9	0	0	oil pressure	500	0
42	42	Frank Deiny	12W		'61 Ford				9	0	0	oil pressure	500	0
43	43	Al Self	64W		'62 Ford				9	0	0	engine	500	0
44	26	Al Brand	20W		'62 Chevrolet				7	0	0	wheel	500	0