1964 Daytona 500

Race 8 of 62

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 3:14:23
Average speed of winner: 154.334 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap + 9 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 19 laps
Lap leaders: Goldsmith 1, Petty 2-6, Isaac 7-9, Petty 10-39, Foyt 40-41, Goldsmith 42-51, Petty 52-200

Race notes: Finale for Smokey Boutwell, Bobby Marshman, Jo Schlesser, and Sal Tovella. Marvin Panch took the points lead from Ned Jarrett.

Video links: Highlights (Part 1), Highlights (Part 2), Highlights (Part 3), Highlights (Part 4)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Richard Petty	43		'64 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		200	3	184	running	33300	0
2	6	Jimmy Pardue	54		'64 Plymouth	Burton-Robinson			199	0	0	running	11600	0
3	1	Paul Goldsmith	25		'64 Plymouth	Nichels		174.910	198	2	11	running	8600	0
4	9	Marvin Panch	21		'64 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		198	0	0	running	4350	0
5	10	Jim Paschal	5		'64 Dodge	Owens	Owens		197	0	0	running	3700	0
6	21	Billy Wade	1		'64 Mercury	Moore	Moore		197	0	0	running	2500	0
7	11	Darel Dieringer	16		'64 Mercury	Stroppe			197	0	0	running	2000	0
8	14	Larry Frank	29		'64 Ford	Holman-Moody			197	0	0	running	1750	0
9	3	Junior Johnson	3		'64 Dodge	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		197	0	0	running	1500	0
10	19	Dave MacDonald	17		'64 Mercury	Stroppe			196	0	0	running	1200	0
11	13	Tiny Lund	32		'64 Ford	Graham Shaw			195	0	0	running	1200	0
12	5	Buck Baker	41		'64 Plymouth	Petty			194	0	0	running	1200	0
13	18	Jo Schlesser	77		'64 Ford	Bondy Long			192	0	0	running	1200	0
14	20	Dan Gurney	12		'64 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		192	0	0	running	1200	0
15	4	Bobby Isaac	26		'64 Dodge	Nichels	Allman		189	1	3	fuel	1500	0
16	25	Larry Thomas	27		'63 Plymouth				188	0	0	running	1000	0
17	22	Cale Yarborough	19		'64 Ford	Beam			187	0	0	running	1000	0
18	31	Doug Cooper	60		'63 Ford	Bob Cooper			186	0	0	running	1000	0
19	28	Ralph Earnhardt	31		'63 Ford	Spell			180	0	0	running	1000	0
20	29	Smokey Boutwell	84		'63 Ford	Hinton			180	0	0	running	1000	0
21	30	Curtis Crider	62		'63 Ford	Crider			177	0	0	running	725	0
22	39	Reb Wickersham	95		'64 Dodge	Spikes			131	0	0	sway bar	725	0
23	24	Sal Tovella	24		'64 Ford	Onash			129	0	0	engine	725	0
24	8	A.J. Foyt	00		'64 Ford	Banjo Matthews			127	1	2	engine	825	0
25	26	Jim McElreath	14		'64 Mercury	Stroppe			126	0	0	accident	725	0
26	35	Johnny Rutherford	01		'64 Mercury	Moore	Moore		107	0	0	accident	725	0
27	17	Ned Jarrett	11		'64 Ford	Bondy Long	Ervin		106	0	0	accident	725	0
28	12	Parnelli Jones	15		'64 Mercury	Stroppe			77	0	0	engine	725	0
29	42	Buddy Baker	89		'64 Plymouth	David Walker			64	0	0	engine	725	0
30	7	David Pearson	6		'64 Dodge	Owens	Owens		52	0	0	accident	725	0
31	34	Fred Lorenzen	28		'64 Ford	Holman-Moody	Nab		49	0	0	engine	725	0
32	36	Jack Anderson	92		'63 Ford	Ray Osborne			41	0	0	rear end	725	0
33	32	G.C. Spencer	2		'63 Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			31	0	0	engine	725	0
34	27	Ronnie Chumley	04		'63 Pontiac				21	0	0	engine	725	0
35	16	Bobby Marshman	06		'64 Ford	Holman-Moody			17	0	0	heating	725	0
36	23	Bobby Johns	7		'64 Pontiac	Shorty Johns			15	0	0	engine	725	0
37	15	Fireball Roberts	22		'64 Ford	Holman-Moody			13	0	0	transmission	725	0
38	40	Wendell Scott	34		'62 Chevrolet	Wendell Scott			7	0	0	heating	725	0
39	37	Elmo Henderson	70		'63 Pontiac				4	0	0	engine	725	0
40	43	Joe Clark	79		'64 Ford				4	0	0	head gasket	725	0
41	44	Bill McMahan	82		'63 Pontiac	Casper Hensley			3	0	0	handling	725	0
42	45	Jim Bray	56		'62 Chevrolet	Rampling			2	0	0	handling	725	0
43	33	Bunkie Blackburn	71		'63 Plymouth	Roscoe Sanders			1	0	0	crank shaft	725	0
44	41	Bob Cooper	61		'62 Pontiac	Bob Cooper			1	0	0	oil pressure	725	0
45	46	Jim Cook	20		'63 Ford				1	0	0	handling	725	0
46	38	Neil Castles	86		'62 Chrysler	Buck Baker			1	0	0	transmission	725	0