Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Motor Trend 500
Riverside International Raceway
January 17th, 1965
Race #1 of the 1965 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 185
- Drivers Entered: 42
- Makes
- Chevrolet (5)
- Dodge (1)
- Ford (20)
- Mercury (11)
- Oldsmobile (1)
- Plymouth (2)
- Pontiac (2)
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race (Motor Trend 500)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
| Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Nat Reeder | Chevrolet | Nat Reeder | Nat Reeder | ||
| 00 | AJ Foyt | Ford | Holman-Moody | Holman-Moody | ||
| 06 | Darel Dieringer | Ford | -- | -- | ||
| 1 | Skip Hudson | Ford | -- | -- | ||
| 10 | Don Walker | Ford | -- | -- | ||
| 100 | Dick Guldstrand | Chevrolet | Bob McDonald | Bob McDonald | ||
| 11 | Ned Jarrett | Ford | Bondy Long | Bondy Long | ||
| 111 | Johnny Steele | Ford | Johnny Steele | Johnny Steele | ||
| 12 | Jerry Grant | Ford | Friedkin Enterprises | Tom Friedkin | ||
| 121 | Dan Gurney | Ford | Augusta Motor Sales | Wood Brothers | ||
| 14 | Joe Clark | Mercury | Bob Bristol | Bob Bristol | ||
| 15 | Parnelli Jones | Mercury | Mercury | Bill Stroppe | ||
| 17 | Sam Stanley | Mercury | Irwin Sandlin | Irwin Sandlin | ||
| 18 | Bill Boldt | Mercury | -- | -- | ||
| 19 | Bob Thompson | Mercury | -- | -- | ||
| 2 | Bobby Allison | Ford | Southern Racing | Bobby Allison | ||
| 20 | Bill Meyer | Ford | -- | -- | ||
| 21 | Marvin Panch | Ford | Wood Brothers | Wood Brothers | ||
| 27 | Junior Johnson | Ford | Junior Johnson | Junior Johnson | ||
| 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Ford | Holman-Moody | Holman-Moody | ||
| 29 | Dick Hutcherson | Ford | Holman-Moody | Holman-Moody | ||
| 33 | Bob Bondurant | Ford | Clem Proctor | Clem Proctor | ||
| 38 | Charles Powell | Pontiac | -- | -- | ||
| 4 | Roy Tyner | Chevrolet | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner | ||
| 43 | Fritz Wilson | Plymouth | Fritz Wilson | Fritz Wilson | ||
| 45 | Scotty Cain | Mercury | Bill Clinton | Bill Clinton | ||
| 48 | Bruce Worrell | Chevrolet | Bruce Worrell | Bruce Worrell | ||
| 5 | Gene Davis | Mercury | Bill Groves | Bill Groves | ||
| 53 | Billy Cantrell | Chevrolet | -- | -- | ||
| 58 | Doug Moore | Ford | Doug Moore | Doug Moore | ||
| 6 | Ed Brown | Oldsmobile | Coz Concilla | Coz Concilla | ||
| 60 | Doug Cooper | Ford | Bob Cooper | Bob Cooper | ||
| 61 | Dana Hall | Pontiac | -- | -- | ||
| 611 | Dick Bown | Plymouth | Dick Bown | Dick Bown | ||
| 67 | Jim Cook | Mercury | Floyd Johnson | Floyd Johnson | ||
| 71 | Sam McQuagg | Ford | James Thomas | James Thomas | ||
| 711 | Bob Connor | Mercury | Howard York | Howard York | ||
| 76 | Larry Frank | Ford | Larry Frank | Larry Frank | ||
| 84 | Al Self | Ford | Al Self | Al Self | ||
| 88 | Buck Baker | Dodge | Buck Baker | Buck Baker | ||
| 9 | Bill Amick | Mercury | Dick Niles | Dick Niles | ||
| 98 | Eddie Gray | Mercury | Ralph Shelton | Ralph Shelton |