Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 6th, 1965

Race #45 of the 1965 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 364
  • Miles: 497.2
  • Average Speed: 115.878 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 44
  • Lead Changes: 23
#19 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 10 11 Ned Jarrett Ford 0 0 0 364 62 Running
2 14 86 Buck Baker Plymouth 0 0 0 350 0 Running
3 5 16 Darel Dieringer Mercury 0 0 0 345 199 Differential
4 33 46 Roy Mayne Chevrolet 0 0 0 345 0 Running
5 24 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 0 0 0 344 0 Running
6 22 04 HB Bailey Pontiac 0 0 0 340 0 Running
7 31 18 Stick Elliott Chevrolet 0 0 0 336 0 Running
8 41 79 Frank Warren Chevrolet 0 0 0 334 0 Running
9 19 19 JT Putney Chevrolet 0 0 0 328 0 Running
10 44 57 Wendell Scott Ford 0 0 0 320 0 Running
11 2 28 Fred Lorenzen Ford 0 0 0 319 57 Engine
12 37 53 Jimmy Helms Ford 0 0 0 316 0 Running
13 42 68 Bob Derrington Ford 0 0 0 311 0 Running
14 18 1 Paul Lewis Ford 0 0 0 308 0 Running
15 39 38 Wayne Smith Chevrolet 0 0 0 304 0 Running
16 40 52 EJ Trivette Chevrolet 0 0 0 302 0 Running
17 16 7 Bobby Johns Pontiac 0 0 0 301 2 Differential
18 32 63 Don Hume Ford 0 0 0 298 0 Running
19 6 29 Dick Hutcherson Ford 0 0 0 293 0 Engine
20 20 49 GC Spencer Ford 0 0 0 293 0 Vapor lock
21 35 44 Larry Hess Ford 0 0 0 261 0 Clutch
22 7 41 Jim Paschal Chevrolet 0 0 0 230 9 Head gasket
23 34 07 Bud Harless Ford 0 0 0 222 0 Engine
24 38 75 Gene Black Ford 0 0 0 197 0 Oil pressure
25 30 72 Neil Castles Ford 0 0 0 173 0 Crash
26 15 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 0 156 0 Head gasket
27 25 3 LeeRoy Yarbrough Chevrolet 0 0 0 134 0 Differential
28 17 87 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 0 0 0 123 0 Engine
29 11 24 Sam McQuagg Ford 0 0 0 118 31 Crash
30 9 27 Cale Yarborough Ford 0 0 0 118 2 Crash
31 12 33 Bunkie Blackburn Chevrolet 0 0 0 109 0 Crash
32 4 15 Earl Balmer Mercury 0 0 0 94 2 Crash
33 29 62 Doug Cooper Chevrolet 0 0 0 85 0 Differential
34 13 17 Junior Spencer Ford 0 0 0 79 0 Engine
35 8 14 Curtis Turner Plymouth 0 0 0 51 0 Wheel bearing
36 27 4 Bobby Wawak Mercury 0 0 0 46 0 Engine
37 3 21 Marvin Panch Ford 0 0 0 42 0 Engine
38 43 97 Henley Gray Ford 0 0 0 29 0 Clutch
39 26 55 Tiny Lund Ford 0 0 0 25 0 A frame
40 28 25 Bud Moore Ford 0 0 0 9 0 Oil pressure
41 36 00 Bert Robbins Ford 0 0 0 3 0 Crash
42 21 23 Buren Skeen Ford 0 0 0 2 0 Crash
43 23 03 Reb Wickersham Ford 0 0 0 2 0 Crash
44 1 26 Junior Johnson Ford 0 0 0 1 0 Ignition