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1965 Firecracker 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 29 of 55 Sunday, July 4, 1965 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:39:57 Average speed: 150.046 mph Pole speed: 171.51 mph Cautions: 3 for 20 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 33467 Lead changes: 19 Glossary    1965 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1965 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 11 41   A.J. Foyt Bunnell Motor Co.   (Wood Brothers) '65 Ford 160 8500 running 30 2 12 86   Buddy Baker Buck Baker '65 Plymouth 160 5400 running 0 3 14 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '64 Ford 158 4200 running 0 4 28 19   J.T. Putney Herman Beam '65 Chevrolet 153 2525 running 0 5 24 88   Neil Castles Buck Baker '64 Dodge 152 1725 running 0 6 27 46   Roy Mayne Tom Hunter '65 Chevrolet 152 1525 running 0 7 15 44   Larry Hess Larry Hess '64 Ford 151 1300 running 0 8 19 03   Reb Wickersham Ray Underwood '65 Ford 151 1200 running 0 9 23 75   Gene Black C.L. Crawford '64 Ford 149 1175 running 0 10 30 57   Lionel Johnson Clay Eastridge '64 Ford 144 1000 running 0 11 38 55   Tiny Lund Dick Wallen Productions   (Lyle Stelter) '64 Ford 139 700 running 0 12 1 21   Marvin Panch Wood Brothers '65 Ford 136 1000 overheating 39 13 29 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '63 Ford 135 550 running 0 14 32 53   Jimmy Helms David Warren '63 Ford 131 530 running 0 15 26 79   Frank Warren Harold Rhodes '63 Ford 129 600 out of gas 0 16 16 1   Paul Lewis Paul Lewis '64 Ford 125 520 running 0 17 3 27   Cale Yarborough Abingdon Motor Company   (Banjo Matthews) '65 Ford 108 515 engine 72 18 9 16   Darel Dieringer Mercury   (Bud Moore) '64 Mercury 108 510 crash 6 19 6 29   Dick Hutcherson Holman-Moody Racing '65 Ford 108 505 crash 0 20 5 11   Ned Jarrett Richmond Ford Motor Co.   (Bondy Long) '65 Ford 108 500 crash 0 21 22 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '64 Ford 99 495 engine 0 22 18 17   Junior Spencer Mullins Ford   (Jerry Mullins) '64 Ford 84 565 axle 0 23 40 6   Bub Strickler – '64 Ford 84 485 crash 0 24 10 14   Nelson Stacy Sam Fletcher '65 Plymouth 83 480 fuel pump 0 25 21 09   Bobby Allison Ed Grady '64 Ford 56 550 overheating 0 26 8 26   Junior Johnson Junior Johnson '65 Ford 51 470 quit 7 27 35 25   Jabe Thomas Handy's Engineering Radford, VA   (Jabe Thomas) '64 Ford 51 465 fuel pump 0 28 2 15   Earl Balmer Bud Moore '64 Ford 47 460 engine 5 29 4 24   Sam McQuagg Betty Lilly '65 Ford 34 455 rocker arm 0 30 33 52   E.J. Trivette Jess Potter '63 Chevrolet 32 450 engine 0 31 7 28   Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody Racing '65 Ford 25 545 engine 1 32 17 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '65 Chevrolet 24 440 push rod 0 33 13 33   Bunkie Blackburn Ray Fox '65 Chevrolet 20 435 clutch 0 34 37 3   LeeRoy Yarbrough Southeastern Chevy Dealers   (Ray Fox) '65 Chevrolet 9 430 clutch 0 35 39 68   Bob Derrington Bob Derrington '63 Ford 8 425 oil leak 0 36 31 38   Wayne Smith Archie Smith '65 Chevrolet 5 420 axle 0 37 36 02   Doug Cooper Bob Cooper '65 Chevrolet 0 415 oil pressure 0 38 20 00   Tom Pistone Emory Gilliam '64 Ford 0 410 crash 0 39 25 97   Henley Gray Gene Cline '64 Ford 0 405 crash 0 40 34 89   Ken White Buck Baker '65 Oldsmobile 0 400 clutch 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Earl Balmer 1 5 5   Marvin Panch 6 6 1   Fred Lorenzen 7 7 1   Cale Yarborough 8 8 1   Junior Johnson 9 10 2   Cale Yarborough 11 14 4   A.J. Foyt 15 17 3   Junior Johnson 18 22 5   Cale Yarborough 23 39 17   A.J. Foyt 40 42 3   Cale Yarborough 43 71 29   Darel Dieringer 72 72 1   Marvin Panch 73 81 9   Cale Yarborough 82 93 12   Marvin Panch 94 94 1   Darel Dieringer 95 99 5   Cale Yarborough 100 108 9   Marvin Panch 109 136 28   A.J. Foyt 137 160 24