1965 Southern 500

Race 45 of 55

Darlington
364 laps
Time of race: 4:19:09
Average speed of winner: 115.878 mph
Margin of victory: 14 laps
Lead changes: 23 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 44 laps
Lap leaders: Johnson pole, Lorenzen 1-32, Dieringer 33-45, Balmer 46, Johns 47-48, Paschal 49-51, Yarborough 52-53, Dieringer 54-86, Balmer 87, McQuagg 88-118, Dieringer 119-121, Lorenzen 122, Paschal 123-128, Jarrett 129-144, Lorenzen 145-147, Dieringer 148-166, Lorenzen 167, Dieringer 168-227, Lorenzen 228-232, Jarrett 233-239, Dieringer 240-287, Lorenzen 288-302, Dieringer 303-325, Jarrett 326-364

Race notes: Debut for Bobby Wawak. Finale for Bud Harless, Buren Skeen, and Reb Wickersham.

Video links: Yarborough flies over the wall, Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	10	Ned Jarrett	11		'65 Ford	Bondy Long	Ervin		364	3	62	running	21060	0
2	14	Buck Baker	86		'65 Plymouth	Buck Baker			350	0	0	running	9170	0
3	5	Darel Dieringer	16		'64 Mercury	Moore	Moore		345	7	199	differential	7200	0
4	33	Roy Mayne	46		'65 Chevrolet	Tom Hunter			345	0	0	running	3225	0
5	24	Buddy Arrington	67		'64 Dodge	Arrington			344	0	0	running	2400	0
6	22	H.B. Bailey	04		'64 Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			340	0	0	running	1750	0
7	31	Stick Elliott	18		'65 Chevrolet	Bolton			336	0	0	running	1500	0
8	41	Frank Warren	79		'63 Chevrolet	Harold Rhodes			334	0	0	running	1250	0
9	19	J.T. Putney	19		'65 Chevrolet	Beam			328	0	0	running	1000	0
10	44	Wendell Scott	57		'64 Ford	Esteridge			320	0	0	running	900	0
11	2	Fred Lorenzen	28		'65 Ford	Holman-Moody			319	6	57	engine	1550	0
12	37	Jimmy Helms	53		'63 Ford	David Warren			316	0	0	running	800	0
13	42	Bob Derrington	68		'63 Ford	Derrington			311	0	0	running	775	0
14	18	Paul Lewis	1		'64 Ford	Paul Lewis			308	0	0	running	750	0
15	39	Wayne Smith	38		'65 Chevrolet	Wayne Smith			304	0	0	running	725	0
16	40	E.J. Trivette	52		'63 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			302	0	0	running	700	0
17	16	Bobby Johns	7		'64 Pontiac	Shorty Johns			301	1	2	differential	695	0
18	32	Don Hume	63		'63 Ford	Don Hume			298	0	0	running	650	0
19	6	Dick Hutcherson	29		'65 Ford	Holman-Moody			293	0	0	engine	625	0
20	20	G.C. Spencer	49		'64 Ford	G.C. Spencer			293	0	0	vapor lock	620	0
21	35	Larry Hess	44		'64 Ford	Larry Hess			261	0	0	clutch	615	0
22	7	Jim Paschal	41		'65 Chevrolet	Friedkin			230	2	9	head gasket	710	0
23	34	Bud Harless	07		'64 Ford	Harless			222	0	0	engine	605	0
24	38	Gene Black	75		'64 Ford	C.L. Crawford			197	0	0	oil pressure	600	0
25	30	Neil Castles	72		'64 Ford	Bill Champion			173	0	0	accident	595	0
26	15	Elmo Langley	64		'64 Ford	Langley			156	0	0	head gasket	590	0
27	25	LeeRoy Yarbrough	3		'65 Chevrolet	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		134	0	0	differential	635	0
28	17	Buck Baker	87		'65 Chevrolet	Buck Baker			123	0	0	engine	580	0
29	11	Sam McQuagg	24		'65 Ford	Betty Lilly			118	1	31	accident	1015	0
30	9	Cale Yarborough	27		'65 Ford	Banjo Matthews			118	1	2	accident	830	0
31	12	Bunkie Blackburn	33		'65 Chevrolet	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		109	0	0	accident	695	0
32	4	Earl Balmer	15		'64 Mercury	Moore	Moore		94	2	2	accident	580	0
33	29	Doug Cooper	62		'65 Chevrolet	Bob Cooper			85	0	0	differential	555	0
34	13	Junior Spencer	17		'64 Ford	Mullins			79	0	0	engine	620	0
35	8	Curtis Turner	14		'65 Plymouth	Sam Fletcher			51	0	0	wheel bearing	545	0
36	27	Bobby Wawak	4		'64 Mercury				46	0	0	engine	560	0
37	3	Marvin Panch	21		'65 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		42	0	0	engine	605	0
38	43	Henley Gray	97		'64 Ford	Gene Cline			29	0	0	clutch	530	0
39	26	Tiny Lund	55		'64 Ford	Stelter			25	0	0	a-frame	555	0
40	28	Bud Moore	25		'64 Ford	Jabe Thomas			9	0	0	oil pressure	520	0
41	36	Bert Robbins	00		'64 Ford				3	0	0	accident	515	0
42	21	Buren Skeen	23		'64 Ford	Reid Shaw			2	0	0	fatal accident	510	0
43	23	Reb Wickersham	03		'65 Ford	Underwood			2	0	0	accident	505	0
44	1	Junior Johnson	26		'65 Ford	Johnson		137.571	1	0	0	ignition	750	0