| 1965 Firecracker 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 29 of 55 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $43,680 | Race Date: | Jul 4, 1965 | Daytona International Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 2Hr 39Min 57Sec. | Daytona Beach, Florida | |
| Lead Changes: | 19 | Average Speed: | 150.046 MPH | 2.5 Mile Paved Banked Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 40 | No. of Cautions: | 3 For 20 Laps | daytonainternationalspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | A.J. Foyt A. Foyt | Driver: | Marvin Panch M. Panch | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #41 Ford | Car No.: | #21 Ford | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Wood Brothers Racing | Team: | Wood Brothers Racing | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Leonard Wood | Crew Chief: | Leonard Wood | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 30 of 160 | Pole Speed: | 171.510 MPH | |||||
| Official 1965 Firecracker 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 11 | 41 | A.J. Foyt | Wood Brothers | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 30 |
| 2 | 12 | 86 | Buddy Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 3 | 14 | 49 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Running | | 0 | 158 | 0 |
| 4 | 28 | 19 | J.T. Putney | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 153 | 0 |
| 5 | 24 | 88 | Neil Castles | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 152 | 0 |
| 6 | 27 | 46 | Roy Mayne | Tom Hunter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 152 | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | 44 | Larry Hess | Larry Hess (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 8 | 19 | 03 | Reb Wickersham | Ray Underwood (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 9 | 23 | 75 | Gene Black | C.L. Crawford (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 149 | 0 |
| 10 | 30 | 57 | Lionel Johnson | Clay Eastridge (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 144 | 0 |
| 11 | 38 | 55 | Tiny Lund | Dick Wallen Producrions | Running | | 0 | 139 | 0 |
| 12 | 1 | 21 | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers | Overheating | | 0 | 136 | 39 |
| 13 | 29 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Running | | 0 | 135 | 0 |
| 14 | 32 | 53 | Jimmy Helms | David Warren (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 131 | 0 |
| 15 | 26 | 79 | Frank Warren | Harold Rhodes (Car Owner) | Out of Fuel | | 0 | 129 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 1 | Paul Lewis | Paul Lewis (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 125 | 0 |
| 17 | 3 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Matthews Racing | Engine | | 0 | 108 | 72 |
| 18 | 9 | 16 | Darel Dieringer | Bud Moore Engineering | Accident |  | 0 | 108 | 6 |
| 19 | 6 | 29 | Dick Hutcherson | Holman-Moody | Accident | | 0 | 108 | 0 |
| 20 | 5 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Bondy Long (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 108 | 0 |
| 21 | 22 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing | Engine | | 0 | 99 | 0 |
| 22 | 18 | 17 | Junior Spencer | Jerry Mullins (Car Owner) | | 0 | 84 | 0 | |
| 23 | 40 | 6 | Bub Strickler | Accident | | 0 | 84 | 0 | |
| 24 | 10 | 14 | Nelson Stacy | Sam Fletcher (Car Owner) | Fuel Pump | | 0 | 83 | 0 |
| 25 | 21 | 09 | Bobby Allison | Ed Grady (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| 26 | 8 | 26 | Junior Johnson | Junior Johnson Racing | Quit | | 0 | 51 | 7 |
| 27 | 35 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Jabe Thomas (Car Owner) | Fuel Pump | | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| 28 | 2 | 15 | Earl Balmer | Bud Moore Engineering | Engine | | 0 | 47 | 5 |
| 29 | 4 | 24 | Sam McQuagg (R) | Betty Lilly (Car Owner) | Rocker Arm | | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 30 | 33 | 52 | E.J. Trivette | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 31 | 7 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Holman-Moody | Engine | | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| 32 | 17 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 33 | 13 | 33 | Bunkie Blackburn | Fox Racing | Clutch | | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 34 | 37 | 3 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | Fox Racing | Clutch | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 35 | 39 | 68 | Bob Derrington | Bob Derrington (Car Owner) | | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 36 | 31 | 38 | Wayne Smith | Archie Smith (Car Owner) | | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 37 | 36 | 02 | Doug Cooper | Bob Cooper (Car Owner) | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 20 | 00 | Tom Pistone | Emory Gilliam (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | 25 | 97 | Henley Gray (R) | Gene Cline (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | 34 | 89 | Ken White | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Clutch |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |
