| 1965 Wilkes 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 51 of 55 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $17,050 | Race Date: | Oct 3, 1965 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2 Laps | Race Duration: | 2Hr 48Min 55Sec. | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 3 | Average Speed: | 88.801 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 35 | No. of Cautions: | 5 For 36 Laps | savethespeedway.net/history.html | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Junior Johnson J. Johnson | Driver: | Fred Lorenzen F. Lorenzen | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #26 Ford | Car No.: | #28 Ford | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Junior Johnson and Associates | Team: | Holman-Moody Racing | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Herb Nab | Crew Chief: | Jack Sullivan | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 204 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 101.580 MPH | |||||
| Official 1965 Wilkes 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 5 | 26 | Junior Johnson | Junior Johnson Racing | Running |  | 0 | 400 | 204 |
| 2 | 6 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Matthews Racing | Running | | 0 | 398 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Bondy Long (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 398 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | David Pearson | Cotton Owens Garage | Running |  | 0 | 397 | 0 |
| 5 | 11 | 47 | Curtis Turner | Wood Brothers | Running | | 0 | 396 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | 21 | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers | Running | | 0 | 396 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | 17 | Junior Spencer | Jerry Mullins (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 394 | 0 |
| 8 | 21 | 59 | Tom Pistone | Glen Sweet (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 393 | 0 |
| 9 | 12 | 49 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Running | | 0 | 392 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 389 | 0 |
| 11 | 19 | 19 | J.T. Putney | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 387 | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 386 | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Running | | 0 | 375 | 0 |
| 14 | 15 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing | Running | | 0 | 349 | 0 |
| 15 | 24 | 02 | Doug Cooper | Bob Cooper (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 349 | 0 |
| 16 | 23 | 46 | Roy Mayne | Tom Hunter (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 318 | 0 |
| 17 | 33 | 75 | Gene Black | C.L. Crawford (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 311 | 0 |
| 18 | 14 | 10 | Darel Dieringer | Gary Weaver (Car Owner) | Clutch | | 0 | 308 | 0 |
| 19 | 1 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Holman-Moody | Engine | | 0 | 219 | 190 |
| 20 | 29 | 52 | E.J. Trivette | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 215 | 0 |
| 21 | 28 | 38 | Wayne Smith | Archie Smith (Car Owner) | Steering | | 0 | 211 | 0 |
| 22 | 18 | 56 | Paul Lewis | Curtis Larimer (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 23 | 31 | 53 | Jimmy Helms | David Warren (Car Owner) | Vibration | | 0 | 174 | 0 |
| 24 | 26 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Jabe Thomas (Car Owner) | | 0 | 154 | 0 | |
| 25 | 20 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 119 | 0 | |
| 26 | 34 | 81 | Frank Weathers | Joe Keistler (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 119 | 0 |
| 27 | 25 | 89 | Neil Castles | Buck Baker (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 98 | 0 | |
| 28 | 13 | 06 | Sam McQuagg (R) | Kenny Myler | | 0 | 93 | 0 | |
| 29 | 32 | 97 | Henley Gray (R) | Gene Cline (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 82 | 0 |
| 30 | 27 | 68 | Bob Derrington | Bob Derrington (Car Owner) | A Frame | | 0 | 82 | 0 |
| 31 | 30 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 32 | 3 | 29 | Dick Hutcherson | Holman-Moody | Accident | | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 33 | 2 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Accident |  | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 34 | 9 | 35 | Bobby Isaac | Nichels Engineering | Accident | | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 35 | 35 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Buddy Arrington (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 13 | 0 |
