Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — September 7, 1964

Buck Baker

Winner

364

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buck Baker won the 1964 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 7, 1964, leading 63 of 364 laps. Jim Paschal finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, September 7, 1964

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1964

Winner

Buck Baker

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Buck Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	364	—	Running	63	3150
2	4	+2	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	362	—	Running	26	3024
3	1	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	360	—	Running	252	2898
4	16	+12	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)		359	—	Running	—	2772
5	5	—	Jimmy Pardue	Burton-Robinson	Plymouth	358	—	Running	13	2646
6	17	+11	Billy Wade	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	351	—	Running	—	2520
7	22	+15	Larry Thomas	Herman Beam (Owner)		351	—	Running	—	2394
8	14	+6	Cale Yarborough	Holman Moody		344	—	Running	—	2268
9	27	+18	J.T. Putney	Walt Hunter (Owner)		337	—	Running	—	2142
10	38	+28	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		305	—	Running	—	2016
11	36	+25	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	301	—	Running	—	1890
12	2	-10	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	298	—	DNF - Crash	5	1764
13	37	+24	Bobby Keck	W.S. Jenkins (Owner)		280	—	Running	—	0
14	41	+27	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		264	—	DNF	—	1638
15	32	+17	Major Melton	Wade Younts (Owner)	Dodge	253	—	DNF - Crash	—	1512
16	30	+14	Roy Mayne	Bob Adams (Owner)		247	—	DNF - Engine	—	1386
17	11	-6	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Fox Racing	Dodge	233	—	DNF	—	1260
18	15	-3	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing		186	—	DNF - Engine	—	1134
19	33	+14	Sam McQuagg	J.L. Thomas (Owner)		179	—	DNF	—	1008
20	10	-10	Bobby Isaac	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	176	—	DNF	—	882
21	23	+2	Elmo Langley	John Berejoski (Owner)		167	—	DNF	—	756
22	3	-19	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		154	—	DNF - Crash	—	630
23	12	-11	Junior Johnson	Matthews Racing		149	—	DNF - Crash	1	504
24	7	-17	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	149	—	DNF - Crash	—	378
25	24	-1	Bud Moore	Louis Weathersbee (Owner)	Plymouth	142	—	DNF - Crash	—	252
26	29	+3	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		135	—	DNF - Crash	—	126
27	18	-9	Bobby Johns	Holman Moody		131	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
28	9	-19	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	129	—	DNF	4	126
29	19	-10	Larry Frank	Larry Frank (Owner)		119	—	Running	—	126
30	21	-9	Bunkie Blackburn	Casper Hensley (Owner)		114	—	DNF	—	126
31	20	-11	Buddy Baker	Bernard Alvarez (Owner)		112	—	DNF - Engine	—	126
32	18	-14	Earl Balmer	Owens Racing	Dodge	109	—	DNF - Engine	—	126
33	25	-8	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter (Owner)		71	—	DNF - Crash	—	126
34	39	+5	Doug Moore	Doug Moore (Owner)		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	126
35	35	—	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	17	—	DNF	—	126
36	31	-5	Bill McMahan	Casper Hensley (Owner)		17	—	DNF	—	126
37	26	-11	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		16	—	DNF - Engine	—	126
38	28	-10	Don Hume	Don House (Owner)		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	126
39	13	-26	Nelson Stacy	Wood Brothers Racing		5	—	DNF	—	126
40	34	-6	E.J. Trivette	Jess Potter (Owner)		4	—	DNF	—	126
41	44	+3	Bud Harless			2	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
42	40	-2	Jimmy Helms	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	2	—	DNF	—	126
43	43	—	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	2	—	DNF - Engine	—	126
44	42	-2	Frank Graham	Jack Anderson (Owner)		1	—	DNF	—	126