Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — July 4, 1965

A.J. Foyt

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

A.J. Foyt won the 1965 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on July 4, 1965, leading 30 of 160 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; G.C. Spencer rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, July 4, 1965

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1965

Winner

A.J. Foyt

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	11	+10	A.J. Foyt	Wood Brothers Racing		160	—	Running	30	0
2	12	+10	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Plymouth	160	—	Running	—	2350
3	14	+11	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing		158	—	Running	—	2256
4	28	+24	J.T. Putney	Herman Beam (Owner)		153	—	Running	—	2162
5	24	+19	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Dodge	152	—	Running	—	2068
6	27	+21	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		152	—	Running	—	1974
7	15	+8	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)		151	—	Running	—	1880
8	19	+11	Reb Wickersham	Ray Underwood (Owner)		151	—	Running	—	1786
9	23	+14	Gene Black	C.L. Crawford (Owner)		149	—	Running	—	0
10	30	+20	Lionel Johnson	Clay Esteridge (Owner)		144	—	Running	—	1692
11	38	+27	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter (Owner)		139	—	Running	—	1598
12	1	-11	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		136	—	DNF	39	1504
13	29	+16	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		135	—	Running	—	1410
14	32	+18	Jimmy Helms	David Warren (Owner)		131	—	Running	—	1316
15	26	+11	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		129	—	DNF	—	1222
16	16	—	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis (Owner)		125	—	Running	—	1128
17	3	-14	Cale Yarborough	Matthews Racing		108	—	DNF - Engine	72	1034
18	9	-9	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	108	—	DNF - Crash	6	940
19	6	-13	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody		108	—	DNF - Crash	—	846
20	5	-15	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)		108	—	DNF - Crash	—	752
21	22	+1	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		99	—	DNF - Engine	—	658
22	18	-4	Junior Spencer	Jerry Mullins (Owner)		84	—	DNF	—	564
23	40	+17	Bub Strickler			84	—	DNF - Crash	—	470
24	10	-14	Nelson Stacy	Sam Fletcher (Owner)	Plymouth	83	—	DNF	—	376
25	21	-4	Bobby Allison	Ed Grady (Owner)		56	—	DNF	—	282
26	8	-18	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates		51	—	DNF	7	188
27	35	+8	Jabe Thomas	Jabe Thomas (Owner)		51	—	DNF	—	94
28	2	-26	Earl Balmer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	47	—	DNF - Engine	5	94
29	4	-25	Sam McQuagg	Betty Lilly (Owner)		34	—	DNF	—	94
30	33	+3	E.J. Trivette	Jess Potter (Owner)		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
31	7	-24	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		25	—	DNF - Engine	1	94
32	17	-15	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		24	—	DNF	—	94
33	13	-20	Bunkie Blackburn	Fox Racing		20	—	DNF	—	94
34	37	+3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Fox Racing		9	—	DNF	—	94
35	39	+4	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington (Owner)		8	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
36	31	-5	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		5	—	DNF	—	94
37	36	-1	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		0	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
38	20	-18	Tom Pistone	Emory Gilliam (Owner)		0	—	DNF - Crash	—	94
39	25	-14	Henley Gray	Gene Cline (Owner)		0	—	DNF - Crash	—	94
40	34	-6	Ken White	Buck Baker Racing		0	—	DNF	—	94