Motor Trend 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 17, 1965

Dan Gurney

Winner

185

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dan Gurney won the 1965 Motor Trend 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 17, 1965, leading 126 of 185 laps. Junior Johnson finished second; Marvin Panch rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 17, 1965

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1965

Winner

Dan Gurney

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	11	+10	Dan Gurney	Wood Brothers Racing		185	—	Running	126	0
2	1	-1	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates		185	—	Running	11	2500
3	5	+2	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		184	—	Running	—	2400
4	16	+12	Darel Dieringer			181	—	Running	—	2300
5	15	+10	Gene Davis	Bill Groves (Owner)	Mercury	177	—	Running	—	2200
6	36	+30	Eddie Gray	Ralph Shelton (Owner)	Mercury	176	—	Running	—	2100
7	8	+1	Scotty Cain	Bill Clifton (Owner)	Mercury	172	—	Running	—	2000
8	38	+30	Sam Stanley	Irwin Sandlin (Owner)	Mercury	172	—	Running	—	1900
9	18	+9	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Dodge	171	—	Running	—	1800
10	12	+2	A.J. Foyt	Holman Moody		169	—	DNF - Crash	12	0
11	17	+6	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)		167	—	Running	—	0
12	22	+10	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		164	—	Running	—	1700
13	39	+26	Nat Reeder	Nat Reeder (Owner)		160	—	DNF	—	1600
14	23	+9	Ed Brown	Coz Concilla (Owner)		151	—	Running	—	1500
15	20	+5	Dick Guldstrand	Bob McDonald (Owner)		151	—	Running	—	1400
16	37	+21	Bob Connor	Howard York (Owner)	Mercury	115	—	DNF	—	1300
17	28	+11	Sam McQuagg	James Racing		97	—	DNF	—	1200
18	6	-12	Bill Amick	Dick Niles (Owner)	Mercury	95	—	DNF - Engine	—	1100
19	3	-16	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)		94	—	DNF	—	1000
20	13	-7	Skip Hudson			90	—	DNF - Engine	—	900
21	34	+13	Fritz Wilson	Fritz Wilson (Owner)	Plymouth	84	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
22	21	-1	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		80	—	DNF	—	800
23	14	-9	Larry Frank	Larry Frank (Owner)		65	—	Running	—	700
24	4	-20	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		55	—	DNF	—	600
25	25	—	Doug Moore	Doug Moore (Owner)		51	—	DNF	—	500
26	30	+4	Al Self	Al Self (Owner)		49	—	DNF - Engine	—	400
27	9	-18	Dick Bown	Bown Racing	Plymouth	47	—	DNF - Engine	—	300
28	10	-18	Bob Bondurant	Clem Proctor (Owner)		47	—	DNF	—	200
29	42	+13	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		41	—	DNF	—	100
30	32	+2	Joe Clark	Bob Bristol (Owner)	Mercury	41	—	DNF	—	100
31	7	-24	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody		40	—	DNF	—	100
32	2	-30	Parnelli Jones	Stroppe Motorsports	Mercury	37	—	DNF - Engine	36	0
33	19	-14	Jim Cook	Floyd Johnson (Owner)	Mercury	36	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
34	40	+6	Bob Thompson		Mercury	26	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
35	41	+6	Bill Boldt		Mercury	19	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
36	31	-5	Bill Meyer			19	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
37	26	-11	Johnny Steele	Johnny Steele (Owner)		16	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
38	35	-3	Don Walker			14	—	DNF	—	100
39	24	-15	Billy Cantrell			2	—	DNF	—	0
40	43	+3	Charles Powell			1	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
41	29	-12	Bruce Worrell	Bruce Worrell (Owner)		1	—	DNF	—	100
42	27	-15	Dana Hall			1	—	DNF	—	100
43	33	-10	Bob Perry		Dodge	1	—	DNF	—	100
44	44	—	Dave James		Dodge	0	—	DNF	—	0