American 500

Rockingham Speedway — October 31, 1965

Curtis Turner

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Curtis Turner won the 1965 American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on October 31, 1965, leading 239 of 500 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Marvin Panch rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, October 31, 1965

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1965

Winner

Curtis Turner

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Curtis Turner	Wood Brothers Racing		500	—	Running	239	2600
2	7	+5	Cale Yarborough	Matthews Racing		500	—	Running	35	2496
3	5	+2	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		498	—	Running	32	2392
4	17	+13	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing		491	—	Running	—	2288
5	9	+4	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	486	—	Running	84	2184
6	13	+7	J.T. Putney	Herman Beam (Owner)		482	—	Running	—	2080
7	8	+1	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody		475	—	Running	—	1976
8	15	+7	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		468	—	Running	—	1872
9	25	+16	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		468	—	Running	—	1768
10	24	+14	Paul Lewis	Curtis Larimer (Owner)		459	—	Running	—	1664
11	21	+10	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)		457	—	Running	—	1560
12	18	+6	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		448	—	Running	—	1456
13	41	+28	Worth McMillion	Allen McMillion (Owner)		439	—	Running	—	1352
14	36	+22	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		434	—	Running	—	1248
15	35	+20	Jimmy Helms	Gene Cline (Owner)		434	—	Running	—	1144
16	12	-4	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)		425	—	DNF	—	1040
17	38	+21	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington (Owner)		414	—	Running	—	936
18	30	+12	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Dodge	408	—	Running	—	832
19	19	—	Jabe Thomas	Jabe Thomas (Owner)		408	—	Running	—	728
20	34	+14	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		385	—	Running	—	624
21	10	-11	Bobby Isaac	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	341	—	DNF - Engine	11	520
22	29	+7	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		305	—	DNF - Engine	—	416
23	11	-12	Sam McQuagg	Betty Lilly (Owner)		254	—	DNF - Engine	—	312
24	14	-10	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Plymouth	253	—	DNF - Engine	—	208
25	3	-22	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	234	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
26	42	+16	Darrell Bryant	Roy Tyner (Owner)		228	—	DNF	—	104
27	6	-21	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		214	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
28	22	-6	Lionel Johnson	Clay Esteridge (Owner)		200	—	DNF	—	104
29	16	-13	Junior Spencer	Jerry Mullins (Owner)		194	—	DNF	—	104
30	37	+7	E.J. Trivette	Jess Potter (Owner)		183	—	DNF	—	104
31	27	-4	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		166	—	DNF	—	104
32	2	-30	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates		154	—	DNF - Engine	99	104
33	20	-13	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)		113	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
34	26	-8	Tom Pistone	Glen Sweet (Owner)		90	—	DNF	—	104
35	32	-3	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
36	1	-35	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	58	—	DNF - Crash	—	104
37	40	+3	Roy Tyner	Buck Baker Racing		57	—	DNF	—	104
38	28	-10	Gene Black	C.L. Crawford (Owner)		52	—	DNF - Crash	—	104
39	39	—	Rene Charland	Herman Beam (Owner)		18	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
40	33	-7	Don Hume	Don Hume (Owner)		13	—	DNF	—	104
41	43	+2	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	5	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
42	23	-19	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		1	—	DNF - Crash	—	104
43	31	-12	Darel Dieringer	Gary Weaver (Owner)		0	—	DNF - Crash	—	104