Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — February 14, 1965

Fred Lorenzen

Winner

133

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Fred Lorenzen won the 1965 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 14, 1965, leading 25 of 133 laps. Darel Dieringer finished second; Bobby Johns rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, February 14, 1965

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1965

Winner

Fred Lorenzen

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		133	—	Running	25	5200
2	1	-1	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	132	—	Running	—	4992
3	5	+2	Bobby Johns	Holman Moody		132	—	Running	1	4784
4	16	+12	Earl Balmer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	132	—	Running	—	4576
5	3	-2	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)		132	—	Running	—	4368
6	6	—	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		132	—	Running	80	4160
7	26	+19	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody		130	—	Running	—	3952
8	10	+2	Sam McQuagg	Betty Lilly (Owner)		130	—	Running	—	3744
9	32	+23	Cale Yarborough	Gary Weaver (Owner)		128	—	Running	—	3536
10	36	+26	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing		128	—	Running	—	3328
11	13	+2	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		128	—	Running	—	3120
12	9	-3	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		126	—	Running	—	2912
13	15	+2	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		125	—	Running	—	2704
14	19	+5	J.T. Putney	Herman Beam (Owner)		125	—	Running	—	2496
15	8	-7	Donald Tucker	Don Snyder (Owner)		124	—	Running	—	2288
16	17	+1	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)		123	—	Running	—	2080
17	27	+10	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Plymouth	122	—	Running	—	1872
18	12	-6	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington (Owner)		121	—	Running	—	1664
19	21	+2	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)		119	—	Running	—	1456
20	14	-6	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		118	—	Running	—	1248
21	31	+10	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		118	—	Running	—	1040
22	33	+11	Don Tilley	Joe Keistler (Owner)	Dodge	117	—	Running	—	832
23	28	+5	Johnny Allen	Sam Fletcher (Owner)	Plymouth	114	—	Running	—	624
24	41	+17	Herb Shannon		Mercury	110	—	DNF - Engine	—	416
25	30	+5	Bub Strickler	Bub Strickler (Owner)		73	—	DNF - Engine	—	208
26	20	-6	Reb Wickersham	Ray Underwood (Owner)		68	—	Running	—	208
27	11	-16	Bunkie Blackburn	Casper Hensley (Owner)		49	—	DNF	—	208
28	2	-26	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates		27	—	DNF - Crash	27	208
29	24	-5	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter (Owner)		12	—	DNF	—	208
30	22	-8	Roy Mayne	Bob Cooper (Owner)		6	—	DNF	—	208
31	23	-8	Jack Anderson	Ron Cory (Owner)		5	—	DNF	—	208
32	29	-3	Jim Bray	Shorty Johns (Owner)		4	—	DNF	—	208
33	43	+10	Jeff Hawkins	Lester Hunter (Owner)	Dodge	4	—	DNF	—	208
34	34	—	Ned Setzer	Toy Bolton (Owner)		3	—	DNF	—	208
35	35	—	Barry Brooks	Bob Cooper (Owner)		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	208
36	42	+6	Red Farmer			3	—	DNF	—	208
37	37	—	Pete Stewart	David Warren (Owner)		2	—	DNF	—	208
38	39	+1	Jimmy Helms			2	—	DNF	—	208
39	40	+1	Tom Pistone	Glen Sweet (Owner)		2	—	DNF	—	208
40	18	-22	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Dodge	2	—	DNF - Engine	—	208
41	7	-34	Larry Frank	Larry Frank (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	208
42	38	-4	Joe Penland	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		1	—	DNF	—	208
43	25	-18	Robert Vaughn	Ronald Smith (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	208