Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — September 6, 1965

Ned Jarrett

Winner

364

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Ned Jarrett won the 1965 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 6, 1965, leading 62 of 364 laps. Buck Baker finished second; Darel Dieringer rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, September 6, 1965

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1965

Winner

Ned Jarrett

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	10	+9	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)		364	—	Running	62	2900
2	14	+12	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Plymouth	350	—	Running	—	2784
3	5	+2	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	345	—	DNF	199	2668
4	33	+29	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		345	—	Running	—	2552
5	24	+19	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	344	—	Running	—	2436
6	22	+16	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		341	—	Running	—	2320
7	31	+24	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)		336	—	Running	—	2204
8	41	+33	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		334	—	Running	—	2088
9	19	+10	J.T. Putney	Herman Beam (Owner)		328	—	Running	—	1972
10	44	+34	Wendell Scott	Clay Esteridge (Owner)		320	—	Running	—	1856
11	2	-9	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		319	—	DNF - Engine	57	1740
12	37	+25	Jimmy Helms	David Warren (Owner)		316	—	Running	—	1624
13	42	+29	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington (Owner)		311	—	Running	—	1508
14	18	+4	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis (Owner)		308	—	Running	—	1392
15	39	+24	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		304	—	Running	—	1276
16	40	+24	E.J. Trivette	Jess Potter (Owner)		302	—	Running	—	1160
17	16	-1	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		301	—	DNF	2	1044
18	32	+14	Don Hume	Don Hume (Owner)		298	—	Running	—	928
19	6	-13	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody		293	—	DNF - Engine	—	812
20	20	—	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing		293	—	DNF	—	696
21	35	+14	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)		261	—	DNF	—	580
22	7	-15	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)		230	—	DNF	9	464
23	34	+11	Bud Harless	Bud Harless (Owner)		222	—	DNF - Engine	—	348
24	38	+14	Gene Black	C.L. Crawford (Owner)		197	—	DNF - Engine	—	232
25	30	+5	Neil Castles	Champion Racing		173	—	DNF	—	116
26	15	-11	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		156	—	DNF	—	116
27	25	-2	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Fox Racing		134	—	DNF	—	116
28	17	-11	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing		123	—	DNF	—	116
29	11	-18	Sam McQuagg	Betty Lilly (Owner)		118	—	DNF - Crash	31	116
30	9	-21	Cale Yarborough	Matthews Racing		118	—	DNF - Crash	2	116
31	12	-19	Bunkie Blackburn	Fox Racing		109	—	DNF - Crash	—	116
32	4	-28	Earl Balmer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	94	—	DNF - Crash	2	116
33	29	-4	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		85	—	DNF	—	116
34	13	-21	Junior Spencer	Jerry Mullins (Owner)		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	116
35	8	-27	Curtis Turner	Sam Fletcher (Owner)	Plymouth	51	—	DNF	—	116
36	27	-9	Bobby Wawak		Mercury	46	—	DNF - Engine	—	116
37	3	-34	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		42	—	DNF - Engine	—	116
38	43	+5	Henley Gray	Gene Cline (Owner)		29	—	DNF	—	116
39	26	-13	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter (Owner)		25	—	DNF	—	116
40	28	-12	Bud Moore	Jabe Thomas (Owner)		9	—	DNF - Engine	—	116
41	36	-5	Bert Robbins	Emory Gilliam (Owner)		3	—	DNF - Crash	—	116
42	21	-21	Buren Skeen	Reid Shaw (Owner)		2	—	DNF - Crash	—	116
43	23	-20	Reb Wickersham	Ray Underwood (Owner)		2	—	DNF - Crash	—	116
44	1	-43	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates		1	—	DNF	—	116