1964 Pennsylvania 200

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1964 Pennsylvania 200
Race details
Race 41 of 62 in the 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date July 21, 1964 (1964-July-21)
Location Lincoln Speedway (New Oxford, Pennsylvania)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.805 km)
Distance 200 laps, 100.0 mi (160.9 km)
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 87.1 °F (30.6 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)[1]
Average speed 82.568 miles per hour (132.880 km/h)
Pole position
Driver David Pearson Owens Racing
Most laps led
Driver Bob Welborn Holman-Moody
Laps 125
Winner
No. 6
 David Pearson
 Owens Racing
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1964 Pennsylvania 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on July 21, 1964 at the Lincoln Speedway in the American community of New Oxford, Pennsylvania; a dirt track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km) per lap; for a grand total of 100.0 miles (160.9 km) of racing action.[2]

There were 21 drivers on the grid; all of them were American-born males.[2] Frank Tanner received the last-place finish due to an oil pressure issue on lap 2 out of the 200 laps that made up the regulation length of the race.[2] There were only two lead changes; David Pearson managed to defeat Richard Petty by 11 seconds in only one hour and twelve minutes.[2] While Pearson achieved a pole position with a speed of 86.289 miles per hour (138.869 km/h), the average speed of the race was only 82.586 miles per hour (132.909 km/h).[2] Bob Welborn would retire from NASCAR after this race.[3]

Finishing order

  1. David Pearson
  2. Richard Petty
  3. Jimmy Pardue
  4. Wendell Scott
  5. Doug Yates
  6. Curtis Crider
  7. Al White
  8. Doug Cooper
  9. Roy Tyner
  10. Bob Derrington
  11. Bob Welborn*
  12. Earl Brooks*
  13. Neil Castles*
  14. Elmo Langley*
  15. Ned Jarrett*
  16. Louis Weathersbee*
  17. Doug Moore*
  18. LeeRoy Yarbrough*
  19. Bernard Alvarez*
  20. Pete Boland*
  21. Frank Tanner*

* Driver failed to finish race

References

  1. ↑ "1964 Pennsylvania 200 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-08-02. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "1964 Pennsylvania 200 racing information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2012-03-24. 
  3. ↑ "Welborn leaves NASCAR". Race Database. Retrieved 2012-03-24. 
Preceded by
1964 The Glen 151.8		 NASCAR Grand National Series Season
1964 		Succeeded by
1964 Volunteer 500
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