1964 Wilkes 400

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1964 Wilkes 400
Race details
Race 58 of 62 in the 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date October 11, 1964 (1964-October-11)
Location North Wilkesboro Speedway (North Wilkesboro, North Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.625 mi (1.005 km)
Distance 400 laps, 250 mi (402 km)
WeatherTemperatures up to 60.1 °F (15.6 °C); wind speeds up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)[1]
Average speed 91.398 miles per hour (147.091 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Junior Johnson Banjo Matthews
Most laps led
Driver Junior Johnson Banjo Matthews
Laps 201
Winner
No. 21
 Marvin Panch
 Wood Brothers
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1964 Wilkes 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that took place on October 11, 1964 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.[2][3]

This race took two hours and forty-four minutes to successfully complete with stock cars reaching speeds of 91.398 miles per hour (147.091 km/h).[2][3] Marvin Panch managed to defeat Fred Lorenzen by a time of 5.8 seconds.[2][3] Two cautions were given for 28 laps in front of twelve thousand live spectators.[2] Junior Johnson qualified for the pole position for this race with a solo speed of 100.761 miles per hour (162.159 km/h).[2][3] Buddy Arrington and Doug Cooper failed to make any prize winnings for their respective 31st and 32nd place finishes.[2][3] They crashed into each other at lap 2 of the 400-lap race.[2][3]

Top twenty finishers

  1. Marvin Panch
  2. Fred Lorenzen
  3. Darel Dieringer
  4. Billy Wade
  5. Buck Baker
  6. Cale Yarborough
  7. Curtis Crider
  8. Larry Thomas
  9. Neil Castles
  10. Bobby Johns
  11. Jack Anderson
  12. Roy Tyner
  13. Junior Johnson
  14. Wendell Scott
  15. Doug Yates
  16. Pete Stewart
  17. David Pearson
  18. Earl Balmer
  19. Richard Petty
  20. J.T. Putney

References

  1. ↑ "1964 Wilkes 400 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2010-09-07. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "1964 Wilkes 400 information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "1964 Wilkes 400 information (second reference)". Stat Sheet. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
Preceded by
1964 untitled race at Savannah Speedway		 NASCAR Grand National Series Season
1964 		Succeeded by
1964 National 400
Preceded by
1963		 Wilkes 400 races
1964 		Succeeded by
1965
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