1965 Greenville 200

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1965 Greenville 200
Race details
Race 10 of 55 in the 1965 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date April 17, 1965 (1965-April-17)
Location Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Greenville, South Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance 200 laps, 100 mi (160 km)
WeatherTemperatures reaching 69.1 °F (20.6 °C); wind speeds up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)[1]
Average speed 56.899 miles per hour (91.570 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Bud Moore Louis Weathersbee
Most laps led
Driver Dick Hutcherson Holman-Moody
Laps 191
Winner
No. 29
 Dick Hutcherson
 Holman-Moody
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1965 Greenville 200 was a NASCAR Grand National race that took place on April 17, 1965 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in the American community of Greenville, South Carolina.[2][3]

Summary

The track used would not be paved until the 1970 Greenville 200 race (which took place on June 27, 1970).[2][3] No record was ever released about the exact attendance numbers and it was the tenth race out of the fifty-five races during that year.[2][3] Two hundred laps were done on a dirt oval track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km).[2][3] The race took one hour and forty-five minutes to successfully complete with three cautions given out by NASCAR.[2][3] Notable speeds were: 56.899 miles per hour (91.570 km/h) for the average and 67.695 miles per hour (108.945 km/h) for the pole position speed (accomplished by Bud Moore).[2][3]

The winning vehicle was a 1965 Ford Galaxie driven by Dick Hutcherson.[2][3] Other notable drivers included: Ned Jarrett, Buddy Baker, Wendell Scott, Neil Castles, Elmo Langley, Roy Tyner, and Cale Yarborough.[2][3] A significant part of the field were individually owned vehicles with no formal sponsorship whatsoever.[4] Both Clyde Lynn and Cale Yarborough shared a single crew member for pit lane. Many drivers would run an entire race at slow speeds back then if they had no chance of winning. Usually, they get lapped before the sixth lap of the race, and eventually withdraw from the race for some reason.

The total prize purse for this racing event was $5,040 ($37,334.32 in today's money). Hutcherson received $1,000 ($7,407.6 in today's money) while the bottom 13 finishers split $100 apiece ($740.76 in today's money).[5]

Finishing order

Note: Twenty-five American drivers competed in this race without any foreign-born competitors in the race.[2][3]

  1. Dick Hutcherson (defeated Ned Jarrett by one car length)
  2. Ned Jarrett
  3. Buddy Baker
  4. Bud Moore
  5. Fred Harb
  6. Paul Lewis
  7. J.T. Putney
  8. Henley Gray
  9. Clyde Lynn†
  10. Wendell Scott
  11. G.T. Nolan
  12. Doug Cooper
  13. Neil Castles*
  14. Larry Frank*†
  15. Bob Derrington*
  16. G.C. Spencer*
  17. Buck Baker*†
  18. Elmo Langley*†
  19. Jeff Hawkins*
  20. E.J. Trivette*
  21. Roy Tyner*†
  22. Cale Yarborough*
  23. Tiny Lund*†
  24. Bernard Alvarez*
  25. Jabe Thomas*

† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
* Driver failed to finish race

References

  1. ↑ "1965 Greenville 200 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-08-02. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "1965 Greenville 200 information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "1965 Greenville 200 information (third reference)". Everything Stock Car. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
  4. ↑ "1965 Greenville 200 information". Driver Averages. Retrieved 2012-09-20. 
  5. ↑ "1965 Greenville 200 information". Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2012-09-18. 
Preceded by
1965 Atlanta 500		 NASCAR Grand National races
1965 		Succeeded by
1965 Gwyn Staley 400
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