American 500 1965 var ett stockcarlopp ingående i Nascar Grand National Series (nuvarande Nascar Cup Series) som kördes 31 oktober 1965 på den 1,0 mile (1,609 km) långa ovalbanan North Carolina Motor Speedway i Rockingham i North Carolina. Totalt avverkades 500 miles (804,672 km) fördelat på 500 varv. Banunderlaget var asfalt. Loppet vanns av Curtis Turner i en Ford på tiden 4:54.17 körande för Wood Brothers Racing. Turners snitthastighet uppgick till 101,942 mph. Prispotten uppgick till 56 180 dollar, varav 13 090 dollar gick till segraren.
Resultat
| Plc | Nr | Förare | Team/ bilägare |
Konstruktör | Start | Varv | Ledda varv | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47 | Curtis Turner | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 4 | 500 | 239 | |
| 2 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Banjo Matthews | Ford | 7 | 500 | 49 | |
| 3 | 21 | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 5 | 498 | 32 | |
| 4 | 49 | G.C. Spencer | GC Spencer Racing | Ford | 17 | 490 | 0 | |
| 5 | 42 | Jim Paschal | Petty Enterprises | Plymouth | 9 | 486 | 84 | |
| 6 | 19 | J.T. Putney | Herman Beam | Chevrolet | 13 | 482 | 0 | |
| 7 | 29 | Dick Hutcherson | Holman Moody | Ford | 8 | 475 | 0 | |
| 8 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 15 | 468 | 0 | |
| 9 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker Racing | Chevrolet | 25 | 468 | 0 | |
| 10 | 56 | Paul Lewis | Curtis Larimer | Ford | 24 | 459 | 0 | |
| 11 | 44 | Larry Hess | Larry Hess | Ford | 21 | 457 | 0 | |
| 12 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns | Pontiac | 18 | 448 | 0 | |
| 13 | 83 | Worth McMillion | Allan McMillion | Pontiac | 41 | 439 | 0 | |
| 14 | 38 | Wayne Smith | Archie Smith | Chevrolet | 36 | 434 | 0 | |
| 15 | 97 | Jimmy Helms | Gene Cline | Ford | 35 | 434 | 0 | |
| 16 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Bondy Long | Ford | 12 | 425 | 0 | |
| 17 | 68 | Bob Derrington | Bob Derrington | Ford | 38 | 414 | 0 | |
| 18 | 25 | Neil Castles | Buck Baker Racing | Ford | 19 | 408 | 0 | |
| 19 | 88 | Jabe Thomas | Jabe Thomas | Dodge | 30 | 408 | 0 | |
| 20 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Ford | 34 | 385 | 0 | |
| 21 | 35 | Bobby Isaac | Nichels Engineering | Dodge | 10 | 341 | 11 | |
| 22 | 79 | Frank Warren | Harold Rhodes | Chevrolet | 29 | 305 | 0 | |
| 23 | 24 | Sam McQuagg | Betty Lilly | Ford | 11 | 254 | 0 | |
| 24 | 86 | Buddy Baker | Buck Baker Racing | Plymouth | 14 | 253 | 0 | |
| 25 | 6 | David Pearson | Owens Racing | Dodge | 3 | 234 | 0 | |
| 26 | 9 | Darrell Bryant | Roy Tyner | Chevrolet | 42 | 228 | 0 | |
| 27 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Holman Moody | Ford | 6 | 214 | 0 | |
| 28 | 57 | Lionel Johnson | Clay Esteridge | Ford | 22 | 200 | 0 | |
| 29 | 17 | Junior Spencer | Jerry Mullins | Ford | 16 | 194 | 0 | |
| 30 | 52 | E.J. Trivette | Jess Potter | Chevrolet | 37 | 186 | 0 | |
| 31 | 46 | Roy Mayne | Tom Hunter | Chevrolet | 27 | 166 | 0 | |
| 32 | 26 | Junior Johnson | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 2 | 154 | 85 | |
| 33 | 18 | Stick Elliott | Toy Bolton | Chevrolet | 20 | 113 | 0 | |
| 34 | 59 | Tom Pistone | Glen Sweet | Ford | 26 | 90 | 0 | |
| 35 | 02 | Doug Cooper | Bob Cooper | Chevrolet | 32 | 79 | 0 | |
| 36 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Plymouth | 1 | 58 | 0 | |
| 37 | 89 | Roy Tyner | Buck Baker Racing | Oldsmobile | 40 | 57 | 0 | |
| 38 | 75 | Gene Black | C.L. Crawford | Ford | 28 | 52 | 0 | |
| 39 | 1 | Rene Charland | Herman Beam | Ford | 39 | 18 | 0 | |
| 40 | 63 | Don Hume | Don Hume | Ford | 33 | 13 | 0 | |
| 41 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 43 | 5 | 0 | |
| 42 | 48 | John Sears | DeWitt Racing | Ford | 23 | 1 | 0 | |
| 43 | 10 | Darel Dieringer | Gary Weaver | Ford | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
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Referenser
- ^ ”1965 American 500” (på engelska). racing-reference.info. Nascar Digital Media. https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1965_American_500/W/. Läst 13 mars 2025.
- ^ ”NASCAR Race Results at Rockingham - Oct 31, 1965” (på engelska). driveraverages.com. https://www.driveraverages.com/nascar/race.php?sked_id=1965054. Läst 13 mars 2025.