Motor Trend 500 1965 var ett stockcarlopp ingående i Nascar Grand National Series (nuvarande Nascar Cup Series) som kördes 17 januari 1965 på den 2,7 mile (4,345 meter) långa road course-banan Riverside International Raceway i Riverside i Kalifornien. Totalt avverkades 499,5 miles (803,867 km) fördelat på 185 varv. Banunderlaget var asfalt. Loppet vanns av Dan Gurney i en Ford på tiden 5:41.42 körande för Wood Brothers Racing. Gurneys snitthastighet uppgick till 87,708 mph. Prispotten uppgick till 53 490 dollar, varav 13 625 dollar gick till segraren.
Resultat
| Plc | Nr | Förare | Team/ bilägare |
Konstruktör | Start | Varv | Ledda varv | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 121 | Dan Gurney | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 11 | 185 | 126 | |
| 2 | 27 | Junior Johnson | Junior Johnson & Associates | Ford | 1 | 185 | 11 | |
| 3 | 121 | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 5 | 184 | 0 | |
| 4 | 06 | Darel Dieringer | i.u. | Ford | 16 | 181 | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | Gene Davis | Bill Groves | Mercury | 15 | 177 | 0 | |
| 6 | 98 | Eddie Gray | Ralph Shelton | Mercury | 35 | 176 | 0 | |
| 7 | 45 | Scotty Cain | Bill Clifton | Mercury | 8 | 172 | 0 | |
| 8 | 17 | Sam Stanley | Irwin Sandlin | Mercury | 37 | 172 | 0 | |
| 9 | 88 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker Racing | Dodge | 18 | 171 | 0 | |
| 10 | 00 | A.J. Foyt | Holman Moody | Ford | 12 | 169 | 12 | |
| 11 | 12 | Jerry Grant | Tom Friedkin | Ford | 17 | 167 | 0 | |
| 12 | 4 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner | Chevrolet | 22 | 164 | 0 | |
| 13 | 0 | Nat Reeder | Nat Reeder | Chevrolet | 38 | 160 | 0 | |
| 14 | 6 | Ed Brown | Coz Concilla | Oldsmobile | 23 | 151 | 0 | |
| 15 | 100 | Dick Guldstrand | Bob McDonald | Chevrolet | 20 | 151 | 0 | |
| 16 | 711 | Bob Connor | Howard York | Mercury | 36 | 115 | 0 | |
| 17 | 71 | Sam McQuagg | James Racing | Ford | 28 | 97 | 0 | |
| 18 | 9 | Bill Amick | Dick Nile | Mercury | 6 | 95 | 0 | |
| 19 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Bondy Long | Ford | 3 | 94 | 0 | |
| 20 | 1 | Skip Hudson | i.u. | Ford | 13 | 90 | 0 | |
| 21 | 43 | Fritz Wilson | Fritz Wilson | Plymouth | 33 | 84 | 0 | |
| 22 | 60 | Doug Cooper | Bob Cooper | Ford | 21 | 80 | 0 | |
| 23 | 76 | Larry Frank | Larry Frank | Ford | 14 | 65 | 0 | |
| 24 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Holman Moody | Ford | 4 | 55 | 0 | |
| 25 | 58 | Doug Moore | Doug Moore | Ford | 25 | 51 | 0 | |
| 26 | 84 | Al Self | Al Self | Ford | 30 | 49 | 0 | |
| 27 | 611 | Dick Bown | Brown Racing | Plymouth | 9 | 47 | 0 | |
| 28 | 33 | Bob Bondurant | Clem Proctor | Ford | 10 | 47 | 0 | |
| 29 | 2 | Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Ford | 41 | 41 | 0 | |
| 30 | 14 | Joe Clark | Bob Bristol | Mercury | 32 | 41 | 0 | |
| 31 | 29 | Dick Hutcherson | Holman Moody | Ford | 7 | 40 | 0 | |
| 32 | 15 | Parnelli Jones | Stroppe Motorsports | Mercury | 2 | 37 | 36 | |
| 33 | 67 | Jim Cook | Floyd Johnson | Mercury | 19 | 36 | 0 | |
| 34 | 19 | Bob Thompson | i.u. | Mercury | 39 | 19 | 0 | |
| 35 | 18 | Bill Boldt | i.u. | Mercury | 40 | 19 | 0 | |
| 36 | 20 | Bill Meyer | i.u. | Ford | 31 | 16 | 0 | |
| 37 | 111 | Johnny Steele | Johnny Steele | Ford | 26 | 14 | 0 | |
| 38 | 10 | Don Walker | i.u. | Ford | 34 | 14 | 0 | |
| 39 | 53 | Billy Cantrell | i.u. | Chevrolet | 24 | 2 | 0 | |
| 40 | 38 | Charles Powell | i.u. | Pontiac | 42 | 1 | 0 | |
| 41 | 48 | Bruce Worrell | Bruce Worrell | Chevrolet | 29 | 1 | 0 | |
| 42 | 61 | Bob Perry | i.u. | Pontiac | 27 | 1 | 0 | |
| 43 | 23 | Dave James | i.u. | Mercury | 43 | 1 | 0 | |
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Referenser
- ^ ”1965 Motor Trend 500” (på engelska). racing-reference.info. Nascar Digital Media. https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1965_Motor_Trend_500/W. Läst 18 juni 2025.
- ^ ”NASCAR Race Results at Riverside - Jan 17, 1965” (på engelska). driveraverages.com. https://www.driveraverages.com/nascar/race.php?sked_id=1965001. Läst 18 juni 2025.