1964 Grand National Series

1964 Grand National Series
Duration	November 10, 1963 through November 8, 1964
Season statistics
No. of races	62
First race	1964 Textile 250
Last race	1964-62
Drivers' champion	Richard Petty
Manufacturers' champion
Rookie of the Year	Doug Cooper
Most popular driver	Richard Petty
Previous	1963
Next	1965

The 1964 Grand National Series was the 16th season of the NASCAR Grand National Series. The season began with the Textile 250 at New Concord Speedway on November 10, 1963 and ended with a race at Jacksonville Speedway on November 8, 1964.

Richard Petty won his first championship in his fifth full-time season, with nine wins including the first of his seven Daytona 500s. He became the second driver to win a championship with Petty Enterprises and the first second-generation champion in Cup Series history.

The season was notable for being the first season where an African-American driver won a Grand National series race (Wendell Scott at Jacksonville), and was notable for the debut of Chrysler’s Hemi engine. Billy Wade won four consecutive races in July, becoming the first driver to do so. It was the final season for Lee Petty and Rex White, and the debut season for Benny Parsons and the return season of Cotton Owens from retirement.

Schedule

Round	Date	Race Name	Track
1	November 10, 1963	Textile 250	New Concord Speedway
2	November 17, 1963	The First 510	Augusta International Raceway
3	December 1, 1963	Jacksonville 200	Speedway Park
4	December 29, 1963	Sunshine 200	Savannah Speedway
5	January 19, 1964	Motor Trend 500	Riverside International Raceway
6	February 21, 1964	Daytona 500 Qualifier #1	Daytona International Speedway
7	February 21, 1964	Daytona 500 Qualifier #2	Daytona International Speedway
8	February 23, 1964	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway
9	March 10, 1964	Richmond 250	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds
10	March 22, 1964	Southeastern 500	Bristol International Speedway
11	March 28, 1964	Greenville 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway
12	March 30, 1964	1964-12	Bowman Gray Stadium
13	April 5, 1964	Atlanta 500	Atlanta International Raceway
14	April 11, 1964	1964-14	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
15	April 12, 1964	Joe Weatherly 150	Orange Speedway
16	April 14, 1964	1964-16	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
17	April 16, 1964	Columbia 200	Columbia Speedway
18	April 19, 1964	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway
19	April 26, 1964	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway
20	May 1, 1964	Savannah 200	Savannah Speedway
21	May 9, 1964	Rebel 300	Darlington Raceway
22	May 15, 1964	Tidewater 250	Langley Speedway
23	May 16, 1964	Hickory 250	Hickory Speedway
24	May 17, 1964	1964-24	South Boston Speedway
25	May 24, 1964	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway
26	May 30, 1964	Pickens 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway
27	May 31, 1964	1964-27	New Asheville Speedway
28	June 7, 1964	Dixie 400	Atlanta International Raceway
29	June 11, 1964	1964-29	New Concord Speedway
30	June 14, 1964	Music City 200	Nashville Speedway
31	June 19, 1964	Confederate 300	Boyds Speedway
32	June 21, 1964	1964-32	Fairgrounds Raceway
33	June 23, 1964	1964-33	Valdosta Speedway
34	June 26, 1964	1964-34	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
35	July 4, 1964	Firecracker 400	Daytona International Speedway
36	July 8, 1964	Old Dominion 400	Old Dominion Speedway
37	July 10, 1964	Fireball Roberts 200	Old Bridge Stadium
38	July 12, 1964	1964-38	Bridgehampton Raceway
39	July 15, 1964	1964-39	Islip Speedway
40	July 19, 1964	The Glen 151.8	Watkins Glen International
41	July 21, 1964	Pennsylvania 200	Lincoln Speedway
42	July 26, 1964	Volunteer 500	Bristol International Speedway
43	August 2, 1964	Nashville 400	Nashville Speedway
44	August 7, 1964	1964-44	Rambi Raceway
45	August 9, 1964	Western North Carolina 500	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
46	August 13, 1964	Moyock 300	Dog Track Speedway
47	August 16, 1964	Mountaineer 500	West Virginia International Speedway
48	August 21, 1964	Sandlapper 200	Columbia Speedway
49	August 22, 1964	Myers Brothers 250	Bowman Gray Stadium
50	August 23, 1964	1964-50	Starkey Speedway
51	September 7, 1964	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway
52	September 11, 1964	Buddy Shuman 250	Hickory Speedway
53	September 14, 1964	Capital City 300	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds
54	September 18, 1964	1964-54	Old Dominion Speedway
55	September 20, 1964	1964-55	Orange Speedway
56	September 27, 1964	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway
57	October 9, 1964	1964-57	Savannah Speedway
58	October 11, 1964	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway
59	October 18, 1964	National 400	Charlotte Motor Speedway
60	October 25, 1964	1964-60	Harris Speedway
61	November 1, 1964	Jaycee 300	Augusta Speedway
62	November 8, 1964	1964-62	Jacksonville Speedway

Results

Round	Race	Pole Winner	Winner	Make	Cautions	Caution Laps	Average Speed	Number of Lead Changes
1	1964 Textile 250	David Pearson	Ned Jarrett				56.897	5
2	1964 The First 510	Fred Lorenzen	Fireball Roberts		1		86.320	10
3	1964 Jacksonville 200	Jack Smith	Wendell Scott		5	24	58.252
4	1964 Sunshine 200	Ned Jarrett	Richard Petty		3		68.143	1
5	1964 Motor Trend 500	Fred Lorenzen	Dan Gurney		2		91.245	5
6	1964 Daytona 500 Qualifier #1	Paul Goldsmith	Junior Johnson		0	0	170.777	4
7	1964 Daytona 500 Qualifier #2	Richard Petty	Bobby Isaac		0	0	169.811	1
8	1964 Daytona 500	Paul Goldsmith	Richard Petty		3	19	154.334	6
9	1964 Richmond 250	Ned Jarrett	David Pearson		2		60.233	5
10	1964 Southeastern 500	Marvin Panch	Fred Lorenzen		4	54	72.196	1
11	1964 Greenville 200	Dick Hutcherson	David Pearson		4		57.554	5
12	1964-12	Marvin Panch	Marvin Panch		0	0	47.796	0
13	1964 Atlanta 500	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen		4	19	134.137	11
14	1964-14	Marvin Panch	Marvin Panch		0	0	81.669	0
15	1964 Joe Weatherly 150	David Pearson	David Pearson				83.319	2
16	1964-16	Dick Hutcherson	Ned Jarrett		3		58.852	2
17	1964 Columbia 200	David Pearson	Ned Jarrett		6	14	64.412	5
18	1964 Gwyn Staley 400	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen		7	35	81.930	5
19	1964 Virginia 500	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen		2	14	70.098	5
20	1964 Savannah 200	Jimmy Pardue	LeeRoy Yarbrough				70.326	1
21	1964 Rebel 300	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen		1	5	130.013	10
22	1964 Tidewater 250	David Pearson	Ned Jarrett		0	0	65.300	1
23	1964 Hickory 250	Junior Johnson	Ned Jarrett		3	19	69.364	5
24	1964-24	Marvin Panch	Richard Petty		3	14	71.957	5
25	1964 World 600	Jimmy Pardue	Jim Paschal		7	48	125.772	14
26	1964 Pickens 200	Marvin Panch	LeeRoy Yarbrough				56.559	2
27	1964-27	Richard Petty	Ned Jarrett				66.538
28	1964 Dixie 400	Junior Johnson	Ned Jarrett		3	63	112.535	35
29	1964-29	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		1		66.352	4
30	1964 Music City 200	David Pearson	Richard Petty				76.498	3
31	1964 Confederate 300	Richard Petty	David Pearson				70.051	3
32	1964-32	David Pearson	Ned Jarrett				67.643	1
33	1964-33	Ned Jarrett	Buck Baker				61.328	3
34	1964-34	David Pearson	Richard Petty		3		58.233	7
35	1964 Firecracker 400	Darel Dieringer	A.J. Foyt		5	25	151.451	19
36	1964 Old Dominion 400	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett				67.652	2
37	1964 Fireball Roberts 200	Billy Wade	Billy Wade		0	0	73.891	4
38	1964-38	Richard Petty	Billy Wade				87.707	8
39	1964-39	Billy Wade	Billy Wade		1		46.252	2
40	1964 The Glen 151.8	Billy Wade	Billy Wade				97.988	5
41	1964 Pennsylvania 200	David Pearson	David Pearson		2		82.568	2
42	1964 Volunteer 500	Richard Petty	Fred Lorenzen		1	14	78.044	5
43	1964 Nashville 400	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		3	26	73.208	0
44	1964-44	David Pearson	David Pearson				61.750	2
45	1964 Western North Carolina 500	Junior Johnson	Ned Jarrett		2		77.600	5
46	1964 Moyock 300	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett				63.965	2
47	1964 Mountaineer 500	Billy Wade	Richard Petty		6	36	70.488	4
48	1964 Sandlapper 200	Ned Jarrett	David Pearson		5		61.697	5
49	1964 Myers Brothers 250	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson		1	4	46.192	0
50	1964-50	Glen Wood	Junior Johnson				49.847	1
51	1964 Southern 500	Richard Petty	Buck Baker		7	50	117.757	12
52	1964 Buddy Shuman 250	David Pearson	David Pearson		5		67.797	2
53	1964 Capital City 300	Ned Jarrett	Cotton Owens		5	23	61.955	7
54	1964-54	David Pearson	Ned Jarrett				68.842	4
55	1964-55	David Pearson	Ned Jarrett				86.725	4
56	1964 Old Dominion 500	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen		6	28	67.320	6
57	1964-57	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett		0	0	68.663	0
58	1964 Wilkes 400	Junior Johnson	Marvin Panch		2	28	91.398	9
59	1964 National 400	Richard Petty	Fred Lorenzen		4	21	134.475	10
60	1964-60	Billy Wade	Richard Petty		3	16	59.009	2
61	1964 Jaycee 300	Ned Jarrett	Darel Dieringer		6	45	68.641	7
62	1964-62	Doug Yates	Ned Jarrett		4	22	57.535	4

Final Points Standings

Pos.	Driver	Races	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Poles	Points	Difference
1	Richard Petty	61	9	37	43	8	40252
2	Ned Jarrett	60	15	40	45	9	34950	-5,302
3	David Pearson	61	8	29	42	12	32146	-8,106
4	Billy Wade	36	4	12	25	5	28474	-11,778
5	Jimmy Pardue	50	0	14	24	2	26570	-13,682
6	Curtis Crider	59	0	7	30	0	25606	-14,646
7	Jim Paschal	22	1	10	15	0	25450	-14,802
8	Larry Thomas	43	0	9	27	0	22950	-17,302
9	Buck Baker	35	2	15	18	0	22366	-17,886
10	Marvin Panch	31	3	18	21	5	21480	-18,772
11	Darel Dieringer	27	1	6	13	1	19972	-20,280
12	Wendell Scott	56	1	8	25	0	19574	-20,678
13	Fred Lorenzen	17	8	10	10	7	18098	-22,154
14	Junior Johnson	29	3	12	15	5	17066	-23,186
15	LeeRoy Yarbrough	34	2	11	15	0	16172	-24,080
16	Roy Tyner	46	0	0	17	0	13922	-26,330
17	Neil Castles	58	0	1	24	0	13372	-26,880
18	Bobby Isaac	20	1	5	7	0	13252	-27,000
19	Cale Yarborough	26	0	2	9	0	12618	-27,634
20	Tiny Lund	22	0	3	9	0	12598	-27,654
21	Doug Cooper	39	0	4	11	0	11942	-28,310
22	Paul Goldsmith	15	0	3	4	1	11700	-28,552
23	J.T. Putney	17	0	1	6	0	10744	-29,508
24	Larry Frank	12	0	0	3	0	10314	-29,938
25	Jack Anderson	32	0	1	4	0	10040	-30,212
26	G.C. Spencer	20	0	4	6	0	10012	-30,240
27	Fireball Roberts	10	1	5	6	0	9900	-30,352
28	Rex White	6	0	2	3	0	8222	-32,030
29	Dave MacDonald	5	0	1	3	0	7650	-32,602
30	Worth McMillion	18	0	0	6	0	7586	-32,666
31	Buddy Baker	33	0	3	7	0	7314	-32,938
32	Bunkie Blackburn	14	0	1	4	0	7264	-32,988
33	Bill McMahan	20	0	1	4	0	7240	-33,012
34	Buddy Arrington	28	0	2	9	0	6364	-33,888
35	Earl Balmer	10	0	2	4	0	6170	-34,082
36	Bob Derrington	18	0	0	2	0	5896	-34,356
37	Bobby Johns	12	0	0	2	0	5436	-34,816
38	E.J. Trivette	26	0	0	3	0	5118	-35,134
39	Doug Moore	24	0	0	6	0	4970	-35,282
40	Ken Spikes	6	0	0	1	0	4934	-35,318

Complete statistics can be found at Racing-Reference.info.

Rookie of the Year

With 4 Top 5s and 11 Top 10s in 39 starts, Doug Cooper was the 1964 Rookie of the Year.

Position	Driver	Race Wins
1	Doug Cooper	0
2	J.T. Putney	0
3	Buddy Arrington	0

Manufacturer's Championship

By winning 30 races, Ford won the 1964 Manufacturer's Championship.

Position	Make	Race Wins
1		30
2		12
3		14
4		5
5		1