1965 Grand National Series

1965 Grand National Series
Duration	January 17, 1965 through November 7, 1965
Season statistics
No. of races	55
First race	1965 Motor Trend 500
Last race	1965 Tidewater 300
Drivers' champion	Ned Jarrett
Manufacturers' champion
Rookie of the Year	Sam McQuagg
Most popular driver	Fred Lorenzen
Previous	1964
Next	1966

The 1965 Grand National Series was the 17th season of the NASCAR Grand National Series. The season began with the Motor Trend 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 17 and ended with the Tidewater 300 at Dog Track Speedway on November 7.

Ned Jarrett won his second championship in sixth and final full time season, with 13 wins. He had a streak of 19 straight top-10 finishes and won the Southern 500 by 14 laps.

The season was notable for a boycott by Chrysler over a NASCAR rule package that banned the hemi engine. Drivers Richard Petty and David Pearson also temporarily left the sport due to the ban, which was reversed by July of the season. NASCAR lifted Curtis Turner’s lifetime ban during the early part of the season in part to respond to the damage done by the Chrysler boycott.

Schedule

Round	Date	Race Name	Track
1	January 17, 1965	Motor Trend 500	Riverside International Raceway
2	February 12, 1965	Daytona 500 Qualifier #1	Daytona International Speedway
3	February 12, 1965	Daytona 500 Qualifier #2	Daytona International Speedway
4	February 14, 1965	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway
5	February 27, 1965	1965-05	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
6	February 28, 1965	Fireball 200	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
7	March 7, 1965	Richmond 250	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds
8	March 14, 1965	1965-08	Orange Speedway
9	April 11, 1965	Atlanta 500	Atlanta International Raceway
10	April 17, 1965	Greenville 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway
11	April 18, 1965	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway
12	April 25, 1965	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway
13	April 28, 1965	Columbia 200	Columbia Speedway
14	May 2, 1965	Southeastern 500	Bristol International Speedway
15	May 8, 1965	Rebel 300	Darlington Raceway
16	May 14, 1965	Tidewater 250	Langley Field Speedway
17	May 15, 1965	1965-17	Bowman Gray Stadium
18	May 16, 1965	Hickory 250	Hickory Speedway
19	May 23, 1965	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway
20	May 27, 1965	1965-20	Cleveland County Fairgrounds
21	May 29, 1965	1965-21	New Asheville Speedway
22	May 30, 1965	1965-22	Harris Speedway
23	June 3, 1965	Music City 200	Nashville Speedway
24	June 6, 1965	Birmingham 200	Fairgrounds Raceway
25	June 13, 1965	Dixie 400	Atlanta International Raceway
26	June 19, 1965	Pickens 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway
27	June 24, 1965	1965-27	Rambi Raceway
28	June 27, 1965	1965-28	Valdosta Speedway
29	July 4, 1965	Firecracker 400	Daytona International Speedway
30	July 8, 1965	1965-30	Old Dominion Speedway
31	July 9, 1965	Old Bridge 200	Old Bridge Stadium
32	July 14, 1965	1965-32	Islip Speedway
33	July 18, 1965	The Glen 151.8	Watkins Glen International
34	July 25, 1965	Volunteer 500	Bristol International Speedway
35	July 31, 1965	Nashville 400	Nashville Speedway
36	August 5, 1965	1965-36	Cleveland County Fairgrounds
37	August 8, 1965	Western North Carolina 500	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
38	August 13, 1965	1965-38	Smoky Mountain Raceway
39	August 14, 1965	1965-39	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
40	August 15, 1965	1965-40	Augusta Speedway
41	August 19, 1965	Sandlapper 200	Columbia Speedway
42	August 24, 1965	Moyock 300	Dog Track Speedway
43	August 25, 1965	1965-43	Beltsville Speedway
44	August 28, 1965	Myers Brothers 250	Bowman Gray Stadium
45	September 6, 1965	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway
46	September 10, 1965	Buddy Shuman 250	Hickory Speedway
47	September 14, 1965	Pennsylvania 200	Lincoln Speedway
48	September 17, 1965	1965-48	Old Dominion Speedway
49	September 18, 1965	Capital City 300	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds
50	September 26, 1965	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway
51	October 3, 1965	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway
52	October 17, 1965	National 400	Charlotte Motor Speedway
53	October 24, 1965	1965-53	Orange Speedway
54	October 31, 1965	American 500	North Carolina Motor Speedway
55	November 7, 1965	Tidewater 300	Dog Track Speedway

Results

Round	Race	Pole Winner	Winner	Make	Cautions	Caution Laps	Average Speed	Number of Lead Changes
1	1965 Motor Trend 500	Junior Johnson	Dan Gurney		2		87.708	7
2	1965 Daytona 500 Qualifier #1	Darel Dieringer	Darel Dieringer		0	0	165.669	3
3	1965 Daytona 500 Qualifier #2	Fred Lorenzen	Junior Johnson		1	13	111.076	10
4	1965 Daytona 500	Darel Dieringer	Fred Lorenzen		3	43	141.539	7
5	1965-05	Dick Hutcherson	Ned Jarrett		0	0	66.367	5
6	1965 Fireball 200	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett		2		75.678	2
7	1965 Richmond 250	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson		8	45	61.416	5
8	1965-08	Junior Johnson	Ned Jarrett		1	4	90.663	1
9	1965 Atlanta 500	Marvin Panch	Marvin Panch		5	26	129.410	8
10	1965 Greenville 200	Bud Moore	Dick Hutcherson		3		56.899	3
11	1965 Gwyn Staley 400	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson		3	9	95.047	5
12	1965 Virginia 500	Junior Johnson	Fred Lorenzen		5	49	66.765	6
13	1965 Columbia 200	Ned Jarrett	Tiny Lund		6		55.591	6
14	1965 Southeastern 500	Marvin Panch	Junior Johnson		7	39	74.937	8
15	1965 Rebel 300	Fred Lorenzen	Junior Johnson		6	50	111.849	11
16	1965 Tidewater 250	Dick Hutcherson	Ned Jarrett		1	18	57.815	1
17	1965-17	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson		0	0	47.911	0
18	1965 Hickory 250	G.C. Spencer	Junior Johnson		2	9	72.130	6
19	1965 World 600	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen		11	80	121.722	22
20	1965-20	Dick Hutcherson	Ned Jarrett				63.909	1
21	1965-21	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson				66.293	0
22	1965-22	Paul Lewis	Ned Jarrett				56.851	2
23	1965 Music City 200	Tom Pistone	Dick Hutcherson				71.386	1
24	1965 Birmingham 200	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett		1	33	56.364	0
25	1965 Dixie 400	Fred Lorenzen	Marvin Panch		8	98	110.120	17
26	1965 Pickens 200	Ned Jarrett	Dick Hutcherson		4		55.274	2
27	1965-27	Dick Hutcherson	Dick Hutcherson				59.701	3
28	1965-28	Dick Hutcherson	Cale Yarborough				58.862	2
29	1965 Firecracker 400	Marvin Panch	A.J. Foyt		3	20	150.046	19
30	1965-30	Ned Jarrett	Junior Johnson		1	8	68.165	1
31	1965 Old Bridge 200	Marvin Panch	Junior Johnson			16	72.087	4
32	1965-32	Marvin Panch	Marvin Panch				43.838	0
33	1965 The Glen 151.8	Dick Hutcherson	Marvin Panch		0	0	98.182	3
34	1965 Volunteer 500	Fred Lorenzen	Ned Jarrett		8	167	61.826	9
35	1965 Nashville 400	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		1	13	72.383	2
36	1965-36	David Pearson	Ned Jarrett		2	5	64.748	1
37	1965 Western North Carolina 500	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		5		74.343	8
38	1965-38	Ned Jarrett	Dick Hutcherson				65.455
39	1965-39	Dick Hutcherson	Ned Jarrett				56.926	3
40	1965-40	Ned Jarrett	Dick Hutcherson		2	12	71.499	1
41	1965 Sandlapper 200	Dick Hutcherson	David Pearson		4	38	57.361	5
42	1965 Moyock 300	Richard Petty	Dick Hutcherson				63.047	1
43	1965-43	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett				74.165	0
44	1965 Myers Brothers 250	Richard Petty	Junior Johnson				46.632	1
45	1965 Southern 500	Junior Johnson	Ned Jarrett		7	44	115.878	23
46	1965 Buddy Shuman 250	Junior Johnson	Richard Petty		0	0	74.365	7
47	1965 Pennsylvania 200	Richard Petty	Dick Hutcherson				82.607	1
48	1965-48	Ned Jarrett	Richard Petty				67.890
49	1965 Capital City 300	Dick Hutcherson	David Pearson				60.983	10
50	1965 Old Dominion 500	Richard Petty	Junior Johnson		3	19	67.056	5
51	1965 Wilkes 400	Fred Lorenzen	Junior Johnson		5	36	88.801	3
52	1965 National 400	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen		6	47	119.117	28
53	1965-53	Dick Hutcherson	Dick Hutcherson		3	14	87.462	3
54	1965 American 500	Richard Petty	Curtis Turner		8	55	101.942	16
55	1965 Tidewater 300	Bobby Isaac	Ned Jarrett				63.773

Final Points Standings

Pos.	Driver	Races	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Poles	Points	Difference
1	Ned Jarrett	54	13	42	45	9	38824
2	Dick Hutcherson	52	9	32	37	9	35790	-3,034
3	Darel Dieringer	35	1	10	15	1	24696	-14,128
4	G.C. Spencer	47	0	14	25	1	24314	-14,510
5	Marvin Panch	20	4	12	14	5	22798	-16,026
6	Bob Derrington	51	0	3	19	0	21394	-17,430
7	J.T. Putney	40	0	10	24	0	20928	-17,896
8	Neil Castles	51	0	6	28	0	20848	-17,976
9	Buddy Baker	42	0	12	17	0	20672	-18,152
10	Cale Yarborough	46	1	13	21	0	20192	-18,632
11	Wendell Scott	52	0	4	21	0	19902	-18,922
12	Junior Johnson	36	13	18	19	9	18486	-20,338
13	Fred Lorenzen	17	4	5	6	6	18448	-20,376
14	Paul Lewis	24	0	3	13	1	18118	-20,706
15	E.J. Trivette	39	0	0	7	0	13450	-25,374
16	Larry Hess	10	0	0	3	0	13148	-25,676
17	Buck Baker	31	0	3	12	0	13136	-25,688
18	Jimmy Helms	39	0	0	4	0	12996	-25,828
19	Doug Cooper	30	0	1	9	0	12920	-25,904
20	Bobby Johns	13	0	5	5	0	12842	-25,982
21	Tiny Lund	30	1	8	17	0	12820	-26,004
22	Buddy Arrington	31	0	6	10	0	11744	-27,080
23	Earl Balmer	9	0	2	4	0	11636	-27,188
24	Sam McQuagg	14	0	2	5	0	11460	-27,364
25	Elmo Langley	34	0	3	9	0	10982	-27,842
26	Henley Gray	38	0	1	7	0	9552	-29,272
27	Roy Mayne	14	0	1	5	0	8838	-29,986
28	Junior Spencer	21	0	1	7	0	8436	-30,388
29	H.B. Bailey	5	0	1	3	0	7340	-31,484
30	Wayne Smith	25	0	0	2	0	7326	-31,498
31	Donald Tucker	9	0	1	3	0	7118	-31,706
32	Tom Pistone	33	0	4	8	1	6598	-32,226
33	Bub Strickler	9	0	0	2	0	6540	-32,284
34	Bobby Allison	8	0	0	3	0	6152	-32,672
35	Jim Paschal	10	0	4	4	0	6046	-32,778
36	Roy Tyner	28	0	1	6	0	5882	-32,942
37	LeeRoy Yarbrough	14	0	2	3	0	5852	-32,972
38	Richard Petty	15	4	10	10	7	5638	-33,186
39	Curtis Turner	7	1	3	3	0	5542	-33,282
40	David Pearson	14	2	8	11	1	5464	-33,360

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

Rookie of the Year

With 2 Top 5s and 5 Top 10s in 14 starts, Sam McQuagg was the 1965 Rookie of the Year.

Position	Driver	Race Wins
1	Sam McQuagg	0
2	Henley Gray	0
3	Clyde Lynn	0

Manufacturer's Championship

With 48 wins in 55 races, Ford won the 1965 Manufacturer's Championship.

Position	Make	Race Wins
1		48
2		4
3		2
4		1