| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 4 of 55 in the 1965 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
 1965 Daytona 500 program cover | |||
| Date | February 14, 1965 | ||
| Location |
Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.02 km) | ||
| Distance | 133 laps, 332.5 mi (535.106 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures hovering around 66 °F (19 °C); wind speeds up to 17.2 miles per hour (27.7 km/h)[1] | ||
| Average speed | 141.539 miles per hour (227.785 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Bud Moore Engineering | ||
| Time | 171.151 miles per hour (275.441 km/h) | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers Racing | |
| Laps | 80 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Holman-Moody | |
The 1965 Daytona 500, the 7th running of the event, was held on February 14, 1965, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Fred Lorenzen, driving a 1965 Ford, won the race from fourth position in a two-hour-and-23-minute time span by Darel Dieringer by a full lap. There were 3 cautions flags which slowed the race for 43 laps.[2] The race ended on lap 133 due to persistent rain.[3] This was Lorenzen's first victory of the season.[4]
- ^ Weather information for the 1965 Daytona 500 at Old Farmers Almanac
- ^ "1965 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ "1965 NASCAR Grand National Recap". HowStuffWorks, Inc ; Publications International, Ltd. p. 1. Archived from the original on 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ Fleischman, Bill; Pearce, Al (2004). "Race Results: 1949–2002; 1960". The Unauthorized NASCAR Fan Guide: 2004. Vol. 2004 (10 ed.). Canton, MI: Checkered Flag Press; Visible Ink Press. pp. 226 of 576. ISBN 0-681-27587-1.