34°17′50.5″N 79°54′18.4″W / 34.297361°N 79.905111°W
| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 45 of 55 in the 1965 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
 1965 Southern 500 program cover | |||
| Date | September 6, 1965 | ||
| Official name | Southern 500 | ||
| Location | Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.375 mi (2.212 km) | ||
| Distance | 364 laps, 500.5 mi (805.4 km) | ||
| Weather | Very hot with temperatures of 81 °F (27 °C); wind speeds of 13 miles per hour (21 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 115.878 miles per hour (186.488 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Junior Johnson & Associates | ||
| Time | 35.993 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Darel Dieringer | Bud Moore Engineering | |
| Laps | 199 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 11 | Ned Jarrett | Bondy Long | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC (tape-delay basis) | ||
| Announcers | Jim McKay | ||
The 1965 Southern 500, the 16th running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 6, 1965, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.
The entire racing grid was set by time trials and there was no consolation race to determine the final few spots.
It took four hours and nineteen minutes for the race to be completed with Ned Jarrett beating Buck Baker by fourteen laps and 19 laps over third and fourth-place finishers: Darel Dieringer and Roy Mayne. This would remain a NASCAR record to this day.
- ^ "1965 Southern 500 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-09-02.