1964 Nashville 400

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1964 Nashville 400
Race details [1] [2]
Race 43 of 62 in the 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series season
NashvilleSpeedwayMap.svg
Date August 2, 1964 (1964-August-02)
Official name Nashville 400
Location Music City Motorplex, Nashville, Tennessee
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance 400 laps, 200.0 mi (321.8 km)
Weather Extremely hot with temperatures of 93.0 °F (33.9 °C); wind speeds of 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)
Average speed 73.208 miles per hour (117.817 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Petty Enterprises
Most laps led
DriverRichard PettyPetty Enterprises
Laps 400
Winner
No. 87Richard PettyPetty Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1964 Nashville 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on August 2, 1964, at Nashville Speedway (now Fairgrounds Speedway) in Nashville, Tennessee.

Contents

Background

Nashville Speedway was converted to a half-mile paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track.[ citation needed ]

Race report

Four hundred laps took place on a paved oval track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km) for a grand total of 200.0 miles (321.9 km). [2] It took two hours, forty-three minutes, and fifty-five seconds for the race to reach its conclusion; Richard Petty was the winner of the race. [2] [3]

Notable crew chiefs for the race were Jimmy Helms, Dale Inman, Wendell Scott, and Herman Beam. [4]

Three cautions were drawn for twenty-six laps in front of 13,128 people. [2] Notable speeds were: 73.208 miles per hour (117.817 km/h) for the average speed and 80.826 miles per hour (130.077 km/h) for the pole position speed. [2] This would be Bud Moore's first official NASCAR Cup Series race. Total winnings for this race were $9,380 in American dollars ($78,271 when adjusted for inflation). Richard Petty would end up receiving the majority of the winnings with a grand total of $2,150 ($17,941 when adjusted for inflation). [2] [3]

The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.

Qualifying

Grid [2] No.DriverManufacturer
143Richard Petty'64 Plymouth
21Billy Wade'64 Mercury
341Jim Paschal'64 Plymouth
411Ned Jarrett'64 Ford
56David Pearson'64 Dodge
65Earl Balmer'64 Dodge
716Darel Dieringer'64 Mercury
854Jimmy Pardue'64 Plymouth
919Larry Thomas'64 Ford
1082Bunkie Blackburn'63 Pontiac
1142Bill McMahan'64 Pontiac
1234Wendell Scott'63 Ford
1378Buddy Arrington'63 Dodge
1449Doug Moore'64 Chevrolet
1588Neil Castles'62 Chrysler
169Roy Tyner'64 Chevrolet
1720Jack Anderson'64 Ford
1860Doug Cooper'63 Ford
1952E.J. Trivette'62 Chevrolet
2002Curtis Crider'63 Mercury
2132Mark Hurley'63 Ford
2201Chuck Huckabee'63 Mercury
2317Junior Spencer'64 Ford
2492Rodney Bottinger'64 Ford
2586Steve Young'62 Chrysler
2666Bud Moore'63 Ford
2781Henley Gray'64 Ford

Finishing order

Section reference: [2]

  1. Richard Petty (No. 43)
  2. Jim Paschal† (No. 31)
  3. David Pearson† (No. 6)
  4. Earl Balmer (No. 5)
  5. Ned Jarrett (No. 11)
  6. Darel Dieringer† (No. 16)
  7. Larry Thomas† (No. 19)
  8. Jimmy Pardue† (No. 54)
  9. Doug Moore (No. 49)
  10. Neil Castles (No. 88)
  11. Bill McMahan (No. 42)
  12. Curtis Crider† (No. 02)
  13. Jack Anderson (No. 20)
  14. E.J. Trivette (No. 52)
  15. Junior Spencer* (No. 81)
  16. Wendell Scott*† (No. 34)
  17. Roy Tyner*† (No. 9)
  18. Bunkie Blackburn*† (No. 82)
  19. Billy Wade*† (No. 1)
  20. Henley Gray* (No. 81)
  21. Doug Cooper* (No. 60)
  22. Mark Hurley* (No. 32)
  23. Buddy Arrington* (No. 78)
  24. Rodney Bottinger* (No. 92)
  25. Chuck Huckabee* (No. 01)
  26. Steve Young* (No. 86)
  27. Bud Moore* (No. 66)

* Driver failed to finish race
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased

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References

  1. "1964 Nashville 400 racing weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "1964 Nashville 400 racing results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  3. 1 2 "Richard Petty information (1964 Nashville 400)". Everything Stock Car. Retrieved 2011-03-03.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "1964 Nashville 400 crew chiefs information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
Preceded by NASCAR Grand National Races
1964
Succeeded by
1964 untitled race at Rambi Raceway