1964 Pennsylvania 200

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1964 Pennsylvania 200
Race details [1] [2]
Race 41 of 62 in the 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date July 21, 1964;59 years ago (1964-07-21)
Official name Pennsylvania 200
Location Lincoln Speedway (New Oxford, Pennsylvania)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.805 km)
Distance 200 laps, 100.0 mi (160.9 km)
Weather Hot with temperatures of 87.1 °F (30.6 °C); wind speeds of 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)
Average speed 82.568 miles per hour (132.880 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Owens Racing
Most laps led
Driver Bob Welborn Holman-Moody
Laps 125
Winner
No. 6David PearsonOwens Racing
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1964 Pennsylvania 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on July 21, 1964, at Lincoln Speedway in New Oxford, Pennsylvania.

Contents

Race report

There were 21 drivers on the grid; all of them were American-born males. [2] Frank Tanner received the last-place finish due to an oil pressure issue on lap 2 out of the 200 laps that made up the regulation length of the race. [2] There were only two lead changes; David Pearson managed to defeat Richard Petty by 11 seconds in only one hour and twelve minutes. [2] While Pearson achieved a pole position with a speed of 86.289 miles per hour (138.869 km/h), the average speed of the race was only 82.586 miles per hour (132.909 km/h). [2]

Bob Welborn would retire from NASCAR after this race; having gone winless since the 1959 Western North Carolina 500. [3] Wendell Scott managed to charge ahead from a disappointing 21st place to a respectable fourth place during the course of the race. [2] There were only 2 cautions in this race; making it relatively safe even by today's standards. [2]

Notable crew chiefs that participated in this race included Jimmy Helms, Vic Ballard, Bob Cooper, Dale Inman and Wendell Scott (who also owned the vehicle and drove it in the same race). [4]

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.DriverManufacturerOwner
16David Pearson'64 DodgeCotton Owens
206Bob Welborn'64 FordHolman-Moody Racing
341Richard Petty'64 PlymouthPetty Enterprises
411Ned Jarrett'64 FordBondy Long
560Doug Cooper'63 FordBob Cooper
654Jimmy Pardue'64 PlymouthCharles Robinson
772Doug Yates'64 PlymouthDoug Yates
888Neil Castles'62 ChryslerBuck Baker
902Curtis Crider'63 MercuryCurtis Crider
1055Earl Brooks'63 ChevroletWendell Scott
1149Doug Moore'64 ChevroletG.C. Spencer
1268Bob Derrington'63 FordBob Derrington
1303LeeRoy Yarbrough'64 DodgeRay Fox
1431Al White'63 FordAl White
1545Louis Weathersbee'63 PlymouthLouis Weathersbee
1610Bernard Alvarez'64 FordBernard Alvarez
1764Elmo Langley'63 FordJohn Berejoski
189Roy Tyner'64 ChevroletRoy Tyner
1966Frank Tanner'63 FordFrank Tanner
2001Pete Boland'63 MercuryCurtis Crider
2134Wendell Scott'63 FordWendell Scott

Finishing order

Section reference: [2]

  1. David Pearson (No. 6)
  2. Richard Petty (No. 41)
  3. Jimmy Pardue (No. 54)
  4. Wendell Scott (No. 34)
  5. Doug Yates (No. 72)
  6. Curtis Crider (No. 02)
  7. Al White (No. 31)
  8. Doug Cooper (No. 60)
  9. Roy Tyner (No. 9)
  10. Bob Derrington (No. 68)
  11. Bob Welborn* (No. 06)
  12. Earl Brooks* (No. 55)
  13. Neil Castles* (No. 88)
  14. Elmo Langley* (No. 64)
  15. Ned Jarrett* (No. 11)
  16. Louis Weathersbee* (No. 45)
  17. Doug Moore* (No. 49)
  18. LeeRoy Yarbrough* (No. 03)
  19. Bernard Alvarez* (No. 10)
  20. Pete Boland* (No. 01)
  21. Frank Tanner* (No. 66)

* Driver failed to finish race

Timeline

Section reference: [2]

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References

  1. "1964 Pennsylvania 200 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "1964 Pennsylvania 200 racing information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  3. "Welborn leaves NASCAR". Race Database. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  4. "1964 Pennsylvania 200 crew chief information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
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