1964 Textile 250

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1964 Textile 250
Race details [1] [2]
Race 1 of 62 in the 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series season
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1964 Textile 250 program cover
Date November 10, 1963;61 years ago (1963-11-10)
Official name Textile 250
Location Concord Speedway, Concord, North Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 0.500 miles (0.805 km)
Distance 250 laps, 125.0 mi (201.1 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching of 72 °F (22 °C); wind speeds of 7 miles per hour (11 km/h)
Average speed 56.897 miles per hour (91.567 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Owens Racing
Most laps led
Driver Ned Jarrett Burton-Robinson
Laps 114
Winner
No. 11Ned JarrettBurton-Robinson
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1964 Textile 250 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on November 10, 1963, at Concord Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

Contents

250 laps were done on a dirt track spanning 125 miles (201 km) in total distance. [2] Despite being held during the 1963 calendar year, this race was considered to be the first race in the 1964 Grand National season. The silly season between the 1963 and 1964 seasons was only seven days unlike the twelve weeks that the drivers enjoy today.

Qualifying

Grid [2] No.DriverManufacturerOwner
15David Pearson'63 DodgeCotton Owens
23Junior Johnson'63 ChevroletRay Fox
311Ned Jarrett'63 FordCharles Robinson
442Richard Petty'63 PlymouthPetty Enterprises
548Jack Smith'63 PlymouthJack Smith
68Joe Weatherly'63 PontiacBud Moore
732Tiny Lund'63 FordDave Kent
86Billy Wade'63 DodgeCotton Owens
975G.C. Spencer'62 PontiacPaul Clayton
1014Darel Dieringer'63 FordPete Stewart
1196Jimmy Massey'62 ChevroletHubert Westmoreland
1241Maurice Petty'63 PlymouthPetty Enterprises
1367Jimmy Pardue'62 Pontiacunknown
1409Larry Manning'62 ChevroletBob Adams
1523Bill Widenhouse'62 PlymouthLeland Colvin
1620Jack Anderson'63 FordJack Anderson
1783Worth McMillion'62 PontiacWorth McMillion
1816Larry Thomas'62 DodgeWade Yonts
1934Wendell Scott'62 ChevroletWendell Scott
2002Doug Cooper'62 PontiacBob Cooper
2187Buck Baker'63 PontiacBuck Baker
2262Curtis Crider'63 MercuryCurtis Crider
239Roy Tyner'62 ChevroletRoy Tyner
2418Toy Bolton'61 PontiacToy Bolton
2586Neil Castles'62 ChryslerBuck Baker
2668Ed Livingston'61 FordEd Livingston

Race report

After 2 hours, 11 minutes, and 49 seconds of intense racing action, a winner was decided. [2] Ned Jarrett (Dale Jarrett's father) defeated his opponent Joe Weatherly by twelve seconds. [2] Speeds were relatively slow by today's standards; the average speed was 56.897 miles (91.567 km) per hour while the pole position speed was 69.257 miles (111.458 km) per hour. Petty Enterprises was called "Petty Engineering Co." during the early-1960s and the car owner for the No. 41, 42, and 43 cars during the 1964 season was Lee Petty. [2] A balanced combination of corporate multi-car teams and individual owners were recorded on the race log for this event. [3] Despite the word International being added to the race track; there were no foreign competitors to this race. [4]

The typical American passenger vehicle of the 21st century can legally drive up to 90 miles (140 km) on some rural roads. This would make today's passenger vehicles faster than the stock cars of this era (which were supposed to represent advancements in automobile technology). However, many safety features adopted in these early stock cars would be used in passenger vehicles that were made years and even decades later. 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.

While the race was underway, the track came apart and certain parts of the track were covered with dust. Notable racers that didn't finish in the top ten included: Buck Baker, Bill Widenhouse, Roy Tyner, Wendell Scott, Junior Johnson, Neil Castles and Jimmy Massey. [2] Toy Bolton would make his NASCAR Cup Series debut in this race. While this would be his only race of the 1964 season, he would return for the 1966 season. Three thousand people attended this live racing event as of the start of the race. [2] Due to the low-level interest of the sport outside the North Carolina region during this era, the event was completely untelevised. The fastest finishing positions for each manufacturer were: Ford (1st), Pontiac (2nd), Plymouth (3rd), Dodge (4th), Chevrolet (8th), Mercury (9th), and Chrysler (24th). [2]

This would be Hubert Westmoreland's last race as a car owner and the first Southern 500 winning owner went out before his driver Jimmy Massey could complete a lap. [2] Massey would have his final race as a NASCAR Grand National Series driver at this event. [2]

Scoring was done for the 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series using a "base" number, that is the 25th position was the base since anyone finishing lower than 25th received the same number of points as 25th position. By the conclusion of the 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series season, a total of 16 different points schemes were used.

Ned Jarrett walked away from the event with the winner's purse of $1,350 ($13,687 when adjusted for inflation). [2] John Ervin was the winning crew chief for this racing event; he would go on to win 28 races during the 1964 and 1965 NASCAR Cup Series seasons. [5] [6] Other notable crew chiefs in the race were Jimmy Helms, Frank McMillion, Dale Inman, Wendell Scott, Ralph Gray, Skip Adams, and Bob Cooper. [7]

The last finisher to get a monetary award was Darel Dieringer who received $50 ($507 when adjusted for inflation) for finishing in 22nd place (out of twenty-six competitors). [2] After combining all the prize winnings for the drivers, the total winnings purse for this race was $6,010 ($60,932 when adjusted for inflation). [8]

Timeline

Section reference: [2]

Finishing order

Section reference: [9]

POSST#DRIVERSPONSOR / OWNERCARLAPSMONEYSTATUSLED
1311  Ned JarrettBurton-Robinson   (Charles Robinson)'63 Ford2501350running114
268  Joe WeatherlyBud Moore'63 Pontiac2501000running84
3442  Richard PettyPetty Enterprises'63 Plymouth248650running13
415  David PearsonCotton Owens'63 Dodge241500running39
51241  Maurice PettyPetty Enterprises'63 Plymouth241400running0
61620  Jack AndersonJack Anderson'63 Ford233300running0
71816  Larry ThomasWade Younts'62 Dodge230250running0
81409  Larry ManningBob Adams'62 Chevrolet229200running0
92262  Curtis CriderCurtis Crider'63 Mercury221165running0
10732  Tiny LundDave Kent'63 Ford215150running0
112002  Doug CooperBob Cooper'62 Pontiac213140running0
122187  Buck BakerBuck Baker'63 Pontiac205130fuel tank0
13239  Roy TynerRoy Tyner'62 Chevrolet201120running0
141783  Worth McMillionWorth McMillion'62 Pontiac194110running0
1586  Billy WadeCotton Owens'63 Dodge185100oil pressure0
161523  Bill WidenhouseLeland Colvin'62 Plymouth15390engine0
171934  Wendell ScottWendell Scott'62 Chevrolet13480crash0
181367  Jimmy Pardue'62 Pontiac11170rear end0
1923  Junior JohnsonHolly Farms   (Ray Fox)'63 Chevrolet10955overheating0
20975  G.C. SpencerPaul Clayton'62 Pontiac9550rear end0
21548  Jack SmithJack Smith'63 Plymouth5750a frame0
221014  Darel DieringerPete Stewart'63 Ford5750transmission0
232418  Toy BoltonToy Bolton'61 Pontiac48rear end0
242586  Neil CastlesBuck Baker'62 Chrysler27engine0
252668  Ed LivingstonEd Livingston'61 Ford13overheating0
261196  Jimmy MasseyHubert Westmoreland'62 Chevrolet0crash0

* Driver failed to finish race

Preceded by NASCAR Grand National Races
1963-64
Succeeded by
1964 untitled race at Augusta International Raceway

See also

References

  1. "1964 Textile 250 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "1964 Textile 250 racing results". Racing Reference. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  3. "1964 Textile 250 team information". Driver Averages. Archived from the original on February 20, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  4. Wood, Perry Allen (October 16, 2012). Silent Speedways of the Carolinas. McFarland. ISBN   9781476602615 . Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  5. "1964 Textile 250 winning crew chief information". Race Database. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  6. "Crew chief career information for John Ervin". Race Database. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  7. "1964 Textile 250 crew chiefs information". Racing Reference. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  8. "1964 Textile 250 racing information". Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  9. "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
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