Race number 55, the final race of a wild and crazy 1965 season, was held at the .333 mile track in Moyock, NC, known at Dog Track Speedway. The distance was 300 laps equating to 100 miles on the paved bull ring. Bobby Isaac, driving the Junior Johnson Ford for the first time, qualified on the pole with a speed of 68.143 mph. Ned Jarrett, in the Bondy Long Ford, number 11 would start second. Third place qualifier was Tiger Tom Piston in the Glen Sweet Ford. Jim Paschal would start fourth in a Petty Engineering Plymouth with J.T. Putney in Herman Beam's Chevrolet starting fifth.
A field of 25 took the green flag and Bobby Isaac immediatley took the lead in the swift Ford with Ned Jarrett on his bumper and in hot pursuit Ned moved around Bobby on lap 57 and from that point on it was literally and paint-swapping duel between the two Ford drivers with first Ned, then Bobby, the Ned and so on, back and forth. The racing was so close that the lap leader information merely indicates it was a Ned-Bobby slugfest until lap 246 when Ned took the lead for good and would take the checkers just over a lap ahead of second place Isaac.
An interesting side light to this race was the entry of Gloria "Goldie" Parsons, described as a "24 year old blond out of Clemmons, N.C.". She was driving an Oldsmobile belonging to Buck Baker. Gloria said Buck told her to "stay to the inside and keep out of trouble. That's what I tried to do". The further described as "perky" Parsons managed a 14th place finish, 58 laps behind Jarrett, after spinning out twice.
The win was the 50th of Ned's career which tied him with Junior Johnson for second place on the all time win list. Jarrett averaged 63.773 mph for the 100 mile contest. This last race of the season saw Ned win his second National Championship,the first coming in 1961.
Finishing Order:
1. Ned Jarrett, Bondy Long Ford,winning $1,111.00 *
* Odd that Ned's car number was 11, huh? But even more, this purse putNed one dollar ahead of Fred Lorenzen in season winnings. Conpiracy? Maybe!
2. Bobby Isaac, Junior Johnson Ford, winning $600.00 (1 lap down)
3. Buddy Baker, Buck Baker Oldsmobile, winning $400.00 (3 laps down)
4. Jim Paschal, Petty Engineering Plymouth, winning $300.00 (3 laps down)
5. Tiger Tom Pistone, Glen Sweet Ford, winning $275.00 (5 laps down)
6.Doug Cooper
7. J.T. Putney
8. Sam McQuagg
9. Neil Castles
10. John Sears
11. Bob Derrington
12. Worth McMillion
13. Wayne Smith
14. Goldie Parsons
15. Roy Tyner
16. Bobby Johns
17. Gil Heane
18 Bill Champion
19. Jim Tatum
20. Joe Holder
21. Elmo Langley
22. Wendell Scott
23. Darel Dieringer
24. Buddy Arrington
25. G. T. Nolan
Grand National Season ending standings for top five:
1. Ned Jarrett, started 54, won 13, total winnings $93,624.40
2. Dick Hutcherson, started 52, won 9, total winnings $57,850.50
3. Darel Dieringer, started 35, won 1, total winnings $52,213.63
4. G. C. Spencer, started 47, won 0, total winnings $29,774.72
5. Marvin Panch, started 20, won 4, total winnings $64,026.29
For information purposes, Fred Lorenzen, finished 13th in the standing but the total amount of winnings at the end of the season were quite a bit less than the ONE dollar the Dog Track press wrote about. Ned's championship winnings boosted him to a little more than $13,000.00 more than Fred.
It should also be made known that our very own PAUL LEWIS, the man responsible for this website, finished 14th in the National Standings just a little over 300 points behind Lorenzen.
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What a change! It's been awhile since I've checked in and I'm quite surprised. It may take me awhile to figure it our but first look it's really great.
updated by @tim-leeming: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
