1964 Nashville 400

1964 Nashville 400
Race details[1][2]
Race 43 of 62 in the 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series season
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 Hot with temperatures approaching 93.0 °F (33.9 °C); wind speeds approaching a maximum 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
Driver Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Laps 400
Winner
No. 87 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

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

Background

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

Summary

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] 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 ($71,688.56 when adjusted for inflation).

Richard Petty would end up receiving the majority of the winnings with a grand total of $2,150 ($16,431.81 when adjusted for inflation).[2][3]

The transition to purposely-built racers 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; most of the cars were trailered to events or hauled in by trucks.

Finishing order

  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

References

  1. ↑ "1964 Nashville 400 racing weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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.
Preceded by
1964 Volunteer 500		 NASCAR Grand National Races
1964 		Succeeded by
1964 untitled race at Rambi Raceway


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