NASCAR 75: One of a series of 75 stories that helped define the first three quarters of a century of NASCAR, as Autoweek races to the 2023 Daytona 500.
Buck Baker was second, 14 laps down.Unless something wildly spectacular—for example, a 32-car accident—occurs,Astonishingly, Jarrett won the 1965 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway by 14 laps. Not 14 seconds. Not 14 car lengths. Fourteen LAPS.
Such craziness is unthinkable in modern major-league stock car racing. Finishes typically are measured in fractions of a second. Jarrett’s win is the very definition of a romp. A beatdown. A whipping.The race was held on Sept. 6, Labor Day. At the request of a Darlington track official, Jarrett spoke to a Methodist youth group Sunday night before the race.“I asked for their prayers,” Jarrett remembered. “I went away with a genuine feeling that I had their support.
By race’s end, 29 of the 44 starters had parked. Overheating became a major issue. Darel Dieringer, who led 199 laps, departed late with a differential problem., avoiding accidents and protecting his equipment. “Winning that race was one of the goals I had set, and it was done under great odds that day,” Jarrett said. “Just about every car in the field was overheating, and the ones that didn’t overheat had problems of another sort. It was a challenge just to make it to the end.”
When Jarrett took the checkered flag, the drivers following him were far behind. Buck Baker was second, 14 laps down. Dieringer was third. He and fourth-place Roy Mayne were 19 laps behind. Fifth-place Buddy Arrington was 20 laps back.Check Out Others in the Series
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