| Race details[1][2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 41 of 62 in the1964 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
| Date | July 21, 1964; 60 years ago (1964-07-21) | ||
| Official name | Pennsylvania 200 | ||
| Location | Lincoln Speedway(New Oxford, Pennsylvania) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.500 miles (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. 6 | David Pearson | Owens Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The1964 Pennsylvania 200 was aNASCARGrand National Series event that was held on July 21, 1964, atLincoln Speedway inNew Oxford, Pennsylvania.
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 defeatRichard Petty by 11 seconds in only one hour and twelve minutes.[2] While Pearson achieved apole 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 the1959 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 includedJimmy 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.
| Grid[2] | No. | Driver | Manufacturer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | David Pearson | '64 Dodge | Cotton Owens |
| 2 | 06 | Bob Welborn | '64 Ford | Holman-Moody Racing |
| 3 | 41 | Richard Petty | '64 Plymouth | Petty Enterprises |
| 4 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | '64 Ford | Bondy Long |
| 5 | 60 | Doug Cooper | '63 Ford | Bob Cooper |
| 6 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | '64 Plymouth | Charles Robinson |
| 7 | 72 | Doug Yates | '64 Plymouth | Doug Yates |
| 8 | 88 | Neil Castles | '62 Chrysler | Buck Baker |
| 9 | 02 | Curtis Crider | '63 Mercury | Curtis Crider |
| 10 | 55 | Earl Brooks | '63 Chevrolet | Wendell Scott |
| 11 | 49 | Doug Moore | '64 Chevrolet | G.C. Spencer |
| 12 | 68 | Bob Derrington | '63 Ford | Bob Derrington |
| 13 | 03 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | '64 Dodge | Ray Fox |
| 14 | 31 | Al White | '63 Ford | Al White |
| 15 | 45 | Louis Weathersbee | '63 Plymouth | Louis Weathersbee |
| 16 | 10 | Bernard Alvarez | '64 Ford | Bernard Alvarez |
| 17 | 64 | Elmo Langley | '63 Ford | John Berejoski |
| 18 | 9 | Roy Tyner | '64 Chevrolet | Roy Tyner |
| 19 | 66 | Frank Tanner | '63 Ford | Frank Tanner |
| 20 | 01 | Pete Boland | '63 Mercury | Curtis Crider |
| 21 | 34 | Wendell Scott | '63 Ford | Wendell Scott |
Section reference:[2]
* Driver failed to finish race
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| Preceded by | NASCAR Grand National Series Season 1964 | Succeeded by |