1964 Volunteer 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 42 of 62 in the 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
Layout of Bristol Motor Speedway
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| Date | July 26, 1964 | ||
| Official name | Volunteer 500 | ||
| Location | Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.533 mi (0.857 km) |
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| Distance | 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Hot with temperatures reaching up to 87.1 °F (30.6 °C); wind speeds up to 7 miles per hour (11 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 78.004 miles per hour (125.535 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 25,500 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Petty Enterprises | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
| Laps | 442 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Holman-Moody | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1964 Volunteer 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) event that was held on July 26, 1964, at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.
Buddy Baker won the Saturday qualifying race to earn 25th starting position, but was replaced by Jimmy Helms in the 500 lap feature.
There was a racing grid of 36 drivers who were all born in the United States of America.Fred Lorenzen defeated Richard Petty in front of 25,500 people in order to win the top prize of $4,185 USD ($32,317.00 when adjusted for inflation). Five lead changes were made and the caution flag was waved only once for 14 laps.Darrell Bryant received the last place finish and a measly $275 paycheck ($2,123.58 when adjusted for inflation) for a fuel pressure issue on lap 1 that forced him out of the race. Petty would receive the pole position for his qualifying speed of 82.910 miles per hour (133.431 km/h) while the average speed of the race would be 78.044 miles per hour (125.600 km/h). Bristol was a flatter track during the 1960s and the banking was more shallow.
Darrell Bryant and Doug Wilson would make their NASCAR debuts here.Johnny Nave would exit the NASCAR Cup Series after this race.
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; most of the cars were trailered to events or hauled in by trucks.
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