The 1965 NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Division was the 12th season of the series. The title was won by Bill Amick, his first in the series.
Schedule and results The 1965 season included 14 individual races, although Ascot Park hosted five races, Portland Speedway hosted three races, and Champion Speedway hosted two races. The first race of the season was held in 1964. The race at Riverside International Raceway was in combination with the NASCAR Grand National Series. DateNameRacetrackLocationWinnerNovember 15, 1964†Champion SpeedwayBrisbane, CaliforniaRon HornadayJanuary 17Motor Trend 500Riverside International RacewayRiverside, CaliforniaDan GurneyMarch 14San Jose 200San Jose SpeedwaySan Jose, CaliforniaBill AmickMarch 27Ascot 200Ascot ParkGardena, CaliforniaMarvin PorterApril 4†Portland SpeedwayPortland, OregonBill AmickApril 25Evergreen 100Evergreen SpeedwayMonroe, WashingtonBill AmickMay 2Champion Speedway 100Champion SpeedwayBrisbane, CaliforniaMarvin PorterMay 16Portland 150Portland SpeedwayPortland, OregonBill AmickMay 30Ascot 500Ascot ParkGardena, CaliforniaBill AmickJune 27†Portland SpeedwayPortland, OregonBill AmickJuly 4Ascot 200Ascot ParkGardena, CaliforniaClem ProctorSeptember 5†Ascot ParkGardena, CaliforniaBill AmickOctober 3California 100California State Fairgrounds Race TrackSacramento, CaliforniaBill AmickNovember 7†Ascot ParkGardena, CaliforniaMarvin Porter † This race was not given a name
Full Drivers' Championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. † – Finishing position unknown Note: only the final points of the top 20 were recorded. Due to missing information, some drivers and finishes may not be included and some finishes marked as not running may not be accurate - their final status is not definitively known.
DriverBRSRSDSJSASPPOREVGBRSPORASPPORASPASPCSFASP1Bill Amick7181*191*1*9*1*11*31*1*0†30362Marvin Porter2141*441162722130303Johnny Steele437551171313544528944Jack McCoy137149121074112321224805Ed Brown5141171031160†130†23166Dave James104978560†0†50†21127Cliff Garner1721510240†415318988Scotty Cain67224880†780†18549Carl Joiner14125549330†173210Ron Hornaday1*360†120†164211Lloyd Dane330†0†25162412Dick Bown92782315214128813Eddie Gray636161616523120414Sam Stanley81315DNQ1850†5113615Jim Cook3315200†64106816Clem Proctor41*50†105017Walt Price260†110†97018Bill Ferrier11987819Bob McDonald62886820Don Walker3812151089768Jim Marine13131410228Kuzie Kuzmanich14224Hershel McGriff314319Paul Stienke171189Bruce Worrell1141226Danny Graves6612Jim Smith13140†Marshall Sargent11180†Carl Ciendrichs0†246Gene Davis52512Joe Clark123012Bob Perry431016Clyde Prickett710George Durade170†Larry Bell815Joe Rushton1610Don Noel270†Billy Foster1818Oren Prosser2320Bob Thompson3416Bill Boldt3521Bill Cantrell0†Bing Warner0†Dan Gurney1*Junior Johnson2Marvin Panch3Darel Dieringer4Jim Blomgren7Joe Roletto7Jon Ward8Jim Miller9Buck Baker9Johnny Smythe9Frank Burnett10A. J. Foyt10Jerry Grant11Roy Tyner12Nat Reeder13Dick Guldstrand15Bob Connor16Sam McQuagg17Dick Brooks17Jimmy Caruthers17Ernie Stierly17Ned Jarrett19Skip Hudson20Fritz Wilson21Doug Cooper22Larry Frank23Fred Lorenzen24Doug Moore25Frank Deiny26Al Self26Bob Bondurant28Bobby Allison29Dick Hutcherson31Parnelli Jones32Bill Meyer36Billy Cantrell39Charles Powell40Dana Hall42
See also
1965 NASCAR Grand National Series
References