1964 Southeastern 500 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | 1964 Southeastern 500 |
| Name of Track: | Bristol Motor Speedway |
| Date: | N/A |
Bristol Motor Speedway could very easily have opened in 1961 under a different name. The first proposed site for the speedway was in Piney Flats but, according to Carl Moore, who built the track along with Larry Carrier and R.G. Pope, the idea met local opposition. So the track that could have been called Piney Flats International Speedway, was built five miles down the road on Highway 11-E in Bristol.
A Smaller Charlotte Motor SpeedwayThe land, upon which Bristol Motor Speedway is built, used to be a dairy farm. Larry Carrier and Carl Moore traveled to Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1960 to watch a race and it was then that they decided to build a speedway in northeast Tennessee. However, they wanted a smaller model of CMS, something with a more intimate setting and opted to erect a half-mile facility instead of mirroring the 1.5-mile track in Charlotte.
Work began on what was then called Bristol International Speedway in 1960 and it took approximately one year to finish. Carrier, Moore and Pope scratched many ideas for the track on envelopes and brown paper bags.
Purchase of the land on which Bristol Motor Speedway now sits, as well as initial construction of the track, cost approximately $600,000. The entire layout for Bristol Motor Speedway covered 100 acres and provided parking for more than 12,000 cars. The track itself was a perfect half-mile, measuring 60 feet wide on the straightaways, 75 feet wide in the turns and the turns were banked at 22 degrees.
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1964 Southeastern 500 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for 1964 Southeastern 500, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Lorenzen | 28 | 2 | $4,300 | 500 | 0 | running | LaFayette |
| 2 | Fireball Roberts | 22 | 3 | $2,150 | 500 | 0 | running | Holman-Moody |
| 3 | Paul Goldsmith | 25 | 13 | $1,685 | 497 | 0 | running | Ray Nichels |
| 4 | Buck Baker | 41 | 11 | $1,075 | 496 | 0 | running | Petty Enterprises |
| 5 | Marvin Panch | 21 | 1 | $1,075 | 494 | 0 | running | Wood Brothers |
| 6 | Ned Jarrett | 11 | 9 | $800 | 493 | 0 | running | Bondy Long |
| 7 | Jim Paschal | 5 | 14 | $890 | 491 | 0 | running | Cotton Owens |
| 8 | Richard Petty | 43 | 4 | $675 | 489 | 0 | running | Petty Enterprises |
| 9 | Rex White | 4 | 6 | $650 | 488 | 0 | running | Bud Moore |
| 10 | Billy Wade | 1 | 10 | $500 | 485 | 0 | running | Bud Moore |
| 11 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | 71 | 20 | $450 | 482 | 0 | running | Roscoe Sanders |
| 12 | Cale Yarborough | 19 | 19 | $400 | 477 | 0 | running | Herman Beam |
| 13 | Curtis Crider | 64 | 23 | $350 | 465 | 0 | running | Curtis Crider |
| 14 | Bud Harless | 40 | 28 | $275 | 461 | 0 | running | Fred Harless |
| 15 | Junior Johnson | 3 | 8 | $250 | 461 | 0 | trans | Ray Fox |
| 17 | Jack Anderson | 92 | 30 | $275 | 440 | 0 | running | Ray Osborne |
| 18 | Tiny Lund | 32 | 21 | $250 | 423 | 0 | rear end | Graham Shaw |
| 19 | Wendell Scott | 34 | 31 | $275 | 422 | 0 | running | Wendell Scott |
| 20 | Jimmy Pardue | 54 | 12 | $250 | 418 | 0 | rear end | Burton-Robinson |
| 21 | Doug Cooper | 60 | 24 | $250 | 365 | 0 | running | Bob Cooper |
| 22 | Darel Dieringer | 16 | 7 | $250 | 336 | 0 | clutch | Bill Stroppe |
| 23 | Ralph Earnhardt | 31 | 33 | $275 | 242 | 0 | engine | Tom Spell |
| 25 | Buddy Arrington | 78 | 35 | $250 | 170 | 0 | gas leak | Buddy Arrington |
| 27 | Bobby Isaac | 26 | 17 | $275 | 110 | 0 | rear end | Ray Nichels |
| 28 | David Pearson | 6 | 15 | $275 | 102 | 0 | trans | Cotton Owens |
| 29 | Buddy Baker | 20 | 25 | $250 | 69 | 0 | engine | Jack Anderson |
| 32 | Johnny Allen | 17 | 5 | $275 | 34 | 0 | engine | Bill Stroppe |
| 34 | John Hamby | 62 | 32 | $275 | 5 | 0 | rear end | Curtis Crider |
| 35 | Joe Clark | 97 | 34 | $275 | 5 | 0 | freeze pl | Al McCline |
| 36 | Gene Hobby | 99 | 36 | $250 | 2 | 0 | flagged | Barney Humphries |
