1964 World 600 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1964 World 600
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	N/A

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

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1964 World 600 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1964 World 600, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Jim Paschal	41	12	$24,785	400	running	Petty Enterprises
2	Richard Petty	43	5	$10,455	396	running	Petty Enterprises
3	Rex White	4	13	$8,095	393	running	Bud Moore
4	Fred Lorenzen	28	2	$6,425	393	running	LaFayette
5	Billy Wade	1	14	$4,050	390	running	Bud Moore
7	Larry Frank	76	31	$2,650	364	running	Larry Frank
8	David Pearson	6	10	$2,085	363	running	Cotton Owens
9	Wendell Scott	34	40	$1,775	359	running	Wendell Scott
10	Jack Anderson	20	24	$1,500	358	running	Jack Anderson
11	Curtis Crider	2	26	$1,450	358	running	Curtis Crider
13	Darel Dieringer	16	7	$1,250	344	engine	Bill Stroppe
15	Doug Cooper	60	32	$1,350	338	running	Bob Cooper
17	Bob Derrington	68	42	$825	305	running	Bob Derrington
18	Bunkie Blackburn	42	25	$850	255	rear end	Casper Hensley
19	Paul Goldsmith	25	4	$1,915	253	engine	Ray Nichels
20	Buck Baker	3	17	$990	238	engine	Ray Fox
24	Jimmy Pardue	54	1	$1,280	195	engine	Burton-Robinson
25	Bobby Isaac	26	3	$775	169	eng mount	Ray Nichels
26	LeeRoy Yarbrough	3	15	$620	151	pinion b	Ray Fox
27	Stick Elliott	18	23	$600	137	engine	Toy Bolton
28	Cale Yarborough	19	18	$650	117	crash	Herman Beam
29	Marvin Panch	21	6	$625	52	crash	Wood Brothers
32	Mark Hurley	39	27	$625	11	trans	Mark Hurley
33	Ned Jarrett	11	8	$700	7	crash	Bondy Long
34	Junior Johnson	27	9	$700	7	crash	Banjo Matthews
35	Fireball Roberts	22	11	$650	7	crash	Holman-Moody
36	Buddy Baker	87	22	$625	6	heating	J.C. Parker
37	Ralph Earnhardt	70	35	$675	5	engine	Paul Clayton
38	Neil Castles	88	36	$650	4	radiator	Buck Baker
39	Jimmy Helms	86	43	$625	4	oil line	Buck Baker
40	Bob Cooper	1	34	$700	4	radiator	Curtis Crider
41	Bud Harless	40	39	$650	3	engine	Fred Harless
42	Elmo Langley	64	29	$625	1	engine	John Berejoski