1964 National 400 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1964 National 400
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 National 400 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1964 National 400, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Fred Lorenzen	28	3	$11,185	267	running	LaFayette
2	Jim Paschal	41	5	$5,725	266	running	Petty Enterprises
3	Richard Petty	43	1	$4,245	265	crash	Petty Enterprises
4	Ned Jarrett	11	11	$2,375	265	running	Bondy Long
5	LeeRoy Yarbrough	3	16	$1,650	264	running	Ray Fox
6	Darel Dieringer	16	10	$1,225	263	running	Bud Moore
7	David Pearson	6	25	$1,100	263	running	Cotton Owens
8	Buck Baker	3	6	$1,025	261	running	Ray Fox
9	Earl Balmer	5	24	$900	253	running	Cotton Owens
10	Bunkie Blackburn	82	32	$800	246	running	Casper Hensley
11	Elmo Langley	64	15	$850	245	running	John Berejoski
13	Bobby Johns	7	23	$600	232	ignition	Holman-Moody
14	Curtis Crider	2	22	$550	223	running	Curtis Crider
15	Bob Derrington	68	26	$500	222	running	Bob Derrington
18	Paul Goldsmith	25	2	$855	202	engine	Ray Nichels
19	Cale Yarborough	0	13	$425	192	crash	Holman-Moody
22	Wendell Scott	34	42	$475	145	crash	Wendell Scott
23	Larry Frank	76	14	$400	143	running	Larry Frank
24	A.J. Foyt	47	18	$400	127	w bearing	Ray Nichels
25	Jack Anderson	52	39	$400	118	engine	Jess Potter
26	Sam McQuagg	71	27	$400	71	fuel pump	J.L. Thomas
27	Bobby Isaac	26	4	$425	68	w bearing	Ray Nichels
28	Buddy Baker	10	25	$400	65	piston	Bernard Alvarez
30	Doug Cooper	60	40	$400	63	flagged	Bob Cooper
31	Marvin Panch	21	12	$400	52	oil temp	Wood Brothers
34	Junior Johnson	27	9	$425	36	handling	Banjo Matthews
35	Don Hume	63	36	$400	9	heating	Don House
36	Neil Castles	88	19	$400	8	engine	Buck Baker
37	Billy Wade	1	8	$400	6	windshield	Bud Moore
38	H.B. Bailey	19	43	$400	6	handling	Herman Beam
39	Possum Jones	31	44	$400	5	oil cooler	Tom Spell
40	Jimmy Helms	86	28	$400	4	brakes	Buck Baker
41	Bob Cooper	61	41	$400	3	handling	Bob Cooper
43	Stick Elliott	1	21	$400	1	handling	Curtis Crider