Auto race held at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in 1965
1965 Fireball 200
Race details[1][2]
Race 6 of 55 in the 1965 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date
February 28, 1965; 59 years ago (1965-02-28)
Official name
Fireball 200
Location
Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville, North Carolina
Course
Permanent racing facility 0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance
200 laps, 100 mi (151 km)
Weather
Chilly with temperatures of 64.9 °F (18.3 °C); wind speeds of 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)
Average speed
75.678 miles per hour (121.792 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Ned Jarrett
Bondy Long
Most laps led
Driver
Ned Jarrett
Bondy Long
Laps
199
Winner
No. 11
Ned Jarrett
Bondy Long
Television in the United States
Network
untelevised
Announcers
none
Motor car race
The 1965 Fireball 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on February 28, 1965, at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in Weaverville, North Carolina. The name of the race was likely a homage to the late Fireball Roberts who died the year before in Charlotte.
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.
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