The 1964 Textile 250 was a NASCAR

NASCAR

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 Grand National (now Sprint Cup Series) race that took place on November 10, 1963 at Concord Speedway (Concord

Concord, North Carolina

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, North Carolina

North Carolina

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, USA

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).

Summary

Two hundred and fifty laps were done on a dirt track spanning 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) in total distance. Despite being held during the 1963 calendar year, this race was considered to be the first race in the 1964 Grand National season. The silly season between the 1963 and 1964 seasons was only seven days unlike the twelve weeks that the drivers enjoy today. After two hours, eleven minutes, and forty-nine seconds of intense racing action, a winner was decided. Ned Jarrett

Ned Jarrett

Ned Jarrett is a retired race car driver and two-time NASCAR champion.Jarrett was best known for his calm demeanor, and he became known as "Gentleman Ned Jarrett", yet he was an intense competitor when he put his two hands on the steering wheel of a NASCAR Grand National stock car...

 (Dale Jarrett

Dale Jarrett

Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former American race car driver and current sports commentator known for winning the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship...

's father) defeated his opponent Joe Weatherly

Joe Weatherly

Joseph "Joe" Weatherly was a two-time NASCAR championship driver. Weatherly was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2009 after winning NASCAR's Grand National championships in 1962 and 1963, three A.M.A...

 in twelve seconds. Speeds were relatively slow by today's standards; the average speed was 56.897 miles (91.6 km) per hour while the pole position speed was 69.257 miles (111.5 km) per hour. The typical American passenger vehicle of the 21st century can legally drive up to 90 miles (144.8 km) on some rural roads. This would make today's passenger vehicles faster than the stock cars of this era (which were supposed to represent advancements in automobile technology). However, many safety features adopted in these early stock cars would be used in passenger vehicles that were made years and even decades later.

In order from second to tenth, the other top ten finishers included: Richard Petty

Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series...

, David Pearson, Maurice Petty, Jack Anderson, Larry Thomas

Larry Thomas (NASCAR driver)

Larry Thomas was a NASCAR Grand National driver from Thomasville, NC. Thomas died in a non-racing related car crash during the start of the 1965 NASCAR season.-Driving career:...

, Larry Manning, Curtis Crider

Curtis Crider

Curtis Crider was a pioneer in NASCAR's early years.He was one of the hardest working and underfinanced racers to ever drive the stock car circuit. Landing in a lake eventually earned him the nickname "Crawfish." Like most early NASCAR racers, Crider was a bootlegger and delievered moonshine to...

, and Tiny Lund

Tiny Lund

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. Notable racers that didn't finish in the top ten included: Buck Baker

Buck Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker Sr. , better known as Buck Baker, was an American race car driver.-Racing career:...

, Bill Widenhouse

Bill Widenhouse

Bill Widenhouse was a NASCAR Grand National driver from Midland, North Carolina, USA.During his 14-year NASCAR career, Widenhouse managed to earn two top-finishes, five top-ten finishes, completed 4131 laps for , and earned $3,275 in take-home pay...

, Roy Tyner

Roy Tyner

William Leroy "Roy" Tyner was a retired Native American NASCAR Grand National driver from Red Springs, North Carolina, USA.-Driver:...

, Wendell Scott

Wendell Scott

Wendell Oliver Scott was an American stock car racing driver from Danville, Virginia. He is the only black driver to win a race in what is now the Sprint Cup Series. According to a 2008 biography of Scott, he broke the color barrier in Southern stock car racing on May 23, 1952, at the Danville...

, Junior Johnson

Junior Johnson

Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr. , better known as Junior Johnson, is a retired moonshiner in the rural South who became one of the early superstars of NASCAR in the 1950s and 1960s. He won 50 NASCAR races in his career before retiring in 1966...

, Neil Castles

Neil Castles

Neil "Soapy" Castles is a retired NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver that participate from 1957 to 1976.-History:...

, and Jimmy Massey

Jimmy Massey

Jimmy Massey is a retired NASCAR Grand National driver who has competed in 51 races . Out of these 51 races, there has been twelve finishes in the top-five and twenty-eight finishes in the top ten. Massey's total career earnings was considered to be $14,974...

 (who would retire from the NASCAR Cup Series after this race). Toy Bolton would make his NASCAR Cup Series debut in this race. While this would be his only race of the 1964 season, he would return for the 1966 season

1966 in NASCAR

1966 in NASCAR evolved into the first of three NASCAR Grand National championships for David Pearson, whose 15 wins through the season was second only to Tim Flock's 18 victories in 1955 at that time. NASCAR allowed the return of the Chrysler Hemi engine in 1966, and at the same time Ford decided...

. Three thousand people attended this live racing event as of the start of the race. Due to the low-level interest of the sport outside the North Carolina region during this era, the event was completely untelevised. The fastest finishing positions for each manufacturer were: Ford

Ford Motor Company

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 (1st), Pontiac

Pontiac

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 (2nd), Plymouth

Plymouth (automobile)

Plymouth was a marque of automobile based in the United States, produced by the Chrysler Corporation and its successor DaimlerChrysler.-Origins:...

 (3rd), Dodge

Dodge

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 (4th), Chevrolet

Chevrolet

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 (8th), Mercury

Mercury (automobile)

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 (9th), and Chrysler

Chrysler

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 (24th). Ned Jarrett walked away from the event with the winner's purse of $1350 ($ in today's money).

The last finisher to get a monetary award was Darel Dieringer

Darel Dieringer

Darel Dieringer was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver.-Summary:...

 who received $50 ($ in today's money) for finishing in 22nd place (out of twenty-six competitors).

Finishers

1. Ned Jarrett
2. Joe Weatherly (only other guy to finish race on lead lap)
3. Richard Petty (highest finishing driver for Petty Engineering Co.
   Petty Enterprises
   Petty Enterprises was a NASCAR racing team based in Randleman, North Carolina, USA. The team was owned by Richard Petty, his son Kyle Petty, and Boston Ventures. At the time of its folding the team operated the #43 and #45 Dodge Chargers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Petty Enterprises ran from...
   
   )
4. David Pearson
5. Maurice Petty
6. Jack Anderson
7. Larry Thomas
8. Larry Manning
9. Curtis Crider
10. Tiny Lund
11. Doug Cooper
12. Buck Baker* (highest finishing driver not to finish race)
13. Roy Tyner
14. Worth McMillion
    Worth McMillion
    Worth McMillion is a NASCAR Grand National driver who participated from 1962 to 1969 for 62 races. His first event was the 1962 untitled race at South Boston Speedway while his final event was the 1969 Richmond 500. McMillion has finished in the once in the top-five and eighteen times in the top-ten...
    
     (lowest finishing driver to finish race)
15. Billy Wade*
16. Bill Widenhouse*
17. Wendell Scott*
18. Jimmy Pardue
    Jimmy Pardue
    Jimmy Pardue is a former race car driver who lived in North Wilkesboro, North America, USA.-Summary:He made his debut in 1955 at Martinsville, where he finished 28th after suffering hub problems in his Chevrolet Bel Air vehicle. He made his first full-time attempt in 1960 where he had eleven top-tens...
    
    *
19. Junior Johnson*
20. G.C. Spencer
    G.C. Spencer
    G. C. Spencer July 9, 1925 in Owensboro, Kentucky – September 20, 2007 in Johnson City, Tennessee was a NASCAR driver who competed in 415 Grand National/Winston Cup races from 1958 to 1977...
    
    *
21. Jack Smith*
22. Darel Dieringer
    Darel Dieringer
    Darel Dieringer was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver.-Summary:...
    
    *
23. Toy Bolton
    Toy Bolton
    Toy Bolton was a NASCAR Grand National Series driver from Gastonia, North Carolina, USA.-Career:He competed in just four races in his two-year NASCAR career. Bolton's career accomplishments were two finishes in the top-ten position, 503 laps raced, $880 in total earnings , and of racing experience...
    
    * (highest finishing driver not to receive a share of the racers' purse)
24. Neil Castles*
25. Ed Livingston*
26. Jimmy Massey
    Jimmy Massey
    Jimmy Massey is a retired NASCAR Grand National driver who has competed in 51 races . Out of these 51 races, there has been twelve finishes in the top-five and twenty-eight finishes in the top ten. Massey's total career earnings was considered to be $14,974...
    
    * (never finished a single lap of the race)

* Driver failed to finish race