1964 The Glen 151.8

1964 The Glen 151.8

Race details
Race 40 of 62 in the 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Watkins Glen from 1956-1970
Date	July 19, 1964 (1964-July-19)
Official name	The Glen 151.8
Location	Watkins Glen International (Watkins Glen, New York)
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.300 mi (3.701 km)
Distance	66 laps, 151.8 mi (244.2 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 88 °F (31 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)
Average speed	97.998 miles per hour (157.712 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Dave Marcis	Nord Krauskopf
Most laps led
Driver	Billy Wade	Bud Moore
Laps	41
Winner
No. 1	Billy Wade	Bud Moore
Television in the United States
Network	untelevised
Announcers	none

The 1964 The Glen 151.8 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series, also formerly known as the Winston Cup Series and the Winston Cup Grand National Series) racing event that took place on July 19, 1964, at Watkins Glen International in the American community of Watkins Glen, New York.

Summary

Five lead changes were made (consisting of Ned Jarrett, Darel Dieringer, Billy Wade, and Ned Jarrett). After one hour and thirty-two minutes of racing, Billy Wade managed to defeat LeeRoy Yarbrough by six seconds in front of 10,000 live spectators (approximately 24% of the racetrack's modern capacity). The total prize purse handed out for this racing event was $6,395 ($62,824.7 when inflation is taken into effect); Billy Wade received $1,400 of it ($13,753.65 when inflation is taken into effect) while Lee Petty received a meager $150 ($1,473.61 when inflation is taken into effect).

Pete Boland would receive the last-place finish due to a brake problem on lap 2 of 66. The actual race spanned for 151.8 miles (244.3 km); with the pole position speed at 102.222 miles per hour (164.510 km/h) and the average race speed at 97.988 miles per hour (157.696 km/h). All 26 of the drivers on the grid where American-born males. Lee Petty would retire from NASCAR after this race. From the next race onward, his son Richard would race alone. Bob Welborn would make his second-to-last NASCAR appearance at this racing event. Walt Hansgen would become the first road course ringer by being at this track three times. He would drive a 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle during this race after driving a Ford vehicle at a previous race.

The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power any more.

Finishing order

1. 1-Billy Wade†
2. 03-LeeRoy Yarbrough†
3. 46-Walt Hansgen†
4. 3-Buck Baker†
5. 06-Bob Welborn†
6. 6-David Pearson
7. 54-Jimmy Pardue*†
8. 11-Ned Jarrett*
9. 02-Curtis Crider
10. 60-Doug Cooper
11. 45-Louis Weathersbee
12. 34-Wendell Scott†
13. 49-Doug Moore
14. 16-Darel Dieringer*†
15. 9-Roy Tyner†
16. 55-Earl Brooks*†
17. 88-Neil Castles*
18. 68-Bob Derrington*
19. 10-Bernard Alvarez*
20. 25-Paul Goldsmith*
21. 43-Richard Petty*
22. 41-Lee Petty*†
23. 31-Al White*
24. 71-Marvin Panch*
25. 66-Frank Tanner*
26. 01-Pete Boland*

† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
* Driver failed to finish race

Timeline

• Start of race: Billy Wade started the race with the pole position; but was quickly overtaken by Ned Jarrett
• Lap 7: Darel Dieringer took over the lead from Ned Jarrett
• Lap 15: Billy Wade took over the lead from Darel Dieringer
• Lap 28: Ned Jarrett took over the lead from Billy Wade
• Lap 36: Billy Wade took over the lead from Ned Jarrett
• End of race: Billy Wade won the race