The 1965 Fireball 200 was a NASCAR

NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...

 Grand National race that took place on February 26, 1965 at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway

Asheville-Weaverville Speedway

The Asheville-Weaverville Speedway near Weaverville, North Carolina, USA was considered to be site for the old-school NASCAR races in both the Grand National and the Winston Cup eras . None of the active drivers that are in the Sprint Cup Series today have ever raced at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway...

 in the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 community of Weaverville

Weaverville, North Carolina

Weaverville is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,646 in 2007. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Weaverville is located at ....

, North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

.

Summary

Two hundred laps took place on a paved oval track spanning 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) for a grand total of 100 miles (160.9 km). It took an hour and nineteen minutes for the race to reach its conclusion; 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...

 defeated Dick Hutcherson

Dick Hutcherson

Dick Hutcherson was an American businessman and a former stock car racer. A native of Keokuk, Iowa, Hutcherson drove in NASCAR competition from 1964 to 1967. In 1965 he finished second in the overall NASCAR Drivers Championship and had nine wins...

 by an unknown length of time in front of 6500 people. Notable speeds were: 75.678 mi/h as the average speed and 84.23 mi/h as the pole position speed. Two cautions were given for an unknown number of laps.

Total winnings for this race were $4,490 ($ in today's money).

Finishers

1. Ned Jarrett
2. Dick Hutcherson
3. Cale Yarborough
   Cale Yarborough
   William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough , is a farmer, businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships...
   
   
4. 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...
   
   
5. Danny Byrd
   Danny Byrd
   Danny Byrd is a drum and bass DJ, producer and musician from Bath in the South West of England. He is influenced by house, UK garage, R&B and the Old Skool Rave / Jungle Techno sound and releases his music primarily on Hospital Records, the UK based, independent dance music label.-History:Danny...
   
   
6. J.T. Putney
   J.T. Putney
   J.T. Putney ) was a former NASCAR Grand National Series race car driver who would accomplish 16 finishes in the "top five" in addition to 49 finishes in the "top ten." Herman Beam would become one of Putney's employers; guiding him to a seventh-place finish at the end of the 1965 NASCAR Grand...
   
   
7. 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:...
   
   
8. Bub Strickler
9. Ned Setzer
10. Tiny Lund
    Tiny Lund
    DeWayne Louis "Tiny" Lund was a NASCAR driver. He was ironically nicknamed "Tiny" due to his rather large and imposing size.-Background:...
    
    
11. Bob Derrington
    Bob Derrington
    Bob Derrington is a retired NASCAR Grand National Series race car driver whose career spanned from 1964 to 1966.-Summary:His average start was 20th place while his average finish was 15th. Derrington also earned three finishes in the "top five" and raced a distance of - the equivalent of 13,427 laps...
    
    
12. 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...
    
    *
13. Gene Hobby
14. Frank Weathers*
15. Barry Brooks
    Barry Brooks
    Barry Brooks is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League .-Early career:Brooks was recruited as the number 15 draft pick in the 2001 AFL Draft from Grassy...
    
    *
16. Darel Dieringer
    Darel Dieringer
    Darel Dieringer was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver.-Summary:...
    
    *
17. 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...
    
    *
18. Gene Black
    Gene Black
    Gene Black is a retired NASCAR Grand National driver who has accumulated six finishes in the top ten in his career in addition to $10650 in total career earnings. On average, Black began his races in 25th while ending them in 19th...
    
    *
19. Doug Moore*
20. Doug Cooper*
21. Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker
    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. , nicknamed "Leadfoot" or more famously Buddy, is a former American NASCAR racecar driver.-Early life:...
    
    *

* Driver failed to finish race