<P> In the 1963 Wilkes 400, Fred Lorenzen captured his third straight pole at the track by breaking his own record with a lap time of 23.30 seconds / 96.566 mph . Richard Petty entered the race in an attempt to become the first driver to win four consecutive races at North Wilkesboro . But he experienced engine problems and lasted only 45 laps into the race . Lorenzen led 58 laps, but came up short of victory, six seconds behind winner Marvin Panch . Panch did not start the 1963 season until halfway through because he had nearly lost his life in a crash while testing a Maserati at Daytona that February . Panch, in a Wood Brothers car, started third and led 131 laps in the race . Holman - Moody took the next three spots in the final rundown, with Lorenzen second, Nelson Stacy third, and Fireball Roberts fourth . Stacy started fourth and led 56 laps, while Roberts started from the outside pole and led the most laps with 155 . </P> <P> The track was repaved just prior to the Gwyn Staley 400 in 1964, and the resulting lack of traction wreaked havoc . Fireball Roberts, Buck Baker, Buddy Arrington, and G.C. Spencer all crashed through the wooden guardrail in the first and second turns in Saturday's practice and qualifying . Roberts was unable to start the race because his Ford had been so heavily damaged . Fred Lorenzen won the pole and led 368 laps on the way to the win . </P> <P> Junior Johnson was the pole sitter for the 1965 Gwyn Staley 400, with a qualifying time and speed of 22.27 seconds / 101.033 mph, breaking his own record by 0.06 seconds . Marvin Panch was leading the race when a blown tire caused him to crash with 11 laps remaining . Johnson assumed the lead from there and won his third of 13 wins in 1965 . Johnson lead during most of the race, 356 laps in total . Bobby Johns in a Holman - Moody Ford finished in the runner - up position, seven seconds behind Johnson . Finishing third, one lap down, was Ned Jarrett . Jarrett had led 20 laps early in the race . Dick Hutcherson, in his Holman - Moody Ford, finished seven laps off the pace in fourth place, and Panch finished fifth . Panch led on three occasions during the race for a total of 24 laps . </P> <P> In the Wilkes 400 of 1965, Fred Lorenzen won the pole and led the first 190 laps before engine problems forced him out of the race on Lap 219 . Junior Johnson took the lead from the fading Lorenzen to pick up his 50th and final Grand National Series victory by two laps over Cale Yarborough . Only 16 of the 35 cars that entered the race were running at the finish . </P>

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