|| *Comments on the 1964 Virginia 500:* View the most recent comment <#7> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. rob posted: 09.08.2011 - 10:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) fireball roberts won a 20 lap consolation race on saturday after a spirited duel with a surprising g.c.spencer. buck baker crashed his olds with the car coming to rest on top of the pit wall. he was unable to start the virginia 500.roberts earned the 21st starting position, but was apparently moved up ( along with several other cars) when billy wade was unable to start. this was technically fireball's last win of any kind in a grand national (cup) car. 2. Perry Allen Wood posted: 01.07.2012 - 2:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rob, you're a little off. First, the Buck Baker crash was in 1965, not '64. In fact, it doesn't appear he was in this race. Billy Wade's car was withdrawn due to an argument over the brake ducts. Bud Moore refused to make a change NASCAR didn't like, loaded it up, and went to Spartanburg. 3. rob posted: 12.30.2012 - 12:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) my mistake.. would be kinda hard for buck to be driving a 1965 olds in 1964. 4. rob posted: 12.30.2012 - 1:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) just noticed starting positions 1-4 finished 1-4 in the exact same order. wonder how how many other times that has happenned. 5. Evan posted: 05.28.2014 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) * This was the first time a grandfather clock was awarded to the winner, this fact was revealed during the 2014 STP 500. Fred Lorenzen becomes the first to recieve one. 6. Anonymous posted: 05.09.2017 - 10:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Final event for the race winning 1962 Chevy of Wendell Scott and he sends it out with a top ten result despite a blown engine after he ran 437 laps. Wendell would take possession of a Holman-Moody 1963 Ford and would campaign it for the rest of the 1964 season and the entire 1965 season. 7. Turn4 posted: 11.21.2019 - 1:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race took place two days after the famous 1964 Socorro , New Mexico UFO sighting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: