{"id":1564796,"date":"2023-05-13T14:52:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T18:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1564796"},"modified":"2023-05-13T14:52:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T18:52:23","slug":"ned-jarrett-14-lap-win-darlington-southern-500-mind-boggling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ned-jarrett-14-lap-win-darlington-southern-500-mind-boggling\/","title":{"rendered":"Ned Jarrett\u2019s 14-Lap Win at Darlington's Southern 500 Required Mind-Boggling Circumstances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Ned Jarrett victory in the 1965 Southern 500 was to NASCAR<\/a> what Secretariat\u2019s win<\/a> in the 1973 Belmont Stakes was to thoroughbred racing \u2013 an absolute runaway belonging on any list of spectacular triumphs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 20 million people have viewed a handful of \u201973 Belmont videos on YouTube, but NASCAR thinks routs like Big Red\u2019s bore fans. It\u2019s one of the reasons justifying stage racing since 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s too bad, because the crazy four hours resulting in Jarrett\u2019s victory by 14 laps at Darlington Raceway on Sept. 6, 1965, would enthrall an audience the same way Secretariat\u2019s two-plus minutes at Belmont Park did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Southern 500 is a NASCAR institution<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ned Jarrett at the 1966 Daytona 500. | ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Though winning the Daytona 500<\/a> is more lucrative and the Coca-Cola 600 caps the best day of the year in motorsports, the Southern 500 has long been one of the great fixtures on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. The late-summer race (it moved to the spring from 2005-14) has been contested since the second year of NASCAR\u2019s existence, and Darlington is a jewel with its reputation as \u201cThe Track Too Tough to Tame.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The race was NASCAR\u2019s only 500-mile event from 1950-58, and it became part of the four-race Winston Million promotion that landed Bill Elliott (1985) and Jeff Gordon<\/a> (1997) seven-figure paydays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gordon holds the record with six victories, including four straight beginning in 1995. Cale Yarborough scored five wins there, and Bobby Allison posted four. None were a match for the absurdly lopsided victory by Ned Jarrett in 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ned Jarrett\u2019s Southern 500 win was NASCAR\u2019s all-time rout<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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