Notes:
Stock car driver Buren Skeen, 28-years-old, of Denton, North Carolina, died at 16h45 on Monday, 13 September 1965 at McLeod Infirmary in Florence, South Carolina, a week after being injured in an accident in Labor Day's NASCAR Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

Buren Skeen was 21st in the starting grid of 45 in the race, on Monday, 06 September 1965. On the second lap he lost control of his 1964 Ford which spun into the third turn wall then careened back into the path of the oncoming field. Three other competitors were involved in the accident and his car was hit broadside on the driver's side by another Ford driven by Reb Wickersham, at a speed of more than 120 mi/h (193 km/h).

Firefighters and emergency crews had to use acetylene torches to extricate him from the wreck before he was taken to the hospital where he underwent surgery. Buren Skeen, who sustained head and abdominal injuries, never regained consciousness and died seven days after the accident. None of the other drivers in the wreck were seriously injured.

This was his eighth start in the NASCAR Grand National series. A ten-year stock car racing veteran, Skeen earned three finishes in the top ten, with a fifth at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in May 1965. By the end of that season he was classified sixteenth in points.

Buren Skeen who worked for Vernon Gates Construction of Denton, North Carolina, was survived by his wife Brenda and their two sons, Derrick, four-year-old, and Eric Chris, two. He was buried in Lineberry United Methodist Church Cemetery, Denton, Davidson County, North Carolina.

• North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, pages https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHL2-7WD and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7ZW1-9JT2 .
• United States, Census, 1940, page https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWSZ-BKC .
• United States, Census, 1950, page https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FM9-ZMRV .
• South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1973, page https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2BN-Z4CJ .
• South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965.
• Book "The Tribute Project", edited by Ed Watson, 1997, page 36.
• Book "The History of America's Speedways - Past & Present", by Allan E. Brown, third edition, first printing, November 2003, America's Speedways, PO Box 448, Comstock Park, MI, 49321-0448, United States, ISBN 0-931105-61-7, page 649.
• Book "Forty Years of Stock Car Racing, Vol. 3", by Greg Fielden [T1].
• Newspaper Florence Morning News (Florence, SC, United States), issue of Tuesday, 07 September 1965, page 1, article "Injured race car driver listed in critical condition", retrieved by website Newspapers.com, page https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/68739675/ .
• Newspaper Florence Morning News (Florence, SC, United States), issue of Wednesday, 08 September 1965, page 2, article "Injured driver's wife keeps vigil" by Tom English, Jr., assistant city editor, retrieved by website Newspapers.com, page https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/984046697/ .
• Newspaper St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, FL, United States), issue of Wednesday, 08 September 1965, page 2-C, article "Skeen remains on critical list", wire feed from Associated Press, retrieved by website Google News, page https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cIpIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WnQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3139%2C3975338 .
• Newspaper Florence Morning News (Florence, SC, United States), issue of Tuesday, 14 September 1965, page 1, article "Stock car pilot Buren Skeen dies", retrieved by website Newspapers.com, page https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/68743271/ .
• Newspaper The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, SC, United States), issue of Tuesday, 14 September 1965, page 9, article "Stock driver Buren Skeen dies in Florence hospital", retrieved by website Newspapers.com, page https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/343950583/ .
• Website Racing-reference.info, Buren Skeen, page https://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=skeenbu01 .
• Website Racing-reference.info, 1965 Southern 500, page https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1965_Southern_500/W/ .
• Website AUTOSPORT  → Forums  → The Nostalgia Forum, thread "Speed's Ultimate Price: The Toll", page 21, posting by "ReWind", message http://forums.autosport.com/topic/9705-speeds-ultimate-price-the-toll/page-21#entry1472063 .
• Website Racing Circuits by Daniel King, page http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/racingcircuits/UnitedStates/sc/Darlington.html .
• Website Rare Sports Films, page http://www.raresportsfilms.com/1965south.html .
• Website Dick Trickle "Die-Hard" Journal & Scrapbook, article "A starting grid to remember", author not identified, page http://www.tricklefan.com/supplement/backthen1.html .
• Website News-record, article "The 1965 Southern 500", page http://blog.news-record.com/staff/spotter/archives/2005/05/southern_500_19.html .
• Website Find a Grave: Whitson Buren Skeen.
• E-mail by "rustyfan", dated 27 February 2004, citing video of the race.
• E-mail by Jim Thurman, dated 01 December 2005, citing [T1].
• E-mail by Carlo Fertitta, dated 15 October 2023 (two messages).