| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 9 of 55 in the 1965 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
| Date | April 11, 1965 | ||
| Location | Atlanta International Raceway (Hampton, Georgia) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi (2.400 km) |
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| Distance | 334 laps, 501.0 mi (804 km) | ||
| Avg Speed | 129.410 miles per hour (208.265 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers | |
| Laps | 241 | ||
| Winner | |||
| 24 |
Marvin Panch |
Wood Brothers | |
| Television | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1965 Atlanta 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on April 11, 1965 at Atlanta International Raceway (now Atlanta Motor Speedway) in Hampton, Georgia, U.S.A..[1]
There were 44 American-born male drivers on the grid - without any foreigners or minorities trying to compete in the event.[1]
Jim Conway would be the race's last-place finisher due to a clutch issue on lap 1 out of the regulation period of 334 laps.[1] Marvin Panch managed to defeat Bobby Johns by two seconds in front of a screaming crowd of 50,700 people.[1] There were eight lead changes in addition to five caution flags waved for 26 laps; making this race last almost four hours in length.[1] The average speed of the race was 129.410 miles per hour (208.265 km/h) while Panch earned the pole position with a qualifying speed of 145.581 miles per hour (234.290 km/h).[1] Other drivers in the top ten were: Ned Jarrett, Dick Hutcherson, Buddy Baker, Tiny Lund, Bobby Allison, Larry Hess, Paul Lewis, and Bub Strickler.[1]
Vehicles manufactured by the Ford Motor Company practically had the monopoly on this racing event.[1]
| Preceded by 1965 untitled race at Orange Speedway |
NASCAR Grand National races 1965 |
Succeeded by 1965 Greenville 200 |