1965 Atlanta 500

Race 9 of 55

Atlanta
334 laps
Time of race: 3:52:17
Average speed of winner: 129.410 mph
Margin of victory: 2 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 26 laps
Lap leaders: Panch pole, Dieringer 1-40, Balmer 41-46, Lorenzen 47-70, Panch 71-103, Johns 104-107, Panch 108-177, Lorenzen 178-188, Panch 189-334

Race notes: Debut for Jim Conway. Finale for Danny Byrd. Only start for Cotton Wallace. Ned Jarrett took the points lead from Darel Dieringer.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Marvin Panch	21		'65 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	145.581	334	3	249	running	18420	0
2	7	Bobby Johns	7		'65 Ford	Holman-Moody			334	1	4	running	7995	0
3	4	Ned Jarrett	11		'65 Ford	Bondy Long	Ervin		330	0	0	running	4700	0
4	5	Dick Hutcherson	29		'65 Ford	Holman-Moody			327	0	0	running	2775	0
5	22	Buddy Baker	88		'64 Dodge	Buck Baker			325	0	0	running	1850	0
6	38	Tiny Lund	55		'64 Ford	Stelter			322	0	0	running	1250	0
7	18	Bobby Allison	12	Southern Racing	'64 Ford				321	0	0	running	1200	0
8	16	Larry Hess	44		'64 Ford	Larry Hess			310	0	0	running	1050	0
9	43	Paul Lewis	27		'64 Ford	Paul Lewis			310	0	0	running	950	0
10	30	Bub Strickler	37		'64 Ford	Strickler			309	0	0	accident	850	0
11	27	Junior Spencer	17		'64 Ford	Mullins			300	0	0	running	775	0
12	11	G.C. Spencer	49		'64 Ford	G.C. Spencer			299	0	0	heating	700	0
13	24	Johnny Rutherford	77		'63 Ford				298	0	0	engine	650	0
14	12	Doug Cooper	60		'64 Ford	Bob Cooper			297	0	0	running	600	0
15	28	Bob Derrington	68		'64 Ford	Derrington			280	0	0	running	575	0
16	17	Fred Lorenzen	28		'65 Ford	Holman-Moody			250	2	35	accident	800	0
17	10	Sam McQuagg	24		'65 Ford	Betty Lilly			223	0	0	heating	550	0
18	35	T.C. Hunt	2		'64 Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			214	0	0	engine	550	0
19	44	Cale Yarborough	35		'63 Dodge	Lester Hunter			193	0	0	accident	550	0
20	13	J.T. Putney	19		'65 Chevrolet	Beam			190	0	0	accident	550	0
21	3	Earl Balmer	15		'64 Mercury	Moore	Moore		185	1	6	engine	655	0
22	25	Neil Castles	86		'65 Plymouth	Buck Baker			170	0	0	oil pressure	625	0
23	37	Bill Morton	56		'64 Ford	Larimer			142	0	0	heating	550	0
24	8	Larry Frank	76		'64 Ford	Larry Frank			136	0	0	engine	575	0
25	2	Darel Dieringer	16		'64 Mercury	Moore	Moore		132	1	40	accident	850	0
26	40	E.J. Trivette	52		'63 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			112	0	0	engine	550	0
27	9	Junior Johnson	26		'65 Ford	Johnson			110	0	0	heating	575	0
28	23	Buck Baker	87		'65 Oldsmobile	Buck Baker			105	0	0	differential	550	0
29	34	Donald Tucker	74		'63 Ford	Don Snyder			98	0	0	differential	550	0
30	6	A.J. Foyt	41		'65 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		91	0	0	throttle	575	0
31	19	Danny Byrd	08		'64 Ford				63	0	0	differential	575	0
32	14	H.B. Bailey	04		'64 Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			48	0	0	engine	550	0
33	29	Roy Tyner	9		'64 Chevrolet	Tyner			47	0	0	sway bar	550	0
34	26	Jimmy Helms	48		'64 Ford				46	0	0	oil pressure	600	0
35	39	Wendell Scott	34		'64 Ford	Wendell Scott			29	0	0	oil pressure	550	0
36	15	Reb Wickersham	03		'64 Ford	Underwood			26	0	0	head gasket	500	0
37	20	Tom Pistone	59		'64 Ford	Sweet			24	0	0	engine	525	0
38	21	Buddy Arrington	67		'64 Dodge	Arrington			13	0	0	clutch	500	0
39	36	Ned Setzer	18		'65 Chevrolet	Bolton			12	0	0	sway bar	500	0
40	32	Robert Vaughn	39		'64 Pontiac	Ronald Smith			5	0	0	oil pressure	500	0
41	41	Cotton Wallace	96		'63 Chevrolet				5	0	0	tire rub	500	0
42	31	Bernard Alvarez	10		'64 Ford	Gary Weaver			2	0	0	clutch	500	0
43	42	Bud Harless	40		'64 Pontiac	Whittaker			2	0	0	handling	500	0
44	33	Jim Conway	6		'64 Ford				1	0	0	clutch	500	0