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NASCAR Grand National race number 9 of 55
Sunday, April 11, 1965 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:52:17
Average speed: 129.41 mph
Pole speed: 145.581 mph

Cautions: 5 for 26 laps
Margin of victory: 2 sec
Attendance: 50700
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1965 NASCAR Grand National results / 1965 standings

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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darel Dieringer	1	40	40
Earl Balmer	41	46	6
Fred Lorenzen	47	70	24
Marvin Panch	71	103	33
Bobby Johns	104	107	4
Marvin Panch	108	177	70
Fred Lorenzen	178	188	11
Marvin Panch	189	334	146