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1965 Atlanta Championship 250 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Tweet USAC Champ Car Series race number 9 of 18 Sunday, August 1, 1965 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA 167 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (250.500 miles) Time of race: 1:46:03 Average speed: 141.728 mph Pole speed: 166.512 mph Cautions: 3 Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1965 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1965 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 2   Johnny Rutherford Moog St. Louis   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Ford 167 12200 running 69 500 2 8 12   Mario Andretti Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Blum / Offy 167 8600 running 0 400 3 2 16   Billy Foster Bryant Heating & Cooling   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Ford 167 5700 running 0 350 4 6 59   Jim Hurtubise STP / Tombstone Life   (Paxton Products) Kurtis / Novi 166 4150 running 0 300 5 16 19   Chuck Rodee Wally Weir's Mobil Oil   (Wally Weir) Halibrand / Offy 165 3000 running 0 250 6 4 76   Gordon Johncock Weinberger Homes   (Weinberger & Wilseck) Watson / Offy 165 2650 running 0 200 7 19 23   Tommy Copp Harry Allen Chapman Watson / Offy 164 2000 running 0 150 8 9 4   Don Branson Wynn's   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 164 1775 running 0 125 9 22 25   Roger McCluskey All American Racers   (Dan Gurney) Halibrand / Ford 163 1500 running 0 100 10 20 52   Jim McElreath John Zink Meskowski / Offy 163 1300 running 0 75 11 13 34   Bob Harkey Jim Robbins Autotron   (Jim Robbins) Watson / Offy 161 1100 running 0 50 12 15 22   Ronnie Duman Enterprise Machine   (Walt Flynn) Flynn / Offy 161 1000 running 0 25 13 17 81   Sammy Sessions Central Excavating   (Pete Salemi) Dunlop / Offy 161 900 running 0   14 10 6   Bud Tingelstad STP   (Andy Granatelli) Kurtis / Novi 160 800 running 0   15 14 68   Art Malone G.C. Murphy   (Gil Morcroft) Trevis / Offy 158 750 running 0   16 25 27   Jud Larson Federal Engineering   (Dan LeVine) Trevis / Offy 150 700 running 0   17 27 99   Ralph Liguori Norm Demler Watson / Offy 117 650 mechanical 0   18 21 33   Bruce Jacobi Dayton Steel Wheel   (George Walther) Watson / Offy 110 600 flywheel 0   19 1 1   A.J. Foyt Sheraton / Thompson   (Ansted-Thompson Racing) Lotus / Ford 107 1075 suspension 98   20 26 61   Dave Paul Dave Paul Kurtis / Offy 104 550 mechanical 0   21 12 18   Arnie Knepper Konstant Hot   (Tassi Vatis) Huffaker / Offy 65 525 spun out 0   22 3 54   Bobby Unser Vita Fresh Orange Juice   (Gordon Van Liew) Huffaker / Offy 55 750 mechanical 0   23 7 36   Lloyd Ruby All American Racers   (Dan Gurney) Halibrand / Ford 51 575 mechanical 0   24 29 84   Dee Jones Midwest Manufacturing   (Carl Gehlhausen) Kurtis / Offy 51 450 mechanical 0   25 24 98   George Snider Hurst   (J.C. Agajanian) Watson / Offy 46 400 mechanical 0   26 11 96   Al Unser J. Frank Harrison Eisert / Chevy 16 450 mechanical 0   27 23 43   Bob Mathouser Vargo Dragway   (Jake Vargo) Elder / Offy 4 400 crash 0   28 18 95   Bobby Grim Wynn's   (Bob Wilke) Watson / Offy 4 400 crash 0   29 28 85   Bob Hurt Smith Speed Shop   (Ray Smith) Chenoweth / Chevy 2 400 mechanical 0

Relief Drivers: Car #6: Bobby Unser Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Joe Leonard 29 All American Racers Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   A.J. Foyt 1 88 88   Johnny Rutherford 89 97 9   A.J. Foyt 98 107 10   Johnny Rutherford 108 167 60