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USAC Champ Car Series race number 3 of 18
Monday, May 31, 1965 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:19:05
Average speed: 150.686 mph
Pole speed: 161.233 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 118.98 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1965 USAC Champ Car Series results / 1965 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	82	Jimmy Clark	Lotus Powered by Ford (Team Lotus)	Lotus / Ford	200	166621	running	189	1000
2	5	98	Parnelli Jones	Hurst (J.C. Agajanian)	Lotus / Ford	200	64661	running	0	800
3	4	12	Mario Andretti	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Hawk / Ford	200	42551	running	0	700
4	7	74	Al Miller	Jerry Alderman Ford Sales (Jerry Alderman)	Lotus / Ford	200	26641	running	0	600
5	14	76	Gordon Johncock	Weinberger Homes (Weinberger & Wilseck)	Watson / Offy	200	21981	running	0	500
6	15	81	Mickey Rupp	G.C. Murphy (Pete Salemi)	Gerhardt / Offy	198	18971	running	0	400
7	22	83	Bobby Johns	Lotus Powered by Ford (Team Lotus)	Lotus / Ford	197	16886	running	0	300
8	18	4	Don Branson	Wynn's (Bob Wilke)	Watson / Ford	197	16376	running	0	250
9	32	45	Al Unser	Sheraton / Thompson (Ansted-Thompson Racing)	Lola / Ford	196	14416	running	0	200
10	28	23	Eddie Johnson	Harry Allen Chapman	Watson / Offy	195	14656	running	0	150
11	9	7	Lloyd Ruby	DuPont Golden 7 (David McManus)	Halibrand / Ford	184	11846	engine	0	100
12	12	16	Len Sutton	Bryant Heating & Cooling (Rolla Vollstedt)	Vollstedt / Ford	177	11586	running	0	50
13	29	14	Johnny Boyd	George Bryant & Staff (George Bryant)	BRP / Ford	140	11976	gearbox	0
14	21	53	Walt Hansgen	MG / Liquid Suspension (Kjell Qvale)	Huffaker / Offy	117	10566	fuel line	0
15	1	1	A.J. Foyt	Sheraton / Thompson (Ansted-Thompson Racing)	Lotus / Ford	115	20517	rear end	11
16	24	5	Bud Tingelstad	American Red Ball (Lindsey Hopkins)	Lola / Ford	115	9596	crash	0
17	6	66	Billy Foster	Autotron (Jim Robbins)	Vollstedt / Offy	85	9936	water manifold	0
18	19	18	Arnie Knepper	Konstant Hot (Tassi Vatis)	Kurtis / Offy	80	10326	cylinder	0
19	8	9	Bobby Unser	STP Gas Treatment (Andy Granatelli)	Ferguson / Novi	69	9216	oil connection	0
20	13	52	Jim McElreath	Zink-Urschel Trackburner (John Zink)	Moore / Offy	66	8656	rear end	0
21	16	94	George Snider	Fred Gerhardt	Gerhardt / Offy	64	8696	rear end	0
22	25	65	Ronnie Duman	Travelon Trailer / H&H (Ernest Ruiz)	Gerhardt / Offy	62	8786	rear end	0
23	31	41	Masten Gregory	George Bryant & Staff (George Bryant)	BRP / Ford	59	9076	oil pressure	0
24	10	54	Bob Veith	MG / Liquid Suspension (Kjell Qvale)	Huffaker / Offy	58	8266	piston	0
25	26	88	Chuck Stevenson	Vita-Fresh Orange Juice (Gordon Van Liew)	Kuzma / Offy	50	8306	piston	0
26	3	17	Dan Gurney	Yamaha (Dan Gurney)	Lotus / Ford	42	9596	timing gear	0
27	17	48	Jerry Grant	Bardahl / MG Liquid Suspension (Kjell Qvale)	Huffaker / Offy	30	7786	magneto	0
28	30	19	Chuck Rodee	Wally Weir's Mobil Oil (Wally Weir)	Halibrand / Offy	28	8726	rear end	0
29	27	29	Joe Leonard	All American Racers (Dan Gurney)	Halibrand / Ford	27	7816	oil leak	0
30	23	25	Roger McCluskey	All American Racers (Dan Gurney)	Halibrand / Ford	18	8106	clutch	0
31	11	24	Johnny Rutherford	Racing Associates	Halibrand / Ford	15	7596	transmission	0
32	33	47	Bill Cheesbourg	WIFE Radio / Good Guy (Harry Lane)	Gerhardt / Offy	14	7836	engine	0
33	23	59	Jim Hurtubise	STP / Tombstone Life (Paxton Products)	Kurtis / Novi	1	8626	transmission	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Rodger Ward	2	Moog St. Louis
	Bobby Unser	6	STP Oil Treatment
	Norm Hall	8	Pope-Hall
	Bob Harkey	10	Federal Engineering
	Jud Larson	15	Wynn's
	Greg Weld	19	Wally Weir's Mobil Oil
	Bob Christie	21	Kemerly
	Paul Russo	21	Kemerly
	Mel Kenyon	27	Federal Engineering
	Carl Williams	33	Dayton Steel Wheel
	Paul Goldsmith	36	Jack Adams Aircraft
	Dempsey Wilson	44	Vita Fresh Orange Juice
	Jim Hurtubise	56	Tombstone Life
	Al Unser	63, 96	Arciero Brothers, Harrison
	Mike McGreevey	65	Travelon Trailer
	Art Malone	67	G.C. Murphy
	Bob Wente	67	G.C. Murphy
	Bob Mathouser	77, 87	Dayton Steel Wheel, MT Challenger Wheel
	Ebb Rose	79	Racing Associates
	Bobby Grim	86	Racing Associates
	Skip Hudson	96	Harrison
	Ralph Liguori	99	Demler

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jimmy Clark	1	1	1
A.J. Foyt	2	2	1
Jimmy Clark	3	65	63
A.J. Foyt	66	75	10
Jimmy Clark	75	200	126