1965 Atlanta 500
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| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 9 of 55 in the 1965 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
 Layout of Atlanta International Raceway, used until 1996 | |||
| Date | April 11, 1965 | ||
| Official name | Atlanta 500 | ||
| Location | Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, Georgia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.500 miles (2.400 km) | ||
| Distance | 334 laps, 501.0 mi (804 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures of 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 129.410 miles per hour (208.265 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 50,700[2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Wood Brothers | ||
| Time | 150.547 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers | |
| Laps | 241 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 24 | Marvin Panch | Wood Brothers | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1965 Atlanta 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on April 11, 1965, at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia.
The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.
Atlanta International Raceway (now Atlanta Motor Speedway) is one of ten current intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races.[3] The layout at Atlanta International Speedway at the time was a four-turn traditional oval track that is 1.54 miles (2.48 km) long.[4] The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at five.[4]