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The ''1965 Atlanta 500'' was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on April 11, 1965 at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia. The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power any more. ==Summary== There were 44 American-born male drivers on the grid - without any foreigners or minorities trying to compete in the event.〔 This race was the sixth Atlanta 500 to ever take place in the NASCAR Cup Series. However, the racing series would ultimately come to an end in 2011 to make room for a race at Kentucky Speedway. While the previous year's race was televised on CBS, this race was completely unbroadcasted on television. Jim Conway would be the race's last-place finisher due to a clutch issue on lap 1 out of the regulation period of 334 laps.〔 Marvin Panch managed to defeat Bobby Johns by two seconds in front of a screaming crowd of 50,700 people in his 1965 Ford Galaxie vehicle.〔 There were eight lead changes in addition to five caution flags waved for 26 laps; making this race last almost four hours in length.〔 The average speed of the race was while Panch earned the pole position with a qualifying speed of .〔 Other drivers in the top ten were: Ned Jarrett, Dick Hutcherson, Buddy Baker, Tiny Lund, Bobby Allison, Larry Hess, Paul Lewis, and Bub Strickler.〔〔 Vehicles manufactured by the Ford Motor Company practically had the monopoly on this racing event.〔〔 Jim Conway would make his introduction into the NASCAR Cup Series in this race while Danny Byrd would leave the series after this race.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.race-database.com/results/results.php?year=1965&race=9&series_id=2 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1965 Atlanta 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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