Atlanta Championship 250
Atlanta Motor Speedway
1.5 Mile Paved Oval
167 Laps/250.5 Miles
August 1, 1965
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 5 | Johnny Rutherford | 2 | Moog St. Louis | Watson RE | Ford | 167 | 1:46:02.87 141.728 | 500 |
| 2 | 8 | Mario Andretti | 12 | Dean Van Lines | Blum | Offy | 167 | Finished | 400 |
| 3 | 2 | Billy Foster | 16 | Bryant Heating & Cooling | Vollstedt RE | Ford | 167 | Finished | 350 |
| 4 | 6 | Jim Hurtubise | 59 | STP Tombstone Life | Kurtis | Novi SC | 166 | Flagged | 300 |
| 5 | 16 | Chuck Rodee | 19 | Wally Weir's Mobil Oil | Halibrand RE | Offy | 165 | Flagged | 250 |
| 6 | 4 | Gordon Johncock | 76 | Weinberger Homes | Watson | Offy | 165 | Flagged | 200 |
| 7 | 19 | Tommy Copp | 23 | Chapman | Watson | Offy | 164 | Flagged | 150 |
| 8 | 9 | Don Branson | 4 | Wynn's | Watson | Offy | 164 | Flagged | 125 |
| 9 | 22 | Roger McCluskey | 25 | All American Racers | Halibrand RE | Ford | 163 | Flagged | 100 |
| 10 | 20 | Jim McElreath | 52 | Zink-Urschel-Slick | Meskowski D | Offy | 163 | Flagged | 75 |
| 11 | 13 | Bob Harkey | 34 | Jim Robbins Autotron | Watson | Offy | 161 | Flagged | 50 |
| 12 | 15 | Ronnie Duman | 22 | Enterprise Machine | Flynn D | Offy | 161 | Flagged | 25 |
| 13 | 17 | Sam Sessions | 81 | Central Excavating | Dunlop D | Offy | 161 | Flagged | |
| 14 | 10 | Bud Tingelstad | 6 | STP | Kurtis | Novi SC | 160 | Flagged | |
| 15 | 14 | Art Malone | 68 | G. C. Murphy | Trevis | Offy | 158 | Flagged | |
| 16 | 25 | Jud Larson | 27 | Federal Engineering | Trevis | Offy | 150 | Flagged | |
| 17 | 27 | Ralph Liguori | 99 | Demler | Watson | Offy | 117 | Mechanical | |
| 18 | 21 | Bruce Jacobi | 33 | Dayton Steel Wheel | Watson | Offy | 110 | Broken flywheel | |
| 19 | 1 | A. J. Foyt | 1 | Sheraton-Thompson | Lotus RE | Ford | 107 | Broken suspension, wreck T2 | |
| 20 | 26 | Dave Paul | 61 | Paul | Kurtis | Offy | 104 | Mechanical | |
| 21 | 12 | Arnie Knepper | 18 | Konstant Hot | Huffaker RE | Offy | 65 | Spun out turn 2 | |
| 22 | 3 | Bobby Unser | 54 | Vita Fresh Orange Juice | Huffaker RE | Offy | 55 | Mechanical | |
| 23 | 7 | Lloyd Ruby | 36 | All American Racers | Halibrand RE | Ford | 51 | Mechanical | |
| 24 | 29 | Dee Jones | 84 | Midwest Manufacturing | Kurtis D | Offy | 51 | Mechanical | |
| 25 | 24 | George Snider | 98 | Agajanian Hurst | Watson D | Offy | 46 | Mechanical | |
| 26 | 11 | Al Unser | 96 | Harrison | Eisert RE | Chevy | 16 | Mechanical | |
| 27 | 23 | Bob Mathouser | 43 | Vargo Dragway | Elder | Offy | 4 | Wrecked turn 2 | |
| 28 | 18 | Bobby Grim | 95 | Wynn's | Watson | Offy | 4 | Wrecked turn 2 | |
| 29 | 28 | Bob Hurt | 85 | Smith Speed Shop | Chenoweth | Chevy | 2 | Mechanical | |
| -- | -- | Bobby Unser | 6 | STP | Kurtis | Novi SC | X | Relieved Tinglestad | |
| -- | -- | Joe Leonard | 29 | All American Racers | Halibrand RE | Ford | -- | Withdrew after qualifying, C3 | |
| -- | -- | Greg Weld | X | STP | Kurtis | Novi SC | -- | Did not appear |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| A. J. Foyt | 98 | 1-88, 98-107 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 69 | 89-97, 108-167 |