Tony Bettenhausen Memorial
Illinois State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
August 21, 1965
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 5 | A. J. Foyt | 1 | Sheraton-Thompson | Meskowski | Offy | 100 | 1:02:23.22 96.174 | 200 |
| 2 | 8 | George Snider | 98 | Agajanian Hurst | Watson | Offy | 100 | Finished | 160 |
| 3 | 6 | Mario Andretti | 12 | Dean Van Lines | Kuzma | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 140 |
| 4 | 2 | Johnny Rutherford | 2 | Wynn's | Watson | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 120 |
| 5 | 1 | Jim McElreath | 52 | Zink-Urschel-Slick | Meskowski | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 100 |
| 6 | 3 | Don Branson | 4 | Wynn's | Watson | Offy | 99 | Flagged | 80 |
| 7 | 12 | Bud Tingelstad | 5 | American Red Ball | Kuzma | Offy | 97 | Flagged | 60 |
| 8 | 9 | Jud Larson | 10 | Federal Engineering | Meskowski | Offy | 97 | Flagged | 50 |
| 9 | 14 | Gary Congdon | 58 | Harden | Russo/Nichels | Offy | 95 | Flagged | 40 |
| 10 | 10 | Bobby Unser | 88 | Vita Fresh Orange Juice | Meskowski | Offy | 94 | Flagged | 30 |
| 11 | 16 | Gordon Johncock | 76 | Weinberger Homes | Blum | Offy | 93 | Flagged | 20 |
| 12 | 15 | Al Miller (Krulac) | 84 | Midwest Manufacturing | Kurtis | Offy | 38 | Flagged | 10 |
| 13 | 11 | Carl Williams | 19 | McDermott | Meskowski | Offy | 33 | Lost oil pressure | |
| 14 | 7 | Red Riegel | 81 | Central Excavating | Dunlop | Offy | 30 | Mechanical | |
| 15 | 13 | Ronnie Duman | 22 | Enterprise Machine | Flynn | Offy | 29 | Broken piston | |
| 16 | 4 | Arnie Knepper | 18 | Konstant Hot | Huffaker RE | Offy | 25 | Lost oil pressure | |
| 17 | 17 | Mike McGreevy | 97 | Stoye Racing | Stoye | Offy | 20 | Flagged, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Al Unser | 96 | Harrison | Eisert RE | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jim Hurtubise | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Dempsey Wilson | X | X | X | X | -- | Did not qualify |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| A. J. Foyt | 86 | 15-100 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 14 | 1-14 |