The 1965 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to Group C Improved Production Touring Cars. It was contested over a single 40 lap, 124 km race staged at the Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia on 11 April 1965. It was the sixth Australian Touring Car Championship title to be awarded and the first to be contested by cars complying with Group C regulations. The championship was won by Norm Beechey driving a Ford Mustang, the first ATCC victory to be achieved with a V8-engined car and the first of five title to be won with Ford Mustangs. It was Beechey's first Australian Touring Car Championship victory.
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