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1966 - Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/5/1966
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 140.058 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 80
Average Race Speed - 114.83 mph
Lead Changes - 28
Total Race Purse - $67,960
Race Number - 42
 More Races from 1966
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Darel Dieringer 16 Bud Moore 364 66 Mercury 105 $20,900
2 2 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 364 66 Plymout 131 $8,975
3 13 David Pearson 6 Cotton Owens 361 66 Dodge 1 $4,700
4 14 Marvin Panch 42 Petty Enterprises 360 66 Plymout 14 $2,725
5 9 Fred Lorenzen 28 HolmanMoody 360 66 Ford 0 $2,300
6 11 Jim Paschal 14 Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) 360 66 Plymout 0 $2,595
7 10 Dick Hutcherson 29 East Tennessee Motor Co (HolmanMoody) 358 65 Ford 1 $1,280
8 1 LeeRoy Yarbrough 12 Jon Thorne 358 66 Dodge 35 $1,650
9 5 Sam McQuagg 98 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 358 66 Dodge 23 $900
10 18 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 358 66 Plymout 0 $1,180
11 7 Cale Yarborough 21 Wood Brothers 356 66 Ford 33 $700
12 21 Paul Lewis 1 Paul Lewis 353 65 Plymout 0 $925
13 20 Ned Jarrett 11 Bondy Long (Bernard Alvarez) 350 66 Ford 0 $1,375
14 12 Curtis Turner 26 Holly Farms (Junior Johnson) 348 66 Ford 12 $600
15 16 James Hylton 48 Econo Wash (Bud Hartje) 348 65 Dodge 0 $800
16 4 Paul Goldsmith 99 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 345 66 Plymout 9 $605
17 19 HB Bailey 36 HB Bailey 341 66 Pontiac 0 $840
18 23 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield 336 64 Ford 0 $710
19 25 JT Putney 19 JT Putney 333 66 Chevrol 0 $725
20 40 John Sears 4 LG DeWitt 327 64 Ford 0 $695
21 44 Larry Hess 44 Larry Hess 326 64 Ford 0 $665
22 38 Henley Gray 97 Henley Gray 323 66 Ford 0 $660
23 36 Neil Castles 88 Buck Baker 321 66 Chevrol 0 $655
24 43 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 317 65 Ford 0 $650
25 37 Bill Champion 72 Bill Champion 308 64 Ford 0 $645
26 30 Frank Warren 79 Harold Rhodes 305 64 Chevrol 0 $590
27 26 Bunkie Blackburn 20 287 64 Mercury 0 $615
28 24 Tiny Lund 24 Betty Lilly 248 66 Ford 0 $580
29 28 Friday Hassler 9 Red Sharp 196 66 Chevrol 0 $575
30 6 Earl Balmer 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 185 65 Dodge 0 $470
31 31 Blackie Watt 93 Harry Neal 172 64 Ford 0 $465
32 42 Earl Brooks 75 Gene Black 120 66 Ford 0 $510
33 8 Buddy Baker 3 Ray Fox 97 65 Dodge 0 $455
34 32 Eddie MacDonald 89 Buck Baker 97 65 Chevrol 0 $450
35 22 Stick Elliott 47 Toy Bolton 78 66 Chevrol 0 $445
36 33 Bobby Allison 2 JD Bracken 71 65 Chevrol 0 $640
37 17 Bobby Johns 7 Shorty Johns 56 66 Chevrol 0 $535
38 39 Bob Derrington 51 Bob Derrington 51 65 Chevrol 0 $480
39 29 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 50 65 Dodge 0 $425
40 34 Wayne Smith 38 Archie Smith 26 66 Chevrol 0 $520
41 27 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 22 66 Oldsmob 0 $435
42 35 Doug Cooper 25 Jeff Handy 16 64 Ford 0 $460
43 15 Jerry Grant 4 Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) 7 65 Plymout 0 $405
44 41 Jimmy Helms 73 Joan Petre 1 64 Ford 0 $450