1966 - NASCAR Grand National Series - National 500 Race Results

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1966 - National 500 Race Results

Race Name - National 500
Date - 10/16/1966
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 150.533 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 46
Average Race Speed - 130.57 mph
Lead Changes - 14
Total Race Purse - $64,489
Race Number - 48

More Races from 1966

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	17	LeeRoy Yarbrough	12	Jon Thorne	334	66 Dodge	301	$17,455
2	18	Darel Dieringer	15	Junior Johnson	334	66 Ford	5	$7,670
3	7	Paul Goldsmith	99	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	334	66 Plymout	1	$4,205
4	2	Gordon Johncock	26	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	334	66 Ford	9	$2,865
5	8	Earl Balmer	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	332	66 Dodge	0	$1,975
6	11	Marvin Panch	42	Petty Enterprises	329	66 Plymout	0	$1,550
7	19	Paul Lewis	1	Paul Lewis	328	65 Plymout	0	$1,250
8	20	James Hylton	48	Econo Wash (Bud Hartje)	320	65 Dodge	0	$1,150
9	29	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	319	64 Ford	0	$1,075
10	14	David Pearson	6	Cotton Owens	314	66 Dodge	0	$1,025
11	25	Jack Bowsher	33	Jack Bowsher	313	66 Ford	0	$1,025
12	34	JT Putney	19	JT Putney	313	66 Chevrol	0	$935
13	35	Neil Castles	86	Buck Baker	313	64 Dodge	0	$905
14	22	Butch Hartman	5	Butch Hartman	307	65 Dodge	0	$875
15	9	Jim Hurtubise	56	Norm Nelson	306	66 Plymout	0	$905
16	40	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	305	66 Chevrol	0	$825
17	42	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	302	65 Ford	0	$790
18	43	Henley Gray	75	Gene Black	296	65 Ford	0	$764
19	41	George England	51	Tinker Faulkner	293	65 Chevrol	0	$745
20	28	Stick Elliott	47	Toy Bolton	290	66 Chevrol	0	$735
21	37	Iggy Katona	30	Iggy Katona	286	65 Dodge	0	$715
22	13	Don White	31	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	272	66 Dodge	0	$715
23	44	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	265	64 Ford	0	$685
24	12	Jim Paschal	14	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	262	66 Plymout	0	$710
25	1	Fred Lorenzen	28	HolmanMoody	248	66 Ford	0	$800
26	6	Cale Yarborough	21	Wood Brothers	207	66 Ford	9	$750
27	39	Donnie Allison	5	Harper FDY and MCH Co (Robert Harper)	186	65 Chevrol	0	$655
28	31	Tiny Lund	55	Lyle Stelter	161	64 Ford	0	$720
29	32	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	144	66 Chevrol	0	$685
30	21	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	141	64 Ford	0	$635
31	30	Friday Hassler	9	Red Sharp	130	66 Chevrol	0	$615
32	33	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	124	66 Oldsmob	0	$630
33	24	Frank Warren	79	Harold Rhodes	114	64 Chevrol	0	$585
34	27	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	98	65 Plymout	0	$600
35	5	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	97	65 Dodge	0	$600
36	3	Curtis Turner	13	Smokey Yunick	93	66 Chevrol	9	$635
37	26	Ned Jarrett	11	Bondy Long (Bernard Alvarez)	73	66 Ford	0	$1,095
38	4	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	48	66 Plymout	0	$580
39	38	Larry Hess	44	Larry Hess	41	64 Ford	0	$550
40	16	Sam McQuagg	98	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	35	66 Dodge	0	$620
41	36	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	28	66 Chevrol	0	$545
42	15	Dick Hutcherson	29	HolmanMoody	17	66 Ford	0	$535
43	10	AJ Foyt	27	Banjo Matthews	12	66 Ford	0	$580
44	23	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	7	64 Dodge	0	$525