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1966 - Daytona 500 Race Results


Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/27/1966
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 495 miles
Pole Speed - 175.163 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 22
Average Race Speed - 160.92 mph
Lead Changes - 14
Total Race Purse - $112,100
Race Number - 5
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Richard Petty 43 Plymouth GTX (Petty Enterprises) 198 66 Plymout 108 $28,150
2 19 Cale Yarborough 27 Banjo Matthews 197 66 Ford 33 $12,800
3 12 David Pearson 6 Cotton Owens 196 66 Dodge 0 $7,950
4 9 Fred Lorenzen 28 HolmanMoody 196 66 Ford 0 $4,250
5 11 Sam McQuagg 98 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 195 66 Dodge 0 $3,600
6 6 Jim Hurtubise 56 Norm Nelson 195 66 Plymout 4 $2,700
7 10 Ned Jarrett 11 Bondy Long 195 66 Ford 0 $2,100
8 8 LeeRoy Yarbrough 12 Jon Thorne 193 66 Dodge 0 $1,750
9 23 James Hylton 48 Econo Wash (Bud Hartje) 193 65 Dodge 0 $1,500
10 17 Larry Frank 9 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 192 66 Plymout 0 $1,425
11 16 Jim Paschal 14 Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) 192 66 Plymout 0 $1,350
12 15 Darel Dieringer 16 Bud Moore 192 66 Mercury 0 $1,275
13 28 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 184 65 Ford 0 $1,250
14 37 JT Putney 19 JT Putney 184 65 Chevrol 0 $1,225
15 43 Jabe Thomas 25 Jeff Handy 182 64 Ford 0 $1,200
16 20 Frank Warren 79 Harold Rhodes 177 64 Chevrol 0 $1,170
17 31 Henley Gray 97 Henley Gray 172 66 Ford 0 $1,165
18 3 Paul Goldsmith 99 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 153 66 Plymout 43 $2,060
19 33 Wayne Smith 38 Archie Smith 148 66 Chevrol 0 $1,155
20 44 Bobby Allison 24 Betty Lilly 143 65 Ford 0 $1,150
21 14 Bobby Isaac 26 Junior Johnson 141 66 Ford 0 $1,145
22 32 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 136 66 Oldsmob 0 $1,140
23 45 Johnny Allen 0 Reid Shaw 132 64 Ford 0 $1,135
24 18 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 129 65 Plymout 0 $1,130
25 21 Curtis Turner 41 Wood Brothers 122 66 Ford 0 $1,125
26 7 Marvin Panch 21 Harvest Motors (Wood Brothers) 119 66 Ford 8 $1,820
27 5 Don White 7 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 115 65 Dodge 0 $1,115
28 42 Johnny Rutherford 33 Curtis Satterfield 115 66 Chevrol 0 $1,110
29 13 Gordon Johncock 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 112 65 Dodge 0 $1,105
30 29 Ned Setzer 61 Toy Bolton 110 66 Chevrol 0 $1,100
31 48 Blackie Watt 93 Harry Neal 107 64 Ford 0 $1,095
32 36 Buddy Baker 88 Buck Baker 69 65 Chevrol 0 $1,090
33 22 AJ Foyt 47 Junior Johnson 46 66 Ford 0 $1,085
34 35 John Sears 4 LG DeWitt 40 64 Ford 0 $1,080
35 2 Dick Hutcherson 29 East Tennessee Motor Co (HolmanMoody) 38 66 Ford 2 $1,075
36 40 Bunkie Blackburn 22 Bob Rosenthal 36 65 Chevrol 0 $1,070
37 39 Mario Andretti 13 Smokey Yunick 31 66 Chevrol 0 $1,065
38 30 Bill Champion 72 Bill Champion 29 64 Ford 0 $1,060
39 46 Lionel Johnson 57 Clay Eastridge 28 64 Ford 0 $1,055
40 47 Stick Elliott 18 Toy Bolton 28 66 Chevrol 0 $1,050
41 4 Earl Balmer 3 Ray Fox 21 65 Dodge 0 $1,045
42 38 Larry Hess 44 Larry Hess 19 64 Ford 0 $1,040
43 25 Roy Mayne 46 Tom Hunter 13 66 Chevrol 0 $1,035
44 49 Ronnie Chumley 76 HB Bailey 8 64 Pontiac 0 $1,030
45 26 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield 4 65 Chevrol 0 $1,025
46 27 Calvin Kelly 23 Hubert Howard 4 64 Ford 0 $1,020
47 50 Sonny Hutchins 90 Junie Donlavey 3 64 Ford 0 $1,015
48 34 Bob Derrington 8 Bub Strickler 2 64 Ford 0 $1,010
49 24 HB Bailey 36 HB Bailey 1 66 Pontiac 0 $1,005
50 41 Rene Charland 3 Ed Ackerman 1 64 Ford 0 $1,000