1966 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Richmond 250 Race Results

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1966 - Richmond 250 Race Results

Race Name - Richmond 250
Date - 5/15/1966
Race Track - Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 125 miles
Pole Speed - 70.978 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 14
Average Race Speed - 66.539 mph
Lead Changes - 5
Total Race Purse - $9,550
Race Number - 19

More Races from 1966

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	David Pearson	6	Cotton Owens	250	64 Dodge	216	$2,050
2	10	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	248	66 Plymout	9	$1,250
3	6	JT Putney	19	JT Putney	244	66 Chevrol	0	$950
4	7	Darel Dieringer	0	Reid Shaw	242	64 Ford	0	$700
5	12	Paul Goldsmith	99	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	241	65 Plymout	0	$550
6	9	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	241	64 Ford	0	$375
7	20	Neil Castles	86	Buck Baker	231	65 Plymout	0	$300
8	18	Henley Gray	97	Henley Gray	219	66 Ford	0	$250
9	15	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	216	64 Ford	0	$200
10	23	Worth McMillion	80	Allen McMillion	216	64 Pontiac	0	$200
11	27	Roy Tyner	9	Truett Rodgers	216	66 Chevrol	0	$175
12	24	GT Nolan	83	Allen McMillion	215	66 Pontiac	0	$175
13	19	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	207	64 Ford	0	$175
14	22	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	200	65 Ford	0	$150
15	16	Larry Manning	65		175	65 Ford	0	$150
16	1	Tom Pistone	59	Tom Pistone	151	64 Ford	22	$150
17	3	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	137	64 Ford	3	$125
18	8	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	125	66 Oldsmob	0	$125
19	25	Bob Derrington	30		114	64 Ford	0	$125
20	2	James Hylton	48	Econo Wash (Bud Hartje)	101	65 Dodge	0	$125
21	26	Ernest Eury	60	Joan Petre	93	64 Chevrol	0	$125
22	17	Mack Hanbury	69		28	64 Ford	0	$125
23	13	Curtis Turner	22	Smokey Yunick	27	65 Chevrol	0	$125
24	14	Tiny Lund	55	Lyle Stelter	27	64 Ford	0	$125
25	29	Gene Cline	95	Gene Cline	24	64 Ford	0	$125
26	21	Bill Champion	72	Bill Champion	19	64 Ford	0	$125
27	5	Doug Cooper	2	Bob Cooper	14	65 Plymout	0	$125
28	11	Johnny Wynn	6	John McCarthy	8	64 Mercury	0	$125
29	28	Jim Tatum	45	Bill Seifert	6	64 Ford	0	$125
30	30	Bill Seifert	93	Harry Neal	1	64 Ford	0	$125