1966 Dixie 400

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1966 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	5	42	18	2	7	90	267	400.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	267	90	running	2,500
2	6	3	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	267	62	running	2,400
3	9	98	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	260		running	2,300
4	17	48	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	259		running	2,200
5	16	04	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	255	1	running	2,100
6	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	254		running	2,000
7	38	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	251		running	1,900
8	13	89	Eddie MacDonald (Tifton, GA)	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	251		running	1,800
9	33	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Oldsmobile	249		running	1,700
10	21	2	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)	Chevrolet	248		running	1,600
11	14	51	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington (Owner)	Chevrolet	242		running	1,500
12	29	19	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)	Chevrolet	241		running	1,400
13	26	06	Johnny Wynn	John McCarthy (Owner)	Mercury	233		running	1,300
14	28	44	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)	Ford	226		running	1,200
15	27	97	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	216		running	1,100
16	10	16	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	211	15	engine	1,000
17	39	73	Jimmy Helms	David Warren (Owner)	Ford	209		running	900
18	25	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	207		running	800
19	30	88	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	183		engine	700
20	41	95	E.J. Trivette	Gene Cline (Owner)	Ford	183		running	600
21	23	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Chevrolet	149		radiator	500
22	42	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Ford	148		transmission	400
23	3	26	Fred Lorenzen	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	139	24	accident	300
24	1	13	Curtis Turner	Smokey Yunick Racing	Chevrolet	130	60	distributor	200
25	11	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	117		engine	100
26	7	14	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	108	15	engine	100
27	34	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	106		engine	100
28	8	42	Marvin Panch	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	98		clutch	100
29	19	33	Eldon Yarbrough	Curtis Satterfield (Owner)	Chevrolet	74		engine	100
30	18	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	67		engine	100
31	22	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)	Chevrolet	66		engine	100
32	37	74	Earl Brooks	Gene Black (Owner)	Ford	58		oil pressure	100
33	12	39	Bunkie Blackburn	J.H. Crawford (Owner)	Chevrolet	52		radiator	100
34	31	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	44		engine	100
35	2	71	Earl Balmer	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	41		accident	100
36	35	24	Tiny Lund	Betty Lilly (Owner)	Ford	41		engine	100
37	40	65	Darrell Bryant	Arrington Racing	Dodge	17		oil pressure	100
38	24	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	15		engine	100
39	4	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	14		distributor	100
40	32	09	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)	Chevrolet	13		head gasket	100
41	36	20	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Ford	12		engine	100
42	15	63	Larry Manning	Bob Adams (Owner)	Plymouth	11		engine	100

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	90	33.7%	P1
2	Buddy Baker	62	23.2%	P2
3	Curtis Turner	60	22.5%	P24
4	Fred Lorenzen	24	9.0%	P23
5	Darel Dieringer	15	5.6%	P16
6	Jim Paschal	15	5.6%	P26
7	Jerry Grant	1	0.4%	P5

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1966 Dixie 400

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