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1966 Western North Carolina 500

Asheville-Weaverville Speedway · 1966 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Darel Dieringer	2	30	14	1	4	179	500	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	16	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	500	179	running	750
2	6	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	492		running	720
3	13	48	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	486		running	690
4	16	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	478		running	660
5	15	09	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)	Chevrolet	470		running	630
6	22	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	468		running	600
7	12	1	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis (Owner)	Plymouth	460		engine	570
8	9	2	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)	Chevrolet	457		running	540
9	26	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	450		running	510
10	27	95	Clyde Lynn	Gene Cline (Owner)	Ford	440		running	480
11	18	65	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	432		running	450
12	24	93	Blackie Watt	Harry Neal (Owner)	Ford	431		running	420
13	5	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	426		engine	390
14	23	88	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	424		running	360
15	8	11	Ned Jarrett	Bernard Alvarez (Owner)	Ford	420		engine	330
16	29	35	Max Ledbetter	Ken Carpenter (Owner)	Oldsmobile	415		running	300
17	14	02	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Plymouth	375		engine	270
18	4	42	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	369	125	overheating	240
19	1	26	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	321	195	overheating	210
20	25	10	Paul Bumhaver	Gary Weaver (Owner)	Ford	291		transmission	180
21	10	19	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)	Chevrolet	254		brakes	150
22	11	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	204		running	120
23	19	97	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	195		accident	90
24	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Ford	194		accident	60
25	7	29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody	Ford	168	1	engine	30
26	20	87	Doug Cooper	Buck Baker Racing	Oldsmobile	167		axle	30
27	21	75	Earl Brooks	Gene Black (Owner)	Ford	153		rear end	30
28	17	73	Buddy Baker	Joan Petre (Owner)	Ford	140		clutch	30
29	28	61	Joel Davis	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Chevrolet	53		engine	30
30	3	47	Curtis Turner	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Chevrolet	3		engine	30

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Junior Johnson	195	39.0%	P19
2	Darel Dieringer	179	35.8%	P1
3	Richard Petty	125	25.0%	P18
4	Dick Hutcherson	1	0.2%	P25

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