1966 National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway · 1966 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
LeeRoy Yarbrough	17	44	18	4	6	301	334	501

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	17	12	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne (Owner)	Dodge	334	301	running	2,750
2	18	15	Darel Dieringer	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	334	5	running	2,640
3	7	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	334	1	running	2,530
4	2	26	Gordon Johncock	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	334	9	running	0
5	8	71	Earl Balmer	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	332		running	2,420
6	11	42	Marvin Panch	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	329		running	2,310
7	19	1	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis (Owner)	Plymouth	328		running	2,200
8	20	48	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	320		accident	2,090
9	29	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	319		running	1,980
10	14	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	314		running	1,870
11	25	33	Jack Bowsher	Jack Bowsher & Associates	Ford	313		engine	0
12	34	19	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)	Chevrolet	313		running	1,760
13	35	86	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Dodge	313		running	1,650
14	22	5	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)	Dodge	307		running	0
15	9	56	Jim Hurtubise	Norm Nelson (Owner)	Plymouth	306		accident	0
16	40	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	305		running	1,540
17	42	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	302		running	1,430
18	43	75	Henley Gray	Gene Black (Owner)	Ford	296		running	1,320
19	41	51	George England	Tinker Faulkner (Owner)	Chevrolet	293		running	1,210
20	28	47	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Chevrolet	290		engine	1,100
21	37	30	Iggy Katona	Iggy Katona (Owner)	Dodge	286		running	990
22	13	31	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	272		engine	0
23	44	20	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Ford	265		running	880
24	12	14	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	262		engine	770
25	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	248		engine	660
26	6	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	207	9	wheel bearing	550
27	39	05	Donnie Allison	Robert Harper (Owner)	Chevrolet	186		engine	440
28	31	55	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Ford	161		engine	330
29	32	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	144		steering	220
30	21	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	141		engine	110
31	30	09	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)	Chevrolet	130		engine	110
32	33	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Oldsmobile	124		engine	110
33	24	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)	Chevrolet	114		engine	110
34	27	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	98		radiator	110
35	5	3	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	97		engine	110
36	3	13	Curtis Turner	Smokey Yunick Racing	Chevrolet	93	9	engine	110
37	26	11	Ned Jarrett	Bernard Alvarez (Owner)	Ford	73		valve	110
38	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	48		frame	110
39	38	44	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)	Ford	41		accident	110
40	16	98	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	35		engine	110
41	36	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	28		oil leak	110
42	15	29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody	Ford	17		accident	110
43	10	27	A.J. Foyt	Matthews Racing	Ford	12		engine	0
44	23	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	7		engine	110

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	301	90.1%	P1
2	Gordon Johncock	9	2.7%	P4
3	Cale Yarborough	9	2.7%	P26
4	Curtis Turner	9	2.7%	P36
5	Darel Dieringer	5	1.5%	P2
6	Paul Goldsmith	1	0.3%	P3

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