1966 American 500

Rockingham Speedway · 1966 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fred Lorenzen	1	44	21	1	2	320	500	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	500	320	running	2,700
2	8	31	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	496		running	0
3	18	11	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	496		running	2,592
4	12	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	494		running	2,484
5	25	47	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	494		running	2,376
6	7	3	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	492		running	2,268
7	13	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	488		running	2,160
8	5	14	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	485		running	2,052
9	27	05	Donnie Allison	Robert Harper (Owner)	Chevrolet	478		running	1,944
10	20	48	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	475		running	1,836
11	31	19	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)	Chevrolet	471		running	1,728
12	16	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	468		running	1,620
13	14	15	Darel Dieringer	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	464		alternator	1,512
14	29	1	Buddy Arrington	Paul Lewis (Owner)	Plymouth	463		running	1,404
15	19	33	Jack Bowsher	Jack Bowsher & Associates	Ford	462		engine	0
16	33	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)	Chevrolet	455		running	1,296
17	37	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Oldsmobile	452		running	1,188
18	38	97	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	450		running	1,080
19	22	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	449		engine	972
20	34	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	447		running	864
21	35	44	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)	Ford	442		engine	756
22	43	94	Don Biederman	Ron Stotten (Owner)	Chevrolet	440		running	748
23	32	09	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)	Chevrolet	438		engine	540
24	30	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	438		running	432
25	42	45	Clyde Lynn	Seifert Racing	Ford	417		running	324
26	36	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Ford	402		running	216
27	3	26	Gordon Johncock	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	375		engine	0
28	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	320	180	engine	108
29	15	42	Paul Lewis	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	308		engine	108
30	26	5	Bobby Isaac	Owens Racing	Dodge	293		vibration	108
31	11	98	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	270		engine	108
32	9	71	Earl Balmer	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	188		oil pressure	108
33	4	29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody	Ford	127		accident	108
34	10	13	Curtis Turner	Smokey Yunick Racing	Chevrolet	126		engine	108
35	40	59	Wendell Scott	Pistone Racing	Ford	119		engine	108
36	21	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	110		engine	108
37	6	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	80		control arm	108
38	24	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	78		carburetor	108
39	17	12	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne (Owner)	Dodge	67		accident	108
40	39	86	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Dodge	58		distributor	108
41	28	2	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)	Chevrolet	57		engine	108
42	44	53	Don Tilley	George Elliott Racing	Ford	48		steering	108
43	41	22	Tommy Bostick		Chevrolet	42		engine	108
44	23	55	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Ford	2		clutch	108

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fred Lorenzen	320	64.0%	P1
2	Richard Petty	180	36.0%	P28

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