1966 Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway · 1966 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	1	50	17	1	6	108	198	495

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	198	108	running	5,050
2	19	27	Cale Yarborough	Matthews Racing	Ford	197	33	running	4,848
3	12	6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	196		running	4,646
4	9	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	196		running	4,444
5	11	98	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	195		running	4,242
6	6	56	Jim Hurtubise	Norm Nelson (Owner)	Plymouth	195	4	running	0
7	10	11	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	195		running	4,040
8	8	12	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne (Owner)	Dodge	193		running	3,838
9	23	48	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	193		running	3,636
10	17	9	Larry Frank	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	192		running	3,434
11	16	14	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	192		running	0
12	15	16	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	192		running	3,232
13	28	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	184		running	3,030
14	37	19	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)	Chevrolet	184		running	2,828
15	43	25	Jabe Thomas	Handy Racing	Ford	182		running	2,626
16	20	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)	Chevrolet	177		running	2,424
17	31	97	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	172		running	2,222
18	3	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	153	43	drive shaft	2,020
19	33	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	148		fuel line	1,818
20	44	24	Bobby Allison	Betty Lilly (Owner)	Ford	143		engine	1,616
21	14	26	Bobby Isaac	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	141		accident	1,414
22	32	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Oldsmobile	136		ignition	1,212
23	45	0	Johnny Allen	Reid Shaw (Owner)	Ford	132		overheating	1,010
24	18	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	130		engine	808
25	21	41	Curtis Turner	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	122		windshield	606
26	7	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	119	8	windshield	404
27	5	07	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	115		ignition	0
28	42	33	Johnny Rutherford	Curtis Satterfield (Owner)	Chevrolet	115		accident	202
29	13	71	Gordon Johncock	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	112		engine	0
30	29	61	Ned Setzer	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Chevrolet	110		wheel	202
31	48	93	Blackie Watt	Harry Neal (Owner)	Ford	107		piston	202
32	36	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	69		oil leak	202
33	22	47	A.J. Foyt	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	46		head gasket	0
34	35	04	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	40		head gasket	202
35	2	29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody	Ford	38	2	windshield	202
36	40	22	Bunkie Blackburn	Bob Rosenthal (Owner)	Chevrolet	36		engine	202
37	39	13	Mario Andretti	Smokey Yunick Racing	Chevrolet	31		accident	0
38	30	72	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	29		head gasket	202
39	46	57	Lionel Johnson	Clay Esteridge (Owner)	Ford	28		engine	202
40	47	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)	Chevrolet	28		transmission	202
41	4	3	Earl Balmer	Fox Racing	Dodge	21		engine	202
42	38	44	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)	Ford	19		connecting rod	202
43	25	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	13		transmission	202
44	49	76	Ronnie Chumley	Bailey Racing	Pontiac	8		engine	202
45	26	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Chevrolet	4		oil pressure	202
46	27	23	Jeff Hawkins	Hubert Howard (Owner)	Ford	4		clutch	202
47	50	90	Sonny Hutchins	Donlavey Racing	Ford	3		oil pressure	202
48	34	08	Bob Derrington	Bub Strickler (Owner)	Ford	2		clutch	202
49	24	36	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	Pontiac	1		engine	202
50	41	03	Rene Charland	Ed Ackerman (Owner)	Ford	1		vibration	202

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	108	54.5%	P1
2	Paul Goldsmith	43	21.7%	P18
3	Cale Yarborough	33	16.7%	P2
4	Marvin Panch	8	4.0%	P26
5	Jim Hurtubise	4	2.0%	P6
6	Dick Hutcherson	2	1.0%	P35

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1966 Daytona 500

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