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1966 Southern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 42 of 49
Monday, September 5, 1966 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.5 miles)

Time of race: 4:21:31
Average Speed: 114.83 mph
Pole Speed: 140.058 mph

Cautions: 8 for 80 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 65,000
Lead changes: 28

Glossary 1966 NASCAR Grand National results / 1966 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	16	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore	'66 Mercury	364	20,900	running	105
2	2	43	Richard Petty	GTX Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	'66 Plymouth	364	8,975	running	131
3	13	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'66 Dodge	361	4,700	running	1
4	14	42	Marvin Panch	Petty Enterprises	'66 Plymouth	360	2,725	running	14
5	9	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	'66 Ford	360	2,300	running	0
6	11	14	Jim Paschal	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'66 Plymouth	360	2,595	running	0
7	10	29	Dick Hutcherson	East Tennessee Motor Co. (Holman-Moody)	'65 Ford	358	1,280	running	1
8	1	12	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne	'66 Dodge	358	1,650	running	35
9	5	98	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'66 Dodge	358	900	running	23
10	18	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'66 Plymouth	358	1,180	running	0
11	7	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers	'66 Ford	356	700	running	33
12	21	1	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis	'65 Plymouth	353	925	running	0
13	20	11	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Bernard Alvarez)	'66 Ford	350	1,375	running	0
14	12	26	Curtis Turner	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	'66 Ford	348	600	crash	12
15	16	48	James Hylton	Econo Wash (Bud Hartje)	'65 Dodge	348	800	running	0
16	4	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'66 Plymouth	345	605	engine	9
17	19	36	H.B. Bailey	H.B. Bailey	'66 Pontiac	341	840	running	0
18	23	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield	'64 Ford	336	710	running	0
19	25	19	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney	'66 Chevrolet	333	725	running	0
20	40	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'64 Ford	327	695	running	0
21	44	44	Larry Hess	Larry Hess	'64 Ford	326	665	running	0
22	38	97	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'66 Ford	323	660	running	0
23	36	88	Neil Castles	Buck Baker	'66 Chevrolet	321	655	running	0
24	43	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'65 Ford	317	650	running	0
25	37	72	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'64 Ford	308	645	running	0
26	30	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes	'64 Chevrolet	305	590	engine	0
27	26	20	Bunkie Blackburn		'64 Mercury	287	615	running	0
28	24	24	Tiny Lund	Betty Lilly	'66 Ford	248	580	engine	0
29	28	09	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp	'66 Chevrolet	196	575	wheel bearing	0
30	6	71	Earl Balmer	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'65 Dodge	185	470	crash	0
31	31	93	Blackie Watt	Harry Neal	'64 Ford	172	465	engine	0
32	42	75	Earl Brooks	Gene Black	'66 Ford	120	510	engine	0
33	8	3	Buddy Baker	Ray Fox	'65 Dodge	97	455	throttle	0
34	32	89	Eddie MacDonald	Buck Baker	'65 Chevrolet	97	450	engine	0
35	22	47	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton	'66 Chevrolet	78	445	valve	0
36	33	2	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken	'65 Chevrolet	71	640	engine	0
37	17	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'66 Chevrolet	56	535	engine	0
38	39	51	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington	'65 Chevrolet	51	480	cam	0
39	29	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'65 Dodge	50	425	engine	0
40	34	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith	'66 Chevrolet	26	520	engine	0
41	27	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'66 Oldsmobile	22	435	engine	0
42	35	25	Doug Cooper	Jeff Handy	'64 Ford	16	460	engine	0
43	15	04	Jerry Grant	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'65 Plymouth	7	405	transmission	0
44	41	73	Jimmy Helms	Joan Petre	'64 Ford	1	450	driveshaft	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Paul Goldsmith	1	5	5
Richard Petty	6	6	1
LeeRoy Yarbrough	7	41	35
Curtis Turner	42	53	12
Sam McQuagg	54	76	23
Darel Dieringer	77	87	11
Dick Hutcherson	88	88	1
Richard Petty	89	96	8
Cale Yarborough	97	105	9
Darel Dieringer	106	109	4
Cale Yarborough	110	126	17
David Pearson	127	127	1
Paul Goldsmith	128	128	1
Darel Dieringer	129	163	35
Paul Goldsmith	164	166	3
Richard Petty	167	180	14
Cale Yarborough	181	187	7
Marvin Panch	188	193	6
Darel Dieringer	194	194	1
Marvin Panch	195	202	8
Richard Petty	203	215	13
Darel Dieringer	216	245	30
Richard Petty	246	249	4
Darel Dieringer	250	261	12
Richard Petty	262	287	26
Darel Dieringer	288	292	5
Richard Petty	293	357	65
Darel Dieringer	358	364	7

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