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1966 Motor Trend 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 2 of 49
January 23, 1966 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
185 laps on a 2.700 mile road course (499.5 miles)

Time of race: 5:05:58
Average Speed: 97.952 mph
Pole Speed: 106.078 mph

Cautions: 2
Margin of Victory: 70 sec
Attendance: 73,331
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1966 NASCAR Grand National results / 1966 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	121	Dan Gurney	Harvest Motors (Wood Brothers)	'66 Ford	185	18,445	running	148
2	1	6	David Pearson	Southeastern Dodge Dealers (Cotton Owens)	'65 Dodge	185	8,395	running	10
3	6	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'65 Plymouth	183	5,055	running	0
4	3	41	Curtis Turner	Harvest Motors (Wood Brothers)	'66 Ford	183	3,445	running	27
5	10	29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman-Moody	'66 Ford	182	2,120	running	0
6	9	56	Jim Hurtubise	Plymouth (Norm Nelson)	'65 Plymouth	182	1,335	running	0
7	12	22	Billy Foster	Rudy Hoerr	'64 Dodge	181	1,275	running	0
8	8	11	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long	'66 Ford	178	1,575	running	0
9	14	1	Norm Nelson	Norm Nelson	'65 Plymouth	176	1,000	running	0
10	19	18	Ron Hornaday	Frank Galpin	'64 Mercury	171	900	running	0
11	16	4	Jerry Grant	Friedkin Enterprises / Bardahl (Tom Friedkin)	'65 Chevrolet	171	850	running	0
12	34	24	Bobby Allison	Ford / Lilly (Betty Lilly)	'65 Ford	169	650	running	0
13	23	2	Johnny Steele	Kyle Gibson	'64 Mercury	164	625	running	0
14	5	98	Don White	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'65 Dodge	162	680	running	0
15	27	10	Don Walker	Don Walker	'64 Ford	154	590	ignition	0
16	25	71	Mario Andretti	Bondy Long	'66 Ford	154	580	crash	0
17	38	63	Walt Price	Walt Price	'65 Buick	154	575	running	0
18	44	61	J.T. Putney	Toy Bolton	'65 Oldsmobile	150	570	running	0
19	41	68	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington	'63 Ford	146	565	running	0
20	40	8	Jerry Oliver	Coz Concilla	'65 Chevrolet	144	560	gear shift	0
21	17	48	James Hylton	Econo Wash (Bud Hartje)	'65 Dodge	128	630	transmission	0
22	30	7	Jack McCoy	Charles Bell	'64 Dodge	123	540	crash	0
23	35	45	Carl Cardey	Bill Seifert	'64 Ford	119	530	ball joint	0
24	18	33	Clem Proctor	Clem Proctor	'64 Ford	114	600	engine	0
25	7	43	Richard Petty	Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	'65 Plymouth	105	550	engine	0
26	11	27	Cale Yarborough	Banjo Matthews	'66 Ford	103	650	transmission	0
27	29	89	Cliff Garner	Cliff Garner	'64 Mercury	98	500	crash	0
28	31	00	Dick Guldstrand	Bardahl	'64 Chevrolet	65	500	differential	0
29	15	26	Bobby Isaac	Junior Johnson	'66 Ford	55	550	head gasket	0
30	4	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers	'66 Ford	45	600	transmission	0
31	13	47	A.J. Foyt	Holly Farms Poultry (Junior Johnson)	'66 Ford	45	575	transmission	0
32	21	198	Eddie Gray	Ralph Shelton	'64 Mercury	43	500	engine	0
33	24	126	Carl Joiner	Dean Thorne	'63 Chevrolet	41	500	oil leak	0
34	32	55	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter	'65 Ford	34	500	engine	0
35	22	9	Skip Hudson	Janice Bailey	'65 Chevrolet	30	500	differential	0
36	20	145	Scotty Cain	Bill Clinton	'64 Mercury	20	525	transmission	0
37	36	3	Bruce Worrell	Bob Bristol	'63 Plymouth	15	500	engine	0
38	42	16	Jim Cook	Floyd Johnson	'64 Oldsmobile	14	500	oil pressure	0
39	33	34	Clyde Prickett	Wendell Scott	'64 Ford	11	500	transmission	0
40	26	74	Gene Black	Gene Black	'66 Ford	4	500	engine	0
41	28	06	Dave James	Jim Whitehead	'65 Plymouth	4	500	engine	0
42	37	14	Joe Clark	Bob Bristol	'64 Mercury	4	500	oil pressure	0
43	39	111	Arley Scranton	Arley Scranton	'64 Mercury	3	500	crash	0
44	43	38	Charles Powell	Charles Powell	'64 Ford	1	500	differential	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	9	9
Dan Gurney	10	37	28
Curtis Turner	38	55	18
Dan Gurney	56	56	1
Curtis Turner	57	58	2
Dan Gurney	59	65	7
Curtis Turner	66	72	7
Dan Gurney	73	82	10
David Pearson	83	83	1
Dan Gurney	84	185	102

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