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1966 Peach Blossom 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 6 of 49
March 13, 1966 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:59:55
Average Speed: 100.027 mph
Pole Speed: 116.684 mph

Cautions: 10 for 70 laps
Margin of Victory: 3.82 sec
Attendance: 40,000
Lead changes: 26

Glossary 1966 NASCAR Grand National results / 1966 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'66 Plymouth	500	14,340	running	159
2	8	27	Cale Yarborough	Banjo Matthews	'66 Ford	500	7,875	running	177
3	19	24	Bobby Allison	Betty Lilly	'65 Ford	488	4,250	running	0
4	27	55	Harold Smith	Lyle Stelter	'64 Ford	480	2,675	running	0
5	24	04	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'64 Ford	478	1,750	running	0
6	26	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'66 Chevrolet	475	1,800	running	0
7	14	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield	'64 Ford	472	1,150	running	0
8	2	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'66 Dodge	470	1,340	running	25
9	35	97	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'66 Ford	465	1,095	running	0
10	38	83	Worth McMillion	Allen McMillion	'64 Pontiac	452	1,030	running	0
11	13	19	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney	'66 Chevrolet	440	845	lug bolt	0
12	29	87	Neil Castles	Buck Baker	'66 Oldsmobile	430	820	running	0
13	15	88	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'65 Chevrolet	424	795	engine	0
14	16	20	Clyde Lynn	Clyde Lynn	'64 Ford	424	770	running	0
15	32	02	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper	'65 Plymouth	423	945	engine	0
16	44	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'64 Ford	420	725	running	0
17	6	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers	'66 Ford	402	705	engine	17
18	3	41	Curtis Turner	Wood Brothers	'66 Ford	376	770	crash	12
19	12	48	James Hylton	Econo Wash (Bud Hartje)	'65 Dodge	302	675	engine	0
20	17	14	Jim Paschal	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'66 Plymouth	276	910	engine	33
21	25	1	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis	'65 Plymouth	275	735	engine	0
22	33	10	Tiny Lund	Larry DeBeau	'64 Ford	267	725	engine	0
23	42	74	Gene Black	Gene Black	'64 Ford	266	630	wheel bearing	0
24	39	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith	'66 Chevrolet	221	630	engine	0
25	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'64 Dodge	196	595	oil pressure	0
26	10	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	'66 Ford	193	760	engine	24
27	28	33	Bub Strickler	Curtis Satterfield	'65 Chevrolet	148	585	crash	0
28	43	95	Gene Cline	Gene Cline	'64 Ford	147	590	brakes	0
29	5	29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman-Moody	'66 Ford	132	575	crash	0
30	9	98	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'66 Dodge	131	790	engine	26
31	37	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'66 Chevrolet	101	600	overheating	0
32	18	12	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne	'66 Dodge	89	700	ignition	17
33	21	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'65 Ford	79	555	engine	0
34	23	50	Bunkie Blackburn	Jim Bangsberry	'66 Chevrolet	53	550	handling	0
35	11	43	Darel Dieringer	Petty Enterprises	'66 Plymouth	52	545	crash	0
36	7	11	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long	'66 Ford	35	1,040	engine	0
37	4	26	Bobby Isaac	Junior Johnson	'66 Ford	34	585	crash	10
38	30	61	Toy Bolton	Toy Bolton	'66 Chevrolet	27	530	steering	0
39	41	77	Joel Davis	Harold Mays	'65 Plymouth	17	545	handling	0
40	36	85	Harold Dunnaway		'65 Plymouth	14	560	ignition	0
41	20	59	Tom Pistone	Tom Pistone	'64 Ford	13	515	transmission	0
42	40	45	Tex McCullough	Bill Seifert	'64 Ford	5	535	wheel bearing	0
43	34	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'66 Chevrolet	4	555	clutch	0
44	31	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'65 Plymouth	1	900	head gasket	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Paul Goldsmith	1	24	24
Bobby Isaac	25	34	10
Paul Goldsmith	35	35	1
Curtis Turner	36	40	5
LeeRoy Yarbrough	41	57	17
Jim Paschal	58	88	31
Sam McQuagg	89	114	26
David Pearson	115	127	13
Cale Yarborough	128	128	1
Jim Paschal	129	130	2
David Pearson	131	141	11
Fred Lorenzen	142	165	24
Curtis Turner	166	166	1
Paul Goldsmith	167	167	1
Cale Yarborough	168	236	69
David Pearson	237	237	1
Cale Yarborough	238	284	47
Curtis Turner	285	286	2
Cale Yarborough	287	287	1
Paul Goldsmith	288	308	21
Curtis Turner	309	312	4
Cale Yarborough	313	366	54
Paul Goldsmith	367	378	12
Marvin Panch	379	395	17
Paul Goldsmith	396	446	51
Cale Yarborough	447	451	5
Paul Goldsmith	452	500	49

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