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1966 Atlanta 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 8 of 49
Sunday, March 27, 1966 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
334 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (508.3 miles)

Time of race: 3:49:02
Average Speed: 131.247 mph
Pole Speed: 147.742 mph

Cautions: 5 for 31 laps
Margin of Victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 71,000
Lead changes: 23

Glossary 1966 NASCAR Grand National results / 1966 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
11	22	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes	'64 Chevrolet	313	750	running	0
12	31	19	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney	'66 Chevrolet	309	850	running	0
23	34	52	Wayne Woodward	Bill Church	'65 Chevrolet	258	640	running	0
26	29	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'66 Chevrolet	162	550	headers	0
27	37	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith	'66 Chevrolet	156	610	oil cooler	0
33	30	18	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton	'66 Chevrolet	48	550	clutch	0
35	21	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'66 Chevrolet	34	550	oil leak	0
37	33	9	Roy Tyner	Truett Rodgers	'65 Chevrolet	20	600	engine	0
39	43	86	Neil Castles	Buck Baker	'66 Chevrolet	6	500	engine	0
7	18	98	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'66 Dodge	327	1,150	running	0
8	11	07	Don White	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'65 Dodge	326	1,115	running	8
14	9	6	David Pearson	Dodge (Cotton Owens)	'65 Dodge	304	715	running	3
15	20	48	James Hylton	Econo Wash (Bud Hartje)	'65 Dodge	301	575	engine	0
19	25	71	Gordon Johncock	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'65 Dodge	278	685	engine	12
21	4	12	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Atlanta Dodge (Jon Thorne)	'66 Dodge	273	555	engine	1
41	27	67	E.J. Trivette	Hub Motors (Buddy Arrington)	'64 Dodge	2	525	steering	0
2	3	28	Fred Lorenzen	LaFayette (Holman-Moody)	'66 Ford	333	8,290	running	28
3	2	29	Dick Hutcherson	East Tenn. Motor Co. (Holman-Moody)	'66 Ford	333	4,825	running	0
6	14	27	Cale Yarborough	Banjo Matthews	'66 Ford	329	1,250	running	0
9	28	55	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter	'64 Ford	318	975	running	0
10	19	24	Bobby Allison	Betty Lilly	'66 Ford	315	875	running	0
13	8	41	Curtis Turner	Harvest Motors (Wood Brothers)	'66 Ford	305	700	engine	10
16	6	21	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers	'66 Ford	297	550	engine	0
18	7	11	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long	'66 Ford	290	1,050	engine	2
20	42	20	Clyde Lynn	Clyde Lynn	'64 Ford	278	550	running	0
22	38	53	Jimmy Helms	David Warren	'64 Ford	268	600	running	0
24	15	59	Tom Pistone	Tom Pistone	'64 Ford	220	550	engine	0
28	40	73	Buddy Arrington	Joan Petre	'64 Ford	88	580	engine	0
29	10	26	Bobby Isaac	Holly Farms Poultry (Junior Johnson)	'66 Ford	73	600	crash	0
30	16	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield	'65 Ford	66	550	ignition	0
31	23	44	Larry Hess	Larry Hess	'64 Ford	58	550	engine	0
34	24	04	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'64 Ford	39	550	engine	0
36	32	57	Lionel Johnson	Clay Eastridge	'64 Ford	28	625	engine	0
38	39	25	Jabe Thomas	Jeff Handy	'64 Ford	11	540	steering	0
40	41	97	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'66 Ford	2	500	engine	0
42	44	95	Gene Cline	Gene Cline	'64 Ford	2	500	engine	0
44	35	74	Bunkie Blackburn	Gene Black	'64 Ford	1	580	engine	0
43	36	87	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'66 Oldsmobile	1	570	engine	0
1	5	56	Jim Hurtubise	Plymouth (Norm Nelson)	'66 Plymouth	334	17,920	running	139
4	4	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'66 Plymouth	331	2,750	running	0
5	17	14	Jim Paschal	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'66 Plymouth	330	1,925	running	0
17	36	1	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis	'65 Plymouth	296	600	running	0
25	1	43	Richard Petty	Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	'66 Plymouth	185	1,530	engine	131
32	13	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'65 Plymouth	58	550	handling	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	29	29
	30	35	6	#57 blew engine
	36	40	5
	41	45	5	#04 blew engine
	46	73	28
	74	80	7	#26 accident turn 4
	81	222	142
	223	229	7	oil on track
	230	274	45
	275	280	6	#12 oil on track
	281	334	54
Percent of race run under caution: 9.3% Average green flag run: 50.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Richard Petty	1	31	31
Jim Hurtubise	32	32	1
Don White	33	40	8
Richard Petty	41	43	3
David Pearson	44	46	3
Richard Petty	47	77	31
Gordon Johncock	78	80	3
Jim Hurtubise	81	85	5
LeeRoy Yarbrough	86	86	1
Curtis Turner	87	87	1
Jim Hurtubise	88	89	2
Curtis Turner	90	90	1
Jim Hurtubise	91	96	6
Curtis Turner	97	104	8
Gordon Johncock	105	113	9
Richard Petty	114	153	40
Jim Hurtubise	154	156	3
Ned Jarrett	157	158	2
Richard Petty	159	184	26
Jim Hurtubise	185	209	25
Fred Lorenzen	210	219	10
Jim Hurtubise	220	258	39
Fred Lorenzen	259	276	18
Jim Hurtubise	277	334	58

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