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1966 Motor Trend 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 2 of 49 Sunday, January 23, 1966 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 185 laps on a 2.700 mile road course (499.500 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: 73331 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1966 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1966 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 121   Dan Gurney Harvest Motors   (Wood Brothers) '66 Ford 185 18445 running 148 2 1 6   David Pearson Southeastern Dodge Dealers   (Cotton Owens) '65 Dodge 185 8395 running 10 3 6 99   Paul Goldsmith Nichels Engineering   (Ray Nichels) '65 Plymouth 183 5055 running 0 4 3 41   Curtis Turner Harvest Motors   (Wood Brothers) '66 Ford 183 3445 running 27 5 10 29   Dick Hutcherson East Tenn. Motor Co.   (Holman-Moody Racing) '66 Ford 182 2120 running 0 6 9 56   Jim Hurtubise Hub Auto Sales   (Norm Nelson) '65 Plymouth 182 1335 running 0 7 12 22   Billy Foster Illinois Dodge Dealers   (Rudy Hoerr) '64 Dodge 181 1275 running 0 8 8 11   Ned Jarrett Richmond Ford Motor Co.   (Bondy Long) '66 Ford 178 1575 running 0 9 14 1   Norm Nelson Hub Auto Sales   (Norm Nelson) '65 Plymouth 176 1000 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 Delk Pest Control   (Kyle Gibson) '64 Mercury 164 625 running 0 14 5 98   Don White California Dodge Dealers   (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 Vel's Ford   (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 Cos Cancilla '65 Chevrolet 144 560 gear shift 0 21 17 48   James Hylton Econo Wash   (Bud Hartje) '65 Dodge 128 630 transmission 0 22 30 7W   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 Abingdon Motor   (Banjo Matthews) '66 Ford 103 650 transmission 0 27 29 89   Cliff Garner J.R. Van Curren '64 Mercury 98 500 crash 0 28 31 00   Dick Guldstrand Bardahl   (Irwin Sandlin) '64 Chevrolet 65 500 differential 0 29 15 26   Bobby Isaac Holly Farms Poultry   (Junior Johnson) '66 Ford 55 550 head gasket 0 30 4 21   Marvin Panch Harvest Motors   (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 Sunaire Chevrolet   (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

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jim Blomgren 91 Plymouth WD Fred Lorenzen 28 Holman-Moody Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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