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1966 Fireball 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 25 of 49 Sunday, June 12, 1966 at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville, NC 300 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (150.000 miles) Time of race: 1:50:32 Average speed: 81.423 mph Pole speed: 86.455 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: 5 sec Attendance: 6200 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1966 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1966 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '66 Plymouth 300 1400 running 176 2 2 6   David Pearson Cotton Owens '66 Dodge 300 1000 running 124 3 4 1   Paul Lewis Paul Lewis '65 Plymouth 298 700 running 0 4 16 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '66 Oldsmobile 290 575 running 0 5 12 4   John Sears L.G. DeWitt '64 Ford 289 425 running 0 6 5 48   James Hylton Econo Wash   (Bud Hartje) '65 Dodge 285 325 running 0 7 8 19   J.T. Putney J.T. Putney '66 Chevrolet 280 275 running 0 8 28 18   Stick Elliott Toy Bolton '66 Chevrolet 279 225 running 0 9 20 92   Hank Thomas W.S. Jenkins '64 Ford 277 300 running 0 10 18 86   Neil Castles Buck Baker '65 Dodge 273 175 running 0 11 6 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield '64 Ford 273 100 running 0 12 21 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '65 Ford 270 100 running 0 13 23 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '64 Ford 270 100 running 0 14 27 9   Roy Tyner Truett Rodgers '66 Chevrolet 266 100 running 0 15 7 55   Tiny Lund Lyle Stelter Ford 264 100 running 0 16 15 93   Blackie Watt Harry Neal '64 Ford 262 100 running 0 17 19 06   Jack Lawrence John McCarthy '64 Mercury 261 100 running 0 18 10 02   Doug Cooper Bob Cooper '65 Plymouth 261 100 running 0 19 17 20   Clyde Lynn Clyde Lynn '64 Ford 260 100 running 0 20 26 95   Henley Gray Gene Cline '64 Ford 237 100 running 0 21 22 53   Jimmy Helms David Warren '64 Ford 224 100 ignition 0 22 29 96   Sonny Lamphear Homer O'Dell '64 Ford 213 100 ignition 0 23 13 73   Buddy Baker Joan Petre '64 Ford 210 100 overheating 0 24 3 16   Darel Dieringer Bud Moore '66 Mercury 180 100 oil pressure 0 25 24 40   Eddie Yarboro Eddie Yarboro '65 Dodge 164   differential 0 26 9 97   Ned Jarrett Henley Gray '66 Ford 150 200 brakes 0 27 14 77   Joel Davis Harold Mays '64 Plymouth 18   overheating 0 28 11 46   Roy Mayne Tom Hunter '66 Chevrolet 9   crash 0 29 25 35   Max Ledbetter Ken Carpenter '65 Oldsmobile 9   engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 134 134   David Pearson 135 141 7   Richard Petty 142 182 41   David Pearson 183 299 117   Richard Petty 300 300 1