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Pacific Coast Late Model Division race number 1 of 15
Combination race with Grand National drivers
An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn External page

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 Pacific Coast Late Model Division 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 (GN)	Southeastern Dodge Dealers (Cotton Owens)	'65 Dodge	185	8395	running	10
3	6	99	Paul Goldsmith (GN)	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'65 Plymouth	183	5055	running	0
4	3	41	Curtis Turner (GN)	Harvest Motors (Wood Brothers)	'66 Ford	183	3445	running	27
5	10	29	Dick Hutcherson (GN)	East Tenn. Motor Co. (Holman-Moody)	'66 Ford	182	2120	running	0
6	9	56	Jim Hurtubise (GN)	Hub Auto Sales (Norm Nelson)	'65 Plymouth	182	1335	running	0
7	12	22	Billy Foster (GN)	Illinois Dodge Dealers (Rudy Hoerr)	'64 Dodge	181	1275	running	0
8	8	11	Ned Jarrett (GN)	Richmond Ford Motor Co. (Bondy Long)	'66 Ford	178	1575	running	0
9	14	1	Norm Nelson (GN)	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 (GN)	Friedkin Enterprises / Bardahl (Tom Friedkin)	'65 Chevrolet	171	850	running	0
12	34	24	Bobby Allison (GN)	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 (GN)	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 (GN)	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 (GN)	Toy Bolton	'65 Oldsmobile	150	570	running	0
19	41	68	Bob Derrington (GN)	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 (GN)	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 (GN)	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 (GN)	Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	'65 Plymouth	105	550	engine	0
26	11	27	Cale Yarborough (GN)	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 (GN)	Holly Farms Poultry (Junior Johnson)	'66 Ford	55	550	head gasket	0
30	4	21	Marvin Panch (GN)	Harvest Motors (Wood Brothers)	'66 Ford	45	600	transmission	0
31	13	47	A.J. Foyt (GN)	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 (GN)	Lyle Stelter	'65 Ford	34	500	engine	0
35	22	9	Skip Hudson (GN)	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 (GN)	Gene Black	'66 Ford	4	500	engine	0
41	28	06	Dave James	Jim Whitehead / Tom Shreenan	'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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jim Blomgren	91		Jim Blomgren	Plymouth

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