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1966 Richmond 250 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 19 of 49 Sunday, May 15, 1966 at Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond, VA 250 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (125.000 miles) Time of race: 1:52:43 Average speed: 66.539 mph Pole speed: 70.978 mph Cautions: 2 for 14 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 4500 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1966 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1966 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 6   David Pearson Southside Dodge   (Cotton Owens) '64 Dodge 250 2050 running 216 2 10 43   Richard Petty Plymouth   (Petty Enterprises) '66 Plymouth 248 1250 running 9 3 6 19   J.T. Putney J.T. Putney '66 Chevrolet 244 950 running 0 4 7 0   Darel Dieringer Reid Shaw '64 Ford 242 700 running 0 5 12 99   Paul Goldsmith Nichels Engineering   (Ray Nichels) '65 Plymouth 241 550 running 0 6 9 4   John Sears L.G. DeWitt '64 Ford 241 375 running 0 7 20 86   Neil Castles Buck Baker '65 Plymouth 231 300 running 0 8 18 97   Henley Gray Henley Gray '66 Ford 219 250 running 0 9 15 20   Clyde Lynn Clyde Lynn '64 Ford 216 200 running 0 10 23 80   Worth McMillion Brauer Pontiac Co.   (Allen McMillion) '64 Pontiac 216 200 running 0 11 27 9   Roy Tyner Truett Rodgers '66 Chevrolet 216 175 running 0 12 24 83   G.T. Nolen Brauer Pontiac Co.   (Allen McMillion) '66 Pontiac 215 175 running 0 13 19 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '64 Ford 207 175 running 0 14 22 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '65 Ford 200 150 running 0 15 16 65   Larry Manning – '65 Ford 175 150 engine 0 16 1 59   Tom Pistone Tom Pistone '64 Ford 151 150 engine 22 17 3 64   Elmo Langley Woodfield Ford   (Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield) '64 Ford 137 125 differential 3 18 8 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '66 Oldsmobile 125 125 engine 0 19 25 30   Bob Derrington – '64 Ford 114 125 engine 0 20 2 48   James Hylton Econo Wash   (Bud Hartje) '65 Dodge 101 125 engine 0 21 26 60   Ernest Eury Joan Petre '64 Chevrolet 93 125 a frame 0 22 17 69   Mack Hanbury – '64 Ford 28 125 driveshaft 0 23 13 22   Curtis Turner Smokey Yunick '65 Chevrolet 27 125 engine 0 24 14 55   Tiny Lund Lyle Stelter '64 Ford 27 125 engine 0 25 29 95   Gene Cline Gene Cline '64 Ford 24 125 differential 0 26 21 72   Bill Champion Bill Champion '64 Ford 19 125 overheating 0 27 5 02   Doug Cooper Bob Cooper '65 Plymouth 14 125 transmission 0 28 11 06   Jack Lawrence John McCarthy '64 Mercury 8 125 oil pressure 0 29 28 45   Jim Tatum Bill Seifert '64 Ford 6 125 overheating 0 30 30 93   Bill Seifert Harry Neal '64 Ford 1 125 oil pressure 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tom Pistone 1 22 22   David Pearson 23 71 49   Elmo Langley 72 74 3   David Pearson 75 109 35   Richard Petty 110 118 9   David Pearson 119 250 132