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1966 Tidewater 250

NASCAR Grand National race number 16 of 49
Saturday, May 7, 1966 at Langley Field Speedway, Hampton, VA
250 laps on a 0.400 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:38:49
Average speed: 60.616 mph
Pole speed: 66.821 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 16 sec
Attendance: 5000
Lead changes: 2

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'66 Plymouth	250	1000	running	177
2	3	48	James Hylton	Econo Wash (Bud Hartje)	'65 Dodge	250	600	running	0
3	8	86	Neil Castles	Buck Baker	'66 Plymouth	246	400	running	0
4	4	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield	'64 Ford	244	300	running	0
5	6	59	Tom Pistone	Tom Pistone	'64 Ford	244	275	running	0
6	13	06	Jack Lawrence	John McCarthy	'64 Mercury	243	240	running	0
7	14	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'65 Ford	243	200	running	0
8	18	9	Roy Tyner	Truett Rodgers	'66 Chevrolet	233	175	driveshaft	0
9	7	19	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney	'66 Chevrolet	226	150	running	0
10	10	20	Clyde Lynn	Clyde Lynn	'64 Ford	222	140	running	0
11	11	97	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'66 Ford	203	130	crash	0
12	12	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'64 Ford	195	120	crash	0
13	2	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'64 Ford	194	110	running	73
14	22	80	Worth McMillion	Allen McMillion	'65 Pontiac	153	100	a frame	0
15	19	53	Jimmy Helms	David Warren	'64 Ford	69	100	oil pressure	0
16	17	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'66 Oldsmobile	52	100	brakes	0
17	9	96	Sonny Lamphear	Homer O'Dell	'64 Ford	35	100	throttle	0
18	15	25	Jabe Thomas	Jeff Handy	'64 Ford	30	100	transmission	0
19	5	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'64 Dodge	26	100	ignition	0
20	21	51	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington	'65 Chevrolet	17	100	handling	0
21	16	55	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter	'64 Ford	13	100	timing chain	0
22	20	30	Ed Jordan	Ed Jordan	'64 Ford	2	100	ignition	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
John Sears	1	73	73
Richard Petty	74	250	177