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1966 World 600

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NASCAR Grand National race number 20 of 49
Sunday, May 22, 1966 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:26:35
Average speed: 135.042 mph
Pole speed: 148.637 mph

Cautions: 5 for 18 laps
Margin of victory: 2 laps +
Attendance: 45000
Lead changes: 14

Glossary 1966 NASCAR Grand National results / 1966 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	7	42	Marvin Panch	Plymouth GTX (Petty Enterprises)	'65 Plymouth	400	26060	running	99
2	20	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'65 Plymouth	398	10980	running	0
3	19	31	Don White	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'66 Dodge	394	7045	running	0
4	18	48	James Hylton	Econo Wash (Bud Hartje)	'65 Dodge	391	4325	running	0
5	37	87	Neil Castles	Buck Baker	'66 Oldsmobile	371	3440	running	0
6	32	86	Paul Connors	Buck Baker	'64 Dodge	370	2600	running	0
7	40	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing (Wendell Scott)	'65 Ford	370	2025	running	0
8	22	11	Ned Jarrett	Richmond Ford Motor Co. (Henley Gray)	'66 Ford	362	2375	engine	0
9	29	93	Blackie Watt	Harry Neal	'64 Ford	351	1585	running	0
10	13	88	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'66 Chevrolet	348	1450	running	0
11	28	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'66 Chevrolet	333	1400	engine	0
12	34	68	Larry Manning	Bob Derrington	'65 Plymouth	322	1370	engine	0
13	42	20	Clyde Lynn	Clyde Lynn	'64 Ford	313	1300	engine	0
14	17	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'66 Plymouth	303	2155	engine	112
15	3	71	Earl Balmer	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'65 Dodge	301	1400	engine	3
16	44	53	Jimmy Helms	David Warren	'64 Ford	297	1225	running	0
17	4	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	'66 Dodge	295	2250	crash	134
18	39	95	Gene Cline	Gene Cline	'64 Ford	291	1180	running	0
19	15	67	Buddy Arrington	Hub Motors (Buddy Arrington)	'64 Dodge	273	1150	engine	0
20	33	72	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'64 Ford	256	1180	oil leak	0
21	2	14	Jim Paschal	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'66 Plymouth	240	1300	engine	7
22	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'66 Plymouth	236	1320	engine	6
23	26	18	Stick Elliott	Howard Furniture (Toy Bolton)	'66 Chevrolet	236	1125	engine	0
24	27	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'64 Ford	157	1075	engine	0
25	12	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield	'64 Ford	144	1050	crash	0
26	11	55	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter	'64 Ford	140	1050	engine	0
27	14	90	Sonny Hutchins	Junie Donlavey	'64 Ford	129	975	engine	0
28	38	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith	'66 Chevrolet	122	935	axle	0
29	6	98	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'66 Dodge	112	925	engine	0
30	30	73	Earl Brooks	Joan Petre	'64 Ford	92	875	engine	0
31	21	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes	'64 Chevrolet	89	860	engine	0
32	25	59	Tom Pistone	Shoney's Big Boy (Tom Pistone)	'64 Ford	84	935	transmission	0
33	31	5	Harold Smith	Lyle Stelter	'64 Ford	76	925	engine	0
34	23	36	H.B. Bailey	H.B. Bailey	'66 Pontiac	70	775	engine	0
35	36	06	Jack Lawrence	John McCarthy	'64 Mercury	63	725	engine	0
36	10	1	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis	'65 Plymouth	54	820	crash	3
37	5	3	Buddy Baker	Hutton-Scott Dodge (Ray Fox)	'65 Dodge	51	1000	engine	36
38	43	96	Sonny Lamphear	Homer O'Dell	'64 Ford	29	675	driveshaft	0
39	9	16	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore	'66 Mercury	21	790	differential	0
40	35	19	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney	'66 Chevrolet	20	690	engine	0
41	8	24	Curtis Turner	Bill Beck Ford Dealers (Betty Lilly)	'66 Ford	19	645	engine	0
42	41	74	Gene Black	Gene Black	'64 Ford	6	635	engine	0
43	16	22	Bobby Allison	Smokey Yunick	'65 Chevrolet	3	630	engine	0
44	24	33	Joel Davis	Curtis Satterfield	'66 Chevrolet	1	625	gas tank	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Ralph Earnhardt	00		Emory Gilliam	Dodge
	Roy Tyner	9		Truett Rodgers	Chevrolet
	V.C. Martin	25		Jeff Handy	Ford
	Bob Derrington	30		Walter Ballard	Ford
	Larry Hess	44	Queen City Rambler	Al Grillo	Rambler
	Worth McMillion	83		Allen McMillion	Pontiac

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Richard Petty	1	2	2
David Pearson	3	7	5
Richard Petty	8	8	1
Buddy Baker	9	44	36
Paul Lewis	45	47	3
David Pearson	48	90	43
Jim Paschal	91	97	7
Earl Balmer	98	100	3
David Pearson	101	170	70
Paul Goldsmith	171	221	51
Richard Petty	222	224	3
Paul Goldsmith	225	279	55
David Pearson	280	295	16
Paul Goldsmith	296	301	6
Marvin Panch	302	400	99