1966 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Dixie 400 Race Results

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1966 - Dixie 400 Race Results

Race Name - Dixie 400
Date - 8/7/1966
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 401 miles
Pole Speed - 148.331 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 37
Average Race Speed - 130.24 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $54,200
Race Number - 37

More Races from 1966

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	5	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	267	66 Plymout	90	$13,525
2	6	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	267	66 Dodge	62	$8,345
3	9	Sam McQuagg	98	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	260	66 Dodge	0	$3,505
4	17	James Hylton	48	Econo Wash (Bud Hartje)	259	65 Dodge	0	$3,000
5	16	Jerry Grant	4	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	255	65 Plymout	1	$1,925
6	20	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	254	64 Dodge	0	$1,425
7	38	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	251	65 Ford	0	$1,330
8	13	Eddie MacDonald	89	Buck Baker	251	65 Chevrol	0	$1,075
9	33	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	249	66 Oldsmob	0	$980
10	21	Bobby Allison	2	JD Bracken	248	65 Chevrol	0	$860
11	14	Bob Derrington	51	Bob Derrington	242	65 Chevrol	0	$790
12	29	JT Putney	19	JT Putney	241	66 Chevrol	0	$745
13	26	Johnny Wynn	6	John McCarthy	233	64 Mercury	0	$630
14	28	Larry Hess	44	Larry Hess	226	64 Ford	0	$600
15	27	Henley Gray	97	Henley Gray	216	66 Ford	0	$595
16	10	Darel Dieringer	16	Bud Moore	211	66 Mercury	15	$740
17	39	Jimmy Helms	73	David Warren	209	64 Ford	0	$655
18	25	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	207	66 Chevrol	0	$580
19	30	Neil Castles	88	Buck Baker	183	66 Chevrol	0	$625
20	41	EJ Trivette	95	Gene Cline	183	64 Ford	0	$620
21	23	Stick Elliott	18	Toy Bolton	149	66 Chevrol	0	$565
22	42	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	148	64 Ford	0	$600
23	3	Fred Lorenzen	26	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	139	66 Ford	24	$630
24	1	Curtis Turner	13	Smokey Yunick	130	66 Chevrol	60	$1,200
25	11	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	117	66 Chevrol	0	$530
26	7	Jim Paschal	14	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	108	66 Plymout	15	$565
27	34	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	106	65 Plymout	0	$635
28	8	Marvin Panch	42	Petty Enterprises	98	65 Plymout	0	$430
29	19	Eldon Yarbrough	33	Curtis Satterfield	74	65 Chevrol	0	$500
30	18	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	67	64 Ford	0	$495
31	22	Frank Warren	79	Harold Rhodes	66	64 Chevrol	0	$465
32	37	Earl Brooks	74	Gene Black	58	64 Ford	0	$550
33	12	Bunkie Blackburn	39	JH Crawford	52	65 Chevrol	0	$480
34	31	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	44	66 Chevrol	0	$475
35	2	Earl Balmer	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	41	65 Dodge	0	$470
36	35	Tiny Lund	24	Betty Lilly	41	66 Ford	0	$515
37	40	Darrell Bryant	65	Buddy Arrington	17	64 Dodge	0	$445
38	24	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	15	64 Ford	0	$380
39	4	Paul Goldsmith	99	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	14	66 Plymout	0	$400
40	32	Friday Hassler	9	Red Sharp	13	66 Chevrol	0	$395
41	36	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	12	64 Ford	0	$465
42	15	Larry Manning	63	Bob Adams	11	65 Plymout	0	$460