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NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

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1966 - American 500 Race Results


Race Name - American 500
Date - 10/30/1966
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 115.988 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 35
Average Race Speed - 104.34 mph
Lead Changes - 20
Total Race Purse - $62,145
Race Number - 49
 More Races from 1966
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Fred Lorenzen 28 HolmanMoody 500 66 Ford 320 $14,550
2 8 Don White 31 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 496 66 Dodge 0 $7,350
3 18 Ned Jarrett 11 Bondy Long 496 66 Ford 0 $4,700
4 12 Cale Yarborough 21 Wood Brothers 494 66 Ford 0 $2,250
5 25 Junior Johnson 47 Junior Johnson 494 66 Ford 0 $1,475
6 7 Buddy Baker 3 Ray Fox 492 65 Dodge 0 $2,700
7 13 David Pearson 6 Cotton Owens 488 66 Dodge 0 $1,100
8 5 Jim Paschal 14 Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) 485 65 Plymout 0 $2,050
9 27 Donnie Allison 5 Robert Harper 478 65 Chevrol 0 $1,525
10 20 James Hylton 48 Econo Wash (Bud Hartje) 475 65 Dodge 0 $1,150
11 31 JT Putney 19 JT Putney 471 66 Chevrol 0 $1,125
12 16 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 468 65 Plymout 0 $940
13 14 Darel Dieringer 15 Junior Johnson 464 66 Ford 0 $905
14 29 Buddy Arrington 1 Paul Lewis 463 65 Plymout 0 $805
15 19 Jack Bowsher 33 Jack Bowsher 462 66 Ford 0 $685
16 33 Frank Warren 79 Harold Rhodes 455 64 Chevrol 0 $925
17 37 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 452 66 Oldsmob 0 $850
18 38 Henley Gray 97 Henley Gray 450 66 Ford 0 $805
19 22 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield 449 64 Ford 0 $725
20 34 Roy Mayne 46 Tom Hunter 447 66 Chevrol 0 $810
21 35 Larry Hess 44 Larry Hess 442 64 Ford 0 $795
22 43 Don Biederman 94 Ron Stotten 440 64 Chevrol 0 $710
23 32 Friday Hassler 9 Red Sharp 438 66 Chevrol 0 $825
24 30 Wayne Smith 38 Archie Smith 438 66 Chevrol 0 $725
25 42 Clyde Lynn 45 Bill Seifert 417 64 Ford 0 $690
26 36 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 402 64 Ford 0 $755
27 3 Gordon Johncock 26 Junior Johnson 375 66 Ford 0 $605
28 2 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 320 66 Plymout 180 $650
29 15 Paul Lewis 42 Petty Enterprises 308 66 Plymout 0 $670
30 26 Bobby Isaac 5 Cotton Owens 293 65 Dodge 0 $615
31 11 Sam McQuagg 98 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 270 66 Dodge 0 $585
32 9 Earl Balmer 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 188 65 Dodge 0 $655
33 4 Dick Hutcherson 29 HolmanMoody 127 66 Ford 0 $550
34 10 Curtis Turner 13 Smokey Yunick 126 66 Chevrol 0 $595
35 40 Wendell Scott 59 Tom Pistone 119 64 Ford 0 $540
36 21 John Sears 4 LG DeWitt 110 64 Ford 0 $535
37 6 Paul Goldsmith 99 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 80 66 Plymout 0 $530
38 24 Bobby Johns 7 Shorty Johns 78 66 Chevrol 0 $525
39 17 LeeRoy Yarbrough 12 Jon Thorne 67 66 Dodge 0 $595
40 39 Neil Castles 86 Buck Baker 58 64 Dodge 0 $555
41 28 Bobby Allison 2 JD Bracken 57 65 Chevrol 0 $510
42 44 Don Tilley 53 George Elliott 48 64 Ford 0 $505
43 41 Tommy Bostick 22 Crawford Brothers 42 65 Chevrol 0 $500
44 23 Tiny Lund 55 Lyle Stelter 2 64 Ford 0 $500