NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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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 - Peach Blossom 500 Race Results
| Race Name - Peach Blossom 500Date - 3/13/1966Race Track - North Carolina Motor SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 1 milesRace Length (Miles) - 500 milesPole Speed - 116.684 mphNumber of Cautions - 10Caution Laps - 70Average Race Speed - 100.02 mphLead Changes - 26Total Race Purse - $60,595Race Number - 6 | More Races from 1966 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 1 | Paul Goldsmith | 99 | Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) | 500 | 66 Plymout | 159 | $14,340 |
| 2 | 8 | Cale Yarborough | 27 | Abingdon Motors (Banjo Matthews) | 500 | 66 Ford | 177 | $7,875 |
| 3 | 19 | Bobby Allison | 24 | Betty Lilly | 488 | 65 Ford | 0 | $4,250 |
| 4 | 27 | Harold Smith | 55 | Lyle Stelter | 480 | 64 Ford | 0 | $2,675 |
| 5 | 24 | John Sears | 4 | LG DeWitt | 478 | 64 Ford | 0 | $1,750 |
| 6 | 26 | Roy Mayne | 46 | Tom Hunter | 475 | 66 Chevrol | 0 | $1,800 |
| 7 | 14 | Elmo Langley | 64 | Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield | 472 | 64 Ford | 0 | $1,150 |
| 8 | 2 | David Pearson | 6 | Cotton Owens | 470 | 66 Dodge | 25 | $1,340 |
| 9 | 35 | Henley Gray | 97 | Henley Gray | 465 | 66 Ford | 0 | $1,095 |
| 10 | 38 | Worth McMillion | 83 | Allen McMillion | 452 | 64 Pontiac | 0 | $1,030 |
| 11 | 13 | JT Putney | 19 | JT Putney | 440 | 66 Chevrol | 0 | $845 |
| 12 | 29 | Neil Castles | 87 | Buck Baker | 430 | 66 Oldsmob | 0 | $820 |
| 13 | 15 | Buddy Baker | 88 | Buck Baker | 424 | 65 Chevrol | 0 | $795 |
| 14 | 16 | Clyde Lynn | 20 | Clyde Lynn | 424 | 64 Ford | 0 | $770 |
| 15 | 32 | Doug Cooper | 2 | Bob Cooper | 423 | 65 Plymout | 0 | $945 |
| 16 | 44 | JD McDuffie | 70 | JD McDuffie | 420 | 64 Ford | 0 | $725 |
| 17 | 6 | Marvin Panch | 21 | Wood Brothers | 402 | 66 Ford | 17 | $705 |
| 18 | 3 | Curtis Turner | 41 | Wood Brothers | 376 | 66 Ford | 12 | $770 |
| 19 | 12 | James Hylton | 48 | Econo Wash (Bud Hartje) | 302 | 65 Dodge | 0 | $675 |
| 20 | 17 | Jim Paschal | 14 | Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) | 276 | 66 Plymout | 33 | $910 |
| 21 | 25 | Paul Lewis | 1 | Paul Lewis | 275 | 65 Plymout | 0 | $735 |
| 22 | 33 | Tiny Lund | 10 | Larry DeBeau | 267 | 64 Ford | 0 | $725 |
| 23 | 42 | Gene Black | 74 | Gene Black | 266 | 64 Ford | 0 | $630 |
| 24 | 39 | Wayne Smith | 38 | Archie Smith | 221 | 66 Chevrol | 0 | $630 |
| 25 | 22 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Buddy Arrington | 196 | 64 Dodge | 0 | $595 |
| 26 | 10 | Fred Lorenzen | 28 | HolmanMoody | 193 | 66 Ford | 24 | $760 |
| 27 | 28 | Bub Strickler | 33 | Curtis Satterfield | 148 | 65 Chevrol | 0 | $585 |
| 28 | 43 | Gene Cline | 95 | Gene Cline | 147 | 64 Ford | 0 | $590 |
| 29 | 5 | Dick Hutcherson | 29 | HolmanMoody | 132 | 66 Ford | 0 | $575 |
| 30 | 9 | Sam McQuagg | 98 | Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) | 131 | 66 Dodge | 26 | $790 |
| 31 | 37 | Roy Tyner | 9 | Roy Tyner | 101 | 66 Chevrol | 0 | $600 |
| 32 | 18 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | 12 | Jon Thorne | 89 | 66 Dodge | 17 | $700 |
| 33 | 21 | Wendell Scott | 34 | Wendell Scott | 79 | 65 Ford | 0 | $555 |
| 34 | 23 | Bunkie Blackburn | 50 | Jim Bangsberry | 53 | 66 Chevrol | 0 | $550 |
| 35 | 11 | Darel Dieringer | 43 | Petty Enterprises | 52 | 66 Plymout | 0 | $545 |
| 36 | 7 | Ned Jarrett | 11 | Bondy Long | 35 | 66 Ford | 0 | $1,040 |
| 37 | 4 | Bobby Isaac | 26 | Junior Johnson | 34 | 66 Ford | 10 | $585 |
| 38 | 30 | Toy Bolton | 61 | Toy Bolton | 27 | 66 Chevrol | 0 | $530 |
| 39 | 41 | Joel Davis | 77 | Harold Mays | 17 | 65 Plymout | 0 | $545 |
| 40 | 36 | Harold Dunaway | 85 | 14 | 65 Plymout | 0 | $560 | |
| 41 | 20 | Tom Pistone | 59 | Tom Pistone | 13 | 64 Ford | 0 | $515 |
| 42 | 40 | Tex McCullough | 45 | Bill Seifert | 5 | 64 Ford | 0 | $535 |
| 43 | 34 | Bobby Johns | 7 | Shorty Johns | 4 | 66 Chevrol | 0 | $555 |
| 44 | 31 | GC Spencer | 49 | GC Spencer | 1 | 65 Plymout | 0 | $900 |
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