1966 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Motor Trend 500 Race Results

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1966 - Motor Trend 500 Race Results

Race Name - Motor Trend 500
Date - 1/23/1966
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.7 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 106.078 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 97.952 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $62,540
Race Number - 2

More Races from 1966

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Dan Gurney	121	Harvest Motors (Wood Brothers)	185	66 Ford	148	$18,445
2	1	David Pearson	6	Southeastern Dodge Dealers (Cotton Owens)	185	65 Dodge	10	$8,395
3	6	Paul Goldsmith	99	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	183	65 Plymout	0	$5,055
4	3	Curtis Turner	41	Harvest Motors (Wood Brothers)	183	66 Ford	27	$3,445
5	10	Dick Hutcherson	29	HolmanMoody	182	66 Ford	0	$2,120
6	9	Jim Hurtubise	56	Plymouth (Norm Nelson)	182	65 Plymout	0	$1,335
7	12	Billy Foster	22	Rudy Hoerr	181	64 Dodge	0	$1,275
8	8	Ned Jarrett	11	Bondy Long	178	66 Ford	0	$1,575
9	14	Norm Nelson	1	Norm Nelson	176	65 Plymout	0	$1,000
10	19	Ron Hornaday	18	Frank Galpin	171	64 Mercury	0	$900
11	16	Jerry Grant	4	Friedkin Enterprises Bardahl (Tom Friedkin)	171	65 Chevrol	0	$850
12	34	Bobby Allison	24	Ford Lilly (Betty Lilly)	169	65 Ford	0	$650
13	23	Johnny Steele	2	Kyle Gibson	164	64 Mercury	0	$625
14	5	Don White	98	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	162	65 Dodge	0	$680
15	27	Don Walker	10	Don Walker	154	64 Ford	0	$590
16	25	Mario Andretti	71	Bondy Long	154	66 Ford	0	$580
17	38	Walt Price	63	Walt Price	154	65 Buick	0	$575
18	44	JT Putney	61	Toy Bolton	150	65 Oldsmob	0	$570
19	41	Bob Derrington	68	Bob Derrington	146	63 Ford	0	$565
20	40	Jerry Oliver	8	Coz Concilla	144	65 Chevrol	0	$560
21	17	James Hylton	48	Econo Wash (Bud Hartje)	128	65 Dodge	0	$630
22	30	Jack McCoy	7	Charles Bell	123	64 Dodge	0	$540
23	35	Carl Cardey	45	Bill Seifert	119	64 Ford	0	$530
24	18	Clem Proctor	33	Clem Proctor	114	64 Ford	0	$600
25	7	Richard Petty	43	Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	105	65 Plymout	0	$550
26	11	Cale Yarborough	27	Banjo Matthews	103	66 Ford	0	$650
27	29	Cliff Garner	89	Cliff Garner	98	64 Mercury	0	$500
28	31	Dick Guldstrand	0	Bardahl	65	64 Chevrol	0	$500
29	15	Bobby Isaac	26	Junior Johnson	55	66 Ford	0	$550
30	4	Marvin Panch	21	Wood Brothers	45	66 Ford	0	$600
31	13	AJ Foyt	47	Holly Farms Poultry (Junior Johnson)	45	66 Ford	0	$575
32	21	Eddie Gray	198	Ralph Shelton	43	64 Mercury	0	$500
33	24	Carl Joiner	126	Dean Thorne	41	63 Chevrol	0	$500
34	32	Tiny Lund	55	Lyle Stelter	34	65 Ford	0	$500
35	22	Skip Hudson	9	Janice Bailey	30	65 Chevrol	0	$500
36	20	Scotty Cain	145	Bill Clinton	20	64 Mercury	0	$525
37	36	Bruce Worrell	3	Bob Bristol	15	63 Plymout	0	$500
38	42	Jim Cook	16	Floyd Johnson	14	64 Oldsmob	0	$500
39	33	Clyde Prickett	34	Wendell Scott	11	64 Ford	0	$500
40	26	Gene Black	74	Gene Black	4	66 Ford	0	$500
41	28	Dave James	6	Jim Whitehead	4	65 Plymout	0	$500
42	37	Joe Clark	14	Bob Bristol	4	64 Mercury	0	$500
43	39	Arley Scranton	111	Arley Scranton	3	64 Mercury	0	$500
44	43	Charles Powell	38	Charles Powell	1	64 Ford	0	$500