Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Western North Carolina 500

Asheville Weaverville Speedway

August 21st, 1966

Race #39 of the 1966 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 250.0
  • Average Speed: 76.700 mph
  • Cautions: 3
  • Caution Laps: 23
  • Lead Changes: 8
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 2 16 Darel Dieringer Mercury 0 0 0 500 179 Running
2 6 49 GC Spencer Plymouth 0 0 0 492 0 Running
3 13 48 James Hylton Dodge 0 0 0 486 0 Running
4 16 4 John Sears Ford 0 0 0 478 0 Running
5 15 09 Friday Hassler Chevrolet 0 0 0 470 0 Running
6 22 34 Wendell Scott Ford 0 0 0 468 0 Running
7 12 1 Paul Lewis Plymouth 0 0 0 460 0 Engine
8 9 2 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 0 0 0 457 0 Running
9 26 38 Wayne Smith Chevrolet 0 0 0 450 0 Running
10 27 95 Clyde Lynn Ford 0 0 0 440 0 Running
11 18 65 Buddy Arrington Dodge 0 0 0 432 0 Running
12 24 93 Blackie Watt Ford 0 0 0 431 0 Running
13 5 6 David Pearson Dodge 0 0 0 426 0 Engine
14 23 88 Neil Castles Chevrolet 0 0 0 424 0 Running
15 8 11 Ned Jarrett Ford 0 0 0 420 0 Engine
16 29 35 Max Ledbetter Oldsmobile 0 0 0 415 0 Running
17 14 02 Bob Cooper Plymouth 0 0 0 375 0 Engine
18 4 42 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 369 125 Overheating
19 1 26 Junior Johnson Ford 0 0 0 321 195 Engine
20 25 10 Paul Bumhaver Ford 0 0 0 291 0 Transmission
21 10 19 JT Putney Chevrolet 0 0 0 254 0 Brakes
22 11 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 0 204 0 Running
23 19 97 Henley Gray Ford 0 0 0 195 0 Crash
24 30 70 JD McDuffie Ford 0 0 0 194 0 Crash
25 7 29 Dick Hutcherson Ford 0 0 0 168 1 Engine
26 20 87 Doug Cooper Oldsmobile 0 0 0 167 0 Axle
27 21 75 Earl Brooks Ford 0 0 0 153 0 Differential
28 17 73 Buddy Baker Ford 0 0 0 140 0 Clutch
29 28 61 Joel Davis Chevrolet 0 0 0 53 0 Engine
30 3 47 Curtis Turner Chevrolet 0 0 0 3 0 Engine