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1966 Southern 500
Held on September 5, 1966 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC (Second configuration)
364 L, 500.5 M, 805.475 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	16	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore	1966 Mercury	364	105	running
2	2	43	Richard Petty	GTX Plymouth	1966 Plymouth	364	131	running
3	13	6	David Pearson	Cotton Owens	1966 Dodge	361	1	running
4	14	42	Marvin Panch	Petty Enterprises	1966 Plymouth	360	14	running
5	9	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	1966 Ford	360	0	running
6	11	14	Jim Paschal	Friedkin Enterprises	1966 Plymouth	360	0	running
7	10	29	Dick Hutcherson	East Tennessee Motor Co.	1965 Ford	358	1	running
8	1	12	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne	1966 Dodge	358	35	running
9	5	98	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	1966 Dodge	358	23	running
10	18	49	G.C. Spencer		1966 Plymouth	358	0	running
11	7	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers	1966 Ford	356	33	running
12	21	1	Paul Lewis		1965 Plymouth	353	0	running
13	20	11	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long	1966 Ford	350	0	running
14	12	26	Curtis Turner	Holly Farms	1966 Ford	348	12	accident
15	16	48	James Hylton	Econo Wash	1965 Dodge	348	0	running
16	4	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	1966 Plymouth	345	9	engine
17	19	36	H.B. Bailey		1966 Pontiac	341	0	running
18	23	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley, Henry Woodfield	1964 Ford	336	0	running
19	25	19	J.T. Putney		1966 Chevrolet	333	0	running
20	40	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	1964 Ford	327	0	running
21	44	44	Larry Hess		1964 Ford	326	0	running
22	38	97	Henley Gray		1966 Ford	323	0	running
23	36	88	Neil Castles	Buck Baker	1966 Chevrolet	321	0	running
24	43	34	Wendell Scott		1965 Ford	317	0	running
25	37	72	Bill Champion		1964 Ford	308	0	running
26	30	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes	1964 Chevrolet	305	0	engine
27	26	20	Bunkie Blackburn		1964 Mercury	287	0	running
28	24	24	Tiny Lund	Betty Lilly	1966 Ford	248	0	engine
29	28	09	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp	1966 Chevrolet	196	0	wheel bearing
30	6	71	Earl Balmer	K & K Insurance	1965 Dodge	185	0	accident
31	31	93	Blackie Watt	Harry Neal	1964 Ford	172	0	engine
32	42	75	Earl Brooks	Gene Black	1966 Ford	120	0	engine
33	8	3	Buddy Baker	Ray Fox	1965 Dodge	97	0	throttle
34	32	89	Eddie MacDonald	Buck Baker	1965 Chevrolet	97	0	engine
35	22	47	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton	1966 Chevrolet	78	0	valve
36	33	2	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken	1965 Chevrolet	71	0	engine
37	17	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	1966 Chevrolet	56	0	engine
38	39	51	Bob Derrington		1965 Chevrolet	51	0	cam
39	29	67	Buddy Arrington		1965 Dodge	50	0	engine
40	34	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith	1966 Chevrolet	26	0	engine
41	27	87	Buck Baker		1966 Oldsmobile	22	0	engine
42	35	25	Doug Cooper	Jeff Handy	1964 Ford	16	0	engine
43	15	04	Jerry Grant	Friedkin Enterprises	1965 Plymouth	7	0	transmission
44	41	73	Jimmy Helms	Joan Petre	1964 Ford	1	0	driveshaft

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered