Dixie 400

Atlanta Motor Speedway — August 7, 1966

Richard Petty

Winner

267

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1966 Dixie 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on August 7, 1966, leading 90 of 267 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Sam McQuagg rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, August 7, 1966

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1966

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	267	—	Running	90	2500
2	6	+4	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	267	—	Running	62	2400
3	9	+6	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	260	—	Running	—	2300
4	17	+13	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	259	—	Running	—	2200
5	16	+11	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	255	—	Running	1	2100
6	20	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	254	—	Running	—	2000
7	38	+31	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		251	—	Running	—	1900
8	13	+5	Eddie MacDonald (Tifton, GA)	Buck Baker Racing		251	—	Running	—	1800
9	33	+24	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		249	—	Running	—	1700
10	21	+11	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)		248	—	Running	—	1600
11	14	+3	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington (Owner)		242	—	Running	—	1500
12	29	+17	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)		241	—	Running	—	1400
13	26	+13	Johnny Wynn	John McCarthy (Owner)	Mercury	233	—	Running	—	1300
14	28	+14	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)		226	—	Running	—	1200
15	27	+12	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		216	—	Running	—	1100
16	10	-6	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	211	—	DNF - Engine	15	1000
17	39	+22	Jimmy Helms	David Warren (Owner)		209	—	Running	—	900
18	25	+7	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		207	—	Running	—	800
19	30	+11	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing		183	—	DNF - Engine	—	700
20	41	+21	E.J. Trivette	Gene Cline (Owner)		183	—	Running	—	600
21	23	+2	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)		149	—	DNF	—	500
22	42	+20	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		148	—	DNF	—	400
23	3	-20	Fred Lorenzen	Junior Johnson & Associates		139	—	DNF - Crash	24	300
24	1	-23	Curtis Turner	Smokey Yunick Racing		130	—	DNF	60	200
25	11	-14	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		117	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
26	7	-19	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	108	—	DNF - Engine	15	100
27	34	+7	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	106	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
28	8	-20	Marvin Panch	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	98	—	DNF	—	100
29	19	-10	Eldon Yarbrough	Curtis Satterfield (Owner)		74	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
30	18	-12	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		67	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
31	22	-9	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
32	37	+5	Earl Brooks	Gene Black (Owner)		58	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
33	12	-21	Bunkie Blackburn	J.H. Crawford (Owner)		52	—	DNF	—	100
34	31	-3	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		44	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
35	2	-33	Earl Balmer	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	41	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
36	35	-1	Tiny Lund	Betty Lilly (Owner)		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
37	40	+3	Darrell Bryant	Arrington Racing	Dodge	17	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
38	24	-14	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
39	4	-35	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	14	—	DNF	—	100
40	32	-8	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		13	—	DNF	—	100
41	36	-5	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		12	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
42	15	-27	Larry Manning	Bob Adams (Owner)	Plymouth	11	—	DNF - Engine	—	100