Motor Trend 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 23, 1966

Dan Gurney

Winner

185

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dan Gurney won the 1966 Motor Trend 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 23, 1966, leading 148 of 185 laps. David Pearson finished second; Paul Goldsmith rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 23, 1966

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1966

Winner

Dan Gurney

Leaders

3 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Dan Gurney	Wood Brothers Racing		185	—	Running	148	0
2	1	-1	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	185	—	Running	10	2500
3	6	+3	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	183	—	Running	—	2400
4	3	-1	Curtis Turner	Wood Brothers Racing		183	—	Running	27	2300
5	10	+5	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody		182	—	DNF - Engine	—	2200
6	9	+3	Jim Hurtubise	Norm Nelson (Owner)	Plymouth	182	—	Running	—	0
7	12	+5	Billy Foster	Rudy Hoerr (Owner)	Dodge	181	—	Running	—	0
8	8	—	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)		178	—	Running	—	2100
9	14	+5	Norm Nelson	Norm Nelson (Owner)	Plymouth	176	—	Running	—	0
10	19	+9	Ron Hornaday		Mercury	171	—	Running	—	2000
11	16	+5	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)		171	—	Running	—	1900
12	34	+22	Bobby Allison	Betty Lilly (Owner)		169	—	Running	—	1800
13	23	+10	Johnny Steele	Kyle Gibson (Owner)	Mercury	164	—	Running	—	1700
14	5	-9	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	162	—	Running	—	0
15	27	+12	Don Walker			154	—	DNF	—	1600
16	25	+9	Mario Andretti	Bondy Long (Owner)		154	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
17	38	+21	Walt Price			154	—	Running	—	1500
18	44	+26	J.T. Putney	Toy Bolton (Owner)		150	—	Running	—	1400
19	41	+22	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington (Owner)		146	—	Running	—	1300
20	40	+20	Jerry Oliver			144	—	DNF	—	1200
21	17	-4	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	128	—	DNF	—	1100
22	30	+8	Jack McCoy		Dodge	123	—	DNF - Crash	—	1000
23	35	+12	Carl Cardey			119	—	DNF	—	0
24	18	-6	Clem Proctor	Clem Proctor (Owner)		114	—	DNF - Engine	—	900
25	7	-18	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	105	—	DNF - Engine	—	800
26	11	-15	Cale Yarborough	Matthews Racing		103	—	DNF	—	700
27	29	+2	Cliff Garner		Mercury	98	—	DNF - Crash	—	600
28	31	+3	Dick Guldstrand			65	—	DNF	—	500
29	15	-14	Bobby Isaac	Junior Johnson & Associates		55	—	DNF	—	400
30	4	-26	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		49	—	DNF	—	300
31	13	-18	A.J. Foyt	Junior Johnson & Associates		48	—	DNF	—	0
32	21	-11	Eddie Gray	Ralph Shelton (Owner)	Mercury	43	—	DNF - Engine	—	200
33	24	-9	Carl Joiner	Joiner Racing		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
34	32	-2	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter (Owner)		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
35	22	-13	Skip Hudson			30	—	DNF	—	100
36	20	-16	Scotty Cain	Bill Clifton (Owner)	Mercury	20	—	DNF	—	100
37	36	-1	Bruce Worrell		Plymouth	15	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
38	42	+4	Jim Cook	Floyd Johnson (Owner)		14	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
39	33	-6	Clyde Prickett			11	—	DNF	—	100
40	26	-14	Gene Black	Gene Black (Owner)		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
41	28	-13	Dave James	Jim Whitehead (Owner)	Plymouth	4	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
42	37	-5	Joe Clark	Bob Bristol (Owner)	Mercury	4	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
43	39	-4	Arley Scranton	Arley Scranton (Owner)	Mercury	3	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
44	43	-1	Charles Powell			1	—	DNF	—	100