American 500

Rockingham Speedway — October 30, 1966

Fred Lorenzen

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Fred Lorenzen won the 1966 American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on October 30, 1966, leading 320 of 500 laps. Don White finished second; Ned Jarrett rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, October 30, 1966

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1966

Winner

Fred Lorenzen

Leaders

2 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		500	—	Running	320	2700
2	8	+6	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	496	—	Running	—	0
3	18	+15	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)		496	—	Running	—	2592
4	12	+8	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing		494	—	Running	—	2484
5	25	+20	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates		494	—	Running	—	2376
6	7	+1	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	492	—	Running	—	2268
7	13	+6	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	488	—	Running	—	2160
8	5	-3	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	485	—	Running	—	2052
9	27	+18	Donnie Allison	Robert Harper (Owner)		478	—	Running	—	1944
10	20	+10	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	475	—	Running	—	1836
11	31	+20	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)		471	—	Running	—	1728
12	16	+4	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	468	—	Running	—	1620
13	14	+1	Darel Dieringer	Junior Johnson & Associates		464	—	DNF	—	1512
14	29	+15	Buddy Arrington	Paul Lewis (Owner)	Plymouth	463	—	Running	—	1404
15	19	+4	Jack Bowsher	Jack Bowsher & Associates		462	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
16	33	+17	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		455	—	Running	—	1296
17	37	+20	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		452	—	Running	—	1188
18	38	+20	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		450	—	Running	—	1080
19	22	+3	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		449	—	DNF - Engine	—	972
20	34	+14	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		447	—	Running	—	864
21	35	+14	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)		442	—	DNF - Engine	—	756
22	43	+21	Don Biederman	Ron Stotten (Owner)		440	—	Running	—	748
23	32	+9	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		438	—	DNF - Engine	—	540
24	30	+6	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		438	—	Running	—	432
25	42	+17	Clyde Lynn	Seifert Racing		417	—	Running	—	324
26	36	+10	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		402	—	Running	—	216
27	3	-24	Gordon Johncock	Junior Johnson & Associates		375	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
28	2	-26	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	320	—	DNF - Engine	180	108
29	15	-14	Paul Lewis	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	308	—	DNF - Engine	—	108
30	26	-4	Bobby Isaac	Owens Racing	Dodge	293	—	DNF	—	108
31	11	-20	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	270	—	DNF - Engine	—	108
32	9	-23	Earl Balmer	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	188	—	DNF - Engine	—	108
33	4	-29	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody		127	—	DNF - Crash	—	108
34	10	-24	Curtis Turner	Smokey Yunick Racing		126	—	DNF - Engine	—	108
35	40	+5	Wendell Scott	Pistone Racing		119	—	DNF - Engine	—	108
36	21	-15	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		110	—	DNF - Engine	—	108
37	6	-31	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	80	—	DNF	—	108
38	24	-14	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		78	—	DNF	—	108
39	17	-22	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne (Owner)	Dodge	67	—	DNF - Crash	—	108
40	39	-1	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Dodge	58	—	DNF	—	108
41	28	-13	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)		57	—	DNF - Engine	—	108
42	44	+2	Don Tilley	George Elliott Racing		48	—	DNF	—	108
43	41	-2	Tommy Bostick			42	—	DNF - Engine	—	108
44	23	-21	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter (Owner)		2	—	DNF	—	108