Asheville 300

New Asheville Speedway — June 3, 1966

David Pearson

Winner

300

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1966 Asheville 300 at New Asheville Speedway on June 3, 1966, leading 291 of 300 laps. J.T. Putney finished second; John Sears rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Friday, June 3, 1966

Track

New Asheville Speedway

Season

1966

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

2 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	300	—	Running	291	400
2	3	+1	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)		299	—	Running	—	384
3	11	+8	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		286	—	Running	—	368
4	6	+2	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	285	—	Running	—	352
5	8	+3	Hank Thomas	W.S. Jenkins (Owner)		284	—	Running	—	336
6	14	+8	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		282	—	Running	—	320
7	12	+5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		281	—	Running	—	304
8	22	+14	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		278	—	Running	—	288
9	9	—	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		273	—	Running	—	272
10	17	+7	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		262	—	Running	—	256
11	5	-6	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		262	—	Running	—	240
12	16	+4	Blackie Watt	Harry Neal (Owner)		261	—	Running	—	224
13	18	+5	Max Ledbetter	Ken Carpenter (Owner)		234	—	Running	—	208
14	13	-1	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)		169	—	DNF - Engine	—	192
15	21	+6	Bill Latham	Seifert Racing		153	—	DNF - Engine	—	176
16	20	+4	Roy Tyner	Truett Rodgers (Owner)		103	—	DNF	—	160
17	1	-16	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	89	—	DNF - Crash	9	144
18	10	-8	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Plymouth	51	—	DNF	—	128
19	4	-15	Jack Ingram	Emory Gilliam (Owner)	Dodge	14	—	DNF	—	112
20	7	-13	Buddy Baker	Joan Petre (Owner)		12	—	DNF	—	96
21	15	-6	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Plymouth	8	—	DNF - Engine	—	80
22	19	-3	Jimmy Helms	David Warren (Owner)		8	—	DNF - Engine	—	64