Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — February 27, 1966

Richard Petty

Winner

198

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1966 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 27, 1966, leading 108 of 198 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, February 27, 1966

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1966

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	198	—	Running	108	5050
2	19	+17	Cale Yarborough	Matthews Racing		197	—	Running	33	4848
3	12	+9	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	196	—	Running	—	4646
4	9	+5	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		196	—	Running	—	4444
5	11	+6	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	195	—	Running	—	4242
6	6	—	Jim Hurtubise	Norm Nelson (Owner)	Plymouth	195	—	Running	4	0
7	10	+3	Ned Jarrett	Bondy Long (Owner)		195	—	Running	—	4040
8	8	—	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne (Owner)	Dodge	193	—	Running	—	3838
9	23	+14	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	193	—	Running	—	3636
10	17	+7	Larry Frank	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	192	—	Running	—	3434
11	16	+5	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	192	—	Running	—	0
12	15	+3	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	192	—	Running	—	3232
13	28	+15	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		184	—	Running	—	3030
14	37	+23	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)		184	—	Running	—	2828
15	43	+28	Jabe Thomas	Handy Racing		182	—	Running	—	2626
16	20	+4	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		177	—	Running	—	2424
17	31	+14	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		172	—	Running	—	2222
18	3	-15	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	153	—	DNF	43	2020
19	33	+14	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		148	—	DNF	—	1818
20	44	+24	Bobby Allison	Betty Lilly (Owner)		143	—	DNF - Engine	—	1616
21	14	-7	Bobby Isaac	Junior Johnson & Associates		141	—	DNF - Crash	—	1414
22	32	+10	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		136	—	DNF	—	1212
23	45	+22	Johnny Allen	Reid Shaw (Owner)		132	—	DNF	—	1010
24	18	-6	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	130	—	DNF - Engine	—	808
25	21	-4	Curtis Turner	Wood Brothers Racing		122	—	DNF	—	606
26	7	-19	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing		119	—	DNF	8	404
27	5	-22	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	115	—	DNF	—	0
28	42	+14	Johnny Rutherford	Curtis Satterfield (Owner)		115	—	DNF - Crash	—	202
29	13	-16	Gordon Johncock	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	112	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
30	29	-1	Ned Setzer	Toy Bolton (Owner)		110	—	DNF	—	202
31	48	+17	Blackie Watt	Harry Neal (Owner)		107	—	DNF	—	202
32	36	+4	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing		69	—	DNF - Engine	—	202
33	22	-11	A.J. Foyt	Junior Johnson & Associates		46	—	DNF	—	0
34	35	+1	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		40	—	DNF	—	202
35	2	-33	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody		38	—	DNF	2	202
36	40	+4	Bunkie Blackburn	Bob Rosenthal (Owner)		36	—	DNF - Engine	—	202
37	39	+2	Mario Andretti	Smokey Yunick Racing		31	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
38	30	-8	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		29	—	DNF	—	202
39	46	+7	Lionel Johnson	Clay Esteridge (Owner)		28	—	DNF - Engine	—	202
40	47	+7	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)		28	—	DNF	—	202
41	4	-37	Earl Balmer	Fox Racing	Dodge	21	—	DNF - Engine	—	202
42	38	-4	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)		19	—	DNF	—	202
43	25	-18	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		13	—	DNF	—	202
44	49	+5	Ronnie Chumley	Bailey Racing		8	—	DNF - Engine	—	202
45	26	-19	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	202
46	27	-19	Jeff Hawkins	Hubert Howard (Owner)		4	—	DNF	—	202
47	50	+3	Sonny Hutchins	Donlavey Racing		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	202
48	34	-14	Bob Derrington	Bub Strickler (Owner)		2	—	DNF	—	202
49	24	-25	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	202
50	41	-9	Rene Charland	Ed Ackerman (Owner)		1	—	DNF	—	202