Gwyn Staley 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway — April 17, 1966

Jim Paschal

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jim Paschal won the 1966 Gwyn Staley 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on April 17, 1966, leading 308 of 400 laps. G.C. Spencer finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, April 17, 1966

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

1966

Winner

Jim Paschal

Leaders

2 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	400	—	Running	308	800
2	7	+5	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	394	—	Running	—	768
3	2	-1	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	382	—	DNF - Engine	—	736
4	26	+22	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		378	—	Running	—	704
5	25	+20	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		375	—	Running	—	672
6	15	+9	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		371	—	Running	—	640
7	29	+22	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		370	—	Running	—	608
8	35	+27	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Plymouth	362	—	Running	—	576
9	27	+18	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		357	—	Running	—	544
10	32	+22	Gene Cline	Gene Cline (Owner)		350	—	Running	—	512
11	4	-7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	347	—	Running	92	480
12	36	+24	Hank Thomas	W.S. Jenkins (Owner)		345	—	Running	—	448
13	18	+5	Wayne Woodward	Wayne Woodward (Owner)		331	—	DNF	—	416
14	9	-5	Buddy Baker	Gene Black (Owner)		317	—	Running	—	384
15	17	+2	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		287	—	Running	—	352
16	30	+14	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		267	—	DNF - Engine	—	320
17	6	-11	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	266	—	DNF - Engine	—	288
18	20	+2	Jabe Thomas	Handy Racing		246	—	DNF	—	256
19	24	+5	Larry Manning	Bob Adams (Owner)	Plymouth	245	—	Running	—	224
20	28	+8	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		239	—	DNF	—	192
21	14	-7	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		228	—	DNF - Engine	—	160
22	19	-3	Buddy Arrington	Joan Petre (Owner)		210	—	DNF	—	128
23	37	+14	Roy Tyner	Truett Rodgers (Owner)		198	—	DNF	—	96
24	11	-13	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	193	—	DNF	—	64
25	33	+8	Jimmy Helms	David Warren (Owner)		152	—	DNF	—	32
26	5	-21	Bobby Allison	Betty Lilly (Owner)		146	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
27	23	-4	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		143	—	DNF	—	32
28	22	-6	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		112	—	DNF	—	32
29	16	-13	Joel Davis	Harold Mays (Owner)	Plymouth	111	—	DNF	—	32
30	8	-22	Doug Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Plymouth	92	—	DNF	—	32
31	12	-19	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)		89	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
32	10	-22	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Dodge	77	—	DNF	—	32
33	13	-20	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis (Owner)	Plymouth	49	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
34	34	—	Max Ledbetter	Ken Carpenter (Owner)		47	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
35	21	-14	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	30	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	31	-5	Ernest Eury	Joan Petre (Owner)		22	—	DNF	—	32
37	3	-34	Tom Pistone	Pistone Racing		5	—	DNF - Crash	—	32