Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — September 5, 1966

Darel Dieringer

Winner

364

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darel Dieringer won the 1966 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 5, 1966, leading 105 of 364 laps. Richard Petty finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, September 5, 1966

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1966

Winner

Darel Dieringer

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	364	—	Running	105	2600
2	2	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	364	—	Running	131	2496
3	13	+10	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	361	—	Running	1	2392
4	14	+10	Marvin Panch	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	360	—	Running	14	2288
5	9	+4	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		360	—	Running	—	0
6	11	+5	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	360	—	Running	—	2184
7	10	+3	Dick Hutcherson	Holman Moody		358	—	Running	1	0
8	1	-7	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jon Thorne (Owner)	Dodge	358	—	Running	35	2080
9	5	-4	Sam McQuagg	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	358	—	Running	23	1976
10	18	+8	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	358	—	Running	—	1872
11	7	-4	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing		356	—	Running	33	0
12	21	+9	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis (Owner)	Plymouth	353	—	Running	—	1768
13	20	+7	Ned Jarrett	Bernard Alvarez (Owner)		350	—	Running	—	1664
14	12	-2	Curtis Turner	Junior Johnson & Associates		348	—	DNF - Crash	12	1560
15	16	+1	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	348	—	Running	—	1456
16	4	-12	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	345	—	DNF - Engine	9	1352
17	19	+2	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		341	—	Running	—	1248
18	23	+5	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		336	—	Running	—	1144
19	25	+6	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)		333	—	Running	—	1040
20	39	+19	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		327	—	Running	—	936
21	43	+22	Larry Hess	Larry Hess (Owner)		326	—	Running	—	832
22	38	+16	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		323	—	Running	—	728
23	36	+13	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing		321	—	Running	—	624
24	42	+18	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		317	—	Running	—	520
25	37	+12	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		308	—	Running	—	416
26	30	+4	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		305	—	DNF - Engine	—	312
27	26	-1	Bunkie Blackburn		Mercury	287	—	Running	—	208
28	24	-4	Tiny Lund	Betty Lilly (Owner)		248	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
29	28	-1	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		196	—	DNF	—	104
30	6	-24	Earl Balmer	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	185	—	DNF - Crash	—	104
31	31	—	Blackie Watt	Harry Neal (Owner)		172	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
32	41	+9	Earl Brooks	Gene Black (Owner)		120	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
33	8	-25	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	97	—	DNF	—	104
34	32	-2	Eddie MacDonald (Tifton, GA)	Buck Baker Racing		97	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
35	22	-13	Stick Elliott	Toy Bolton (Owner)		78	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
36	33	-3	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)		71	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
37	17	-20	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		56	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
38	44	+6	Bob Derrington	Bob Derrington (Owner)		51	—	DNF	—	104
39	29	-10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	50	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
40	34	-6	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		26	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
41	27	-14	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		22	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
42	35	-7	Doug Cooper	Handy Racing		16	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
43	15	-28	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	7	—	DNF	—	104
44	40	-4	Jimmy Helms	Joan Petre (Owner)		1	—	DNF	—	104