Wilkes 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway — October 2, 1966

Dick Hutcherson

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dick Hutcherson won the 1966 Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on October 2, 1966, leading 94 of 400 laps. David Pearson finished second; Paul Lewis rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, October 2, 1966

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

1966

Winner

Dick Hutcherson

Leaders

3 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Dick Hutcherson	Bondy Long (Owner)		400	—	Running	94	850
2	11	+9	David Pearson	Owens Racing	Dodge	400	—	Running	—	816
3	7	+4	Paul Lewis	Paul Lewis (Owner)	Plymouth	400	—	Running	—	782
4	35	+31	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	397	—	Running	—	748
5	15	+10	James Hylton	Bud Hartje (Owner)	Dodge	395	—	Running	—	714
6	17	+11	Curtis Turner	Toy Bolton (Owner)		391	—	Running	—	680
7	25	+18	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		389	—	Running	—	646
8	14	+6	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		389	—	Running	—	612
9	13	+4	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		387	—	Running	—	578
10	16	+6	Buddy Baker	Joan Petre (Owner)		385	—	Running	—	544
11	19	+8	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		382	—	Running	—	510
12	21	+9	Tom Pistone	Pistone Racing		381	—	DNF - Engine	—	476
13	31	+18	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		375	—	Running	—	442
14	26	+12	Neil Castles	Buck Baker Racing	Dodge	375	—	Running	—	408
15	22	+7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	371	—	Running	—	374
16	24	+8	Earl Brooks	Gene Black (Owner)		369	—	Running	—	340
17	27	+10	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		368	—	Running	—	306
18	33	+15	Bill Seifert	Gene Cline (Owner)		361	—	Running	—	272
19	6	-13	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing		355	—	DNF - Engine	—	238
20	34	+14	Ernest Eury			354	—	Running	—	204
21	30	+9	Larry Manning	Bob Adams (Owner)	Plymouth	323	—	Running	—	170
22	32	+10	Max Ledbetter	Ken Carpenter (Owner)		312	—	DNF	—	136
23	3	-20	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		307	—	DNF - Engine	213	102
24	5	-19	Darel Dieringer	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	212	—	DNF - Crash	—	68
25	29	+4	Jabe Thomas	Handy Racing		210	—	DNF	—	34
26	2	-24	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	186	—	DNF	—	34
27	20	-7	Don Biederman	Ron Stotten (Owner)		134	—	DNF	—	34
28	1	-27	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates		129	—	DNF - Engine	93	34
29	8	-21	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		111	—	DNF	—	34
30	10	-20	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)		92	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
31	18	-13	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		83	—	DNF	—	34
32	12	-20	J.T. Putney	J.T. Putney (Owner)		60	—	DNF	—	34
33	23	-10	Joel Davis	Toy Bolton (Owner)		55	—	DNF	—	34
34	9	-25	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	38	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	28	-7	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		29	—	DNF	—	34