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1966 Columbia 200
Race details
Race 10 of 49 in the 1966 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date April 7, 1966 (1966-April-07)
Official name Columbia 200
Location Columbia Speedway (Columbia, South Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.805 km)
Distance 200 laps, 100 mi (160 km)
Weather Temperatures up to 70 °F (21 °C); wind speeds up to 25.1 miles per hour (40.4 km/h)[1]
Average speed 65.574 miles per hour (105.531 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Tom Pistone
Most laps led
Driver David Pearson Cotton Owens
Laps 130
Winner
No. 6 David Pearson Cotton Owens
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1966 Columbia 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that took place on April 7, 1966 at Columbia Speedway[2] in Columbia, South Carolina.[3][4]

Two hundred laps were done on a dirt track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km).[2][3][4] The race took an hour and thirty-one minutes to decide that David Pearson defeated Paul Goldsmith by a margin of one car length (less than one lap[2]).[3][4] Eleven thousand people attended this race which had eight cautions for 19 laps.[3][4] All 24 competitors were born in the United States of America and were male.[3] Buck Baker and Tiny Lund failed to collect any winnings from this race.[3][4] This race was dominated by Chevrolet and Ford entries.[3][4] Speeds for the racing weekend reached 72.202 miles per hour (116.198 km/h) in qualifying (achieved by Tom Pistone) and 65.747 miles per hour (105.810 km/h) during the actual race.[3]

Buddy Baker was involved in the event's only crash at lap 95.[3][4][5]

Top ten finishers

  1. David Pearson
  2. Paul Goldsmith
  3. Tom Pistone
  4. J.T. Putney
  5. John Sears
  6. Richard Petty
  7. Roy Tyner
  8. Toy Bolton
  9. Wendell Scott
  10. Henley Gray

References

  1. ^ "1966 Columbia 200 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  2. ^ a b c "1966 Columbia 200 information (third reference)". Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "1966 Columbia 200 information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "1966 Columbia 200 information (fourth reference)". Stat Sheet. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  5. ^ "1966 Columbia 200 information (second reference)". Everything Stock Car. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
Preceded by NASCAR Grand National Series Season
1966
Succeeded by