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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]

Two hundred laps were done on a dirt track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km).[2][3] 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] Eleven thousand people attended this race which had eight cautions for 19 laps.[3] 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] This race was dominated by Chevrolet and Ford entries.[3] 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]

Timeline

  • Start of race: Tim Pistone started the race with the pole position
  • Lap 13: Tiny Lund's overheating vehicle apparently sealed his last-place finish in this event
  • Lap 16: The water pump on Buck Baker's vehicle developed problems; causing him to leave the race early
  • Lap 54: David Pearson took over the lead from Tom Pistone
  • Lap 63: Bill Seifert's brakes acted up; forcing him to exit the race
  • Lap 85: J.T. Putney took over the lead from David Pearson
  • Lap 86: Paul Goldsmith took over the lead from J.T. Putney
  • Lap 95: Buddy Baker had a terminal crash; ending his hopes of winning the race
  • Lap 102: David Pearson took over the lead from Paul Goldsmith
  • Lap 123: Jimmy Helms' vehicle ended up overheating; causing him to withdraw from the event
  • Lap 161: Stick Elliott's engine became problematic; forcing him to leave the race
  • End of race: David Pearson won the race

Finishing order

  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
  11. Wayne Woodward
  12. Clyde Lynn
  13. Gene Cline
  14. J.D. McDuffie
  15. Neil Castles
  16. Joel Davis
  17. Jim Tatum
  18. Stick Elliott*
  19. Jimmy Helms*
  20. Buddy Baker*
  21. Bill Seifert*
  22. Elmo Langley*
  23. Buck Baker*
  24. Tiny Lund*

* Driver failed to finish race

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. ^ "1966 Columbia 200 information (second reference)". Everything Stock Car. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
Preceded by NASCAR Grand National Series Season
1966 		Succeeded by
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