1967 National 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1967 National 500
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	N/A

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

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1967 National 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1967 National 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Buddy Baker	3	4	$18,950	334	running	Ray Fox
2	Bobby Isaac	71	15	$9,480	333	running	K & K Insurance
3	Dick Hutcherson	29	8	$5,860	332	running	Bondy Long
4	Charlie Glotzbach	72	9	$4,250	329	running	K & K Insurance
8	Neil Castles	6	27	$1,775	315	running	Neil Castles
9	Buddy Arrington	69	32	$1,575	311	running	Buddy Arrington
10	Cale Yarborough	21	1	$2,100	301	engine	Wood Brothers
12	Henley Gray	19	41	$1,395	297	running	Roy Dutton
13	Bobby Allison	37	14	$1,350	294	engine	K & K Insurance
15	Donnie Allison	12	13	$1,325	284	engine	Jon Thorne
18	Richard Petty	43	5	$1,225	268	engine	Petty Enterprises
19	Darel Dieringer	6	6	$1,350	257	trans	Cotton Owens
20	Sonny Hutchins	90	26	$1,150	247	engine	Junie Donlavey
22	A.J. Foyt	27	2	$1,175	212	engine	Banjo Matthews
23	Clyde Lynn	20	44	$1,100	208	diff	Clyde Lynn
24	David Pearson	17	7	$1,680	191	crash	Holman-Moody
25	Jim Paschal	14	11	$1,125	190	crash	Friedkin Enterprises
26	Jack Bowsher	1	20	$1,100	190	crash	Jack Bowsher
27	Mario Andretti	11	17	$975	182	crash	Holman-Moody
28	Wendell Scott	49	35	$950	182	clutch	G.C. Spencer
30	Elmo Langley	64	28	$900	109	engine	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield
31	Red Farmer	97	23	$900	104	engine	Henley Gray
34	Curtis Turner	74	18	$800	82	clutch	Turkey Minton
36	Friday Hassler	39	29	$750	58	engine	Red Sharp
37	Larry Hess	67	39	$800	53	engine	Buddy Arrington
38	Paul Goldsmith	99	3	$750	41	crash	Nichels Engineering
39	Bob Cooper	2	34	$685	40	trans	Bob Cooper
42	Gordon Johncock	16	12	$720	28	crash	Bud Moore
43	James Hylton	48	10	$760	19	oil press	Bud Hartje
44	Whitey Gerkin	54	16	$625	2	crash	Whitey Gerkin