1966 World 600 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1966 World 600
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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1966 World 600 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1966 World 600, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Marvin Panch	42	7	$26,060	400	running	Petty Enterprises
4	James Hylton	48	18	$4,325	391	running	Bud Hartje
5	Neil Castles	87	37	$3,440	371	running	Buck Baker
6	Paul Connors	86	32	$2,600	370	running	Buck Baker
7	Wendell Scott	34	40	$2,025	370	running	Wendell Scott
8	Ned Jarrett	11	22	$2,375	362	engine	Henley Gray
10	Buck Baker	88	13	$1,450	348	running	Buck Baker
13	Clyde Lynn	20	42	$1,300	313	engine	Clyde Lynn
14	Paul Goldsmith	99	17	$2,155	303	engine	Nichels Engineering
15	Earl Balmer	71	3	$1,400	301	engine	K & K Insurance
16	Jimmy Helms	53	44	$1,225	297	running	David Warren
17	David Pearson	6	4	$2,250	295	crash	Cotton Owens
18	Gene Cline	95	39	$1,180	291	running	Gene Cline
19	Buddy Arrington	67	15	$1,150	273	engine	Buddy Arrington
20	Bill Champion	72	33	$1,180	256	oil leak	Bill Champion
21	Jim Paschal	14	2	$1,300	240	engine	Friedkin Enterprises
22	Richard Petty	43	1	$1,320	236	engine	Petty Enterprises
23	Stick Elliott	18	26	$1,125	236	engine	Toy Bolton
25	Elmo Langley	64	12	$1,050	144	crash	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield
26	Tiny Lund	55	11	$1,050	140	engine	Lyle Stelter
27	Sonny Hutchins	90	14	$975	129	engine	Junie Donlavey
29	Sam McQuagg	98	6	$925	112	engine	Nichels Engineering
30	Earl Brooks	73	30	$875	92	engine	Joan Petre
32	Tom Pistone	59	25	$935	84	trans	Tom Pistone
34	H.B. Bailey	36	23	$775	70	engine	H.B. Bailey
36	Paul Lewis	1	10	$820	54	crash	Paul Lewis
37	Buddy Baker	3	5	$1,000	51	engine	Ray Fox
38	Sonny Lamphear	96	43	$675	29	drive shft	Homer O'Dell
39	Darel Dieringer	16	9	$790	21	diff	Bud Moore
41	Curtis Turner	24	8	$645	19	engine	Betty Lilly
42	Gene Black	74	41	$635	6	engine	Gene Black
43	Bobby Allison	22	16	$630	3	engine	Smokey Yunick
44	Joel Davis	33	24	$625	1	gas tank	Curtis Satterfield