1966 Motor Trend 500

Race 2 of 49

Riverside
185 laps
Time of race: 5:05:58
Average speed of winner: 97.952 mph
Margin of victory: 70 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 2 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Pearson 1-9, Gurney 10-37, Turner 38-55, Gurney 56, Turner 57-58, Gurney 59-65, Turner 66-72, Gurney 73-82, Pearson 83, Gurney 84-185

Race notes: Debut for Mario Andretti, Carl Cardey, Cliff Garner, and Jerry Oliver. Finale for Eddie Gray, Skip Hudson, Clyde Pittinger, Charles Powell, Arley Scranton, and Don Walker. Only start for Billy Foster. David Pearson took the points lead from Richard Petty.

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Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Dan Gurney	121		'66 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		185	5	148	running	18445	0
2	1	David Pearson	6		'65 Dodge	Owens	Owens	106.078	185	2	10	running	8395	0
3	6	Paul Goldsmith	99		'65 Plymouth	Nichels			183	0	0	running	5055	0
4	3	Curtis Turner	41		'66 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		183	3	27	running	3445	0
5	10	Dick Hutcherson	29		'66 Ford	Holman-Moody			182	0	0	running	2120	0
6	9	Jim Hurtubise	56		'65 Plymouth	Norm Nelson			182	0	0	running	1335	0
7	12	Billy Foster	22		'64 Dodge				181	0	0	running	1275	0
8	8	Ned Jarrett	11		'66 Ford	Bondy Long			178	0	0	running	1575	0
9	14	Norm Nelson	1		'65 Plymouth	Norm Nelson			176	0	0	running	1000	0
10	19	Ron Hornaday	18		'64 Mercury				171	0	0	running	900	0
11	16	Jerry Grant	4		'65 Chevrolet	Friedkin			171	0	0	running	850	0
12	34	Bobby Allison	24		'65 Ford	Betty Lilly			169	0	0	running	650	0
13	23	Johnny Steele	2		'64 Mercury	Kyle Gibson			164	0	0	running	625	0
14	5	Don White	98		'65 Dodge	Nichels			162	0	0	running	680	0
15	27	Don Walker	10		'64 Ford				154	0	0	ignition	590	0
16	25	Mario Andretti	71		'66 Ford	Bondy Long			154	0	0	accident	580	0
17	38	Walt Price	63		'65 Buick				154	0	0	running	575	0
18	44	J.T. Putney	61		'65 Oldsmobile				150	0	0	running	570	0
19	41	Bob Derrington	68		'63 Ford	Derrington			146	0	0	running	565	0
20	40	Jerry Oliver	8		'65 Chevrolet				144	0	0	gear shift	560	0
21	17	James Hylton	48		'65 Dodge	Hartje			128	0	0	transmission	630	0
22	30	Jack McCoy	7		'64 Dodge				123	0	0	accident	540	0
23	35	Carl Cardey	45		'64 Ford				119	0	0	ball joint	530	0
24	18	Clem Proctor	33		'64 Ford				114	0	0	engine	600	0
25	7	Richard Petty	43		'65 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		105	0	0	engine	550	0
26	11	Cale Yarborough	27		'66 Ford	Banjo Matthews			103	0	0	transmission	650	0
27	29	Cliff Garner	89		'64 Mercury				98	0	0	accident	500	0
28	31	Dick Guldstrand	00		'64 Chevrolet				65	0	0	differential	500	0
29	15	Bobby Isaac	26		'66 Ford	Johnson			55	0	0	head gasket	550	0
30	4	Marvin Panch	21		'66 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		45	0	0	transmission	600	0
31	13	A.J. Foyt	47		'66 Ford	Johnson			45	0	0	transmission	575	0
32	21	Eddie Gray	198		'64 Mercury				43	0	0	engine	500	0
33	24	Carl Joiner	126		'63 Chevrolet				41	0	0	oil leak	500	0
34	32	Tiny Lund	55		'65 Ford	Stelter			34	0	0	engine	500	0
35	22	Skip Hudson	9		'65 Chevrolet				30	0	0	differential	500	0
36	20	Scotty Cain	145		'64 Mercury				20	0	0	transmission	525	0
37	36	Bruce Worrell	3		'63 Plymouth				15	0	0	engine	500	0
38	42	Jim Cook	16		'64 Oldsmobile				14	0	0	oil pressure	500	0
39	33	Clyde Pittinger	34		'64 Ford				11	0	0	transmission	500	0
40	26	Gene Black	74		'66 Ford				4	0	0	engine	500	0
41	28	Dave James	06		'65 Plymouth				4	0	0	engine	500	0
42	37	Joe Clark	14		'64 Mercury				4	0	0	oil pressure	500	0
43	39	Arley Scranton	111		'64 Mercury				3	0	0	accident	500	0
44	43	Charles Powell	38		'64 Ford				1	0	0	differential	500	0