1966 Nashville 400

1966 Nashville 400
Race details[1][2]
Race 36 of 49 in the 1966 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date July 30, 1966 (1966-July-30)
Official name Nashville 400
Location Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance 400 laps, 200.0 mi (321.8 km)
Weather Very hot with temperatures of 87.1 °F (30.6 °C); wind speeds of 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)
Average speed 71.770 mph (115.503 km/h)
Attendance 15,161[3]
Pole position
Driver Petty Enterprises
Most laps led
Driver Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Laps 400
Winner
No. 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1966 Nashville 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on July 30, 1966, at Nashville Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee.

Out of Henley Gray's five career finishes in the top five and 60 finishes in the top ten, two of them came at Nashville Speedway.

  1. ^ "1966 Nashville 400 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  2. ^ "1966 Nashville 400 racing results". Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  3. ^ "1966 Nashville 400 racing results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-03-02.