Race details[1][2] | |||
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Race 36 of 49 in the 1966 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
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Date | July 30, 1966 | ||
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.