1967 Carolina 500

1967 Carolina 500
Race details[1]
Race 25 of 49 in the 1967 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Layout of Rockingham Speedway
Layout of Rockingham Speedway
Date June 18, 1967 (1967-June-18)
Official name Carolina 500
Location North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, North Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
1.000 mi (1.600 km)
Distance 500 laps, 500 mi (804 km)
Weather Temperatures between 72.3 °F (22.4 °C) and 81.3 °F (27.4 °C); wind speeds of 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)
Average speed 104.682 miles per hour (168.469 km/h)
Attendance 22,000[2]
Pole position
Driver Bondy Long
Most laps led
Driver Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Laps 249
Winner
No. 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1967 Carolina 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on June 18, 1967, at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina.

The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.

  1. ^ "1967 Carolina 500 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  2. ^ "1967 Carolina 500 information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-02-16.