1967 Carolina 500

1967 Carolina 500
Race details
Race 25 of 49 in the 1967 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Date June 18, 1967 (1967-June-18)
Location North Carolina Motor Speedway (Rockingham, North Carolina, USA)
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);[1] wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1]
Avg Speed 104.682 miles per hour (168.469 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Dick Hutcherson Bondy Long
Most laps led
Driver Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Laps 249
Winner
43
 Richard Petty
 Petty Enterprises
Television
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1967 Carolina 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on June 18, 1967 at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina, U.S.A..[2]

Summary

The 500-lap race took four hours and forty-six minutes to resolve itself in front of twenty-two thousand live spectators.[2] Nine cautions were given for 45 laps.[3]

Dick Hutcherson won the pole position with a speed of 116.486 miles per hour (187.466 km/h).[2] However, it would be Richard Petty that would ultimately defeat Buddy Baker after outlapping him at least once in the race.[2][4][5] This win would push Petty onto the top of the NASCAR standings for the first time in his entire career.[6] Petty's winning dynasty would eventually expand to 200 career race wins and multiple championship wins (that were contended in the 1970s by fellow contender Darrell Waltrip). Most of the manufacturers in this race were either Chevrolet or Ford; with a few other brands as the minority on the racing grid.[2] Buddy Baker was the favorite to win the race but a slow pit stop eventually cost him the opportunity to win. Engine problems and crashes were the primary reasons that drivers didn't finish the race.[2]

All of the 44 drivers on the racing grid were born in the United States of America; as the series was unknown to foreigners during this era.[2] J.T. Putney would receive the last-place finish of the race due to a crash on lap 2.[2] Johnny Allen and Gary Sain would retire from NASCAR after the end of this race.[7]

Finishing order

  1. Richard Petty
  2. Buddy Baker
  3. Dick Hutcherson
  4. Cale Yarborough
  5. Darel Dieringer
  6. Paul Lewis
  7. Charlie Glotzbach
  8. James Hylton
  9. John Sears*
  10. Jim Paschal
  11. Bill Dennis
  12. Paul Goldsmith*
  13. Clyde Lynn
  14. Earl Brooks
  15. Paul Dean Holt
  16. Bobby Isaac*
  17. Buck Baker*
  18. LeeRoy Yarbrough*
  19. Neil Castles*
  20. Ed Negre
  21. David Pearson*
  22. Roy Tyner*
  23. Doug Cooper*
  24. Elmo Langley*
  25. Bobby Wawak*
  26. Roy Mayne*
  27. Henley Gray*
  28. Jabe Thomas*
  29. Bill Seifert*
  30. Wendell Scott*
  31. G.C. Spencer*
  32. Tiny Lund*
  33. Dick Johnson*
  34. Wayne Smith*
  35. Johnny Allen*
  36. Bobby Allison*
  37. George Davis*
  38. Frank Warren*
  39. Buddy Arrington*
  40. Bobby Johns*
  41. Ken Spikes*
  42. Gary Sain*
  43. Armond Holley*
  44. J.T. Putney*

Note: * denotes that the driver failed to finish the race.

References

  1. ^ a b "1967 Carolina 500 weather information". Almanac.com. http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NC/Rockingham/1967-06-18. Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "1967 Carolina 500 information". Racing Reference. http://racing-reference.info/race/1967_Carolina_500/W. Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
  3. ^ "1967 Carolina 500 information (second reference)". Ultimate Racing History. http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9186. Retrieved 2011-02-18. 
  4. ^ "1967 Carolina 500 information (third reference)". Everything Stock Car. http://www.everythingstockcar.com/2264r-1967-carolina-500-nascar-race.html. Retrieved 2011-02-19. 
  5. ^ "1967 Carolina 500 information (fourth reference)". Database Racing. http://www.databaseracing.com/races/raceinfo.htm?rid=820. Retrieved 2011-08-20. 
  6. ^ "Richard Petty 1967 NASCAR season points information". How Stuff Works. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/season-recaps/1960s/1967-nascar.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-18. 
  7. ^ "1967 Carolina 500 retirement information". Race Database. http://www.race-database.com/results/results.php?year=1967&race=25&series_id=2. Retrieved 2011-08-12. 
Preceded by
1967 East Tennessee 200		 Richard Petty's Career Wins
1960-1984		 Succeeded by
1967 Pickens 200