| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 13 of 49 in the 1967 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
| Date | April 16, 1967 | ||
| Location | North Wilkesboro Speedway (North Wilkesboro, North Carolina) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.625 mi (1.005 km) |
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| Distance | 400 laps, 250 mi (402 km) | ||
| Avg Speed | 93.954 miles per hour (151.204 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Darel Dieringer | Junior Johnson | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Darel Dieringer | Junior Johnson | |
| Laps | 400 | ||
| Winner | |||
| 26 |
Darel Dieringer |
Junior Johnson | |
| Television | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1967 Gwyn Staley 400 is a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on April 16, 1967 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in the American community of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.[1][2]
Darel Dieringer managed to defeat Cale Yarborough by at least one lap in front of 9400 live spectators.[1] While the pole position speed was 104.603 miles per hour (168.342 km/h), the actual racing speeds approached 93.594 miles per hour (150.625 km/h). Two hours and forty minutes were required to fully resolve 400 laps of action that took place on a paved track spanning 0.675 miles per hour (1.086 km/h).[1] Six cautions were handed out by NASCAR officials for 33 laps.[1] Larry Miller received the last-place finish for a problem related to his brakes during the first lap of the race.[1][2] There were 34 drivers on the racing grid; all of them were born in the United States of America and were male.[1]
Dieringer would make his last NASCAR Cup Series victory during this race. David Pearson would leave Cotton Owens' team (for Holman Moody[3]) after this race was finished.
| Preceded by 1967 Hickory 250 |
NASCAR Grand National Series Season 1967 |
Succeeded by 1967 Virginia 500 |