1967 National 500

1967 National 500
Race details
Race 47 of 49 in the 1967 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season

Despite the wreck, Mr. Charlie Glotzbach finished in fourth place after the race was over.
Date October 15, 1967 (1967-October-15)
Location Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, North Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
1.500 mi (2.414 km)
Distance 334 laps, 501 mi (804 km)
Avg Speed 130.317 miles per hour (209.725 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Cale Yarborough Wood Brothers
Most laps led
Driver Buddy Baker Ray Fox
Laps 160
Winner
3
 Buddy Baker
 Ray Fox
Television
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1967 National 500 is a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on October 15, 1967 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the American community of Concord, North Carolina.[1]

Summary

Sixty thousand live spectators attended an event where Buddy Baker managed to defeat Bobby Isaac by at least one lap.[1] Nine cautions were handed out by NASCAR officials for 64 laps.[1] The race took three hours and fifty minutes to fully complete.[1] Cale Yarborough achieved the pole position with a qualifying speed of 130.317 miles per hour (209.725 km/h).[1] In reality, the speeds in the race actually approached 130.317 miles per hour (209.725 km/h).[1] Whitey Gerkin finished in last place due to a crash on lap 2 out of the 334 laps raced on a paved track spanning 1.500 miles (2.414 km).[1] All 44 of the drivers on the racing grid were American-born males.[1]

Richard Petty 10-race winning streak would end at this race. Bobby Wawak would make his best career finish as an owner with one of his vehicles finishing in seventh place.[1] LeeRoy Yarbrough was scheduled to drive in Junior Johnson's #26 vehicle but the car was wrecked in practice due to a fire extinguisher going off automatically.[2] 22 lap changes were made amongst seven different leaders.[3] Don Schissler and Dub Simpson would make their NASCAR debuts here.[3]

Top ten finishers

  1. Buddy Baker
  2. Bobby Isaac
  3. Dick Hutcherson
  4. Charlie Glotzbach
  5. G.C. Spencer
  6. Don White
  7. Bobby Wawak
  8. Neil Castles
  9. Buddy Arrington
  10. Cale Yarborough

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "1967 National 500 race information". Racing Reference. http://racing-reference.info/race/1967_National_500/W. Retrieved 2011-04-04. 
  2. ^ Greg Fielden's "Charlotte Motor Speedway", p. 55
  3. ^ a b "1967 National 500 race information (second reference)". Race Database. http://www.race-database.com/results/results.php?year=1967&race=47&series_id=2. Retrieved 2011-04-05. 
Preceded by
1967 Wilkes 400		 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season
1967		 Succeeded by
1967 American 500