1967 Fireball 300

1967 Fireball 300
Race details
Race 6 of 49 in the 1967 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date March 7, 1967
Location Asheville-Weaverville Speedway (Weaverville, North Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance 300 laps, 150 mi (241 km)
WeatherTemperatures up to 71.1 °F (21.7 °C); winds up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)[1]
Average speed 83.360 miles per hour (134.155 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Darel Dieringer Junior Johnson & Associates
Most laps led
Driver Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Laps 150
Winner
No. 43
 Richard Petty
 Petty Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1967 Fireball 300 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series, also formerly known as the Winston Cup Series and the Winston Cup Grand National Series) racing event that took place on March 7, 1967, at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in the American community of Weaverville, North Carolina.[2]

The name of the race was named after Fireball Roberts who died years before this race in a racing accident.

Summary

This was the historic site of Richard Petty's 50th career in front of nine thousand and five hundred people in what is now known as the Sprint Cup Series.[2] The average speed of the race was 83.360 miles per hour (134.155 km/h) on a paved oval track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km) for three hundred laps.[2] It took one hour and forty-seven minutes for the race to reach its conclusion; Petty defeating Darel Dieringer by outlapping him twice.[2] All twenty-two racers were from the United States of America.[2]

Total winnings for this race were $7,150 ($50,570.91 when adjusted for inflation). Individual earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $1,800 ($12,731.14 when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's portion of $100 ($707.29 when adjusted for inflation).[3]

Jim Conway would retire from NASCAR Cup Series competition after this event.[4]

Finishing order

  1. Richard Petty
  2. Darel Dieringer† (highest finishing Ford vehicle)
  3. Bobby Allison (highest finishing Chevrolet vehicle)
  4. David Pearson (highest finishing Dodge vehicle)
  5. John Sears†
  6. J.T. Putney
  7. Paul Lewis
  8. Elmo Langley†
  9. Clyde Lynn†
  10. Wendell Scott†
  11. Bill Seifert
  12. Henley Gray
  13. Paul Dean Holt
  14. Jim Conway*
  15. Wayne Smith*
  16. Roy Tyner*†
  17. Roy Mayne*
  18. Neil Castles*
  19. Earl Brooks*†
  20. James Hylton*
  21. Buck Baker*†
  22. Jim Paschal*†

* Driver failed to finish race
† Signifies that the driver is known to be deceased

References

  1. ↑ "1967 Fireball 300 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "1967 Fireball 300 information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
  3. ↑ "1967 Fireball 300 prize winnings information". Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  4. ↑ "Retirements from NASCAR". Race Database. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
Preceded by
1967 Augusta 300		 Richard Petty's Career Wins
1960-1984 		Succeeded by
1967 Columbia 200
Preceded by
1966		 NASCAR Fireball 300 Races
1965-1969 		Succeeded by
1968