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The 1966 Southern 500, the 17th running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 5, 1966 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. ==Summary== A field of 44 drivers competed for a total purse of $67,960 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/races/results/1966/darlington-raceway/southern-500/1003 )〕 The media was unpleased with the treatement that they received from NASCAR after a terminal crash by Earl Balmer almost wiped out the press box. As a result, they petitioned the president of the track, Bob Colvin, threatening not to be responsible for any loss of life should another terminal crash injure or kill a member of the media.〔(''The Official NASCAR Trivia Book'' ) at Google Books〕 LeeRoy Yarbrough won the pole position with a qualifying speed of . Darel Dieringer won the race from Richard Petty in front of an audience of 28,000 people. There were 28 lead changes and 8 cautions for 80 laps, and the race lasted four hours and twenty-one minutes.〔 This race was scheduled for 364 laps on a paved oval track spanning , for a total distance of .〔 The average race speed was .〔 Twelve engine failures were recorded during the course of the race along with two terminal crashes along with several other reasons that drivers failed to finish the race.〔 Junior Johnson was disqualified just prior to the race for cheating. Bob Derrington and Eddie MacDonald made their final NASCAR appearances.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.race-database.com/results/results.php?year=1966&race=42&series_id=2 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1966 Southern 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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