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The 1967 Carolina 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on June 18, 1967, at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North 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 any more. ==Summary== The 500-lap race took four hours and forty-six minutes to resolve itself in front of twenty-two thousand live spectators.〔 Nine cautions were given for 45 laps. Dick Hutcherson won the pole position with a speed of .〔 However, it would be Richard Petty that would ultimately defeat Buddy Baker after outlapping him at least once in the race.〔 This win would push Petty onto the top of the NASCAR standings for the first time in his entire career. 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.〔 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.〔 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.〔 J.T. Putney would receive the last-place finish of the race due to a crash on lap 2.〔 Johnny Allen and Gary Sain would retire from NASCAR after the end of this race. 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「1967 Carolina 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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