1967 Fireball 300
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1967 Fireball 300
| Race details | |||
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| Race 6 of 49 in the 1967 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
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| Date | March 7, 1967 | ||
| Location | Asheville-Weaverville Speedway (Weaverville, North Carolina) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.500 mi (0.804 km) |
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| Distance | 300 laps, 150 mi (241 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 71.1 °F (21.7 °C); winds up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)[1] | ||
| Avg Speed | 83.360 miles per hour (134.155 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Darel Dieringer | Junior Johnson | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
| Laps | 150 | ||
| Winner | |||
| 43 |
Richard Petty |
Petty Enterprises | |
| Television | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1967 Fireball 300 was a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on March 5, 1967 at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway (Weaverville, North Carolina, USA).[2][3]
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][3] 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][3] It took one hour and forty-seven minutes for the race to reach its conclusion; Petty defeating Darel Dieringer by outlapping him twice.[2][3] All twenty-two racers were from the United States of America.[2]
The name of the race was named after Fireball Roberts who died years before this race in a racing accident. Total winnings for this race were $7,150 ($49,835.93 in today's money).[3]
Finishing order
- Richard Petty
- Darel Dieringer† (highest finishing Ford vehicle)
- Bobby Allison (highest finishing Chevrolet vehicle)
- David Pearson (highest finishing Dodge vehicle)
- John Sears†
- J.T. Putney
- Paul Lewis
- Elmo Langley†
- Clyde Lynn†
- Wendell Scott†
- Bill Seifert
- Henley Gray
- Paul Dean Holt
- Jim Conway*
- Wayne Smith*
- Roy Tyner*†
- Roy Mayne*
- Neil Castles*
- Earl Brooks*
- James Hylton*
- Buck Baker*†
- Jim Paschal*†
* Driver failed to finish race
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
References
- ^ "1967 Fireball 300 weather information". Almanac. http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NC/Weaverville/1967-03-05. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ^ a b c d e "1967 Fireball 300 information". Racing Reference. http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1967-06/W. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
- ^ a b c d e "1967 Fireball 300 information (second reference)". Stat Sheet. http://statsheet.com/nascar/races/1967-03-05-fireball-300. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
| Preceded by 1967 Augusta 300 |
Richard Petty's Career Wins 1960-1984 |
Succeeded by 1967 Columbia 200 |
| Preceded by 1966 Fireball 300 |
NASCAR Fireball 300 Races 1965-1969 |
Succeeded by 1968 Fireball 300 |
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