1967 Fireball 300

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1967 Fireball 300
Race details [1] [2]
Race 6 of 49 in the 1967 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date March 5, 1967;55 years ago (1967-03-05)
Official name Fireball 300
Location Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville, North Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance 300 laps, 150 mi (241 km)
Weather Chilly with temperatures of 71.1 °F (21.7 °C); wind speeds of 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)
Average speed 83.360 miles per hour (134.155 km/h)
Attendance 9,500 [2]
Pole position
Driver Junior Johnson & Associates
Most laps led
Driver Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Laps 150
Winner
No. 43Richard PettyPetty Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1967 Fireball 300 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on March 5, 1967, at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in Weaverville, North Carolina.

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The name of the race was named after NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Fireball Roberts, who died in 1964 following an accident in that year's World 600 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Race report

This was the historic site of Richard Petty's 50th career win in front of 9,500 people in what is now known as the 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 ($58,106 when adjusted for inflation). Individual earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $1,800 ($14,628 when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's portion of $100 ($813 when adjusted for inflation). [3]

Jim Conway would retire from NASCAR Cup Series competition after this event. [4] The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.

Qualifying

Grid [2] No.DriverManufacturerOwner
126Darel Dieringer'67 Ford Junior Johnson
243Richard Petty'67 Plymouth Petty Enterprises
314Jim Paschal'65 Plymouth Tom Friedkin
42Bobby Allison'66 Chevrolet Donald Brackins
54John Sears'66 Ford L.G. DeWitt
66David Pearson'66 Dodge Cotton Owens
788Buck Baker'66 Oldsmobile Buck Baker
864Elmo Langley'66 Ford Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield
919J.T. Putney'66 Chevrolet J.T. Putney
1075Earl Brooks'66 Ford Gene Black
1134Wendell Scott'65 Ford Wendell Scott
1209Neil Castles'66 Chevrolet Garland Miller
1331Paul Dean Holt'66 Ford Ralph Murphy
1491Jim Conway'65 Plymouth Neil Castles
1548James Hylton'65 Dodge Bud Hartje
1600Paul Lewis'65 Dodge Emory Gilliam
1720Clyde Lynn'66 Ford Clyde Lynn
1897Henley Gray'66 Ford Henley Gray
1946Roy Mayne'66 Chevrolet Tom Hunter
2045Bill Seifert'65 Ford Bill Seifert
2138Wayne Smith'66 Chevrolet Archie Smith
229Roy Tyner'66 Chevrolet Truett Rogers

Finishing order

Section reference: [2]

  1. Richard Petty (No. 43)
  2. Darel Dieringer (No. 26)
  3. Bobby Allison (No. 2)
  4. David Pearson (No. 6)
  5. John Sears (No. 4)
  6. J.T. Putney (No. 19)
  7. Paul Lewis (No. 00)
  8. Elmo Langley (No. 64)
  9. Clyde Lynn (No. 20)
  10. Wendell Scott (No. 34)
  11. Bill Seifert (No. 45)
  12. Henley Gray (No. 97)
  13. Paul Dean Holt (No. 31)
  14. Jim Conway* (No. 91)
  15. Wayne Smith* (No. 38)
  16. Roy Tyner* (No. 9)
  17. Roy Mayne* (No. 46)
  18. Neil Castles* (No. 09)
  19. Earl Brooks* (No. 75)
  20. James Hylton* (No. 44)
  21. Buck Baker* (No. 88)
  22. Jim Paschal* (No. 14)

* Driver failed to finish race

Timeline

Section reference: [2]

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References

  1. "1967 Fireball 300 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "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 Richard Petty's Career Wins
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Preceded by NASCAR Fireball 300 Races
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