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1966 NASCAR Minutia

 


Personnel:
ED WITZBERGER - National Coordinator of NASCAR Drag Race Division Pittsburgh, Pa.

 
PROMOTERS NASCAR tracks
Ed Witzberger Pittsburgh
Bal Butdorf Dragway 42
Norm Goodloe Jr. Suffolk
Robert Eveland Maple Grove
Dean Johnson Niagara
Julio Marra Capitol
Precopio Bros. Cecil County
Dan Weis Richmond
Tod Mack St. Mary's Drag-O-Way
Les Medvene Atco
Leo Martin Motor City
Richard Mossey Quaker City/Salem, Ohio

 

Classes:
At a NASCAR NATIONAL event, the following eliminators were run: (line-up for NASCAR Summer Nationals)


No. 1 Fuel Elim. 16 cars $2,000 to win $500 - R/U.
Consolation 17th through 32nd cars $250 to win $200 - R/U
No. 1 Gas 16 low qualified AA/GD $1,000 to win $250 - R/U.
No. 2 Elim. B/ through D/FD class winners along with those A/D, AA/C, A/C, AA/A, A/A, BB/A - class handicapped
No. 3 Elim. Class winners in B through D/D; B through D/Altered; B/C; AA/MSP, A/MSP, AA/SR, A/SR, A/GS, B/GS
Street Elim. class winners in unblown, gas. modified, street and stock sports
Middle Stock
Junior Stock
NASCAR Grand Stock Eliminators Heads-UP, Handicap



1966 NASCAR FUEL SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

  1. NASCAR FUEL CIRCUIT WINNERS DELAND DAYTONA DRAG FESTIVAL NASCAR
  WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS DELAND AIRPORT, (Fla.)
Top Fuel Cassidy-Winward Joe Jacono
MAY 1 Richmond Dragway, (Va.) RAIN OUT
May 15 Pittsburgh Int'l Dragway (Pa.) Joe Jacono
May 21 Capitol Raceway (Md.) Joe Jacono
May 22 Suffolk Raceway (Va.) Joe Jacono
May 29-30 NASCAR SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS RICHMOND DRAGWAY, (Va.)
Top Fuel "All American" - Val LaPorte
June 11 Maple Grove Raceway (Pa.) Gunther Bros. - Gunther
June 26 St. Mary's Drag-O-Way (Md.) Ronnie Still
July 3 Dragway 42 (West Salem, Ohio) "Hawaiian" - Mike Snively
July 9 Motor City Dragway (Michigan) Val LaPorte
July 16 Cecil County Dragway (Md.) "Probe" - Lou Smith - C. Kurzawa
July 24 Quaker City Dragway (Ohio) "Telstar" - Freddy Welchman
July 31 Niagara Int'l Drag Strip (N.Y.) Connie Kalitta
Aug. 7 Pittsburgh Int'l Dragway (Pa.) Val LaPorte
Aug. 13 Atco Raceway (N.J.) Joe Jacono
Aug. 19-21 NASCAR SUMMER NATIONALS DRAGWAY 42
WEST SALEM, OHIO
Top Fuel Marshall-Vermilya - Nick Marshall
Sep. 2 Capitol Raceway (MD.) Joe Jacono
Sep. 9 Quaker City Dragway (Ohio) Joe Jacono
Sep. 17 Atco Raceway (N.J.) unknown
Sep. 24 Suffolk Raceway unknown
Oct. 2 Richmond Dragway (Va.) K&G Speed/"Frantic 4" - Ron Rivero
Oct. 9 Maple Grove Raceway Chuck Kurzawa
Oct. 22-23 NASCAR GRAND FINALE ATCO, NEW JERSEY
Top Fuel "The Probe" - Lou Smith - Chuck Kurzawa

 

 

 
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