Official name Fireball 300 | ||
Date March 7, 1967; 49 years ago (1967-03-07) Course Permanent racing facility0.500 mi (0.804 km) Distance 300 laps, 150 mi (241 km) Weather Chilly with temperatures approaching 71.1 °F (21.7 °C); winds up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h) | ||
The 1967 Fireball 300 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) event that was held on March 7, 1967, at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in Weaverville, North Carolina.
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The name of the race was named after Fireball Roberts who died years before this race in a racing accident.
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 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. 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. It took one hour and forty-seven minutes for the race to reach its conclusion; Petty defeating Darel Dieringer by outlapping him twice. All twenty-two racers were from the United States of America.
Total winnings for this race were $7,150 ($51,355.84 when adjusted for inflation). Individual earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $1,800 ($12,928.74 when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's portion of $100 ($718.26 when adjusted for inflation).
Jim Conway would retire from NASCAR Cup Series competition after this event. The transition to purposely-built racers 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; most of the cars were trailered to events or hauled in by trucks.
Finishing order
* Driver failed to finish race
† Signifies that the driver is known to be deceased