1967 Grand National Series

1967 Grand National Series
Duration	November 13, 1966 through November 5, 1967
Season statistics
No. of races	49
First race	1967 Augusta 300
Last race	1967 Western North Carolina 500
Drivers' champion	Richard Petty
Manufacturers' champion
Rookie of the Year	Donnie Allison
Most popular driver	Cale Yarborough
Previous	1966
Next	1968

The 1967 Grand National Series was the 19th season of the NASCAR Grand National Series. The season began with the Augusta 300 at Augusta Speedway on November 13, 1966 and ended with the Western North Carolina 500 at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway on November 5, 1967.

Richard Petty won his second championship in his seventh full time season and became the seventh two-time champion. En route to his title, he won a record 27 times in a single season, including a record 10 wins in a row between August 12 and October 1. He also won 19 poles and had an average starting position of 2.4 in the season.

Petty’s dominance caused several changes in the Ford factory effort, including causing Junior Johnson to release driver Darel Dieringer in favor of LeeRoy Yarbrough, Bobby Allison being hired to drive for Holman-Moody and David Pearson leaving Cotton Owens’ team to drive for Holman-Moody.

Schedule

Round	Date	Race Name	Track
1	November 13, 1966	Augusta 300	Augusta Speedway
2	January 22, 1967	Motor Trend 500	Riverside International Raceway
3	February 24, 1967	Daytona 500 Qualifier #1	Daytona International Speedway
4	February 24, 1967	Daytona 500 Qualifier #2	Daytona International Speedway
5	February 26, 1967	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway
6	March 5, 1967	Fireball 300	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
7	March 19, 1967	Southeastern 500	Bristol International Speedway
8	March 25, 1967	Greenville 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway
9	March 27, 1967	1967-09	Bowman Gray Stadium
10	April 2, 1967	Atlanta 500	Atlanta International Raceway
11	April 6, 1967	Columbia 200	Columbia Speedway
12	April 9, 1967	Hickory 250	Hickory Speedway
13	April 16, 1967	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway
14	April 23, 1967	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway
15	April 28, 1967	1967-15	Savannah Speedway
16	April 30, 1967	Richmond 250	Virginia State Fairgrounds
17	May 13, 1967	Rebel 400	Darlington Raceway
18	May 19, 1967	Beltsville 200	Beltsville Speedway
19	May 20, 1967	Tidewater 250	Langley Field Speedway
20	May 28, 1967	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway
21	June 2, 1967	Asheville 300	New Asheville Speedway
22	June 6, 1967	Macon 300	Middle Georgia Raceway
23	June 8, 1967	East Tennessee 200	Smoky Mountain Raceway
24	June 10, 1967	1967-24	Fairgrounds Raceway
25	June 18, 1967	Carolina 500	North Carolina Motor Speedway
26	June 24, 1967	Pickens 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway
27	June 27, 1967	1967-27	Montgomery Speedway
28	July 4, 1967	Firecracker 400	Daytona International Speedway
29	July 9, 1967	Northern 300	Trenton Speedway
30	July 11, 1967	Maine 300	Oxford Plains Speedway
31	July 13, 1967	1967-31	Fonda Speedway
32	July 15, 1967	Islip 300	Islip Speedway
33	July 23, 1967	Volunteer 500	Bristol International Speedway
34	July 27, 1967	Smoky Mountain 200	Smoky Mountain Raceway
35	July 29, 1967	Nashville 400	Nashville Speedway
36	August 6, 1967	Dixie 500	Atlanta International Raceway
37	August 12, 1967	Myers Brothers 250	Bowman Gray Stadium
38	August 17, 1967	Sandlapper 200	Columbia Speedway
39	August 25, 1967	1967-39	Savannah Speedway
40	September 4, 1967	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway
41	September 8, 1967	Buddy Shuman 250	Hickory Speedway
42	September 10, 1967	Capital City 300	Virginia State Fairgrounds
43	September 15, 1967	Maryland 300	Beltsville Speedway
44	September 17, 1967	Hillsboro 150	Orange Speedway
45	September 24, 1967	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway
46	October 1, 1967	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway
47	October 15, 1967	National 500	Charlotte Motor Speedway
48	October 29, 1967	American 500	North Carolina Motor Speedway
49	November 5, 1967	Western North Carolina 500	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway

Results

Round	Race	Pole Winner	Winner	Make	Cautions	Caution Laps	Average Speed	Number of Lead Changes
1	1967 Augusta 300	Dick Hutcherson	Richard Petty		2		71.809	1
2	1967 Motor Trend 500	Dick Hutcherson	Parnelli Jones				91.080	10
3	1967 Daytona 500 Qualifier #1	Curtis Turner	LeeRoy Yarbrough		1		163.934	14
4	1967 Daytona 500 Qualifier #2	Richard Petty	Fred Lorenzen		0	0	174.587	15
5	1967 Daytona 500	Curtis Turner	Mario Andretti		6	54	146.926	36
6	1967 Fireball 300	Darel Dieringer	Richard Petty		1	5	83.360	6
7	1967 Southeastern 500	Darel Dieringer	David Pearson		6	59	75.937	13
8	1967 Greenville 200	Dick Hutcherson	David Pearson				61.824	3
9	1967-09	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison		1	8	49.248	3
10	1967 Atlanta 500	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough		6	39	131.238	9
11	1967 Columbia 200	Dick Hutcherson	Richard Petty				65.455	7
12	1967 Hickory 250	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		5	22	69.699	10
13	1967 Gwyn Staley 400	Darel Dieringer	Darel Dieringer		6	33	93.594	0
14	1967 Virginia 500	Darel Dieringer	Richard Petty		8	57	67.446	11
15	1967-15	John Sears	Bobby Allison				66.802	3
16	1967 Richmond 250	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		6	32	65.982	6
17	1967 Rebel 400	David Pearson	Richard Petty		5	31	125.738	12
18	1967 Beltsville 200	Richard Petty	Jim Paschal		3		71.036	3
19	1967 Tidewater 250	Richard Petty	Richard Petty				66.704	4
20	1967 World 600	Cale Yarborough	Jim Paschal		5	32	135.832	11
21	1967 Asheville 300	Richard Petty	Jim Paschal				63.080	5
22	1967 Macon 300	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		1	3	80.321	2
23	1967 East Tennessee 200	Jim Hunter	Richard Petty				72.919	4
24	1967-24	Jim Paschal	Bobby Allison				88.999	1
25	1967 Carolina 500	Dick Hutcherson	Richard Petty		9	45	104.682	20
26	1967 Pickens 200	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		2		61.781
27	1967-27	Richard Petty	Jim Paschal				72.435	1
28	1967 Firecracker 400	Darel Dieringer	Cale Yarborough		4	43	143.583	41
29	1967 Northern 300	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		4		95.322	8
30	1967 Maine 300	James Hylton	Bobby Allison		2	4	61.697	8
31	1967-31	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		5	20	65.826	4
32	1967 Islip 300	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		5	29	42.428	5
33	1967 Volunteer 500	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		6	42	78.705	11
34	1967 Smoky Mountain 200	Dick Hutcherson	Dick Hutcherson				65.765	2
35	1967 Nashville 400	Dick Hutcherson	Richard Petty		8	50	70.866
36	1967 Dixie 500	Darel Dieringer	Dick Hutcherson		6	38	132.286	13
37	1967 Myers Brothers 250	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		0	0	50.893	0
38	1967 Sandlapper 200	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		5		64.274	4
39	1967-39	Richard Petty	Richard Petty				65.041	0
40	1967 Southern 500	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		3	25	130.423	6
41	1967 Buddy Shuman 250	Dick Hutcherson	Richard Petty		6	44	71.414	9
42	1967 Capital City 300	Earl Brooks	Richard Petty		10	71	57.631	9
43	1967 Maryland 300	Richard Petty	Richard Petty				76.563	6
44	1967 Hillsboro 150	Richard Petty	Richard Petty		3	33	81.574	3
45	1967 Old Dominion 500	Cale Yarborough	Richard Petty		7	43	69.605	3
46	1967 Wilkes 400	Dick Hutcherson	Richard Petty		3	20	94.837	6
47	1967 National 500	Cale Yarborough	Buddy Baker		9	64	130.317	22
48	1967 American 500	David Pearson	Bobby Allison		9	81	98.420	26
49	1967 Western North Carolina 500	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison		10	73	76.291	21

Final Points Standings

Pos.	Driver	Races	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Poles	Points	Difference
1	Richard Petty	48	27	38	40	18	42472
2	James Hylton	46	0	26	39	1	36444	-6,028
3	Dick Hutcherson	33	2	22	25	9	33658	-8,814
4	Bobby Allison	45	6	21	27	2	30812	-11,660
5	John Sears	41	0	9	25	1	29078	-13,394
6	Jim Paschal	45	4	20	25	1	27624	-14,848
7	David Pearson	22	2	11	13	2	26302	-16,170
8	Neil Castles	35	0	4	15	0	23218	-19,254
9	Elmo Langley	45	0	10	24	0	22286	-20,186
10	Wendell Scott	45	0	0	11	0	20700	-21,772
11	Paul Goldsmith	21	0	7	8	0	20402	-22,070
12	Darel Dieringer	19	1	8	9	6	20194	-22,278
13	Clyde Lynn	44	0	5	22	0	20016	-22,456
14	Bobby Isaac	12	0	3	5	0	19698	-22,774
15	Buddy Baker	21	1	6	7	0	18600	-23,872
16	Donnie Allison	20	0	4	7	0	18298	-24,174
17	Henley Gray	43	0	0	10	0	17502	-24,970
18	J.T. Putney	29	0	1	10	0	16752	-25,720
19	Tiny Lund	19	0	4	5	0	16292	-26,180
20	Cale Yarborough	18	2	7	9	4	16228	-26,244
21	G.C. Spencer	29	0	5	10	0	15240	-27,232
22	Bill Seifert	40	0	0	12	0	14676	-27,796
23	Charlie Glotzbach	9	0	3	5	0	11444	-31,028
24	Frank Warren	12	0	0	1	0	9992	-32,480
25	Earl Brooks	34	0	0	8	0	9952	-32,520
26	Buddy Arrington	15	0	1	5	0	9768	-32,704
27	Buck Baker	20	0	0	5	0	9450	-33,022
28	Wayne Smith	28	0	0	2	0	9372	-33,100
29	Fred Lorenzen	5	1	2	2	0	9268	-33,204
30	Roy Mayne	14	0	0	1	0	9262	-33,210
31	Bobby Wawak	14	0	0	3	0	9078	-33,394
32	Friday Hassler	21	0	3	9	0	8820	-33,652
33	Paul Lewis	14	0	3	8	0	8492	-33,980
34	Sonny Hutchins	7	0	0	2	0	8448	-34,024
35	Bud Moore	6	0	2	3	0	7812	-34,660
36	Sam McQuagg	15	0	3	3	0	7400	-35,072
37	LeeRoy Yarbrough	15	1	3	4	0	7012	-35,460
38	Don Biederman	22	0	0	1	0	5850	-36,622
39	Ramo Stott	3	0	0	1	0	5676	-36,796
40	George Davis	21	0	1	6	0	5434	-37,038

Complete statistics can be found at Racing-Reference.info.

Rookie of the Year

With 4 Top 5s and 7 Top 10s in 20 starts, Donnie Allison was the 1967 Rookie of the Year.

Position	Driver	Race Wins
1	Donnie Allison	0
2	Charlie Glotzbach	0
3	Paul Dean Holt	0

Manufacturer's Championship

Despite only earning 10 wins, Ford won the 1967 Manufacturer's Championship, defeating Plymouth which won 31 times. Points were earned by all the cars of that make, and since Ford had more entries, they beat Plymouth by nearly 300 points.

Position	Make	Race Wins
1		10
2		31
3		5
4		3
5		0