The 1967 Greenville 200 is a NASCAR

NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...

 Grand National Series racing event that took place on March 25, 1967 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway

Greenville-Pickens Speedway

Greenville-Pickens Speedway is a race track located in Pickens County, South Carolina, just west of Greenville, South Carolina, USA, and just east of Easley, South Carolina. The track hosts weekly NASCAR sanctioned races. Several touring series visit the track each year, including the Whelen...

 in the American

United States

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 community of Greenville

Greenville, South Carolina

-Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families...

, South Carolina

South Carolina

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Summary

Two hundred laps were done on a dirt oval track spanning 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) for 100 miles (160.9 km) of racing action.

This was the eighth race in the year out of the 49 raced during the 1967 NASCAR Cup Series season. It took one hour and thirty-seven minutes to resolve two hundred laps of racing. As a result, David Pearson managed to defeat Jim Paschal

Jim Paschal

James Roy "Jim" Paschal, Jr. was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup driver. He won twenty-five races and twelve poles over his career. Elected to the "Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame" in 1977, he won the World 600 in 1964 and the 1967 Charlotte Motor Speedway...

 by three laps. Dick Hutcherson

Dick Hutcherson

Dick Hutcherson was an American businessman and a former stock car racer. A native of Keokuk, Iowa, Hutcherson drove in NASCAR competition from 1964 to 1967. In 1965 he finished second in the overall NASCAR Drivers Championship and had nine wins...

 earned the pole position with a speed of 70.313 miles per hour (113.2 km/h). Eight thousand and three hundred fans would watch this race with notable drivers like Richard Petty

Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series...

 (finished 19th), Wendell Scott

Wendell Scott

Wendell Oliver Scott was an American stock car racing driver from Danville, Virginia. He is the only black driver to win a race in what is now the Sprint Cup Series. According to a 2008 biography of Scott, he broke the color barrier in Southern stock car racing on May 23, 1952, at the Danville...

 (who finished 10th), and Elmo Langley

Elmo Langley

Elmo Langley was a NASCAR driver and owner. Langley primarily used the number "64" on his race cars during his NASCAR career.-Racing career:...

 (who finished 6th). Larry Hess

Larry Hess

Larry Hess is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver whose career spanned from 1965 to 1969. His choice of vehicles ranged from a Ford to a Rambler and even the occasional Dodge vehicle.-Summary:...

 was the last-place finishing driver due to an engine

Engine

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 issue on lap 5. Running out of gas

Gasoline

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 and crashes were the main issues of this race.

Bill Vanderhoff would make his NASCAR Grand National Series debut in this race.