July 29, 1967 - 200 Miles - Purse $10,200
The 1967 Nashville 400 top three qualifiers were Dick Hutcherson, Richard Petty and Jim Paschal (at left).  Paschal led 15 laps before his 1967 Plymouth was forced to retire with steering problems.  Hutcherson led for 22 laps before engine failure ended his day.  The race belonged to Richard Petty and his 1967 Petty Enterprises Plymouth as he led 131 laps and won by a margin of five laps over second place finisher James Hylton.

The victory was Petty's 5th at Fairgrounds Speedway, 17th of the 1967 season and 65th overall.

Second place went to Inman SC's James Hylton in the former Cotton Owens Dodge. It was Hylton's second race at the Fairgrounds, he would compete in 26 Grand National events at the track. Friday Hassler was in second place when he blew his engine on lap 363.

         
   

Miss Firebird Winky Louis and NASCAR Driver Dick Hutcherson pose with the 1967 Nashville 400 winner's trophy
(Photo: Frank Empson The Tennessean)
  
Dick Hutcherson and Richard Petty lead the field at the start of the race.  Petty would lead 131 laps on the way to winning his 17th victory of the 1967 season. (Photo: Dale Ernsberger The Tennessean)		  
Richard Petty in his Plymouth chases Dick Hutcherson in his Ford down the back straight at Fairgrounds Speedway. (Photo: Dale Ernsberger The Tennessean)
         

Richard Petty and James Hylton

Almost forty years after the checkered flag fell on the 1967 Nashville 400, first place finisher Richard Petty would meet up with the race's second place finisher James Hylton.  The legendary duo was photographed at Martinsville Speedway on March 29, 2006, before qualifying for the Goody's Cool Orange 500.  Petty was there with his Petty Enterprises driver Bobby Labonte, while Hylton was there in support of EM Motorsport driver Tony Raines. 

Petty and Hylton would also finish first and second in both the 1967 NASCAR Grand National and the 1971 Winston Cup Grand National Driver standings.

 

Average Speed:   70.866 mph Time of Race:     2:49:20 Margin:         5 Laps
Pole Winner:         Dick Hutcherson / 84.26 Attendance::      13,751 Cautions:      8 for 50
Lap Leaders:         Hutcherson 1-21, Paschal 22-36, Hutcherson, Allison, Petty, Allison, Hassler 261-273, Petty 274-400
 
DriverDDriver Fin Str Car Team / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led
Richard Petty 1 2 43 Plymouth/Petty Ent 67 Plymouth 400 2,050 Running 131
James Hylton 2 8 48 Bud Hartje 65 Dodge 395 1,500 Running 0
John Sears 3 11 4 L.G. DeWitt 66 Ford 390 900 Running 0
Sam McQuagg 4 6 6 Cotton Owens 67 Dodge 390 500 Running 0
  Clyde Lynn 5 14 20 Clyde Lynn 66 Ford 375 475 Running 0
  George England 6 24 51 Tom Hixson 66 Chevrolet 369 450 Running 0
  Don Biederman 7 20 94 Ron Stotten 66 Chevrolet 364 425 Running 0
Friday Hassler 8 9 39 Red Sharp 66 Chevrolet 363 375 Engine 12
  Bill Seifert 9 26 45 Bill Seifert 66 Ford 345 325 Running 0
  Max Ledbetter 10 21 35 Ken Carpenter 66 Olds 322 300 Running 0
Dick Hutcherson 11 1 29 East Tenn Motors-
Bondy Long		 67 Ford 305 270 Engine 22
Wendell Scott 12 29 34 Wendell Scott 65 Ford 300 240 Engine 0
Henley Gray 13 15 97 Henley Gray 66 Ford 269 220 Running 0
Bobby Allison 14 5 2 J.D. Bracken 65 Chevrolet 260 200 Engine 1
Wayne Smith 15 19 38 Archie Smith 66 Chevrolet 235 170 Clutch 0
Buck Baker 16 22 88 Buck Baker 67 Olds 139 150 Engine 0
Coo Coo Marlin 17 13 04 Cunningham-Kelley   66 Chevrolet 120 130 Over
Heating		 0
  George Davis 18 18 7 George Davis 66 Chevrolet 118 120 Crash 0
Roy Tyner 19 23 9 Truett Rodgers 66 Chevrolet 104 100 Wheel
  Bearing		 0
Bill Ervin 20 27 31 Ralph Murphy 65 Ford 69 100 Over
Heating		 0
  Bobby Wawak 21 31 92 Bobby Wawak 65 Dodge 58 100 Ignition 0
Earl Brooks 22 17 76 Don Culpepper 66 Ford 52 100 Crash 0

Ed Negre 23 28 8 Ed Negre 67 Ford 46 100 Oil leak 0
Neil Castles 24 12 06 Neil Castles 66 Dodge 45 100 Steering 0
Jim Paschal 25 3 14 Friedkin Enterprises   67 Plymouth 44 100 Steering 15
G.C. Spencer 26 4 49 G.C. Spencer 67 Plymouth 36 100 Engine 0
  Dick Johnson 27 25 18 Dick Johnson 66 Ford 36 100 Crash 0
  Jack Harden 28 32 24 Betty Lilly 67 Ford 34 100 Crash 0
  Paul Dean Holt 29 30 1 Dennis Holt 67 Ford 24 100 Drive
 shaft		 0
Tom Pistone 30 7 74 Turkey Minton 67 Chevrolet 21 100 Engine 0
Elmo Langley 31 10 64 Elmo Langley 66 Ford 21 100 Crash 0
  Walter Wallace 32 16 91 Neil Castles 65 Plymouth 11 100 Vibration 0