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The 1966 Grand National was the 120th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 26 March 1966. The winner was Anglo by 20 lengths, giving Freddie second place for a second consecutive year. Forty-seven horses ran. The winning jockey Tim Norman had been injured in a car crash two days earlier.
For three years during World War I, the Grand National could not be run at Aintree, and so a substitute event was held at another racecourse, Gatwick. This venue is now defunct, and it is presently the site of London Gatwick Airport. The course was modified to make it similar to Aintree, and the races were contested over the same distance, with ...
Anglo (foaled 1958) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in National Hunt racing.. He is best known for winning the 1966 Grand National comfortably by 20 lengths despite being a newcomer and an outsider as well as being ridden by a jockey, Tim Norman, who had been in a bad traffic accident the day before the race.
In 1961, he moved up to the Grand National Series. He achieved the most points for a debutant in 1961. [ 7 ] In the 1964 season, he finished 15th in points, and on December 1, 1963, [ 12 ] driving a Chevrolet Bel Air that he purchased from Ned Jarrett , he won a race on the half-mile dirt track at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Florida —the ...
The 1966 Myers Brothers 250 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on August 27, 1966, at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Background [ edit ]
The 1966 Southeastern 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on March 20, 1966, at Bristol International Speedway in the Bristol, Tennessee.. The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade.
1966 NASCAR Grand National Series: Manufacturers: Ford: NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series: Jack McCoy 1966 NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series: ARCA Racing Series: Iggy Katona: 1966 ARCA Racing Series: Turismo Carretera: Juan Manuel Bordeu: 1966 Turismo Carretera: USAC Stock Car National Championship: Norm Nelson: 1966 USAC Stock Car ...
The 1966 NASCAR season was affected by Ford's withdrawal of financial support from the series (though teams continued to race Fords), and NASCAR allowing Chrysler drivers to run the Hemi engine. While Ford's departure had the effect of lowering attendance, the strong Hemi engine coupled with reduced competition meant that Chrysler drivers were ...