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by more than one lap in front of 70,000 audience members. Yarborough would score his second career win, along with his first win of 1967, and end a 31-race drought. The race lasted nearly four hours with the average speed being 131.288 miles per hour (211.288 km/h). Yarborough's qualifying speed
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Lap 193: Don White's vehicle suffered from a troublesome windshield.
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Lap 158: Cale Yarborough took over the lead from Mario Andretti.
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252:event that was held on April 2, 1967, at
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56:April 2, 1967
1124:1967 untitled race at
1110:Qualifying information
283:races; the others are
1089:Wild practice session
367:problems would knock
351:would employ drivers
250:Grand National Series
32:Race 10 of 49 in the
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1007:"NASCAR Race Tracks"
469:Holman-Moody Racing
363:failure. Meanwhile,
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289:Chicagoland Speedway
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1209:Daytona 500
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763:Jack Harden
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725:Wayne Smith
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676:Jim Paschal
656:J.T. Putney
627:Bobby Isaac
620:Buddy Baker
582:Buddy Baker
571:Bondy Long
548:Jim Paschal
357:Bobby Isaac
334:Race report
224:untelevised
71:Atlanta 500
1254:Categories
1234:Wilkes 400
941:References
790:Clyde Lynn
734:A. J. Foyt
686:Paul Lewis
641:John Sears
397:Qualifying
365:windshield
268:Background
229:Announcers
124:Attendance
1239:World 600
744:Roy Mayne
721:Don White
701:Tiny Lund
585:'67 Dodge
514:Tiny Lund
497:A.J. Foyt
483:'67 Dodge
369:Don White
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1094:Archived
818:Timeline
596:Ben Lane
588:Ray Fox
568:'67 Ford
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247:NASCAR
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198:No. 21
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