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1968 - Virginia 500 Race Results


Race Name - Virginia 500
Date - 4/28/1968
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 78.23 mph
Number of Cautions - 10
Caution Laps - 72
Average Race Speed - 66.686 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $24,082
Race Number - 12
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Cale Yarborough 21 60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers) 500 68 Mercury 51 $5,476
2 1 David Pearson 17 HolmanMoody 500 68 Ford 97 $2,797
3 5 Donnie Allison 27 Banjo Matthews 498 68 Ford 0 $1,245
4 8 LeeRoy Yarbrough 26 Junior Johnson 498 68 Ford 20 $800
5 7 Tom Pistone 12 Tom Pistone 497 68 Ford 0 $725
6 12 Bud Moore 1 AJ King 494 68 Dodge 0 $675
7 9 Tiny Lund 16 Bud Moore 494 68 Mercury 0 $575
8 11 John Sears 4 LG DeWitt 489 67 Ford 0 $525
9 10 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 489 67 Dodge 0 $500
10 14 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield 485 66 Ford 0 $475
11 23 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 479 67 Plymout 0 $460
12 30 Blaine Kauffman 44 Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti) 461 67 Chevrol 0 $400
13 34 EJ Trivette 80 EC Reid 459 66 Chevrol 0 $390
14 39 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 459 66 Ford 0 $380
15 2 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 449 68 Plymout 284 $1,004
16 15 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 432 67 Dodge 0 $385
17 37 Paul Dean Holt 1 Dennis Holt 388 67 Ford 0 $380
18 24 Friday Hassler 39 Red Sharp 381 66 Chevrol 0 $365
19 18 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 370 66 Ford 0 $355
20 20 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 349 67 Ford 0 $345
21 16 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 335 67 Plymout 0 $325
22 17 Clyde Lynn 20 Clyde Lynn 328 66 Ford 0 $325
23 28 Roy Tyner 76 Don Culpepper 309 66 Ford 0 $300
24 29 Larry Manning 46 Tom Hunter 268 66 Chevrol 0 $300
25 19 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 237 67 Buick 0 $325
26 4 Bobby Allison 29 Bondy Long 235 68 Ford 48 $375
27 26 Bob Cooper 2 Bob Cooper 217 66 Chevrol 0 $300
28 22 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 148 66 Ford 0 $325
29 21 Sonny Hutchins 90 Junie Donlavey 133 67 Ford 0 $375
30 32 Stan Meserve 51 Margo Hamm 126 67 Dodge 0 $275
31 13 Buddy Baker 3 Ray Fox 109 67 Dodge 0 $275
32 25 Earl Brooks 28 Clyde Lynn 103 66 Ford 0 $275
33 27 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 94 66 Ford 0 $275
34 36 Bill Vanderhoff 9 Roy Tyner 72 66 Chevrol 0 $250
35 6 Paul Goldsmith 14 Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) 63 68 Plymout 0 $275
36 35 Frog Fagan 95 Henley Gray 62 66 Ford 0 $250
37 38 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 47 67 Ford 0 $250
38 33 Wayne Smith 38 Archie Smith 18 67 Chevrol 0 $250
39 40 Buck Baker 88 Buck Baker 15 67 Oldsmob 0 $250
40 31 Don Tarr 0 Don Tarr 14 66 Chevrol 0 $250