1968 - NASCAR Grand National Series - World 600 Race Results

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1968 - World 600 Race Results

Race Name - World 600
Date - 5/26/1968
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 383 miles
Pole Speed - 159.223 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 110
Average Race Speed - 104.2 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $125,510
Race Number - 18

More Races from 1968

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	12	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	255	68 Dodge	98	$27,780
2	1	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	255	68 Ford	25	$12,975
3	2	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	254	68 Mercury	49	$9,290
4	4	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	254	68 Ford	0	$6,300
5	14	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	253	68 Dodge	0	$5,475
6	10	Charlie Glotzbach	6	Cotton Owens	252	68 Dodge	0	$4,025
7	7	Tiny Lund	16	Bud Moore	252	68 Mercury	0	$3,525
8	21	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	251	67 Dodge	0	$3,125
9	8	Curtis Turner	14	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	251	68 Plymout	0	$2,525
10	17	Sam McQuagg	37	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	250	67 Dodge	0	$2,025
11	16	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	250	67 Ford	0	$1,950
12	13	Jerry Grant	15	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	248	68 Plymout	1	$1,955
13	22	Paul Lewis	2	Bobby Allison	247	67 Dodge	0	$1,900
14	24	Friday Hassler	39	Red Sharp	245	66 Chevrol	0	$1,800
15	39	Harold Smith	55	Lyle Stelter	244	66 Ford	0	$1,850
16	25	Don Tarr	8	EC Reid	242	66 Chevrol	0	$1,685
17	37	EJ Trivette	80	EC Reid	241	66 Chevrol	0	$1,625
18	20	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	240	66 Ford	0	$1,525
19	36	Lennie Waldo	52	Elmer Buxton	239	67 Ford	0	$1,550
20	40	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	239	67 Ford	0	$1,600
21	23	Frank Warren	79	Harold Rhodes	238	66 Chevrol	0	$1,550
22	33	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	235	67 Plymout	0	$1,525
23	43	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	235	67 Ford	0	$1,500
24	30	Clyde Lynn	28	Earl Brooks	235	66 Ford	0	$1,425
25	29	Frog Fagan	95	Henley Gray	235	66 Ford	0	$1,400
26	44	Bob Moore	96	Roy Buckner	234	66 Ford	0	$1,420
27	26	Phil Wendt	58	Ken Watter	230	66 Chevrol	0	$1,350
28	5	Bobby Allison	29	Bondy Long	229	68 Ford	13	$1,520
29	35	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	229	66 Ford	0	$1,310
30	42	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	227	66 Ford	0	$1,330
31	32	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	213	68 Ford	0	$1,325
32	9	Darel Dieringer	22	Mario Rossi	212	68 Plymout	0	$1,225
33	34	Roy Tyner	76	Don Culpepper	212	66 Ford	0	$1,225
34	41	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	205	68 Chevrol	0	$1,240
35	27	Dave Marcis	30	Larry Wehrs	202	66 Chevrol	0	$1,150
36	28	Larry Manning	46	Tom Hunter	199	66 Chevrol	0	$1,125
37	19	Sonny Hutchins	90	Junie Donlavey	190	67 Ford	0	$1,100
38	6	Richard Petty	43	Terrys Chrysler Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	186	68 Plymout	1	$1,705
39	15	Bud Moore	1	AJ King	182	68 Dodge	24	$1,205
40	38	Bob Cooper	2	Bob Cooper	153	66 Chevrol	0	$1,025
41	11	Paul Goldsmith	99	Frosty Morn Meats Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	91	68 Dodge	0	$1,125
42	31	Earl Balmer	12	Thorne Pistone (Tom Pistone)	59	68 Mercury	0	$1,075
43	18	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	56	67 Plymout	0	$950
44	3	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	45	68 Mercury	44	$1,220