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1968 - Dixie 500 Race Results


Race Name - Dixie 500
Date - 8/4/1968
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 153.361 mph
Number of Cautions - 11
Caution Laps - 67
Average Race Speed - 127.06 mph
Lead Changes - 29
Total Race Purse - $66,075
Race Number - 33
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 5 LeeRoy Yarbrough 98 Junior Johnson 334 68 Mercury 168 $17,260
2 13 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 334 68 Dodge 3 $8,440
3 9 Donnie Allison 27 Banjo Matthews 334 68 Ford 0 $5,925
4 4 David Pearson 17 HolmanMoody 334 68 Ford 65 $3,005
5 10 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 333 68 Plymout 7 $2,535
6 17 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 328 68 Dodge 5 $1,625
7 11 Bud Moore 29 LongLewis (Bondy Long) 328 68 Ford 0 $1,350
8 18 John Sears 4 LG DeWitt 327 67 Ford 0 $1,275
9 21 Friday Hassler 39 Red Sharp 318 66 Chevrol 0 $1,175
10 33 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 316 67 Plymout 0 $1,125
11 27 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 310 68 Ford 0 $1,125
12 23 Bob Moore 96 Roy Buckner 306 68 Ford 0 $1,025
13 35 Roy Tyner 57 Ervin Pruitt 303 67 Dodge 0 $950
14 39 Don Tarr 0 Don Tarr 301 66 Chevrol 0 $950
15 34 Willie Crane 32 George Turner 300 68 Ford 0 $875
16 25 Clyde Lynn 20 Clyde Lynn 297 66 Ford 0 $850
17 6 Tiny Lund 16 Bud Moore 295 68 Mercury 0 $825
18 2 Cale Yarborough 21 60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers) 265 68 Mercury 46 $1,230
19 22 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 251 66 Ford 0 $775
20 30 Wayne Smith 38 Archie Smith 217 68 Chevrol 0 $750
21 12 Paul Goldsmith 99 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 200 68 Dodge 1 $735
22 14 Darel Dieringer 22 Mario Rossi 189 68 Plymout 0 $700
23 28 Earl Brooks 18 Dick Johnson 189 67 Ford 0 $715
24 26 Bobby Allison 2 JD Bracken 167 66 Chevrol 0 $755
25 3 Charlie Glotzbach 6 Cotton Owens 152 68 Dodge 38 $660
26 7 Sam McQuagg 1 AJ King 122 68 Dodge 0 $660
27 32 Wendell Scott 19 Henley Gray 115 66 Ford 0 $650
28 20 Pete Hamilton 5 Rocky Hinton 110 68 Ford 0 $640
29 38 Stan Meserve 51 Margo Hamm 103 67 Dodge 0 $655
30 19 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield 90 66 Ford 0 $645
31 24 Hoss Ellington 61 Hoss Ellington 80 67 Mercury 0 $610
32 37 Richard Brickhouse 3 Dub Clewis 77 67 Plymout 0 $650
33 15 EJ Trivette 80 EC Reid 66 66 Chevrol 0 $590
34 16 Red Farmer 97 Red Farmer 56 67 Ford 1 $690
35 31 Jabe Thomas 52 Elmer Buxton 53 67 Ford 0 $580
36 1 Buddy Baker 3 Ray Fox 25 68 Dodge 0 $725
37 36 Bobby Johns 7 Shorty Johns 23 68 Chevrol 0 $645
38 8 Jim Hurtubise 56 Lyle Stelter 21 68 Mercury 0 $565
39 29 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 5 67 Plymout 0 $585
40 40 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 4 67 Buick 0 $550