Home Baseball Hockey Football Racing Basketball Events Privacy
Racing SectionRacing Section NASCAR SectionNASCAR General Cup SectionNASCAR Cup Series Xfinity Series SectionNASCAR Xfinity Series Camping World Truck Series SectionNASCAR Truck Series IndyCar SectionIndyCar Indy Lights SectionIndy Lights F1 SectionF1 CARTChamp Car (CART) IROC SectionIROC
+

NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race

Nascar Cup Series

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

NASCAR Cup Series Main Page
NASCAR Cup Series Champions
NASCAR Cup Series Rookie/Popular Driver/Manufacturer by Year
NASCAR Cup Series by Year

1968 - Wilkes 400 Race Results


Race Name - Wilkes 400
Date - 9/29/1968
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 104.525 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 25
Average Race Speed - 94.103 mph
Lead Changes - 8
Total Race Purse - $19,550
Race Number - 45
 More Races from 1968
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 400 68 Plymout 318 $5,975
2 2 David Pearson 17 HolmanMoody 399 68 Ford 5 $2,500
3 6 LeeRoy Yarbrough 98 Junior Johnson 399 68 Mercury 8 $1,450
4 1 Bobby Allison 14 Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) 397 68 Plymout 69 $1,150
5 4 Cale Yarborough 21 60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers) 395 68 Mercury 0 $625
6 9 Darel Dieringer 22 Mario Rossi 392 68 Plymout 0 $600
7 5 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 391 67 Dodge 0 $475
8 12 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 390 67 Dodge 0 $425
9 14 John Sears 4 LG DeWitt 389 66 Ford 0 $375
10 15 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield 388 66 Ford 0 $375
11 13 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 388 67 Plymout 0 $350
12 8 Pete Hamilton 1 AJ King 388 68 Dodge 0 $325
13 16 Dave Marcis 30 Larry Wehrs 377 66 Chevrol 0 $300
14 23 Clyde Lynn 20 Clyde Lynn 373 66 Ford 0 $325
15 20 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 367 67 Ford 0 $275
16 29 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 366 66 Ford 0 $250
17 7 Buddy Baker 3 Ray Fox 354 68 Dodge 0 $275
18 17 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 352 68 Ford 0 $275
19 19 Earl Brooks 5 Don Robertson 350 66 Ford 0 $275
20 24 Stan Meserve 76 Don Culpepper 346 66 Ford 0 $275
21 28 Eddie Yarboro 50 West End Motors (Eddie Yarboro) 329 66 Plymout 0 $250
22 21 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 265 67 Plymout 0 $325
23 11 Roy Trantham 84 Rocky Hinton 243 68 Ford 0 $250
24 10 Charlie Glotzbach 6 Cotton Owens 224 68 Dodge 0 $275
25 22 Roy Tyner 57 Ervin Pruitt 80 67 Dodge 0 $325
26 27 Dick Johnson 18 Dick Johnson 25 67 Ford 0 $250
27 30 Cecil Gordon 47 Bill Seifert 23 68 Ford 0 $250
28 18 Wayne Smith 38 Archie Smith 16 68 Chevrol 0 $250
29 25 Walson Gardner 2 Bob Cooper 2 66 Chevrol 0 $250
30 26 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 1 67 Buick 0 $250