1968 - NASCAR Grand National Series - National 500 Race Results

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1968 - National 500 Race Results

Race Name - National 500
Date - 10/20/1968
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 156.06 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 49
Average Race Speed - 135.23 mph
Lead Changes - 26
Total Race Purse - $90,880
Race Number - 47

More Races from 1968

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Charlie Glotzbach	6	Cotton Owens	334	68 Dodge	92	$19,280
2	7	Paul Goldsmith	99	Valleydale Meats (Ray Nichels)	334	68 Dodge	6	$9,505
3	2	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	334	68 Ford	156	$6,800
4	4	Bobby Allison	14	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	332	68 Plymout	24	$4,195
5	5	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	332	68 Mercury	1	$3,335
6	14	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	331	68 Ford	29	$2,770
7	9	Pete Hamilton	1	AJ King	330	68 Dodge	9	$2,070
8	11	Darel Dieringer	22	Mario Rossi	327	68 Plymout	0	$1,775
9	8	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	326	68 Dodge	0	$1,700
10	25	AJ Foyt	11	HolmanMoody	325	68 Ford	0	$1,600
11	15	Butch Hartman	75	Butch Hartman	323	68 Dodge	7	$1,685
12	32	Marty Robbins	32	Welch Motors (Dick Behling)	312	67 Dodge	0	$1,525
13	18	Elmo Langley	47	Bill Seifert	309	68 Ford	0	$1,500
14	24	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	307	67 Ford	0	$1,425
15	35	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	303	67 Plymout	0	$1,500
16	22	Friday Hassler	39	Red Sharp	301	66 Chevrol	0	$1,325
17	28	Bill Seifert	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	298	66 Ford	0	$1,325
18	27	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	298	67 Ford	0	$1,325
19	37	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	298	67 Ford	0	$1,215
20	30	EJ Trivette	80	EC Reid	296	66 Chevrol	0	$1,235
21	38	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	283	66 Ford	0	$1,275
22	41	Ben Arnold	76	Don Culpepper	274	66 Ford	0	$1,150
23	21	Dave Marcis	30	Larry Wehrs	230	66 Chevrol	0	$1,150
24	44	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	193	67 Ford	0	$1,175
25	20	Dick Johnson	18	Dick Johnson	183	67 Ford	0	$1,100
26	17	Red Farmer	97	Red Farmer	178	67 Ford	0	$1,100
27	42	Earl Brooks	5	Don Robertson	175	67 Ford	0	$1,100
28	33	Cecil Gordon	45	Bill Seifert	161	68 Ford	0	$1,025
29	36	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	147	67 Ford	0	$1,000
30	43	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	144	67 Pontiac	0	$1,025
31	40	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	144	68 Chevrol	0	$1,000
32	6	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	135	68 Plymout	0	$1,450
33	12	Roy Trantham	84	Rocky Hinton	115	68 Ford	0	$900
34	29	Hoss Ellington	61	Hoss Ellington	110	67 Mercury	0	$885
35	26	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	105	67 Plymout	0	$925
36	16	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	83	67 Dodge	0	$875
37	39	Lennie Waldo	42	Elmer Buxton	79	66 Ford	0	$850
38	34	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	77	66 Chevrol	0	$775
39	19	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	63	66 Chevrol	0	$750
40	23	Richard Brickhouse	3	Dub Clewis	56	67 Plymout	0	$725
41	13	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	52	68 Ford	0	$825
42	45	Bill Vanderhoff	9	Roy Tyner	30	66 Chevrol	0	$725
43	3	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	18	68 Dodge	10	$780
44	31	Stan Meserve	51	Margo Hamm	18	67 Dodge	0	$625
45	10	Bud Moore	29	LongLewis (Bondy Long)	6	68 Ford	0	$600