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1968 - Fireball 300 Race Results


Race Name - Fireball 300
Date - 5/5/1968
Race Track - Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 150 miles
Pole Speed - 89.708 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 45
Average Race Speed - 75.167 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $6,900
Race Number - 14
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 David Pearson 17 East Tennessee Motor Co (HolmanMoody) 300 68 Ford 299 $1,400
2 4 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 298 67 Dodge 0 $1,000
3 2 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 297 68 Plymout 0 $900
4 7 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 295 67 Dodge 0 $575
5 26 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield 291 66 Ford 0 $425
6 14 Clyde Lynn 20 Clyde Lynn 291 68 Ford 0 $325
7 16 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 278 67 Ford 0 $275
8 17 Frog Fagan 95 Henley Gray 259 66 Ford 0 $225
9 13 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 257 66 Ford 0 $200
10 15 Stan Meserve 51 Margo Hamm 243 67 Dodge 0 $175
11 10 Roy Tyner 76 Don Culpepper 225 66 Ford 0 $100
12 11 Pete Hamilton 5 Rocky Hinton 215 68 Ford 0 $100
13 5 John Sears 4 LG DeWitt 207 67 Ford 0 $100
14 21 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 197 67 Plymout 0 $100
15 12 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 149 66 Ford 0 $100
16 28 Earl Brooks 28 Clyde Lynn 148 67 Mercury 0 $100
17 18 Max Ledbetter 46 Tom Hunter 134 66 Chevrol 0 $100
18 9 Buddy Baker 3 Ray Fox 106 67 Dodge 1 $100
19 27 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 98 67 Buick 0 $100
20 3 Tom Pistone 12 Tom Pistone 81 68 Mercury 0 $100
21 19 Walson Gardner 93 Walson Gardner 74 67 Ford 0 $100
22 23 Don Tarr 0 Don Tarr 63 66 Chevrol 0 $100
23 24 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 61 66 Ford 0 $100
24 25 Buck Baker 88 Buck Baker 51 67 Oldsmob 0 $100
25 22 Jack Ingram 8 Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti) 25 66 Chevrol 0 $
26 20 Paul Dean Holt 1 Dennis Holt 15 67 Ford 0 $
27 6 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 13 67 Plymout 0 $
28 8 Gene Black 75 Gene Black 4 66 Ford 0 $