NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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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.
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1968 - Northern 300 Race Results
Race Name - Northern 300Date - 7/14/1968Race Track - Trenton SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 1 milesRace Length (Miles) - 300 milesPole Speed - 103.717 mphNumber of Cautions - 5Caution Laps - 28Average Race Speed - 89.079 mphLead Changes - 11Total Race Purse - $17,725Race Number - 29 | More Races from 1968 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 1 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | 98 | Junior Johnson | 300 | 68 Ford | 285 | $2,900 |
2 | 3 | David Pearson | 17 | HolmanMoody | 299 | 68 Ford | 1 | $1,475 |
3 | 8 | Bobby Allison | 2 | JD Bracken | 299 | 66 Chevrol | 0 | $1,025 |
4 | 9 | Charlie Glotzbach | 6 | Cotton Owens | 297 | 68 Dodge | 0 | $675 |
5 | 7 | Pete Hamilton | 5 | Rocky Hinton | 294 | 68 Ford | 0 | $625 |
6 | 11 | James Hylton | 48 | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | 289 | 67 Dodge | 0 | $600 |
7 | 22 | John Sears | 4 | LG DeWitt | 287 | 67 Ford | 0 | $575 |
8 | 12 | GC Spencer | 49 | GC Spencer | 287 | 67 Plymout | 0 | $500 |
9 | 13 | Elmo Langley | 64 | Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield | 281 | 66 Ford | 0 | $475 |
10 | 19 | Clyde Lynn | 20 | Clyde Lynn | 278 | 67 Mercury | 0 | $450 |
11 | 17 | Jabe Thomas | 25 | Don Robertson | 278 | 67 Ford | 0 | $425 |
12 | 30 | Wendell Scott | 34 | Wendell Scott | 274 | 67 Ford | 0 | $400 |
13 | 16 | Dick Johnson | 18 | Dick Johnson | 272 | 67 Ford | 0 | $390 |
14 | 18 | Bill Seifert | 45 | Bill Seifert | 261 | 68 Ford | 0 | $380 |
15 | 15 | Bill Champion | 10 | Bill Champion | 254 | 66 Ford | 0 | $370 |
16 | 4 | Bobby Isaac | 71 | K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | 250 | 67 Dodge | 2 | $385 |
17 | 14 | Blaine Kauffman | 44 | Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti) | 249 | 67 Chevrol | 0 | $350 |
18 | 2 | Darel Dieringer | 22 | Mario Rossi | 231 | 68 Plymout | 0 | $415 |
19 | 28 | JD McDuffie | 70 | JD McDuffie | 195 | 67 Buick | 0 | $330 |
20 | 6 | Buddy Baker | 3 | Ray Fox | 191 | 68 Dodge | 0 | $320 |
21 | 23 | Buck Baker | 87 | Buck Baker | 168 | 68 Chevrol | 0 | $310 |
22 | 5 | Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | 162 | 68 Plymout | 12 | $625 |
23 | 20 | Earl Brooks | 28 | Earl Brooks | 119 | 66 Ford | 0 | $300 |
24 | 29 | Paul Dean Holt | 1 | Dennis Holt | 119 | 67 Ford | 0 | $300 |
25 | 34 | Stan Meserve | 51 | Margo Hamm | 111 | 67 Dodge | 0 | $275 |
26 | 21 | Neil Castles | 6 | Neil Castles | 87 | 67 Plymout | 0 | $375 |
27 | 24 | Don Tarr | 0 | Don Tarr | 74 | 66 Chevrol | 0 | $275 |
28 | 36 | Roy Hallquist | 11 | Roy Hallquist | 51 | 67 Chevrol | 0 | $250 |
29 | 10 | Sonny Hutchins | 90 | Junie Donlavey | 44 | 67 Ford | 0 | $275 |
30 | 35 | Roy Tyner | 76 | Don Culpepper | 18 | 66 Ford | 0 | $250 |
31 | 26 | Gene Black | 75 | Gene Black | 3 | 66 Ford | 0 | $250 |
32 | 25 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | 3 | 67 Ford | 0 | $250 |
33 | 27 | Frog Fagan | 23 | Don Robertson | 3 | 66 Ford | 0 | $250 |
34 | 32 | David Mote | 69 | Ken Cline | 2 | 66 Chevrol | 0 | $225 |
35 | 31 | Bill Vanderhoff | 9 | Roy Tyner | 0 | 66 Chevrol | 0 | $225 |
36 | 33 | George Davis | 7 | Malco Auto (George Davis) | 0 | 66 Chevrol | 0 | $225 |