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1968 - Motor Trend 500 Race Results


Race Name - Motor Trend 500
Date - 1/21/1968
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.7 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 502 miles
Pole Speed - 110.971 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 100.59 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $69,365
Race Number - 3
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Dan Gurney 121 Rons Ford (Wood Brothers) 186 68 Ford 124 $21,250
2 2 David Pearson 17 East Tenn Motor Co (HolmanMoody) 186 68 Ford 10 $9,600
3 3 Parnelli Jones 115 Bill Stroppe 186 68 Ford 49 $5,600
4 12 Bobby Allison 29 Bondy Long 185 68 Ford 0 $3,250
5 7 Cale Yarborough 21 60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers) 184 68 Ford 0 $2,225
6 14 Al Unser 3 Rudy Hoerr 182 67 Dodge 0 $1,550
7 10 Bobby Isaac 37 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 182 67 Dodge 0 $1,370
8 16 Dave James 6 Len Heating (Jim Whitehead) 171 67 Plymout 0 $1,250
9 17 Scotty Cain 45 Bill Clinton 167 66 Ford 0 $1,150
10 4 Richard Petty 43 Plymouth Dealers (Petty Enterprises) 163 67 Plymout 0 $1,650
11 20 Jim Cook 61 Coz Concilla 162 67 Oldsmob 0 $1,000
12 35 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 150 66 Ford 0 $900
13 30 Clyde Lynn 20 Clyde Lynn 148 66 Ford 0 $800
14 31 Clyde Prickett 88 Dan Dostinich 140 67 Chevrol 0 $700
15 24 Jack McCoy 7 Charles Bell 118 67 Dodge 0 $725
16 36 Guy Jones 92 109 66 Ford 0 $650
17 37 Frank Burnett 143 92 65 Plymout 0 $640
18 40 Sam Rose 8 Sam Rose 92 67 Mercury 0 $630
19 22 Don White 1 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 90 68 Dodge 0 $705
20 21 Norm Nelson 41 Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) 87 68 Plymout 0 $720
21 38 Ed Brown 111 73 67 Ford 0 $615
22 11 Jerry Grant 14 Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) 71 67 Plymout 0 $760
23 9 Darel Dieringer 22 Mario Rossi 69 68 Plymout 0 $625
24 25 Harold Hardesty 18 Bob Bristol 67 66 Ford 0 $575
25 15 Buddy Baker 6 Cotton Owens 59 67 Dodge 0 $575
26 27 Frank Jones 0 55 65 Chevrol 0 $520
27 8 Mario Andretti 11 Don Wagner Ford (HolmanMoody) 41 68 Ford 3 $540
28 39 Jerry Oliver 8 39 66 Chevrol 0 $510
29 29 Vallie Engelauf 25 38 66 Chevrol 0 $505
30 19 Ray Elder 96 Fred Elder 37 65 Dodge 0 $500
31 42 Johnny Steele 2 Kyle Gibson 33 67 Ford 0 $500
32 32 Don Noel 38 31 67 Ford 0 $575
33 33 Paul Dorrity 15 Glen Dorrity 28 67 Chevrol 0 $500
34 13 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 21 67 Dodge 0 $575
35 34 Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 19 66 Chevrol 0 $500
36 26 Bill Small 5 16 65 Chevrol 0 $500
37 5 LeeRoy Yarbrough 26 Junior Johnson 14 68 Ford 0 $575
38 28 Bob Link 98 Robert Link 14 67 Ford 0 $500
39 23 Jerry Titus 95 5 66 Ford 0 $500
40 44 Bo Reeder 80 Bo Reeder 4 67 Ford 0 $500
41 41 Carl Joiner 9 3 67 Pontiac 0 $500
42 18 John Sears 4 LG DeWitt 2 66 Ford 0 $500
43 6 AJ Foyt 27 Banjo Matthews 0 68 Ford 0 $550
44 43 Joe Clark 46 0 65 Plymout 0 $500