1968 - NASCAR Grand National Series - American 500 Race Results

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1968 - American 500 Race Results

Race Name - American 500
Date - 10/27/1968
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 118.717 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 46
Average Race Speed - 105.06 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $69,800
Race Number - 48

More Races from 1968

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Richard Petty	43	Plymouth By Petty (Petty Enterprises)	500	68 Plymout	216	$17,075
2	2	David Pearson	17	East Tenn Motor Co (HolmanMoody)	500	68 Ford	24	$9,775
3	6	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Winebarger Motor Co (Junior Johnson)	498	68 Ford	0	$5,225
4	9	Tiny Lund	16	Mercury (Bud Moore)	497	68 Mercury	1	$2,800
5	8	Bobby Allison	14	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	496	68 Plymout	0	$1,850
6	14	Don White	91	Dodge (Ray Nichels)	495	68 Dodge	0	$1,400
7	17	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	491	68 Dodge	0	$1,375
8	16	GC Spencer	84	Roy Trantham	488	68 Ford	0	$1,200
9	20	Richard Brickhouse	3	Dub Clewis	480	67 Plymout	0	$1,100
10	18	Butch Hartman	75	Butch Hartman	478	68 Dodge	0	$1,100
11	19	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	476	67 Ford	0	$1,050
12	28	Friday Hassler	39	Red Sharp	466	66 Chevrol	0	$1,000
13	27	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	446	66 Chevrol	0	$975
14	39	Bill Seifert	47	Bill Seifert	444	68 Ford	0	$950
15	41	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	433	66 Ford	0	$935
16	13	Donnie Allison	27	Dick Brannan Ford (Banjo Matthews)	430	68 Ford	11	$920
17	3	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	427	68 Dodge	118	$930
18	44	Earl Brooks	45	Bill Seifert	427	68 Ford	0	$890
19	36	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	420	67 Pontiac	0	$945
20	35	Walson Gardner	93	Walson Gardner	414	67 Ford	0	$920
21	38	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	408	68 Ford	0	$895
22	42	Dick Johnson	18	Dick Johnson	407	67 Ford	0	$830
23	43	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	400	67 Ford	0	$815
24	24	Dave Marcis	30	Larry Wehrs	396	66 Chevrol	0	$800
25	10	Buddy Baker	3	Royal Dodge (Ray Fox)	385	68 Dodge	38	$835
26	1	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	325	68 Mercury	92	$1,120
27	37	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	309	67 Ford	0	$795
28	22	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	271	67 Ford	0	$740
29	5	Paul Goldsmith	99	Frosty Morn Meats (Ray Nichels)	270	68 Dodge	0	$725
30	26	Tommy Gale	56	Lyle Stelter	172	67 Mercury	0	$760
31	25	Red Farmer	97	Red Farmer	159	67 Ford	0	$770
32	29	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	156	67 Plymout	0	$830
33	11	Darel Dieringer	22	Plymouth (Mario Rossi)	148	68 Plymout	0	$690
34	12	Pete Hamilton	1	AJ King	145	68 Dodge	0	$650
35	31	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	95	67 Buick	0	$735
36	34	James Sears	76	Don Culpepper	92	66 Ford	0	$710
37	33	Don Tarr	0	Don Tarr	91	66 Chevrol	0	$685
38	23	Ervin Pruitt	57	Ervin Pruitt	90	67 Dodge	0	$590
39	40	EJ Trivette	80	EC Reid	87	66 Chevrol	0	$605
40	30	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	82	66 Ford	0	$560
41	7	Charlie Glotzbach	6	Lash Motor Co (Cotton Owens)	59	68 Dodge	0	$545
42	15	Bud Moore	29	LongLewis (Bondy Long)	53	68 Ford	0	$535
43	32	Dexter Gainey	52	Elmer Buxton	41	67 Ford	0	$650
44	21	Frank Gardner	11	Ford (HolmanMoody)	1	68 Ford	0	$515