1968 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Atlanta 500 Race Results

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1968 - Atlanta 500 Race Results

Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 3/31/1968
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 155.646 mph
Number of Cautions - 11
Caution Laps - 73
Average Race Speed - 125.56 mph
Lead Changes - 15
Total Race Purse - $67,405
Race Number - 7

More Races from 1968

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	334	68 Mercury	172	$20,680
2	1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	26	Junior Johnson	334	68 Mercury	87	$9,360
3	7	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	333	68 Ford	23	$5,415
4	3	Charlie Glotzbach	6	Holton Dodge (Cotton Owens)	332	68 Dodge	0	$3,225
5	14	Darel Dieringer	22	Mario Rossi	332	68 Plymout	0	$2,300
6	12	Richard Petty	43	Clift Chrysler Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	331	68 Plymout	0	$1,775
7	10	Buddy Baker	3	Lenox Dodge (Ray Fox)	331	68 Dodge	0	$1,200
8	5	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	330	68 Dodge	0	$1,075
9	19	Sam McQuagg	37	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	329	68 Dodge	5	$1,000
10	15	Butch Hartman	5	Butch Hartman	327	68 Dodge	0	$850
11	13	Jim Hurtubise	56	Old Hickory House (Lyle Stelter)	322	68 Mercury	0	$750
12	6	Tiny Lund	16	Bud Moore	322	68 Mercury	0	$700
13	26	Friday Hassler	39	Red Sharp	319	67 Chevrol	0	$700
14	22	Frank Warren	79	Harold Rhodes	318	66 Chevrol	0	$600
15	18	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	313	67 Dodge	5	$625
16	28	Dave Marcis	30	Larry Wehrs	304	66 Chevrol	0	$575
17	24	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	299	66 Ford	0	$550
18	38	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	294	67 Mercury	0	$600
19	9	Bobby Allison	29	LongLewis Ford (Bondy Long)	291	68 Ford	42	$1,165
20	34	Don Tarr	0	Don Tarr	284	66 Chevrol	0	$640
21	25	Serge Adams	50		235	66 Ford	0	$625
22	41	Dub Simpson	88	Buck Baker	213	67 Oldsmob	0	$550
23	43	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	174	67 Ford	0	$550
24	17	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	167	67 Ford	0	$625
25	36	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	129	66 Ford	0	$620
26	31	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	110	67 Plymout	0	$700
27	16	Bud Moore	1	King Enterprises (AJ King)	91	68 Dodge	0	$550
28	20	GC Spencer	2	Bobby Allison	86	67 Dodge	0	$575
29	33	Tony Tantarelli	52	Elmer Buxton	74	67 Ford	0	$650
30	35	Charles Burnett	96	James Brown	69	66 Ford	0	$630
31	2	David Pearson	17	East Tenn Motor Co (HolmanMoody)	54	68 Ford	0	$625
32	11	Paul Goldsmith	99	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	48	68 Plymout	0	$675
33	23	Bob Cooper	2	Bob Cooper	29	68 Chevrol	0	$550
34	30	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	22	67 Chevrol	0	$550
35	32	Roy Tyner	76	Don Culpepper	20	66 Ford	0	$550
36	44	Earl Brooks	23	Don Robertson	18	66 Ford	0	$500
37	39	EJ Trivette	80	EC Reid	17	66 Chevrol	0	$540
38	42	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	11	67 Ford	0	$500
39	27	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	11	67 Chevrol	0	$525
40	21	Red Farmer	97	Red Farmer	7	67 Ford	0	$500
41	8	Jerry Grant	14	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	6	68 Plymout	0	$500
42	40	Phil Wendt	58	Ken Watter	6	66 Chevrol	0	$530
43	29	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	5	66 Ford	0	$500
44	37	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	4	66 Ford	0	$500