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1968 Firecracker 400

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NASCAR Grand National race number 25 of 49
Thursday, July 4, 1968 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:23:30
Average speed: 167.247 mph
Pole speed: 185.156 mph

Cautions: 2 for 14 laps
Margin of victory: 2 laps +
Attendance: 44600
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1968 NASCAR Grand National results / 1968 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	4	21	Cale Yarborough	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	'68 Mercury	160	15400	running	142
2	3	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Winebarger Motor Co. (Junior Johnson)	'68 Mercury	158	8545	running	7
3	5	17	David Pearson	East Tenn. Motor Co. (Holman-Moody Racing)	'68 Ford	157	5730	running	6
4	9	22	Darel Dieringer	Plymouth (Mario Rossi)	'68 Plymouth	157	2975	running	0
5	10	16	Tiny Lund	Mercury (Bud Moore)	'68 Mercury	157	1875	running	0
6	16	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'68 Dodge	156	1525	running	0
7	12	1	Bud Moore	A.J. King	'68 Dodge	155	1325	running	0
8	11	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'68 Dodge	155	1225	running	0
9	1	6	Charlie Glotzbach	Southside Dodge (Cotton Owens)	'68 Dodge	154	2100	blew tire	0
10	15	56	Jim Hurtubise	Pistone & Hurtubise (Lyle Stelter)	'68 Mercury	152	1050	crank	0
11	13	14	Jerry Grant	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'68 Plymouth	152	775	running	0
12	14	11	Mario Andretti	Competition Proven - Holman-Moody (Holman-Moody Racing)	'68 Ford	151	725	running	0
13	17	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'67 Dodge	151	575	running	0
14	21	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'66 Ford	151	630	running	0
15	8	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'66 Chevrolet	151	550	running	0
16	18	75	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman	'68 Dodge	150	545	running	0
17	22	03	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis	'67 Plymouth	145	565	running	0
18	24	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield	'68 Ford	140	560	running	0
19	32	46	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter	'68 Chevrolet	139	530	running	0
20	27	76	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper	'66 Ford	135	550	running	0
21	2	43	Richard Petty	Plymouth by Petty (Petty Enterprises)	'68 Plymouth	132	1395	engine	5
22	30	20	Clyde Lynn	Clyde Lynn	'66 Ford	130	540	running	0
23	35	25	Jabe Thomas	Star City Body Shop (Don Robertson)	'67 Ford	127	510	running	0
24	31	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'67 Ford	126	530	running	0
25	25	80	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid	'66 Chevrolet	126	525	running	0
26	23	52	Lennie Waldo	Elmer Buxton	'67 Ford	114	520	running	0
27	29	69	David Mote	Fields Body Shop (Ken Cline)	'66 Chevrolet	100	525	running	0
28	33	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'66 Ford	80	485	engine	0
29	28	01	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt	'67 Ford	65	505	overheating	0
30	6	29	A.J. Foyt	Long-Lewis (Bondy Long)	'68 Ford	64	475	steering	0
31	20	2	Bobby Allison	Donald Brackins	'66 Chevrolet	49	645	axle	0
32	7	3	Buddy Baker	Ray Fox	'68 Dodge	23	465	rear end	0
33	37	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'68 Ford	23	460	transmission	0
34	19	18	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson	'67 Ford	22	455	manifold	0
35	34	28	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'66 Ford	15	450	engine	0
36	26	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith	'68 Chevrolet	14	470	rear end	0
37	36	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'67 Buick	1	440	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
LeeRoy Yarbrough	1	2	2
Cale Yarborough	3	5	3
LeeRoy Yarbrough	6	6	1
Richard Petty	7	11	5
LeeRoy Yarbrough	12	12	1
Cale Yarborough	13	33	21
LeeRoy Yarbrough	34	36	3
David Pearson	37	42	6
Cale Yarborough	43	160	118