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1968 Old Dominion 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 44 of 49
Sunday, September 22, 1968 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps on a .500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:47:56
Average Speed: 65.808 mph
Pole Speed: 77.279 mph

Cautions: 7 for 60 laps
Margin of Victory: 3 laps +
Attendance: 21,000
Lead changes: 11

Glossary 1968 NASCAR Grand National results / 1968 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	6	43	Richard Petty	Wynn's / Pure (Petty Enterprises)	'68 Plymouth	500	5,999	running	324
2	1	21	Cale Yarborough	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	'68 Mercury	497	2,700	running	1
3	9	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Winebarger Motor Co. Ford (Junior Johnson)	'68 Ford	497	1,244	running	18
4	39	29	Bud Moore	Long-Lewis / Ford by Bowani (Bondy Long)	'68 Ford	494	775	running	0
5	8	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'67 Dodge	494	725	running	0
6	3	17	David Pearson	East Tenn. Motor Co. Ford (Holman-Moody)	'68 Ford	492	850	running	125
7	7	14	Ray Hendrick	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'68 Plymouth	492	575	running	0
8	5	27	Donnie Allison	Banjo Matthews	'68 Ford	491	550	running	0
9	17	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'66 Ford	488	500	running	0
10	14	84	Roy Trantham	Rocky Hinton	'68 Ford	485	475	running	0
11	15	39	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp	'66 Chevrolet	475	450	running	0
12	24	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'67 Pontiac	474	425	running	0
13	26	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith	'68 Chevrolet	470	415	running	0
14	13	2	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken	'66 Chevrolet	468	415	engine	13
15	28	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'66 Ford	465	370	running	0
16	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'67 Buick	465	385	running	0
17	21	30	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs	'66 Chevrolet	462	499	flat tire	0
18	33	51	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm	'67 Dodge	457	340	running	0
19	27	50	Eddie Yarboro	West End Motors (Eddie Yarboro)	'66 Plymouth	455	330	running	0
20	22	20	Clyde Lynn	Clyde Lynn	'66 Ford	451	335	running	0
21	12	48	James Hylton	Dodge (James Hylton)	'67 Dodge	439	325	running	0
22	2	3	Buddy Baker	Royal Dodge (Ray Fox)	'68 Dodge	436	400	engine	0
23	31	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'67 Ford	417	300	running	0
24	37	93	Walson Gardner	Walson Gardner	'67 Ford	408	300	running	0
25	34	76	Earl Brooks	Don Culpepper	'66 Ford	405	300	rear end	0
26	35	83	Worth McMillion	Allen McMillion	'67 Pontiac	391	275	radiator	0
27	20	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'67 Plymouth	374	375	engine	0
28	29	18	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson	'67 Ford	366	275	oil pressure	0
29	38	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'66 Ford	325	275	running	0
30	16	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'67 Plymouth	249	300	ignition	0
31	30	0	Don Tarr	Golden Nugget Motel (Don Tarr)	'66 Chevrolet	237	250	crash	0
32	19	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield	'66 Ford	235	275	clutch	0
33	32	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'68 Ford	192	250	overheating	0
34	4	1	Pete Hamilton	Dodge (A.J. King)	'68 Dodge	154	319	crash	19
35	10	22	Darel Dieringer	Plymouth (Mario Rossi)	'68 Plymouth	143	275	clutch	0
36	40	66	Larry Manning	John Glazebrook	'66 Chevrolet	130	250	overheating	0
37	18	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'67 Ford	96	275	crash	0
38	36	47	Cecil Gordon	Bill Seifert	'68 Ford	65	250	oil pan	0
39	11	6	Charlie Glotzbach	Dodge (Cotton Owens)	'68 Dodge	21	275	crash	0
40	25	57	Paul Dean Holt	Ervin Pruitt	'67 Dodge	1	275	oil pressure	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	1	1
	2	13	12	#1,3,14,21,22 accident turn 2
	14	20	7
	21	26	6	#6 accident turn 2
	27	40	14
	41	46	6	#3,29 accident turn 1
	47	102	56
	103	108	6	#10 accident turn 1
	109	157	49
	158	166	9	#21,1 accident frontstretch
	167	258	92
	259	271	13	#0 accident turn 4
	272	379	108
	380	387	8	#20 accident turn 1
	388	500	113
Percent of race run under caution: 12.0% Average green flag run: 55.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	1	1
LeeRoy Yarbrough	2	19	18
Pete Hamilton	20	37	18
David Pearson	38	103	66
Pete Hamilton	104	104	1
Bobby Allison	105	105	1
David Pearson	106	138	33
Richard Petty	139	157	19
Bobby Allison	158	169	12
David Pearson	170	193	24
Richard Petty	194	259	66
David Pearson	260	261	2
Richard Petty	262	500	239

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