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1968 Daytona 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 4 of 49
Sunday, February 25, 1968 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:23:44
Average Speed: 143.251 mph
Pole Speed: 189.222 mph

Cautions: 11 for 60 laps
Margin of Victory: 1 sec
Attendance: 94,800
Lead changes: 21

Glossary 1968 NASCAR Grand National results / 1968 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	21	Cale Yarborough	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	'68 Mercury	200	47,250	running	76
2	3	26	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Winebarger Motor Co. (Junior Johnson)	'68 Mercury	200	17,525	running	62
3	6	29	Bobby Allison	Bondy Long	'68 Ford	200	10,150	running	7
4	8	6	Al Unser	Cotton Owens	'68 Dodge	200	6,250	running	1
5	4	17	David Pearson	East Tenn. Motor Co. (Holman-Moody)	'68 Ford	199	4,750	running	10
6	9	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'68 Plymouth	199	4,500	running	0
8	2	43	Richard Petty	Unity Raceway (Petty Enterprises)	'68 Plymouth	198	4,350	running	4
7	23	22	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi	'68 Dodge	199	4,100	running	0
13	34	84	Bob Senneker	Doug Cutler	'66 Chevrolet	182	3,200	running	0
10	27	32	Andy Hampton	Harry Ranier	'67 Dodge	193	2,525	running	0
9	5	16	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore	'68 Mercury	197	2,500	running	0
11	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'67 Dodge	186	2,350	running	0
12	19	27	A.J. Foyt	Banjo Matthews	'68 Ford	183	2,350	transmission	0
16	15	5	Butch Hartman	Hartman Autocar (Butch Hartman)	'68 Dodge	180	2,275	running	3
14	25	20	Clyde Lynn	Clyde Lynn	'67 Mercury	182	2,200	running	0
18	24	46	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter	'66 Chevrolet	179	2,110	running	0
15	40	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'67 Ford	181	2,100	running	0
17	42	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'66 Ford	179	2,045	running	0
19	49	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'66 Ford	175	2,025	running	0
20	35	30	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs	'66 Chevrolet	175	2,015	running	0
21	38	73	Rod Eulenfeld	Julian Kline	'66 Chevrolet	174	2,000	running	0
30	13	3	Buddy Baker	Ray Fox	'68 Dodge	103	1,700	crash	20
47	48	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'67 Pontiac	8	1,650	engine	0
29	20	11	Mario Andretti	Bunnell Motor Co. (Holman-Moody)	'68 Mercury	105	1,580	crash	17
31	28	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'67 Ford	101	1,145	crash	0
32	21	15	Charlie Glotzbach	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'68 Plymouth	91	1,140	engine	0
22	10	37	Sam McQuagg	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'67 Dodge	171	1,140	engine	0
23	44	96	Charles Burnett	Roy Buckner	'66 Ford	146	1,135	flagged	0
24	31	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes	'66 Chevrolet	143	1,130	running	0
27	29	56	Jim Hurtubise	Lyle Stelter	'68 Mercury	123	1,125	crash	0
25	17	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield	'66 Ford	141	1,125	overheating	0
26	37	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'67 Ford	126	1,120	overheating	0
28	50	95	Don Biederman	James Brown	'66 Ford	123	1,110	engine	0
33	41	75	Earl Brooks	Hot Shot Cafe (Gene Black)	'66 Ford	89	1,085	crash	0
34	33	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'66 Ford	79	1,080	overheating	0
35	39	18	Dick Johnson	Bob Casperson	'67 Ford	63	1,075	engine	0
36	11	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'68 Dodge	56	1,070	engine	0
37	16	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'66 Chevrolet	55	1,065	ignition	0
38	47	90	Sonny Hutchins	Junie Donlavey	'67 Ford	53	1,060	engine	0
39	32	02	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper	'67 Chevrolet	52	1,055	engine	0
40	7	66	Donnie Allison	Holman-Moody	'68 Ford	48	1,000	crash	0
42	26	14	Jerry Grant	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'68 Plymouth	32	1,000	crash	0
41	43	51	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm	'67 Dodge	34	950	brakes	0
43	30	97	Red Farmer	Red Farmer	'67 Ford	24	850	engine	0
44	14	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'67 Dodge	24	800	crash	0
45	45	0	Don Tarr	Don Tarr	'67 Chevrolet	23	750	head gasket	0
46	46	2	Paul Lewis	Bracken & Bracken (J.D. Bracken)	'67 Dodge	14	700	engine	0
48	12	1	Bud Moore	Activated Angels (A.J. King)	'68 Dodge	7	600	crash	0
49	18	36	H.B. Bailey	H.B. Bailey	'66 Pontiac	6	550	engine	0
50	36	06	Dub Simpson	Neil Castles	'67 Dodge	0	500	oil pressure	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	12	12
David Pearson	13	22	10
Richard Petty	23	26	4
Al Unser	27	27	1
LeeRoy Yarbrough	28	34	7
Buddy Baker	35	36	2
LeeRoy Yarbrough	37	40	4
Buddy Baker	41	41	1
LeeRoy Yarbrough	42	46	5
Mario Andretti	47	48	2
Butch Hartman	49	51	3
Buddy Baker	52	68	17
LeeRoy Yarbrough	69	71	3
Mario Andretti	72	76	5
Bobby Allison	77	78	2
Mario Andretti	79	88	10
Cale Yarborough	89	143	55
LeeRoy Yarbrough	144	166	23
Mario Andretti	167	171	5
Cale Yarborough	172	176	5
LeeRoy Yarbrough	177	196	20
Cale Yarborough	197	200	4

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