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1968 Volunteer 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 30 of 49
Sunday, July 21, 1968 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:16:34
Average Speed: 76.31 mph
Pole Speed: 87.421 mph

Cautions: 13 for 92 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.5 laps
Attendance: 20,000
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1968 NASCAR Grand National results / 1968 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
25	16	2	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken	'66 Chevrolet	212	295	battery	0
17	23	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'67 Ford	387	420	crash	0
6	10	3	Buddy Baker	Ray Fox	'68 Dodge	481	700	engine	0
8	12	16	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore	'68 Mercury	465	625	engine	0
18	2	6	Charlie Glotzbach	Cotton Owens	'68 Dodge	385	425	engine	74
20	28	93	Walson Gardner	Walson Gardner	'67 Ford	362	340	engine	0
21	13	5	Pete Hamilton	Rocky Hinton	'68 Ford	329	330	engine	14
29	19	08	Bob Burcham	E.C. Reid	'66 Chevrolet	176	315	engine	0
31	17	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'67 Plymouth	135	250	engine	0
32	1	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Winebarger Motor Co. (Junior Johnson)	'68 Ford	120	750	engine	0
35	14	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'67 Dodge	35	250	engine	0
36	36	03	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis	'67 Plymouth	8	250	engine	0
22	26	50	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro	'66 Plymouth	298	320	fan belt	0
24	8	43	Richard Petty	Clift Chrysler (Petty Enterprises)	'68 Plymouth	236	800	fan belt	0
26	11	22	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi	'68 Plymouth	206	285	lug bolt	0
30	35	01	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt	'67 Ford	143	250	oil leak	0
27	22	28	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'66 Ford	194	300	oil pan	0
28	30	18	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson	'67 Ford	187	265	quit	0
1	6	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	'68 Ford	500	5,175	running	257
2	4	21	Cale Yarborough	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	'68 Mercury	499	2,650	running	1
3	3	29	Swede Savage	Bondy Long	'68 Ford	498	1,700	running	0
4	9	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'67 Dodge	497	900	running	0
5	18	39	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp	'66 Chevrolet	488	800	running	0
7	24	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'67 Plymouth	467	650	running	0
9	32	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'68 Ford	464	600	running	0
10	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'67 Buick	463	525	running	0
11	20	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield	'66 Ford	460	540	running	0
12	21	20	Clyde Lynn	Clyde Lynn	'66 Ford	455	515	running	0
13	33	46	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter	'66 Chevrolet	437	460	running	0
14	27	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'67 Pontiac	421	445	running	0
16	34	57	Ervin Pruitt	Ervin Pruitt	'67 Dodge	403	415	running	0
15	15	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'67 Ford	407	425	rear end	0
23	7	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'68 Dodge	290	305	rear end	154
33	25	51	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm	'67 Dodge	81	250	rear end	0
34	5	27	Donnie Allison	Banjo Matthews	'68 Ford	63	275	rear end	0
19	31	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'66 Ford	367	340	wheel	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Charlie Glotzbach	1	74	74
Pete Hamilton	75	85	11
David Pearson	86	113	28
Pete Hamilton	114	116	3
Paul Goldsmith	117	182	66
Cale Yarborough	183	183	1
Paul Goldsmith	184	271	88
David Pearson	272	500	229

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