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1968 National 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 47 of 49 Sunday, October 20, 1968 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:42:08 Average speed: 135.234 mph Pole speed: 156.06 mph Cautions: 6 for 49 laps Margin of victory: 7 sec Attendance: 38300 Lead changes: 26 Glossary    1968 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1968 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 6   Charlie Glotzbach Hutton-Scott Dodge   (Cotton Owens) '68 Dodge 334 19280 running 92 2 7 99   Paul Goldsmith Valleydale Meats   (Ray Nichels) '68 Dodge 334 9505 running 6 3 2 17   David Pearson East Tenn. Motor Co.   (Holman-Moody Racing) '68 Ford 334 6800 running 156 4 4 14   Bobby Allison Friedkin Enterprises   (Tom Friedkin) '68 Plymouth 332 4195 running 24 5 5 21   Cale Yarborough 60 Minute Cleaners   (Wood Brothers) '68 Mercury 332 3335 running 1 6 14 27   Donnie Allison Dick Brannan Ford   (Banjo Matthews) '68 Ford 331 2770 running 29 7 9 1   Pete Hamilton King Enterprises   (A.J. King) '68 Dodge 330 2070 running 9 8 11 22   Darel Dieringer Mario Rossi '68 Plymouth 327 1775 running 0 9 8 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '68 Dodge 326 1700 running 0 10 25 11   A.J. Foyt East Tenn. Motor Co.   (Holman-Moody Racing) '68 Ford 325 1600 running 0 11 15 75   Butch Hartman Hartman White & Autocar   (Butch Hartman) '68 Dodge 323 1685 running 7 12 32 32   Marty Robbins Welch Motors   (Dick Behling) '67 Dodge 312 1525 running 0 13 18 47   Elmo Langley Bill Seifert '68 Ford 309 1500 running 0 14 24 4   John Sears L.G. DeWitt '67 Ford 307 1425 running 0 15 35 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '67 Plymouth 303 1500 running 0 16 22 39   Friday Hassler Red Sharp '66 Chevrolet 301 1325 running 0 17 28 64   Bill Seifert Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield '66 Ford 298 1325 running 0 18 27 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '67 Ford 298 1325 running 0 19 37 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '67 Ford 298 1215 running 0 20 30 80   E.J. Trivette E.C. Reid '66 Chevrolet 296 1235 running 0 21 38 20   Clyde Lynn Clyde Lynn '66 Ford 283 1275 running 0 22 41 76   Ben Arnold Don Culpepper '66 Ford 274 1150 running 0 23 21 30   Dave Marcis Larry Wehrs '66 Chevrolet 230 1150 engine 0 24 44 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '67 Ford 193 1175 engine 0 25 20 18   Dick Johnson Dick Johnson '67 Ford 183 1100 shackle 0 26 17 97   Red Farmer Red Farmer '67 Ford 178 1100 crash 0 27 42 5   Earl Brooks Don Robertson '67 Ford 175 1100 engine 0 28 33 45   Cecil Gordon Bill Seifert '68 Ford 161 1025 crank 0 29 36 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '67 Ford 147 1000 flagged 0 30 43 9   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '67 Pontiac 144 1025 transmission 0 31 40 38   Wayne Smith Archie Smith '68 Chevrolet 144 1000 engine 0 32 6 43   Richard Petty Terry's Chrysler-Plymouth   (Petty Enterprises) '68 Plymouth 135 1450 engine 0 33 12 84   Roy Trantham Rocky Hinton '68 Ford 115 900 brakes 0 34 29 61   Hoss Ellington Wallace in '68   (Hoss Ellington) '67 Mercury 110 885 crash 0 35 26 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '67 Plymouth 105 925 engine 0 36 16 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '67 Dodge 83 875 ignition 0 37 39 42   Lennie Waldo Elmer Buxton '66 Ford 79 850 engine 0 38 34 46   Roy Mayne Tom Hunter '66 Chevrolet 77 775 head gasket 0 39 19 7   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '66 Chevrolet 63 750 engine 0 40 23 03   Richard Brickhouse Dub Clewis '67 Plymouth 56 725 fan pulley 0 41 13 98   LeeRoy Yarbrough Junior Johnson '68 Ford 52 825 quit 0 42 45 09   Bill Vanderhoff Roy Tyner '66 Chevrolet 30 725 oil pressure 0 43 3 3   Buddy Baker Royal Dodge   (Ray Fox) '68 Dodge 18 780 crash 10 44 31 51   Stan Meserve Margo Hamm '67 Dodge 18 625 rear end 0 45 10 29   Bud Moore East Tenn. Motor Co.   (Bondy Long) '68 Ford 6 600 quit 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Dub Simpson 44 Richard Giachetti Chevrolet David Mote 69 Billy Mote Chevrolet Ken Meisenhelder 88 Buck Baker Oldsmobile Walson Gardner 93 Walson Gardner Ford WD Eddie Yarboro 50 Eddie Yarboro Plymouth Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Charlie Glotzbach 1 2 2   David Pearson 3 5 3   Charlie Glotzbach 6 6 1   Buddy Baker 7 16 10   Charlie Glotzbach 17 21 5   Butch Hartman 22 28 7   David Pearson 29 45 17   Donnie Allison 46 46 1   Bobby Allison 47 70 24   Donnie Allison 71 75 5   David Pearson 76 102 27   Donnie Allison 103 125 23   David Pearson 126 135 10   Paul Goldsmith 136 138 3   Pete Hamilton 139 146 8   David Pearson 147 189 43   Pete Hamilton 190 190 1   David Pearson 191 234 44   Cale Yarborough 235 235 1   David Pearson 236 244 9   Charlie Glotzbach 245 256 12   David Pearson 257 257 1   Charlie Glotzbach 258 296 39   David Pearson 297 297 1   Charlie Glotzbach 298 300 3   David Pearson 301 301 1   Charlie Glotzbach 302 334 33