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1968 Capital City 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 41 of 49 Sunday, September 8, 1968 at Virginia State Fairgrounds, Richmond, VA 300 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (187.500 miles) Time of race: 2:11:20 Average speed: 85.659 mph Pole speed: 103.178 mph Cautions: 10 for 52 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 13000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1968 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1968 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 43   Richard Petty Plymouth by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '68 Plymouth 300 2400 running 215 2 2 17   David Pearson Holman-Moody Racing '68 Ford 300 1490 running 64 3 4 21   Cale Yarborough 60 Minute Cleaners   (Wood Brothers) '68 Mercury 299 1210 running 7 4 6 2   Bobby Allison Donald Brackins '66 Chevrolet 299 875 running 0 5 3 3   Buddy Baker Ray Fox '68 Dodge 298 710 running 7 6 5 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '68 Dodge 297 525 running 0 7 8 15   Ray Hendrick Friedkin Enterprises   (Tom Friedkin) '68 Plymouth 295 400 running 7 8 7 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '68 Dodge 293 300 running 0 9 9 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield '66 Ford 293 250 running 0 10 10 20   Clyde Lynn Clyde Lynn '66 Ford 284 250 running 0 11 12 4   John Sears L.G. DeWitt '67 Ford 279 225 running 0 12 18 38   Wayne Smith Archie Smith '68 Chevrolet 273 225 running 0 13 20 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '67 Ford 271 225 running 0 14 16 57   Ervin Pruitt Ervin Pruitt '67 Dodge 265 225 running 0 15 24 76   Ben Arnold Don Culpepper '67 Ford 262 200 running 0 16 28 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '67 Ford 260 200 running 0 17 21 19   Cecil Gordon Henley Gray '67 Ford 257 200 running 0 18 27 83   Worth McMillion Allen McMillion '67 Pontiac 236 175 running 0 19 23 93   Walson Gardner Walson Gardner '67 Ford 232 175 running 0 20 22 95   Paul Dean Holt Henley Gray '66 Ford 195 175 quit 0 21 14 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '67 Ford 157 175 engine 0 22 11 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '67 Ford 129 150 crash 0 23 26 9   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '67 Pontiac 128 150 crash 0 24 15 66   Larry Manning John Glazebrook '67 Chevrolet 100 150 crash 0 25 19 5   Earl Brooks Don Robertson '67 Ford 86 150 overheating 0 26 25 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '67 Plymouth 61 150 water pump 0 27 17 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '68 Ford 53 150 crash 0 28 13 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '67 Buick 12   oil pressure 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 58 58   David Pearson 59 80 22   Richard Petty 81 105 25   David Pearson 106 116 11   Richard Petty 117 140 24   Ray Hendrick 141 147 7   David Pearson 148 154 7   Richard Petty 155 178 24   David Pearson 179 189 11   Buddy Baker 190 196 7   David Pearson 197 205 9   Cale Yarborough 206 212 7   David Pearson 213 216 4   Richard Petty 217 300 84