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1968 Firecracker 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 25 of 49 Thursday, July 4, 1968 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:23:30 Average speed: 167.247 mph Pole speed: 185.156 mph Cautions: 2 for 14 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 44600 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1968 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1968 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 21   Cale Yarborough 60 Minute Cleaners   (Wood Brothers) '68 Mercury 160 15400 running 142 2 3 98   LeeRoy Yarbrough Winebarger Motor Co.   (Junior Johnson) '68 Mercury 158 8545 running 7 3 5 17   David Pearson East Tenn. Motor Co.   (Holman-Moody Racing) '68 Ford 157 5730 running 6 4 9 22   Darel Dieringer Plymouth   (Mario Rossi) '68 Plymouth 157 2975 running 0 5 10 16   Tiny Lund Mercury   (Bud Moore) '68 Mercury 157 1875 running 0 6 16 99   Paul Goldsmith Nichels Engineering   (Ray Nichels) '68 Dodge 156 1525 running 0 7 12 1   Bud Moore A.J. King '68 Dodge 155 1325 running 0 8 11 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '68 Dodge 155 1225 running 0 9 1 6   Charlie Glotzbach Southside Dodge   (Cotton Owens) '68 Dodge 154 2100 blew tire 0 10 15 56   Jim Hurtubise Pistone & Hurtubise   (Lyle Stelter) '68 Mercury 152 1050 crank 0 11 13 14   Jerry Grant Friedkin Enterprises   (Tom Friedkin) '68 Plymouth 152 775 running 0 12 14 11   Mario Andretti Competition Proven - Holman-Moody   (Holman-Moody Racing) '68 Ford 151 725 running 0 13 17 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '67 Dodge 151 575 running 0 14 21 4   John Sears L.G. DeWitt '66 Ford 151 630 running 0 15 8 7   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '66 Chevrolet 151 550 running 0 16 18 75   Butch Hartman Butch Hartman '68 Dodge 150 545 running 0 17 22 03   Richard Brickhouse Dub Clewis '67 Plymouth 145 565 running 0 18 24 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield '68 Ford 140 560 running 0 19 32 46   Larry Manning Tom Hunter '68 Chevrolet 139 530 running 0 20 27 76   Roy Tyner Don Culpepper '66 Ford 135 550 running 0 21 2 43   Richard Petty Plymouth by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '68 Plymouth 132 1395 engine 5 22 30 20   Clyde Lynn Clyde Lynn '66 Ford 130 540 running 0 23 35 25   Jabe Thomas Star City Body Shop   (Don Robertson) '67 Ford 127 510 running 0 24 31 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '67 Ford 126 530 running 0 25 25 80   E.J. Trivette E.C. Reid '66 Chevrolet 126 525 running 0 26 23 52   Lennie Waldo Elmer Buxton '67 Ford 114 520 running 0 27 29 69   David Mote Fields Body Shop   (Ken Cline) '66 Chevrolet 100 525 running 0 28 33 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '66 Ford 80 485 engine 0 29 28 01   Paul Dean Holt Dennis Holt '67 Ford 65 505 overheating 0 30 6 29   A.J. Foyt Long-Lewis   (Bondy Long) '68 Ford 64 475 steering 0 31 20 2   Bobby Allison Donald Brackins '66 Chevrolet 49 645 axle 0 32 7 3   Buddy Baker Ray Fox '68 Dodge 23 465 rear end 0 33 37 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '68 Ford 23 460 transmission 0 34 19 18   Dick Johnson Dick Johnson '67 Ford 22 455 manifold 0 35 34 28   Earl Brooks Earl Brooks '66 Ford 15 450 engine 0 36 26 38   Wayne Smith Archie Smith '68 Chevrolet 14 470 rear end 0 37 36 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '67 Buick 1 440 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   LeeRoy Yarbrough 1 2 2   Cale Yarborough 3 5 3   LeeRoy Yarbrough 6 6 1   Richard Petty 7 11 5   LeeRoy Yarbrough 12 12 1   Cale Yarborough 13 33 21   LeeRoy Yarbrough 34 36 3   David Pearson 37 42 6   Cale Yarborough 43 160 118