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NASCAR Grand National race number 39 of 49
Monday, September 2, 1968 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.500 miles)

Time of race: 3:58:05
Average speed: 126.132 mph
Pole speed: 144.83 mph

Cautions: 7 for 65 laps
Margin of victory: 4 cl
Attendance: 70000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1968 NASCAR Grand National results / 1968 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	21	Cale Yarborough	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	'68 Mercury	364	25415	running	169
2	16	17	David Pearson	East Tenn. Motor Co. (Holman-Moody Racing)	'68 Ford	364	10850	running	26
3	7	3	Buddy Baker	Royal Dodge (Ray Fox)	'68 Dodge	362	6200	running	0
4	1	6	Charlie Glotzbach	Dodge (Cotton Owens)	'68 Dodge	360	3800	running	0
5	8	99	Paul Goldsmith	Frosty Morn Meats / Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'68 Dodge	357	3075	running	21
6	13	14	Curtis Turner	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'68 Plymouth	354	1800	running	0
7	18	2	Bobby Allison	Donald Brackins	'66 Chevrolet	352	2200	running	0
8	11	29	Bud Moore	Long-Lewis (Bondy Long)	'68 Ford	350	1500	running	0
9	23	39	Friday Hassler	See Rock City (Red Sharp)	'66 Chevrolet	343	1400	running	0
10	5	27	Donnie Allison	Dick Brannan Ford (Banjo Matthews)	'68 Ford	342	2350	running	42
11	40	03	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis	'67 Plymouth	335	1250	running	0
12	15	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield	'66 Ford	334	1150	running	0
13	26	46	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter	'66 Chevrolet	331	1100	running	0
14	36	19	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'66 Ford	320	1100	running	0
15	37	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'67 Ford	316	1050	running	0
16	27	0	Don Tarr	Don Tarr	'66 Chevrolet	308	950	running	0
17	25	61	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Insulation Co. (Hoss Ellington)	'67 Mercury	304	900	running	0
18	28	18	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson	'67 Ford	287	850	running	0
19	43	9	Ben Arnold	Roy Tyner	'67 Pontiac	284	825	running	0
20	6	43	Richard Petty	Terry's Chrysler Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	'68 Plymouth	273	1450	engine	7
21	39	93	Paul Dean Holt	Hurst (Dennis Holt)	'67 Ford	263	800	running	0
22	24	80	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid	'66 Chevrolet	205	725	engine	0
23	14	36	H.B. Bailey	H.B. Bailey	'67 Pontiac	181	700	crash	0
24	34	20	Clyde Lynn	Clyde Lynn	'68 Ford	156	725	engine	0
25	35	57	Frank Warren	Ervin Pruitt	'67 Dodge	144	700	oil pressure	0
26	12	15	James Hylton	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'68 Plymouth	134	640	overheating	0
27	4	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Winebarger Motor Co. (Junior Johnson)	'68 Ford	127	3305	engine	99
28	3	22	Darel Dieringer	Plymouth (Mario Rossi)	'68 Plymouth	127	695	crash	0
29	9	16	Tiny Lund	Hall Mark Homes Mercury (Bud Moore)	'68 Mercury	126	610	crash	0
30	31	59	Jim Hurtubise	Tom Pistone	'68 Mercury	121	800	crash	0
31	41	5	Earl Brooks	Don Robertson	'67 Ford	86	640	transmission	0
32	17	1	Pete Hamilton	King Enterprises (A.J. King)	'68 Dodge	56	655	crash	0
33	10	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'68 Dodge	55	570	crash	0
34	19	84	Roy Trantham	Rocky Hinton	'68 Ford	55	560	crash	0
35	42	52	Bobby Mausgrover	Elmer Buxton	'67 Ford	51	605	crash	0
36	32	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'67 Ford	51	650	crash	0
37	20	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'67 Ford	48	540	crash	0
38	21	49	G.C. Spencer	Presnell Chrysler Plymouth (G.C. Spencer)	'67 Plymouth	33	520	oil pressure	0
39	33	76	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper	'66 Ford	30	575	engine	0
40	29	07	George Davis	George Davis	'67 Chevrolet	27	520	battery	0
41	38	56	Serge Adams	Lyle Stelter	'66 Ford	24	535	sway bar	0
42	44	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'67 Buick	22	535	oil pressure	0
43	30	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'67 Ford	17	505	engine	0
44	22	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'67 Chevrolet	1	500	clutch	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Paul Dean Holt	01		Dennis Holt	Ford
	Neil Castles	06	Howard Furniture	Neil Castles	Plymouth

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	16	16
Richard Petty	17	18	2
Cale Yarborough	19	22	4
Richard Petty	23	27	5
LeeRoy Yarbrough	28	126	99
Donnie Allison	127	130	4
Paul Goldsmith	131	151	21
Donnie Allison	152	174	23
Cale Yarborough	175	177	3
David Pearson	178	203	26
Cale Yarborough	204	259	56
Donnie Allison	260	274	15
Cale Yarborough	275	364	90