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1968 Volunteer 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 30 of 49 Sunday, July 21, 1968 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 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: 20000 Lead changes: 8 Glossary    1968 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1968 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 6 17   David Pearson Holman-Moody Racing '68 Ford 500 5175 running 257 2 4 21   Cale Yarborough 60 Minute Cleaners   (Wood Brothers) '68 Mercury 499 2650 running 1 3 3 29   Swede Savage Bondy Long '68 Ford 498 1700 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 6 10 3   Buddy Baker Ray Fox '68 Dodge 481 700 engine 0 7 24 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '67 Plymouth 467 650 running 0 8 12 16   Tiny Lund Bud Moore '68 Mercury 465 625 engine 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 15 15 4   John Sears Montgomery Motors   (L.G. DeWitt) '67 Ford 407 425 rear end 0 16 34 57   Ervin Pruitt Ervin Pruitt '67 Dodge 403 415 running 0 17 23 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '67 Ford 387 420 crash 0 18 2 6   Charlie Glotzbach Cotton Owens '68 Dodge 385 425 engine 74 19 31 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '66 Ford 367 340 wheel 0 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 22 26 50   Eddie Yarboro Eddie Yarboro '66 Plymouth 298 320 fan belt 0 23 7 99   Paul Goldsmith Nichels Engineering   (Ray Nichels) '68 Dodge 290 305 rear end 154 24 8 43   Richard Petty Clift Chrysler   (Petty Enterprises) '68 Plymouth 236 800 fan belt 0 25 16 2   Bobby Allison Donald Brackins '66 Chevrolet 212 295 battery 0 26 11 22   Darel Dieringer Mario Rossi '68 Plymouth 206 285 lug bolt 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 29 19 08   Bob Burcham E.C. Reid '66 Chevrolet 176 315 engine 0 30 35 01   Paul Dean Holt Dennis Holt '67 Ford 143 250 oil leak 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 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 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

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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