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1968 Old Dominion 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 44 of 49 Sunday, September 22, 1968 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 3:47:56 Average speed: 65.808 mph Pole speed: 77.279 mph Cautions: 7 for 60 laps Margin of victory: 3 laps + Attendance: 21000 Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1968 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1968 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 6 43   Richard Petty Wynn's / Pure   (Petty Enterprises) '68 Plymouth 500 5999 running 324 2 1 21   Cale Yarborough 60 Minute Cleaners   (Wood Brothers) '68 Mercury 497 2700 running 1 3 9 98   LeeRoy Yarbrough Winebarger Motor Co.   (Junior Johnson) '68 Ford 497 1244 running 18 4 39 29   Bud Moore Long-Lewis / Ford by Bowani   (Bondy Long) '68 Ford 494 775 running 0 5 8 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '67 Dodge 494 725 running 0 6 3 17   David Pearson East Tenn. Motor Co.   (Holman-Moody Racing) '68 Ford 492 850 running 125 7 7 14   Ray Hendrick Friedkin Enterprises   (Tom Friedkin) '68 Plymouth 492 575 running 0 8 5 27   Donnie Allison Banjo Matthews '68 Ford 491 550 running 0 9 17 4   John Sears L.G. DeWitt '66 Ford 488 500 running 0 10 14 84   Roy Trantham Rocky Hinton '68 Ford 485 475 running 0 11 15 39   Friday Hassler Red Sharp '66 Chevrolet 475 450 running 0 12 24 9   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '67 Pontiac 474 425 running 0 13 26 38   Wayne Smith Archie Smith '68 Chevrolet 470 415 running 0 14 13 2   Bobby Allison Donald Brackins '66 Chevrolet 468 415 engine 13 15 28 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '66 Ford 465 370 running 0 16 23 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '67 Buick 465 385 running 0 17 21 30   Dave Marcis Larry Wehrs '66 Chevrolet 462 499 flat tire 0 18 33 51   Stan Meserve Margo Hamm '67 Dodge 457 340 running 0 19 27 50   Eddie Yarboro West End Motors   (Eddie Yarboro) '66 Plymouth 455 330 running 0 20 22 20   Clyde Lynn Clyde Lynn '66 Ford 451 335 running 0 21 12 48   James Hylton Dodge   (James Hylton) '67 Dodge 439 325 running 0 22 2 3   Buddy Baker Royal Dodge   (Ray Fox) '68 Dodge 436 400 engine 0 23 31 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '67 Ford 417 300 running 0 24 37 93   Walson Gardner Walson Gardner '67 Ford 408 300 running 0 25 34 76   Earl Brooks Don Culpepper '66 Ford 405 300 rear end 0 26 35 83   Worth McMillion Allen McMillion '67 Pontiac 391 275 radiator 0 27 20 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '67 Plymouth 374 375 engine 0 28 29 18   Dick Johnson Dick Johnson '67 Ford 366 275 oil pressure 0 29 38 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '66 Ford 325 275 running 0 30 16 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '67 Plymouth 249 300 ignition 0 31 30 0   Don Tarr Golden Nugget Motel   (Don Tarr) '66 Chevrolet 237 250 crash 0 32 19 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield '66 Ford 235 275 clutch 0 33 32 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '68 Ford 192 250 overheating 0 34 4 1   Pete Hamilton Dodge   (A.J. King) '68 Dodge 154 319 crash 19 35 10 22   Darel Dieringer Plymouth   (Mario Rossi) '68 Plymouth 143 275 clutch 0 36 40 66   Larry Manning John Glazebrook '66 Chevrolet 130 250 overheating 0 37 18 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '67 Ford 96 275 crash 0 38 36 47   Cecil Gordon Bill Seifert '68 Ford 65 250 oil pan 0 39 11 6   Charlie Glotzbach Dodge   (Cotton Owens) '68 Dodge 21 275 crash 0 40 25 57   Paul Dean Holt Ervin Pruitt '67 Dodge 1 275 oil pressure 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 1 1     2 13 12   #1,3,14,21,22 accident turn 2   14 20 7     21 26 6   #6 accident turn 2   27 40 14     41 46 6   #3,29 accident turn 1   47 102 56     103 108 6   #10 accident turn 1   109 157 49     158 166 9   #21,1 accident frontstretch   167 258 92     259 271 13   #0 accident turn 4   272 379 108     380 387 8   #20 accident turn 1   388 500 113       Percent of race run under caution: 12.0%             Average green flag run: 55.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 1 1   LeeRoy Yarbrough 2 19 18   Pete Hamilton 20 37 18   David Pearson 38 103 66   Pete Hamilton 104 104 1   Bobby Allison 105 105 1   David Pearson 106 138 33   Richard Petty 139 157 19   Bobby Allison 158 169 12   David Pearson 170 193 24   Richard Petty 194 259 66   David Pearson 260 261 2   Richard Petty 262 500 239