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1968 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Paul Dean Holt 01 Dennis Holt Ford Neil Castles 06 Howard Furniture Neil Castles Plymouth Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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