1968 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Southern 500 Race Results

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1968 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/2/1968
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 144.83 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 65
Average Race Speed - 126.13 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $86,825
Race Number - 39

More Races from 1968

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	364	68 Mercury	169	$25,415
2	16	David Pearson	17	East Tenn Motor Co (HolmanMoody)	364	68 Ford	26	$10,850
3	7	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	362	68 Dodge	0	$6,200
4	1	Charlie Glotzbach	6	Cotton Owens	360	68 Dodge	0	$3,800
5	8	Paul Goldsmith	99	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	357	68 Dodge	21	$3,075
6	13	Curtis Turner	14	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	354	68 Plymout	0	$1,800
7	18	Bobby Allison	2	JD Bracken	352	66 Chevrol	0	$2,200
8	11	Bud Moore	29	LongLewis (Bondy Long)	350	68 Ford	0	$1,500
9	23	Friday Hassler	39	Red Sharp	343	66 Chevrol	0	$1,400
10	5	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	342	68 Ford	42	$2,350
11	40	Richard Brickhouse	3	Dub Clewis	335	67 Plymout	0	$1,250
12	15	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	334	66 Ford	0	$1,150
13	26	Larry Manning	46	Tom Hunter	331	66 Chevrol	0	$1,100
14	36	Bill Seifert	19	Bill Seifert	320	66 Ford	0	$1,100
15	37	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	316	67 Ford	0	$1,050
16	27	Don Tarr	0	Don Tarr	308	66 Chevrol	0	$950
17	25	Hoss Ellington	61	Hoss Ellington	304	67 Mercury	0	$900
18	28	Dick Johnson	18	Dick Johnson	287	67 Ford	0	$850
19	43	Ben Arnold	9	Roy Tyner	284	67 Pontiac	0	$825
20	6	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	273	68 Plymout	7	$1,450
21	39	Paul Dean Holt	93	Hurst (Dennis Holt)	263	67 Ford	0	$800
22	24	EJ Trivette	80	EC Reid	205	66 Chevrol	0	$725
23	14	HB Bailey	36	HB Bailey	181	67 Pontiac	0	$700
24	34	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	156	68 Ford	0	$725
25	35	Frank Warren	57	Ervin Pruitt	144	67 Dodge	0	$700
26	12	James Hylton	15	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	134	68 Plymout	0	$640
27	4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	127	68 Ford	99	$3,305
28	3	Darel Dieringer	22	Mario Rossi	127	68 Plymout	0	$695
29	9	Tiny Lund	16	Bud Moore	126	68 Mercury	0	$610
30	31	Jim Hurtubise	59	Tom Pistone	121	68 Mercury	0	$800
31	41	Earl Brooks	5	Don Robertson	86	67 Ford	0	$640
32	17	Pete Hamilton	1	King Enterprises (AJ King)	56	68 Dodge	0	$655
33	10	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	55	68 Dodge	0	$570
34	19	Roy Trantham	84	Rocky Hinton	55	68 Ford	0	$560
35	42	Bobby Mausgrover	52	Elmer Buxton	51	67 Ford	0	$605
36	32	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	51	67 Ford	0	$650
37	20	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	48	67 Ford	0	$540
38	21	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	33	67 Plymout	0	$520
39	33	Roy Tyner	76	Don Culpepper	30	66 Ford	0	$575
40	29	George Davis	7	George Davis	27	67 Chevrol	0	$520
41	38	Serge Adams	56	Lyle Stelter	24	66 Ford	0	$535
42	44	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	22	67 Buick	0	$535
43	30	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	17	67 Ford	0	$505
44	22	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	1	67 Chevrol	0	$500