1968 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Capital City 300 Race Results

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1968 - Capital City 300 Race Results

Race Name - Capital City 300
Date - 9/8/1968
Race Track - Virginia State Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 188 miles
Pole Speed - 103.178 mph
Number of Cautions - 10
Caution Laps - 52
Average Race Speed - 85.659 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $11,510
Race Number - 41

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	300	68 Plymout	215	$2,400
2	2	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	300	68 Ford	64	$1,490
3	4	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	299	68 Mercury	7	$1,210
4	6	Bobby Allison	2	JD Bracken	299	66 Chevrol	0	$875
5	3	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	298	68 Dodge	7	$710
6	5	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	297	68 Dodge	0	$525
7	8	Ray Hendrick	15	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	295	68 Plymout	7	$400
8	7	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	293	68 Dodge	0	$300
9	9	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	293	66 Ford	0	$250
10	10	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	284	66 Ford	0	$250
11	12	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	279	67 Ford	0	$225
12	18	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	273	68 Chevrol	0	$225
13	20	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	271	67 Ford	0	$225
14	16	Ervin Pruitt	57	Ervin Pruitt	265	67 Dodge	0	$225
15	24	Ben Arnold	76	Don Culpepper	262	67 Ford	0	$200
16	28	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	260	67 Ford	0	$200
17	21	Cecil Gordon	19	Henley Gray	257	67 Ford	0	$200
18	27	Worth McMillion	83	Allen McMillion	236	67 Pontiac	0	$175
19	23	Walson Gardner	93	Walson Gardner	232	67 Ford	0	$175
20	22	Paul Dean Holt	95	Henley Gray	195	66 Ford	0	$175
21	14	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	157	67 Ford	0	$175
22	11	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	129	67 Ford	0	$150
23	26	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	128	67 Pontiac	0	$150
24	24	Larry Manning	66	John Glazebrook	100	67 Chevrol	0	$150
25	15	Earl Brooks	5	Don Robertson	86	67 Ford	0	$150
26	25	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	61	67 Plymout	0	$150
27	17	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	53	68 Ford	0	$150
28	13	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	12	67 Buick	0	$