1968 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Carolina 500 Race Results

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1968 - Carolina 500 Race Results

Race Name - Carolina 500
Date - 6/16/1968
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 118.644 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 74
Average Race Speed - 99.338 mph
Lead Changes - 20
Total Race Purse - $65,665
Race Number - 23

More Races from 1968

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	7	Donnie Allison	27	Dick Brannan Ford (Banjo Matthews)	500	68 Ford	154	$16,675
2	13	Bobby Allison	2	JD Bracken	498	66 Chevrol	0	$9,650
3	17	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	494	67 Dodge	0	$5,150
4	16	Richard Brickhouse	3	Dub Clewis	470	67 Plymout	0	$2,650
5	23	Roy Tyner	76	Don Culpepper	469	66 Ford	0	$1,850
6	21	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	464	67 Ford	0	$1,300
7	30	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	463	67 Buick	0	$1,200
8	25	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	457	67 Ford	0	$1,225
9	33	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	457	66 Ford	0	$1,200
10	28	Dave Marcis	30	Larry Wehrs	456	66 Chevrol	0	$1,050
11	32	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	448	67 Plymout	0	$1,150
12	37	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	445	66 Ford	0	$1,060
13	10	Swede Savage	29	Bondy Long	443	68 Ford	0	$935
14	38	Eddie Yarboro	50	Eddie Yarboro	418	66 Plymout	0	$805
15	36	Walson Gardner	93	Walson Gardner	406	67 Ford	0	$780
16	24	Stan Meserve	51	Margo Hamm	406	67 Dodge	0	$700
17	44	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	395	68 Chevrol	0	$890
18	39	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	380	67 Ford	0	$720
19	12	Darel Dieringer	22	Plymouth (Mario Rossi)	379	68 Plymout	157	$675
20	6	Charlie Glotzbach	6	Cotton Owens	372	68 Dodge	0	$670
21	29	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	368	66 Ford	0	$665
22	15	Frank Warren	79	Harold Rhodes	324	66 Chevrol	0	$660
23	20	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	316	66 Ford	0	$650
24	8	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	295	67 Dodge	17	$645
25	31	Pete Hamilton	5	Rocky Hinton	260	68 Ford	0	$790
26	3	Richard Petty	43	Terrys Chrysler Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	236	68 Plymout	0	$1,115
27	11	Tiny Lund	16	Bud Moore	234	68 Mercury	0	$630
28	1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Winebarger Motor Co (Junior Johnson)	217	68 Ford	120	$750
29	4	Paul Goldsmith	99	Frosty Morn Meats (Ray Nichels)	201	68 Dodge	52	$595
30	2	David Pearson	17	East Tenn Motor Co (HolmanMoody)	142	68 Ford	0	$665
31	22	EJ Trivette	80	EC Reid	139	66 Chevrol	0	$585
32	5	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	129	68 Mercury	0	$580
33	18	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	120	67 Plymout	0	$625
34	42	Larry Manning	46	Tom Hunter	114	66 Chevrol	0	$570
35	35	George Davis	7	Nalco (George Davis)	96	66 Chevrol	0	$645
36	26	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	88	68 Chevrol	0	$610
37	40	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	87	67 Ford	0	$585
38	9	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	78	68 Dodge	0	$650
39	34	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	66	68 Ford	0	$635
40	43	Paul Dean Holt	75	Dennis Holt	56	67 Ford	0	$540
41	14	Bud Moore	1	AJ King	27	68 Dodge	0	$535
42	27	Earl Brooks	11	Bill Champion	23	66 Ford	0	$555
43	19	Friday Hassler	39	Red Sharp	16	66 Chevrol	0	$550
44	41	Bobby Mausgrover	88	Buck Baker	4	67 Oldsmob	0	$500