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1968 Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway · 1968 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cale Yarborough	3	40	16	2	5	51	500	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	51	running	100
2	1	17	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Ford	500	97	running	98
3	5	27	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing	Ford	498		running	96
4	8	26	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	498	20	running	94
5	7	12	Tom Pistone	Pistone Racing	Mercury	497		running	92
6	12	1	Bud Moore	King Enterprises	Dodge	494		running	90
7	9	16	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	494		running	88
8	11	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	489		running	86
9	10	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	489		running	84
10	14	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	485		running	82
11	23	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	479		running	80
12	30	44	Blaine Kauffman	Giachetti Brothers	Chevrolet	461		running	78
13	34	80	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)	Chevrolet	459		running	76
14	39	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	459		running	74
15	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	449	284	differential	72
16	15	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	432		running	70
17	37	01	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)	Ford	388		running	68
18	24	39	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)	Chevrolet	381		engine	66
19	18	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	370		oil pressure	64
20	20	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Ford	349		a-frame	62
21	16	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	335		ignition	60
22	17	20	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Ford	328		oil line	58
23	28	76	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper (Owner)	Ford	309		engine	56
24	29	46	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Ford	268		differential	54
25	19	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Buick	237		overheating	0
26	4	29	Bobby Allison	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	235	48	engine	52
27	26	02	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Chevrolet	217		oil pressure	50
28	22	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	148		accident	48
29	21	90	Sonny Hutchins	Donlavey Racing	Ford	133		differential	46
30	32	51	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	126		steering	44
31	13	3	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	109		transmission	42
32	25	28	Earl Brooks	Negre Racing	Ford	103		brakes	40
33	27	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	94		engine	38
34	36	09	Bill Vanderhoff	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	72		oil leak	36
35	6	14	Paul Goldsmith	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	63		accident	34
36	35	95	Frog Fagan	Gray Racing	Ford	62		brakes	32
37	38	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	47		wheel	30
38	33	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	18		engine	28
39	40	88	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Oldsmobile	15		oil leak	0
40	31	0	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Chevrolet	14		clutch	26

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	284	56.8%	P15
2	David Pearson	97	19.4%	P2
3	Cale Yarborough	51	10.2%	P1
4	Bobby Allison	48	9.6%	P26
5	LeeRoy Yarbrough	20	4.0%	P4

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