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1968 Western North Carolina 500

Asheville-Weaverville Speedway · 1968 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	2	29	9	1	4	456	500	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	17	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Ford	500	456	running	100
2	5	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	497	1	running	98
3	20	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	472		running	96
4	18	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Pontiac	467		running	94
5	22	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	457		running	92
6	26	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Ford	446		running	90
7	15	57	Ervin Pruitt	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	446		running	0
8	24	93	Walson Gardner	Walson Gardner (Owner)	Ford	438		running	88
9	23	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	436		running	86
10	6	1	Pete Hamilton	King Enterprises	Dodge	418		oil pan	84
11	28	01	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)	Ford	343		overheating	82
12	11	2	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)	Chevrolet	275		transmission	80
13	25	50	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	271		lugs	78
14	29	88	George England	Buck Baker Racing	Oldsmobile	235		differential	76
15	21	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	205		accident	74
16	12	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	204		engine	72
17	4	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	198	41	throttle	70
18	7	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	198		accident	68
19	10	08	Bob Burcham	E.C. Reid (Owner)	Chevrolet	190		engine	66
20	14	28	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	136		accident	64
21	16	20	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Ford	132		engine	62
22	1	22	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	119	2	engine	0
23	13	76	Tiny Lund	Don Culpepper (Owner)	Ford	93		vibration	60
24	17	51	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	91		overheating	58
25	19	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Buick	56		engine	56
26	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	52		a-frame	54
27	27	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	35		drive shaft	52
28	8	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	33		oil pressure	50
29	9	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	14		oil pressure	48

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	456	91.2%	P1
2	Paul Goldsmith	41	8.2%	P17
3	Darel Dieringer	2	0.4%	P22
4	Bobby Isaac	1	0.2%	P2

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