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1968 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1968 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cale Yarborough	2	44	21	2	6	169	364	500.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	364	169	running	150
2	16	17	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Ford	364	26	running	147
3	7	3	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	362		running	144
4	1	6	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	360		running	141
5	8	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	357	21	running	138
6	13	14	Curtis Turner	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	354		running	135
7	18	2	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)	Chevrolet	352		running	132
8	11	29	Bud Moore	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	350		running	129
9	23	39	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)	Chevrolet	343		running	126
10	5	27	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing	Ford	342	42	running	123
11	40	03	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	335		running	0
12	15	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	334		running	120
13	26	46	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	331		running	117
14	36	19	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	320		running	114
15	37	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	316		running	111
16	27	0	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Chevrolet	308		running	108
17	25	61	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing	Mercury	304		running	105
18	28	18	Dick Johnson (California)	Dick Johnson CA (Owner)	Ford	287		running	102
19	43	9	Ben Arnold	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Pontiac	284		running	99
20	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	273	7	engine	96
21	39	93	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)	Ford	263		running	93
22	24	80	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)	Chevrolet	205		engine	90
23	14	36	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	Pontiac	181		accident	87
24	34	20	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Ford	156		engine	84
25	35	57	Frank Warren	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	144		oil pressure	81
26	12	15	James Hylton	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	134		overheating	78
27	4	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	127	99	engine	75
28	3	22	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	127		accident	72
29	9	16	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	126		accident	69
30	31	59	Jim Hurtubise	Pistone Racing	Mercury	121		accident	66
31	41	5	Earl Brooks	Robertson Racing	Ford	86		transmission	63
32	17	1	Pete Hamilton	King Enterprises	Dodge	56		accident	60
33	10	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	55		accident	57
34	19	84	Roy Trantham	Rocky Hinton (Owner)	Ford	55		accident	0
35	42	52	Bobby Mausgrover	Elmer Buxton (Owner)	Ford	51		accident	54
36	32	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Ford	51		accident	51
37	20	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	48		accident	48
38	21	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	33		oil pressure	45
39	33	76	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper (Owner)	Ford	29		engine	42
40	29	07	George Davis	George Davis (Owner)	Chevrolet	27		running	39
41	38	56	Serge Adams	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Ford	24		sway bar	36
42	44	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Buick	22		oil pressure	33
43	30	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	17		engine	30
44	22	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	1		clutch	29

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Cale Yarborough	169	46.4%	P1
2	LeeRoy Yarbrough	99	27.2%	P27
3	Donnie Allison	42	11.5%	P10
4	David Pearson	26	7.1%	P2
5	Paul Goldsmith	21	5.8%	P5
6	Richard Petty	7	1.9%	P20

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