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1968 Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway · 1968 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cale Yarborough	1	50	21	4	9	76	200	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	76	running	150
2	3	26	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	200	62	running	147
3	6	29	Bobby Allison	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	200	7	running	144
4	8	6	Al Unser Sr.	Owens Racing	Dodge	200	1	running	0
5	4	17	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Ford	199	10	running	141
6	9	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	199		running	0
7	23	22	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	199		running	138
8	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	198	4	running	135
9	5	16	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	197		running	132
10	27	32	Andy Hampton	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Dodge	193		running	0
11	22	67	Bob Pronger	Arrington Racing	Dodge	187		running	0
12	19	27	A.J. Foyt	Matthews Racing	Ford	183		transmission	0
13	34	84	Bob Senneker	Doug Cutler (Owner)	Chevrolet	183		running	0
14	25	20	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Mercury	182		running	129
15	40	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	181		running	0
16	15	5	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)	Dodge	180	3	running	0
17	42	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	179		running	126
18	24	46	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	177		running	123
19	49	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	176		running	120
20	35	30	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs (Owner)	Chevrolet	175		running	117
21	38	73	Rod Eulenfeld	Julian Kline (Owner)	Chevrolet	174		running	114
22	10	37	Sam McQuagg	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	171		engine	111
23	44	96	Charles Burnett	Roy Buckner (Owner)	Ford	146		flagged	108
24	31	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)	Chevrolet	143		running	105
25	17	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	141		overheating	102
26	37	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Ford	126		overheating	99
27	29	56	Jim Hurtubise	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Mercury	123		accident	96
28	50	95	Don Biederman	James Brown (Owner)	Ford	123		engine	93
29	20	11	Mario Andretti	Holman Moody	Mercury	105	17	accident	0
30	13	3	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	103	20	accident	90
31	28	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	101		accident	87
32	21	15	Charlie Glotzbach	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	91		engine	84
33	41	75	Earl Brooks	Gene Black (Owner)	Ford	89		accident	81
34	33	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	78		overheating	78
35	39	18	Dick Johnson (California)	Bob Casperson (Owner)	Ford	63		engine	75
36	11	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	56		engine	72
37	16	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	55		battery	69
38	47	90	Sonny Hutchins	Donlavey Racing	Ford	53		engine	66
39	32	02	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Chevrolet	52		engine	63
40	7	66	Donnie Allison		Ford	48		accident	60
41	43	51	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	34		brakes	57
42	26	14	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	32		accident	54
43	30	97	Red Farmer	Red Farmer (Owner)	Ford	24		engine	51
44	14	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	24		accident	48
45	45	0	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Chevrolet	23		head gasket	45
46	46	2	Paul Lewis	J.D. Bracken (Owner)	Dodge	14		engine	42
47	48	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Pontiac	8		engine	39
48	12	1	Bud Moore	King Enterprises	Dodge	7		accident	36
49	18	36	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	Pontiac	6		engine	33
50	36	06	Dub Simpson	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	0		oil pressure	30

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Cale Yarborough	76	38.0%	P1
2	LeeRoy Yarbrough	62	31.0%	P2
3	Buddy Baker	20	10.0%	P30
4	Mario Andretti	17	8.5%	P29
5	David Pearson	10	5.0%	P5
6	Bobby Allison	7	3.5%	P3
7	Richard Petty	4	2.0%	P8
8	Butch Hartman	3	1.5%	P16
9	Al Unser Sr.	1	0.5%	P4

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