1968 American 500

Rockingham Speedway · 1968 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	4	44	19	2	7	216	500	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	216	running	150
2	2	17	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Ford	500	24	running	147
3	6	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	498		running	144
4	9	16	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	497	1	running	141
5	8	14	Bobby Allison	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	496		running	138
6	14	91	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	495		running	0
7	17	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	491		running	135
8	16	84	G.C. Spencer	Roy Trantham (Owner)	Ford	488		running	132
9	20	03	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	480		running	129
10	18	75	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)	Dodge	478		running	0
11	19	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	476		running	126
12	28	39	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)	Chevrolet	466		running	123
13	27	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	446		running	120
14	39	47	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	444		engine	117
15	41	20	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Ford	433		running	114
16	13	27	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing	Ford	430	11	accident	111
17	3	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	427	118	valve	108
18	44	45	Earl Brooks	Seifert Racing	Ford	427		running	105
19	36	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Pontiac	420		engine	102
20	35	93	Walson Gardner	Walson Gardner (Owner)	Ford	414		flagged	99
21	38	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	408		running	96
22	42	18	Dick Johnson (California)	Dick Johnson CA (Owner)	Ford	407		running	93
23	43	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Ford	400		running	90
24	24	30	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs (Owner)	Chevrolet	396		engine	87
25	10	3	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	385	38	valve	84
26	1	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	325	92	engine	81
27	37	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	309		running	78
28	22	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	271		engine	75
29	5	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	270		ignition	72
30	26	56	Tommy Gale	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Mercury	172		accident	0
31	25	97	Red Farmer	Red Farmer (Owner)	Ford	159		rear end	69
32	29	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	156		engine	66
33	11	22	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	148		oil pressure	63
34	12	1	Pete Hamilton	King Enterprises	Dodge	145		valve	60
35	31	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Buick	95		oil pressure	57
36	34	76	James Sears	Don Culpepper (Owner)	Ford	92		accident	54
37	33	0	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Chevrolet	91		accident	51
38	23	57	Ervin Pruitt	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	90		accident	48
39	40	80	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)	Chevrolet	87		brakes	45
40	30	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	82		engine	42
41	7	6	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	59		quit	39
42	15	29	Bud Moore	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	53		accident	36
43	32	52	Dexter Gainey	Elmer Buxton (Owner)	Ford	41		flagged	33
44	21	11	Frank Gardner		Ford	2		engine	0

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Richard Petty	216	43.2%	P1
2	Bobby Isaac	118	23.6%	P17
3	Cale Yarborough	92	18.4%	P26
4	Buddy Baker	38	7.6%	P25
5	David Pearson	24	4.8%	P2
6	Donnie Allison	11	2.2%	P16
7	Tiny Lund	1	0.2%	P4

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