1968 Southeastern 500

Bristol Motor Speedway · 1968 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	2	36	19	2	4	176	500	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	17	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Ford	500	176	running	100
2	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	108	running	98
3	4	26	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	499	168	running	96
4	5	22	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	492		running	94
5	11	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	491		running	92
6	29	1	Bud Moore	King Enterprises	Dodge	491		running	90
7	15	09	Jack Ingram	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Chevrolet	481		running	88
8	16	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	469		running	86
9	17	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	468		running	84
10	32	2	Earl Brooks	Negre Racing	Ford	467		running	82
11	36	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	467		running	80
12	19	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	454		running	78
13	20	30	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs (Owner)	Chevrolet	449		running	76
14	23	20	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Mercury	445		rear end	74
15	22	50	Wendell Scott	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	436		running	72
16	27	02	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Chevrolet	430		running	70
17	21	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Ford	427		running	68
18	34	01	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)	Ford	412		running	66
19	26	31	Bill Ervin	Newman Long (Owner)	Ford	396		running	64
20	24	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	392		running	62
21	33	18	Dick Johnson (California)	Bob Casperson (Owner)	Ford	338		ball joint	60
22	35	93	Walson Gardner	Walson Gardner (Owner)	Ford	295		engine	58
23	10	3	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	245		overheating	56
24	3	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	237	48	rear end	54
25	28	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	227		driver sick	52
26	18	39	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)	Chevrolet	206		sway bar	50
27	31	95	Doug Cooper	Gray Racing	Ford	206		ball joint	48
28	9	16	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	199		engine	46
29	12	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	191		rear end	44
30	6	27	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing	Ford	114		rear end	42
31	25	76	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper (Owner)	Ford	104		oil leak	40
32	14	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	91		accident	38
33	7	14	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	72		accident	36
34	13	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	60		drive shaft	34
35	30	51	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	54		engine	32
36	8	29	Bobby Allison	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	41		engine	30

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	176	35.2%	P1
2	LeeRoy Yarbrough	168	33.6%	P3
3	Richard Petty	108	21.6%	P2
4	Cale Yarborough	48	9.6%	P24

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