1968 Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1968 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cale Yarborough	4	44	19	2	6	172	334	501

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	334	172	running	150
2	1	26	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	334	87	running	147
3	7	27	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing	Ford	333	23	running	144
4	3	6	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	332		running	141
5	14	22	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	332		running	138
6	12	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	331		running	135
7	10	3	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	331		running	132
8	5	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	330		running	129
9	19	37	Sam McQuagg	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	329	5	running	126
10	15	5	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)	Dodge	327		running	0
11	13	56	Jim Hurtubise	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Mercury	322		running	123
12	6	16	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	322		running	120
13	26	39	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)	Chevrolet	319		running	117
14	22	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)	Chevrolet	318		running	114
15	18	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	313	5	running	111
16	28	30	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs (Owner)	Chevrolet	304		running	108
17	24	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	299		running	105
18	38	20	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Mercury	294		running	102
19	9	29	Bobby Allison	Bondy Long (Owner)	Ford	291	42	accident	99
20	34	0	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Chevrolet	284		running	96
21	25	50	Serge Adams		Ford	235		clutch	93
22	41	88	Dub Simpson	Buck Baker Racing	Oldsmobile	213		engine	90
23	43	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Ford	174		engine	87
24	17	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	167		accident	84
25	36	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	129		oil pressure	81
26	31	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	110		a-frame	78
27	16	1	Bud Moore	King Enterprises	Dodge	91		engine	75
28	20	2	G.C. Spencer	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	86		engine	72
29	33	52	Tony Tantarelli	Elmer Buxton (Owner)	Ford	74		a-frame	69
30	35	96	Charles Burnett	James Brown (Owner)	Ford	69		clutch	66
31	2	17	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Ford	54		accident	63
32	11	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	48		handling	60
33	23	02	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)	Chevrolet	29		engine	57
34	30	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	22		drive shaft	54
35	32	76	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper (Owner)	Ford	20		engine	51
36	44	23	Earl Brooks	Robertson Racing	Ford	18		overheating	48
37	39	80	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)	Chevrolet	17		rear end	45
38	42	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	11		engine	42
39	27	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	11		overheating	39
40	21	97	Red Farmer	Red Farmer (Owner)	Ford	7		quit	36
41	8	14	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	6		engine	33
42	40	58	Phil Wendt	Ken Watter (Owner)	Chevrolet	6		engine	30
43	29	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	5		quit	27
44	37	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	4		quit	24

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Cale Yarborough	172	51.5%	P1
2	LeeRoy Yarbrough	87	26.0%	P2
3	Bobby Allison	42	12.6%	P19
4	Donnie Allison	23	6.9%	P3
5	Sam McQuagg	5	1.5%	P9
6	James Hylton	5	1.5%	P15

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