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1968 Daytona 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 4 of 49 Sunday, February 25, 1968 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:23:44 Average speed: 143.251 mph Pole speed: 189.222 mph Cautions: 11 for 60 laps Margin of victory: 1 sec Attendance: 94800 Lead changes: 21 Glossary    1968 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1968 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 21   Cale Yarborough 60 Minute Cleaners   (Wood Brothers) '68 Mercury 200 47250 running 76 2 3 26   LeeRoy Yarbrough Winebarger Motor Co.   (Junior Johnson) '68 Mercury 200 17525 running 62 3 6 29   Bobby Allison Long-Lewis   (Bondy Long) '68 Ford 200 10150 running 12 4 8 6   Al Unser Dodge   (Cotton Owens) '68 Dodge 200 6250 running 1 5 4 17   David Pearson East Tenn. Motor Co.   (Holman-Moody Racing) '68 Ford 199 4750 running 10 6 9 99   Paul Goldsmith Valleydale Meats   (Ray Nichels) '68 Plymouth 199 4500 running 0 7 23 22   Darel Dieringer Plymouth   (Mario Rossi) '68 Plymouth 199 4100 running 0 8 2 43   Richard Petty Unity Raceway / Plymouth by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '68 Plymouth 198 4350 running 4 9 5 16   Tiny Lund Mercury   (Bud Moore) '68 Mercury 197 2500 running 0 10 27 32   Andy Hampton Harry Ranier '67 Dodge 193 2525 running 0 11 22 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington '67 Dodge 186 2350 running 0 12 19 27   A.J. Foyt Dick Brannan Ford   (Banjo Matthews) '68 Ford 183 2350 transmission 0 13 34 84   Bob Senneker Doug Cutler '66 Chevrolet 182 3200 running 0 14 25 20   Clyde Lynn Mercury Cyclone   (Clyde Lynn) '67 Mercury 182 2200 running 0 15 40 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '67 Ford 181 2100 running 0 16 15 5   Butch Hartman Hartman Autocar   (Butch Hartman) '68 Dodge 180 2275 running 3 17 42 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '66 Ford 179 2045 running 0 18 24 46   Larry Manning Tom Hunter '66 Chevrolet 179 2110 running 0 19 49 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '66 Ford 175 2025 running 0 20 35 30   Dave Marcis Larry Wehrs '66 Chevrolet 175 2015 running 0 21 38 73   Rod Eulenfeld Julian Kline '66 Chevrolet 174 2000 running 0 22 10 37   Sam McQuagg K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '67 Dodge 171 1140 engine 0 23 44 96   Charles Burnett Roy Buckner '66 Ford 146 1135 flagged 0 24 31 79   Frank Warren Harold Rhodes '66 Chevrolet 143 1130 running 0 25 17 64   Elmo Langley Woodfield Ford   (Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield) '66 Ford 141 1125 overheating 0 26 37 25   Jabe Thomas Star City Body Shop   (Don Robertson) '67 Ford 126 1120 overheating 0 27 29 56   Jim Hurtubise Thorne-Pistone   (Lyle Stelter) '68 Mercury 123 1125 crash 0 28 50 95   Don Biederman James Brown '66 Ford 123 1110 engine 0 29 20 11   Mario Andretti Bunnell Motor Co.   (Holman-Moody Racing) '68 Mercury 105 1580 crash 12 30 13 3   Buddy Baker Dodge   (Ray Fox) '68 Dodge 103 1700 crash 20 31 28 4   John Sears Carolina 500   (L.G. DeWitt) '67 Ford 101 1145 crash 0 32 21 15   Charlie Glotzbach Friedkin Enterprises   (Tom Friedkin) '68 Plymouth 91 1140 engine 0 33 41 75   Earl Brooks Hot Shot Cafe   (Gene Black) '66 Ford 89 1085 crash 0 34 33 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '66 Ford 79 1080 overheating 0 35 39 18   Dick Johnson Bob Casperson '67 Ford 63 1075 engine 0 36 11 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '68 Dodge 56 1070 engine 0 37 16 7   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '66 Chevrolet 55 1065 ignition 0 38 47 90   Sonny Hutchins Junie Donlavey '67 Ford 53 1060 engine 0 39 32 02   Bob Cooper Dri-Slide Special   (Bob Cooper) '67 Chevrolet 52 1055 engine 0 40 7 66   Donnie Allison Don Wagner Ford Sales   (Holman-Moody Racing) '68 Ford 48 1000 crash 0 41 43 51   Stan Meserve Margo Hamm '67 Dodge 34 950 brakes 0 42 26 14   Jerry Grant Friedkin Enterprises   (Tom Friedkin) '68 Plymouth 32 1000 crash 0 43 30 97   Red Farmer Long-Lewis Ford   (Red Farmer) '67 Ford 24 850 engine 0 44 14 48   James Hylton Dodge   (James Hylton) '67 Dodge 24 800 crash 0 45 45 0   Don Tarr Don Tarr '67 Chevrolet 23 750 head gasket 0 46 46 2   Paul Lewis Bracken & Bracken   (Donald Brackins) '67 Dodge 14 700 engine 0 47 48 9   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '67 Pontiac 8 1650 engine 0 48 12 1   Bud Moore Activated Angels   (A.J. King) '68 Dodge 7 600 crash 0 49 18 36   H.B. Bailey H.B. Bailey '66 Pontiac 6 550 engine 0 50 36 06   Dub Simpson Neil Castles '67 Dodge 0 500 oil pressure 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Wayne Smith 38 Archie Smith Chevrolet Gordon Johncock 55 Lyle Stelter Ford Phil Wendt 58 Ken Watter Chevrolet Ben Arnold 76 Don Culpepper Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 6 4   #1,14 accident   7 9 3     10 12 3   debris   13 13 1     14 18 5   oil on track   19 25 7     26 32 7   #48 accident turn 1   33 46 14     47 51 5   #66 accident   52 75 24     76 83 8   #43 brushed wall   84 92 9     93 96 4   #15 engine   97 106 10     107 114 8   #3,4,11 accident tri-oval   115 116 2     117 120 4   #56 spun backstretch   121 124 4     125 131 7   #5,56 accident tri-oval   132 175 44     176 180 5   #37 engine   181 200 20       Percent of race run under caution: 30.0%             Average green flag run: 11.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 12 12   David Pearson 13 22 10   Richard Petty 23 26 4   Al Unser 27 27 1   LeeRoy Yarbrough 28 34 7   Buddy Baker 35 36 2   LeeRoy Yarbrough 37 40 4   Buddy Baker 41 41 1   LeeRoy Yarbrough 42 46 5   Mario Andretti 47 48 2   Butch Hartman 49 51 3   Buddy Baker 52 68 17   LeeRoy Yarbrough 69 71 3   Mario Andretti 72 76 5   Bobby Allison 77 78 2   Mario Andretti 79 88 10   Cale Yarborough 89 143 55   LeeRoy Yarbrough 144 166 23   Bobby Allison 167 171 5   Cale Yarborough 172 176 5   LeeRoy Yarbrough 177 196 20   Cale Yarborough 197 200 4