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1968 Dixie 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 33 of 49 Sunday, August 4, 1968 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:56:34 Average speed: 127.068 mph Pole speed: 153.361 mph Cautions: 11 for 67 laps Margin of victory: 10 sec Attendance: 51300 Lead changes: 29 Glossary    1968 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1968 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 5 98   LeeRoy Yarbrough Junior Johnson '68 Mercury 334 17260 running 168 2 13 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '68 Dodge 334 8440 running 3 3 9 27   Donnie Allison Banjo Matthews '68 Ford 334 5925 running 0 4 4 17   David Pearson East Tenn. Motor Co.   (Holman-Moody Racing) '68 Ford 334 3005 running 65 5 10 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '68 Plymouth 333 2535 running 7 6 17 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '68 Dodge 328 1625 running 5 7 11 29   Bud Moore Long-Lewis   (Bondy Long) '68 Ford 328 1350 running 0 8 18 4   John Sears L.G. DeWitt '67 Ford 327 1275 running 0 9 21 39   Friday Hassler Red Sharp '66 Chevrolet 318 1175 running 0 10 33 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '67 Plymouth 316 1125 running 0 11 27 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '68 Ford 310 1125 running 0 12 23 96   Bob Moore Roy Buckner '68 Ford 306 1025 running 0 13 35 57   Roy Tyner Ervin Pruitt '67 Dodge 303 950 running 0 14 39 0   Don Tarr Don Tarr '66 Chevrolet 301 950 running 0 15 34 32   Willie Crane George Turner '68 Ford 300 875 running 0 16 25 20   Clyde Lynn Clyde Lynn '66 Ford 297 850 running 0 17 6 16   Tiny Lund Bud Moore '68 Mercury 295 825 engine 0 18 2 21   Cale Yarborough 60 Minute Cleaners   (Wood Brothers) '68 Mercury 265 1230 crash 46 19 22 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '66 Ford 251 775 driveshaft 0 20 30 38   Wayne Smith Archie Smith '68 Chevrolet 217 750 oil line 0 21 12 99   Paul Goldsmith Nichels Engineering   (Ray Nichels) '68 Dodge 200 735 engine 1 22 14 22   Darel Dieringer Mario Rossi '68 Plymouth 189 700 engine 0 23 28 18   Earl Brooks Dick Johnson '67 Ford 189 715 engine 0 24 26 2   Bobby Allison Donald Brackins '66 Chevrolet 167 755 rear end 0 25 3 6   Charlie Glotzbach Cotton Owens '68 Dodge 152 660 engine 38 26 7 1   Sam McQuagg A.J. King '68 Dodge 122 660 engine 0 27 32 19   Wendell Scott Henley Gray '66 Ford 115 650 overheating 0 28 20 5   Pete Hamilton Rocky Hinton '68 Ford 110 640 rear end 0 29 38 51   Stan Meserve Margo Hamm '67 Dodge 103 655 ignition 0 30 19 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield '66 Ford 90 645 engine 0 31 24 61   Hoss Ellington Ellington Insulation Co.   (Hoss Ellington) '67 Mercury 80 610 suspension 0 32 37 03   Richard Brickhouse Dub Clewis '67 Plymouth 77 650 engine 0 33 15 80   E.J. Trivette E.C. Reid '66 Chevrolet 66 590 transmission 0 34 16 97   Red Farmer Red Farmer '67 Ford 56 690 overheating 1 35 31 52   Jabe Thomas Elmer Buxton '67 Ford 53 580 engine 0 36 1 3   Buddy Baker Ray Fox '68 Dodge 25 725 lug bolt 0 37 36 7   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '68 Chevrolet 23 645 engine 0 38 8 56   Jim Hurtubise Lyle Stelter '68 Mercury 21 565 engine mount 0 39 29 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '67 Plymouth 5 585 engine 0 40 40 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '67 Buick 4 550 vibration 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner Pontiac Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson Ford Earl Brooks 28 Earl Brooks Ford Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 25 25   Paul Goldsmith 26 26 1   James Hylton 27 31 5   LeeRoy Yarbrough 32 51 20   Red Farmer 52 52 1   Richard Petty 53 56 4   LeeRoy Yarbrough 57 59 3   David Pearson 60 60 1   LeeRoy Yarbrough 61 70 10   Charlie Glotzbach 71 91 21   Cale Yarborough 92 112 21   David Pearson 113 131 19   Charlie Glotzbach 132 141 10   David Pearson 142 144 3   Charlie Glotzbach 145 151 7   David Pearson 152 159 8   LeeRoy Yarbrough 160 192 33   Bobby Isaac 193 193 1   Richard Petty 194 194 1   Bobby Isaac 195 195 1   David Pearson 196 217 22   LeeRoy Yarbrough 218 272 55   Richard Petty 273 273 1   David Pearson 274 276 3   LeeRoy Yarbrough 277 283 7   Bobby Isaac 284 284 1   Richard Petty 285 285 1   David Pearson 286 294 9   LeeRoy Yarbrough 295 334 40