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1968 National 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 47 of 49
Sunday, October 20, 1968 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:42:08
Average Speed: 135.234 mph
Pole Speed: 156.06 mph

Cautions: 6 for 49 laps
Margin of Victory: 7 sec
Attendance: 38,300
Lead changes: 26

Glossary 1968 NASCAR Grand National results / 1968 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	6	Charlie Glotzbach	Cotton Owens	'68 Dodge	334	19,280	running	92
2	7	99	Paul Goldsmith	Valleydale Meats (Ray Nichels)	'68 Dodge	334	9,505	running	6
3	2	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	'68 Ford	334	6,800	running	156
4	4	14	Bobby Allison	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	'68 Plymouth	332	4,195	running	24
5	5	21	Cale Yarborough	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	'68 Mercury	332	3,335	running	1
6	14	27	Donnie Allison	Dick Brannan Ford (Banjo Matthews)	'68 Ford	331	2,770	running	29
7	9	1	Pete Hamilton	A.J. King	'68 Dodge	330	2,070	running	9
8	11	22	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi	'68 Plymouth	327	1,775	running	0
9	8	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'68 Dodge	326	1,700	running	0
10	25	11	A.J. Foyt	Holman-Moody	'68 Ford	325	1,600	running	0
11	15	75	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman	'68 Dodge	323	1,685	running	7
12	32	32	Marty Robbins	Welch Motors (Dick Behling)	'67 Dodge	312	1,525	running	0
13	18	47	Elmo Langley	Bill Seifert	'68 Ford	309	1,500	running	0
14	24	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'67 Ford	307	1,425	running	0
15	35	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'67 Plymouth	303	1,500	running	0
16	22	39	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp	'66 Chevrolet	301	1,325	running	0
17	28	64	Bill Seifert	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield	'66 Ford	298	1,325	running	0
18	27	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'67 Ford	298	1,325	running	0
19	37	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'67 Ford	298	1,215	running	0
20	30	80	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid	'66 Chevrolet	296	1,235	running	0
21	38	20	Clyde Lynn	Clyde Lynn	'66 Ford	283	1,275	running	0
22	41	76	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper	'66 Ford	274	1,150	running	0
23	21	30	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs	'66 Chevrolet	230	1,150	engine	0
24	44	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'67 Ford	193	1,175	engine	0
25	20	18	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson	'67 Ford	183	1,100	shackle	0
26	17	97	Red Farmer	Red Farmer	'67 Ford	178	1,100	crash	0
27	42	5	Earl Brooks	Don Robertson	'67 Ford	175	1,100	engine	0
28	33	45	Cecil Gordon	Bill Seifert	'68 Ford	161	1,025	crank	0
29	36	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'67 Ford	147	1,000	flagged	0
30	43	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'67 Pontiac	144	1,025	transmission	0
31	40	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith	'68 Chevrolet	144	1,000	engine	0
32	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'68 Plymouth	135	1,450	engine	0
33	12	84	Roy Trantham	Rocky Hinton	'68 Ford	115	900	brakes	0
34	29	61	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Insulation Co. (Hoss Ellington)	'67 Mercury	110	885	crash	0
35	26	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'67 Plymouth	105	925	engine	0
36	16	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'67 Dodge	83	875	ignition	0
37	39	42	Lennie Waldo	Elmer Buxton	'66 Ford	79	850	engine	0
38	34	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'66 Chevrolet	77	775	head gasket	0
39	19	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'66 Chevrolet	63	750	engine	0
40	23	03	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis	'67 Plymouth	56	725	fan pulley	0
41	13	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson	'68 Ford	52	825	quit	0
42	45	09	Bill Vanderhoff	Roy Tyner	'66 Chevrolet	30	725	oil pressure	0
43	3	3	Buddy Baker	Ray Fox	'68 Dodge	18	780	crash	10
44	31	51	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm	'67 Dodge	18	625	rear end	0
45	10	29	Bud Moore	Long-Lewis (Bondy Long)	'68 Ford	6	600	quit	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Charlie Glotzbach	1	2	2
David Pearson	3	5	3
Charlie Glotzbach	6	6	1
Buddy Baker	7	16	10
Charlie Glotzbach	17	21	5
Butch Hartman	22	28	7
David Pearson	29	45	17
Donnie Allison	46	46	1
Bobby Allison	47	70	24
Donnie Allison	71	75	5
David Pearson	76	102	27
Donnie Allison	103	125	23
David Pearson	126	135	10
Paul Goldsmith	136	138	3
Pete Hamilton	139	146	8
David Pearson	147	189	43
Pete Hamilton	190	190	1
David Pearson	191	234	44
Cale Yarborough	235	235	1
David Pearson	236	244	9
Charlie Glotzbach	245	256	12
David Pearson	257	257	1
Charlie Glotzbach	258	296	39
David Pearson	297	297	1
Charlie Glotzbach	298	300	3
David Pearson	301	301	1
Charlie Glotzbach	302	334	33

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