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1968 Dixie 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 33 of 49
Sunday, August 4, 1968 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
334 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (508.3 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: 51,300
Lead changes: 29

Glossary 1968 NASCAR Grand National results / 1968 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	5	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson	'68 Mercury	334	17,260	running	168
2	13	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'68 Dodge	334	8,440	running	3
3	9	27	Donnie Allison	Banjo Matthews	'68 Ford	334	5,925	running	0
4	4	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	'68 Ford	334	3,005	running	65
5	10	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'68 Plymouth	333	2,535	running	7
6	17	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'68 Dodge	328	1,625	running	5
7	11	29	Bud Moore	Long-Lewis (Bondy Long)	'68 Ford	328	1,350	running	0
8	18	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'67 Ford	327	1,275	running	0
9	21	39	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp	'66 Chevrolet	318	1,175	running	0
10	33	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'67 Plymouth	316	1,125	running	0
11	27	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'68 Ford	310	1,125	running	0
12	23	96	Bob Moore	Roy Buckner	'68 Ford	306	1,025	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	1,230	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	J.D. Bracken	'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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

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