1968 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Firecracker 400 Race Results

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1968 - Firecracker 400 Race Results

Race Name - Firecracker 400
Date - 7/4/1968
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 185.156 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 14
Average Race Speed - 167.24 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $57,150
Race Number - 25

More Races from 1968

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	160	68 Mercury	142	$15,400
2	3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	158	68 Mercury	7	$8,545
3	5	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	157	68 Ford	6	$5,730
4	9	Darel Dieringer	22	Mario Rossi	157	68 Plymout	0	$2,975
5	10	Tiny Lund	16	Bud Moore	157	68 Mercury	0	$1,875
6	16	Paul Goldsmith	99	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	156	68 Dodge	0	$1,525
7	12	Bud Moore	1	AJ King	155	68 Dodge	0	$1,325
8	11	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	155	68 Dodge	0	$1,225
9	1	Charlie Glotzbach	6	Cotton Owens	154	68 Dodge	0	$2,100
10	15	Jim Hurtubise	56	Lyle Stelter	152	68 Mercury	0	$1,050
11	13	Jerry Grant	14	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	152	68 Plymout	0	$775
12	14	Mario Andretti	11	HolmanMoody	151	68 Ford	0	$725
13	19	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	151	67 Dodge	0	$575
14	21	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	151	66 Ford	0	$630
15	8	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	151	66 Chevrol	0	$550
16	18	Butch Hartman	75	Butch Hartman	150	68 Dodge	0	$545
17	22	Richard Brickhouse	3	Dub Clewis	145	67 Plymout	0	$565
18	24	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	140	68 Ford	0	$560
19	32	Larry Manning	46	Tom Hunter	139	68 Chevrol	0	$530
20	27	Roy Tyner	76	Don Culpepper	135	66 Ford	0	$550
21	2	Richard Petty	43	Plymouth By Petty (Petty Enterprises)	132	68 Plymout	5	$1,395
22	30	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	130	66 Ford	0	$540
23	35	Jabe Thomas	25	Star City Body Shop (Don Robertson)	127	67 Ford	0	$510
24	31	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	126	67 Ford	0	$530
25	25	EJ Trivette	80	EC Reid	126	66 Chevrol	0	$525
26	23	Lennie Waldo	52	Elmer Buxton	114	67 Ford	0	$520
27	29	David Mote	69	Ken Cline	100	66 Chevrol	0	$525
28	33	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	80	66 Ford	0	$485
29	28	Paul Dean Holt	1	Dennis Holt	65	67 Ford	0	$505
30	6	AJ Foyt	29	Bondy Long	64	68 Ford	0	$475
31	20	Bobby Allison	2	JD Bracken	49	66 Chevrol	0	$645
32	7	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	23	68 Dodge	0	$465
33	37	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	23	68 Ford	0	$460
34	19	Dick Johnson	18	Dick Johnson	22	67 Ford	0	$455
35	34	Earl Brooks	28	Earl Brooks	15	66 Ford	0	$450
36	26	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	14	68 Chevrol	0	$470
37	36	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	1	67 Buick	0	$440