1968 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Volunteer 500 Race Results

NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race

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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

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1968 - Volunteer 500 Race Results

Race Name - Volunteer 500
Date - 7/21/1968
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 87.421 mph
Number of Cautions - 13
Caution Laps - 92
Average Race Speed - 76.31 mph
Lead Changes - 8
Total Race Purse - $24,140
Race Number - 30

More Races from 1968

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	6	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	500	68 Ford	257	$5,175
2	4	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	499	68 Mercury	1	$2,650
3	3	Swede Savage	29	Bondy Long	498	68 Ford	0	$1,700
4	9	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	497	67 Dodge	0	$900
5	18	Friday Hassler	39	Red Sharp	488	66 Chevrol	0	$800
6	10	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	481	68 Dodge	0	$700
7	24	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	467	67 Plymout	0	$650
8	12	Tiny Lund	16	Bud Moore	465	68 Mercury	0	$625
9	32	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	464	68 Ford	0	$600
10	29	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	463	67 Buick	0	$525
11	20	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	460	66 Ford	0	$540
12	21	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	455	66 Ford	0	$515
13	33	Larry Manning	46	Tom Hunter	437	66 Chevrol	0	$460
14	27	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	421	67 Pontiac	0	$445
15	15	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	407	67 Ford	0	$425
16	34	Ervin Pruitt	57	Ervin Pruitt	403	67 Dodge	0	$415
17	23	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	387	67 Ford	0	$420
18	2	Charlie Glotzbach	6	Cotton Owens	385	68 Dodge	74	$425
19	31	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	367	66 Ford	0	$340
20	28	Walson Gardner	93	Walson Gardner	362	67 Ford	0	$340
21	13	Pete Hamilton	5	Rocky Hinton	329	68 Ford	14	$330
22	26	Eddie Yarboro	50	Eddie Yarboro	298	66 Plymout	0	$320
23	7	Paul Goldsmith	99	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	290	68 Dodge	154	$305
24	8	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	236	68 Plymout	0	$800
25	16	Bobby Allison	2	JD Bracken	212	66 Chevrol	0	$295
26	11	Darel Dieringer	22	Mario Rossi	206	68 Plymout	0	$285
27	22	Earl Brooks	28	Earl Brooks	194	66 Ford	0	$300
28	30	Dick Johnson	18	Dick Johnson	187	67 Ford	0	$265
29	19	Bob Burcham	8	EC Reid	176	66 Chevrol	0	$315
30	35	Paul Dean Holt	1	Dennis Holt	143	67 Ford	0	$250
31	17	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	135	67 Plymout	0	$250
32	1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Winebarger Motor Co (Junior Johnson)	120	68 Ford	0	$750
33	25	Stan Meserve	51	Margo Hamm	81	67 Dodge	0	$250
34	5	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	63	68 Ford	0	$275
35	14	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	35	67 Dodge	0	$250
36	36	Richard Brickhouse	3	Dub Clewis	8	67 Plymout	0	$250