1968 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Dixie 500 Race Results

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1968 - Dixie 500 Race Results

Race Name - Dixie 500
Date - 8/4/1968
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 153.361 mph
Number of Cautions - 11
Caution Laps - 67
Average Race Speed - 127.06 mph
Lead Changes - 29
Total Race Purse - $66,075
Race Number - 33

More Races from 1968

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	5	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	334	68 Mercury	168	$17,260
2	13	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	334	68 Dodge	3	$8,440
3	9	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	334	68 Ford	0	$5,925
4	4	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	334	68 Ford	65	$3,005
5	10	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	333	68 Plymout	7	$2,535
6	17	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	328	68 Dodge	5	$1,625
7	11	Bud Moore	29	LongLewis (Bondy Long)	328	68 Ford	0	$1,350
8	18	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	327	67 Ford	0	$1,275
9	21	Friday Hassler	39	Red Sharp	318	66 Chevrol	0	$1,175
10	33	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	316	67 Plymout	0	$1,125
11	27	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	310	68 Ford	0	$1,125
12	23	Bob Moore	96	Roy Buckner	306	68 Ford	0	$1,025
13	35	Roy Tyner	57	Ervin Pruitt	303	67 Dodge	0	$950
14	39	Don Tarr	0	Don Tarr	301	66 Chevrol	0	$950
15	34	Willie Crane	32	George Turner	300	68 Ford	0	$875
16	25	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	297	66 Ford	0	$850
17	6	Tiny Lund	16	Bud Moore	295	68 Mercury	0	$825
18	2	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	265	68 Mercury	46	$1,230
19	22	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	251	66 Ford	0	$775
20	30	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	217	68 Chevrol	0	$750
21	12	Paul Goldsmith	99	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	200	68 Dodge	1	$735
22	14	Darel Dieringer	22	Mario Rossi	189	68 Plymout	0	$700
23	28	Earl Brooks	18	Dick Johnson	189	67 Ford	0	$715
24	26	Bobby Allison	2	JD Bracken	167	66 Chevrol	0	$755
25	3	Charlie Glotzbach	6	Cotton Owens	152	68 Dodge	38	$660
26	7	Sam McQuagg	1	AJ King	122	68 Dodge	0	$660
27	32	Wendell Scott	19	Henley Gray	115	66 Ford	0	$650
28	20	Pete Hamilton	5	Rocky Hinton	110	68 Ford	0	$640
29	38	Stan Meserve	51	Margo Hamm	103	67 Dodge	0	$655
30	19	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	90	66 Ford	0	$645
31	24	Hoss Ellington	61	Hoss Ellington	80	67 Mercury	0	$610
32	37	Richard Brickhouse	3	Dub Clewis	77	67 Plymout	0	$650
33	15	EJ Trivette	80	EC Reid	66	66 Chevrol	0	$590
34	16	Red Farmer	97	Red Farmer	56	67 Ford	1	$690
35	31	Jabe Thomas	52	Elmer Buxton	53	67 Ford	0	$580
36	1	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	25	68 Dodge	0	$725
37	36	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	23	68 Chevrol	0	$645
38	8	Jim Hurtubise	56	Lyle Stelter	21	68 Mercury	0	$565
39	29	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	5	67 Plymout	0	$585
40	40	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	4	67 Buick	0	$550