1968 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Old Dominion 500 Race Results

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1968 - Old Dominion 500 Race Results

Race Name - Old Dominion 500
Date - 9/22/1968
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 77.279 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 60
Average Race Speed - 65.808 mph
Lead Changes - 11
Total Race Purse - $24,176
Race Number - 44

More Races from 1968

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	6	Richard Petty	43	Wynns Pure (Petty Enterprises)	500	68 Plymout	324	$5,999
2	1	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	497	68 Mercury	19	$2,700
3	9	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Winebarger Motor Co Ford (Junior Johnson)	497	68 Ford	0	$1,244
4	39	Bud Moore	29	LongLewis (Bondy Long)	494	68 Ford	0	$775
5	8	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	494	67 Dodge	0	$725
6	3	David Pearson	17	East Tenn Motor Co Ford (HolmanMoody)	492	68 Ford	125	$850
7	7	Ray Hendrick	14	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	492	68 Plymout	0	$575
8	5	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	491	68 Ford	0	$550
9	17	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	488	66 Ford	0	$500
10	14	Roy Trantham	84	Rocky Hinton	485	68 Ford	0	$475
11	15	Friday Hassler	39	Red Sharp	475	66 Chevrol	0	$450
12	24	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	474	67 Pontiac	0	$425
13	26	Wayne Smith	38	Archie Smith	470	68 Chevrol	0	$415
14	13	Bobby Allison	2	JD Bracken	468	66 Chevrol	13	$415
15	28	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	465	66 Ford	0	$370
16	23	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	465	67 Buick	0	$385
17	21	Dave Marcis	30	Larry Wehrs	462	66 Chevrol	0	$499
18	33	Stan Meserve	51	Margo Hamm	457	67 Dodge	0	$340
19	27	Eddie Yarboro	50	West End Motors (Eddie Yarboro)	455	66 Plymout	0	$330
20	22	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	451	66 Ford	0	$335
21	12	James Hylton	48	Dodge (James Hylton)	439	67 Dodge	0	$325
22	2	Buddy Baker	3	Royal Dodge (Ray Fox)	436	68 Dodge	0	$400
23	31	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	417	67 Ford	0	$300
24	37	Walson Gardner	93	Walson Gardner	408	67 Ford	0	$300
25	34	Earl Brooks	76	Don Culpepper	405	66 Ford	0	$300
26	35	Worth McMillion	83	Allen McMillion	391	67 Pontiac	0	$275
27	20	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	374	67 Plymout	0	$375
28	29	Dick Johnson	18	Dick Johnson	366	67 Ford	0	$275
29	38	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	325	66 Ford	0	$275
30	16	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	249	67 Plymout	0	$300
31	30	Don Tarr	0	Don Tarr	237	66 Chevrol	0	$250
32	19	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	235	66 Ford	0	$275
33	32	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	192	68 Ford	0	$250
34	4	Pete Hamilton	1	Dodge (AJ King)	154	68 Dodge	19	$319
35	10	Darel Dieringer	22	Plymouth (Mario Rossi)	143	68 Plymout	0	$275
36	40	Larry Manning	66	John Glazebrook	130	66 Chevrol	0	$250
37	18	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	96	67 Ford	0	$275
38	36	Cecil Gordon	47	Bill Seifert	65	68 Ford	0	$250
39	11	Charlie Glotzbach	6	Dodge (Cotton Owens)	21	68 Dodge	0	$275
40	25	Paul Dean Holt	57	Ervin Pruitt	1	67 Dodge	0	$275