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NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. 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 - National 500 Race Results


Race Name - National 500
Date - 10/20/1968
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 156.06 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 49
Average Race Speed - 135.23 mph
Lead Changes - 26
Total Race Purse - $90,880
Race Number - 47
 More Races from 1968
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Charlie Glotzbach 6 Cotton Owens 334 68 Dodge 92 $19,280
2 7 Paul Goldsmith 99 Valleydale Meats (Ray Nichels) 334 68 Dodge 6 $9,505
3 2 David Pearson 17 HolmanMoody 334 68 Ford 156 $6,800
4 4 Bobby Allison 14 Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin) 332 68 Plymout 24 $4,195
5 5 Cale Yarborough 21 60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers) 332 68 Mercury 1 $3,335
6 14 Donnie Allison 27 Banjo Matthews 331 68 Ford 29 $2,770
7 9 Pete Hamilton 1 AJ King 330 68 Dodge 9 $2,070
8 11 Darel Dieringer 22 Mario Rossi 327 68 Plymout 0 $1,775
9 8 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 326 68 Dodge 0 $1,700
10 25 AJ Foyt 11 HolmanMoody 325 68 Ford 0 $1,600
11 15 Butch Hartman 75 Butch Hartman 323 68 Dodge 7 $1,685
12 32 Marty Robbins 32 Welch Motors (Dick Behling) 312 67 Dodge 0 $1,525
13 18 Elmo Langley 47 Bill Seifert 309 68 Ford 0 $1,500
14 24 John Sears 4 LG DeWitt 307 67 Ford 0 $1,425
15 35 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 303 67 Plymout 0 $1,500
16 22 Friday Hassler 39 Red Sharp 301 66 Chevrol 0 $1,325
17 28 Bill Seifert 64 Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield 298 66 Ford 0 $1,325
18 27 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 298 67 Ford 0 $1,325
19 37 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 298 67 Ford 0 $1,215
20 30 EJ Trivette 80 EC Reid 296 66 Chevrol 0 $1,235
21 38 Clyde Lynn 20 Clyde Lynn 283 66 Ford 0 $1,275
22 41 Ben Arnold 76 Don Culpepper 274 66 Ford 0 $1,150
23 21 Dave Marcis 30 Larry Wehrs 230 66 Chevrol 0 $1,150
24 44 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 193 67 Ford 0 $1,175
25 20 Dick Johnson 18 Dick Johnson 183 67 Ford 0 $1,100
26 17 Red Farmer 97 Red Farmer 178 67 Ford 0 $1,100
27 42 Earl Brooks 5 Don Robertson 175 67 Ford 0 $1,100
28 33 Cecil Gordon 45 Bill Seifert 161 68 Ford 0 $1,025
29 36 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 147 67 Ford 0 $1,000
30 43 Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 144 67 Pontiac 0 $1,025
31 40 Wayne Smith 38 Archie Smith 144 68 Chevrol 0 $1,000
32 6 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 135 68 Plymout 0 $1,450
33 12 Roy Trantham 84 Rocky Hinton 115 68 Ford 0 $900
34 29 Hoss Ellington 61 Hoss Ellington 110 67 Mercury 0 $885
35 26 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 105 67 Plymout 0 $925
36 16 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 83 67 Dodge 0 $875
37 39 Lennie Waldo 42 Elmer Buxton 79 66 Ford 0 $850
38 34 Roy Mayne 46 Tom Hunter 77 66 Chevrol 0 $775
39 19 Bobby Johns 7 Shorty Johns 63 66 Chevrol 0 $750
40 23 Richard Brickhouse 3 Dub Clewis 56 67 Plymout 0 $725
41 13 LeeRoy Yarbrough 98 Junior Johnson 52 68 Ford 0 $825
42 45 Bill Vanderhoff 9 Roy Tyner 30 66 Chevrol 0 $725
43 3 Buddy Baker 3 Ray Fox 18 68 Dodge 10 $780
44 31 Stan Meserve 51 Margo Hamm 18 67 Dodge 0 $625
45 10 Bud Moore 29 LongLewis (Bondy Long) 6 68 Ford 0 $600