1968 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Southeastern 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 - Southeastern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southeastern 500
Date - 3/17/1968
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 88.582 mph
Number of Cautions - 11
Caution Laps - 81
Average Race Speed - 77.247 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $25,820
Race Number - 5

More Races from 1968

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	500	68 Ford	176	$5,725
2	1	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	500	68 Plymout	108	$4,125
3	4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	26	Junior Johnson	499	68 Ford	168	$2,100
4	5	Darel Dieringer	22	Mario Rossi	492	68 Plymout	0	$1,325
5	11	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	491	67 Dodge	0	$900
6	29	Bud Moore	1	AJ King	491	68 Dodge	0	$800
7	15	Jack Ingram	9	Roy Tyner	481	66 Chevrol	0	$700
8	16	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	469	66 Ford	0	$650
9	17	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley Henry Woodfield	468	66 Ford	0	$625
10	32	Earl Brooks	2	Clyde Lynn	467	66 Ford	0	$550
11	36	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	467	67 Plymout	0	$525
12	19	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	454	66 Ford	0	$490
13	20	Dave Marcis	30	Larry Wehrs	449	66 Chevrol	0	$460
14	23	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	445	67 Mercury	0	$445
15	22	Wendell Scott	50	GC Spencer	436	66 Plymout	0	$425
16	27	Bob Cooper	2	Bob Cooper	430	66 Chevrol	0	$415
17	21	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	427	67 Ford	0	$395
18	34	Paul Dean Holt	1	Dennis Holt	412	67 Ford	0	$375
19	26	Bill Ervin	31	Newman Long	396	66 Ford	0	$350
20	24	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	392	66 Ford	0	$340
21	33	Dick Johnson	18	Bob Casperson	338	67 Ford	0	$330
22	35	Walson Gardner	93	Walson Gardner	295	67 Ford	0	$320
23	10	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	245	67 Dodge	0	$305
24	3	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	237	68 Ford	48	$325
25	28	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	227	67 Dodge	0	$295
26	18	Friday Hassler	39	Red Sharp	206	66 Chevrol	0	$285
27	31	Doug Cooper	95	Henley Gray	206	66 Ford	0	$275
28	9	Tiny Lund	16	Bud Moore	199	68 Mercury	0	$265
29	12	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	191	67 Ford	0	$255
30	6	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	114	68 Ford	0	$245
31	25	Roy Tyner	76	Don Culpepper	104	66 Ford	0	$200
32	14	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	91	67 Plymout	0	$200
33	7	Jerry Grant	14	Friedkin Enterprises (Tom Friedkin)	72	68 Plymout	0	$200
34	13	Paul Goldsmith	99	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	60	68 Plymout	0	$200
35	30	Stan Meserve	51	Margo Hamm	54	67 Dodge	0	$200
36	8	Bobby Allison	29	Bondy Long	41	68 Ford	0	$200