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Daytona 500

NASCAR Grand National race
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
February 25, 1968
200 laps on 2.5 mile paved oval; 500 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Cale Yarborough	21	Wood Brothers	1968 Mercury	200	47,250	running	76
2	3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	26	Junior Johnson	1968 Mercury	200	17,525	running	62
3	6	Bobby Allison	29	Bondy Long	C7HM-10111/Ford	200	10,150	running	7
4	8	Al Unser	6	Cotton Owens	1968 Dodge 046	200	6,250	running	1
5	4	David Pearson	17	Holman-Moody	1968 Ford	199	4,750	running	10
6	9	Paul Goldsmith	99	Ray Nichels	1968 Plymouth	199	4,500	running	0
7	23	Darel Dieringer	22	Mario Rossi	1968 Dodge	199	4,100	running	0
8	2	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	1968 Plymouth	198	4,350	running	4
9	5	Tiny Lund	16	Bud Moore	1968 Mercury	197	2,500	running	0
10	27	Andy Hampton	32	Harry Ranier	1967 Dodge	193	2,525	running	0
11	22	Bob Pronger	67	Bob Pronger	1967 Dodge	186	2,350	running	0
12	19	A.J. Foyt	27	Banjo Matthews	1968 Ford	183	2,350	transmission	0
13	34	Bob Senneker	84	Doug Cutler	1966 Chevrolet	182	3,200	running	0
14	25	Clyde Lynn	20	Clyde Lynn	1967 Mercury	182	2,200	running	0
15	40	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	1967 Ford	181	2,100	running	0
16	15	Butch Hartman	5	Butch Hartman	1968 Dodge	180	2,275	running	3
17	42	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	1966 Ford	179	2,045	running	0
18	24	Larry Manning	46	Tom Hunter	1966 Chevrolet	179	2,110	running	0
19	49	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	1966 Ford	175	2,025	running	0
20	35	Dave Marcis	30	Larry Wehrs	1966 Chevrolet	175	2,015	running	0
21	38	Rod Eulenfeld	73	Julian Kline	1966 Chevrolet	174	2,000	running	0
22	10	Sam McQuagg	37	Nord Krauskopf	1967 Dodge	171	1,140	engine	0
23	44	Charles Burnett	96	Roy Buckner	1966 Ford	146	1,135	black flagged	0
24	31	Frank Warren	79	Harold Rhodes	1966 Chevrolet	143	1,130	running	0
25	17	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	1966 Ford	141	1,125	overheating	0
26	37	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	1967 Ford	126	1,120	overheating	0
27	29	Jim Hurtubise	56	Lyle Stelter	1968 Mercury	123	1,125	accident	0
28	50	Don Biederman	95	James Brown	1966 Ford	123	1,110	engine	0
29	20	Mario Andretti	11	Holman-Moody	1968 Mercury	105	1,580	accident	17
30	13	Buddy Baker	3	Ray Fox	1968 Dodge	103	1,700	accident	20
31	28	John Sears	4	L.G. DeWitt	1967 Ford	101	1,145	accident	0
32	21	Charlie Glotzbach	15	Tom Friedkin	1968 Plymouth	91	1,140	engine	0
33	41	Earl Brooks	75	Gene Black	1966 Ford	89	1,085	accident	0
34	33	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	1966 Ford	79	1,080	overheating	0
35	39	Dick Johnson	18	Bob Casperson	1967 Ford	63	1,075	engine	0
36	11	Bobby Isaac	71	Nord Krauskopf	1968 Dodge	56	1,070	engine	0
37	16	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	1966 Chevrolet	55	1,065	ignition	0
38	47	Sonny Hutchins	90	Junie Donlavey	1967 Ford	53	1,060	engine	0
39	32	Bob Cooper	02	Bob Cooper	1967 Chevrolet	52	1,055	engine	0
40	7	Donnie Allison	66	Holman-Moody	1968 Ford	48	1,000	accident	0
41	43	Stan Meserve	51	Margo Hamm	1967 Dodge	34	950	brakes	0
42	26	Jerry Grant	14	Tom Friedkin	1968 Plymouth	32	1,000	accident	0
43	30	Red Farmer	97	Red Farmer	1967 Ford	24	850	engine	0
44	14	James Hylton	48	James Hylton	1967 Dodge	24	800	accident	0
45	45	Don Tarr	0	Don Tarr	1967 Chevrolet	23	750	head gasket	0
46	46	Paul Lewis	2	J.D. Bracken	1967 Dodge	14	700	engine	0
47	48	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	1967 Pontiac	8	1,650	engine	0
48	12	Bud Moore	1	A.J. King	1968 Dodge	7	600	accident	0
49	18	H.B. Bailey	36	H.B. Bailey	1966 Pontiac	6	550	engine	0
50	36	Dub Simpson	06	Neil Castles	1967 Dodge	0	500	oil pressure	0
	22	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	1967 Dodge	0		qualified car	0
		Gordon Johncock	55		1967 Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Phil Wendt	58		1966 Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Ben Arnold	76		1966 Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Wayne Smith	38		1968 Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0

Time of race: 03:23:44
Average Speed: 143.521 MPH
Pole Speed: 47.563 seconds
11 cautions for 60 laps
Attendance: 94,800