1968 Atlanta 500

Race 7 of 49

Atlanta
334 laps
Time of race: 3:59:24
Average speed of winner: 125.564 mph
Margin of victory: 9 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 73 laps
Lap leaders: Yarbrough 1-22, Yarborough 23-24, Hylton 25-29, Yarbrough 30-55, McQuagg 56-60, D. Allison 61-62, Yarbrough 63-94, D. Allison 95-115, Yarborough 116-155, Yarbrough 156-157, B. Allison 158-177, Yarborough 178-237, B. Allison 238-259, Yarborough 260-300, Yarbrough 301-305, Yarborough 306-334

Race notes: Debut for Serge Adams. Finale for Charles Burnett. Only start for Tony Tantarelli. Richard Petty took the points lead from David Pearson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Cale Yarborough	21		'68 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		334	5	172	running	20680	0
2	1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	26		'68 Mercury	Johnson	Nab	155.646	334	5	87	running	9360	0
3	7	Donnie Allison	27		'68 Ford	Banjo Matthews			333	2	23	running	5415	0
4	3	Charlie Glotzbach	6		'68 Dodge	Owens	Owens		332	0	0	running	3225	0
5	14	Darel Dieringer	22		'68 Plymouth	Rossi	Rossi		332	0	0	running	2300	0
6	12	Richard Petty	43		'68 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		331	0	0	running	1775	0
7	10	Buddy Baker	3		'68 Dodge	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		331	0	0	running	1200	0
8	5	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'68 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		330	0	0	running	1075	0
9	19	Sam McQuagg	37	K&K Insurance	'68 Dodge	Krauskopf			329	1	5	running	1000	0
10	15	Butch Hartman	5		'68 Dodge	Hartman			327	0	0	running	850	0
11	13	Jim Hurtubise	56		'68 Mercury	Stelter			322	0	0	running	750	0
12	6	Tiny Lund	16		'68 Mercury	Moore	Moore		322	0	0	running	700	0
13	26	Friday Hassler	39		'67 Chevrolet	Red Sharp			319	0	0	running	700	0
14	22	Frank Warren	79		'66 Chevrolet	Harold Rhodes			318	0	0	running	600	0
15	18	James Hylton	48		'67 Dodge	Hylton			313	1	5	running	625	0
16	28	Dave Marcis	30		'66 Chevrolet	Wehrs			304	0	0	running	575	0
17	24	Elmo Langley	64		'66 Ford	Langley			299	0	0	running	550	0
18	38	Clyde Lynn	20		'67 Mercury	Clyde Lynn			294	0	0	running	600	0
19	9	Bobby Allison	29		'68 Ford	Bondy Long		155.806	291	2	42	accident	1165	0
20	34	Don Tarr	0		'66 Chevrolet	Tarr			284	0	0	running	640	0
21	25	Serge Adams	50		'66 Ford				235	0	0	clutch	625	0
22	41	Dub Simpson	88		'67 Oldsmobile	Buck Baker			213	0	0	engine	550	0
23	43	Jabe Thomas	25		'67 Ford	Don Robertson			174	0	0	engine	550	0
24	17	John Sears	4		'67 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			167	0	0	accident	625	0
25	36	Wendell Scott	34		'66 Ford	Wendell Scott			129	0	0	oil pressure	620	0
26	31	Neil Castles	06		'67 Plymouth	Castles			110	0	0	a-frame	700	0
27	16	Bud Moore	1		'68 Dodge	A.J. King			91	0	0	engine	550	0
28	20	G.C. Spencer	2		'67 Dodge	G.C. Spencer			86	0	0	engine	575	0
29	33	Tony Tantarelli	52		'67 Ford				74	0	0	a-frame	650	0
30	35	Charles Burnett	96		'66 Ford	James Brown			69	0	0	clutch	630	0
31	2	David Pearson	17		'68 Ford	Holman-Moody	Elder		54	0	0	accident	625	0
32	11	Paul Goldsmith	99		'68 Plymouth	Nichels			48	0	0	handling	675	0
33	23	Bob Cooper	02		'66 Chevrolet	Bob Cooper			29	0	0	engine	550	0
34	30	Wayne Smith	38		'67 Chevrolet	Wayne Smith			22	0	0	drive shaft	550	0
35	32	Roy Tyner	76		'66 Ford	Culpepper			20	0	0	engine	550	0
36	44	Earl Brooks	23		'66 Ford	Don Robertson			18	0	0	heating	500	0
37	39	E.J. Trivette	80		'66 Chevrolet	E.C. Reid			17	0	0	rear end	540	0
38	42	Ed Negre	8		'67 Ford	Negre			11	0	0	engine	500	0
39	27	Bobby Johns	7		'67 Chevrolet	Shorty Johns			11	0	0	heating	525	0
40	21	Red Farmer	97		'67 Ford	Farmer			7	0	0	withdrew	500	0
41	8	Jerry Grant	14		'68 Plymouth	Friedkin			6	0	0	engine	500	0
42	40	Phil Wendt	58		'66 Chevrolet				6	0	0	engine	530	0
43	29	Bill Seifert	45		'66 Ford	Seifert			5	0	0	withdrew	500	0
44	37	Henley Gray	19		'66 Ford	Henley Gray			4	0	0	withdrew	500	0