1968 Motor Trend 500

Race 3 of 49

Riverside
186 laps
Time of race: 4:57:55
Average speed of winner: 100.598 mph
Margin of victory: 36 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 4 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Gurney pole, P. Jones 1-24, Gurney 25-26, Andretti 27-29, Pearson 30-32, P. Jones 33-44, Pearson 45, Gurney 46-47, P. Jones 48, Gurney 49-79, Pearson 80-85, P. Jones 86-88, Gurney 89-145, P. Jones 146-153, Gurney 154-158, P. Jones 159, Gurney 160-186

Race notes: Last win for Dan Gurney. Debut for Paul Dorrity, Guy Jones, Robert Link, Sam Rose, and Al Unser. Finale for Ed Brown, Norm Nelson, Clyde Prickett, and Bo Reeder. Only start for Vallie Engelauf, Frank Jones, Bill Small, and Jerry Titus.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Dan Gurney	121		'68 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	110.971	186	6	124	running	21250	0
2	2	David Pearson	17		'68 Ford	Holman-Moody	Elder		186	3	10	running	9600	0
3	3	Parnelli Jones	115		'68 Ford	Stroppe			186	6	49	running	5600	0
4	12	Bobby Allison	29		'68 Ford	Bondy Long			185	0	0	running	3250	0
5	7	Cale Yarborough	21		'68 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		184	0	0	running	2225	0
6	14	Al Unser	3		'67 Dodge	Rudy Hoerr			182	0	0	running	1550	0
7	10	Bobby Isaac	37	K&K Insurance	'67 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		182	0	0	running	1370	0
8	16	Dave James	06		'67 Plymouth				171	0	0	running	1250	0
9	17	Scotty Cain	45		'66 Ford	Bill Clinton			167	0	0	running	1150	0
10	4	Richard Petty	43		'67 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		163	0	0	engine	1650	0
11	20	Jim Cook	61		'67 Oldsmobile	Cancilla			162	0	0	running	1000	0
12	35	Henley Gray	19		'66 Ford	Henley Gray			150	0	0	running	900	0
13	30	Clyde Lynn	20		'66 Ford	Clyde Lynn			148	0	0	running	800	0
14	31	Clyde Prickett	88		'67 Chevrolet	Dostinich			140	0	0	running	700	0
15	24	Jack McCoy	7		'67 Dodge	Charles Bell			118	0	0	engine	725	0
16	36	Guy Jones	92		'66 Ford				109	0	0	engine	650	0
17	37	Frank Burnett	143		'65 Plymouth				92	0	0	gas tank	640	0
18	40	Sam Rose	08		'67 Mercury	Sam Rose			92	0	0	lug bolt	630	0
19	22	Don White	1		'68 Dodge	Nichels			90	0	0	brakes	705	0
20	21	Norm Nelson	41		'68 Plymouth	Friedkin			87	0	0	engine	720	0
21	38	Ed Brown	111		'67 Ford				73	0	0	fuel pump	615	0
22	11	Jerry Grant	14		'67 Plymouth	Friedkin			71	0	0	accident	760	0
23	9	Darel Dieringer	22		'68 Plymouth	Rossi	Rossi		69	0	0	engine	625	0
24	25	Harold Hardesty	18		'66 Ford	Bob Bristol			67	0	0	accident	575	0
25	15	Buddy Baker	6		'67 Dodge	Owens	Owens		59	0	0	clutch	575	0
26	27	Frank Jones	00		'65 Chevrolet				55	0	0	differential	520	0
27	8	Mario Andretti	11		'68 Ford	Holman-Moody			41	1	3	engine	540	0
28	39	Jerry Oliver	8		'66 Chevrolet				39	0	0	differential	510	0
29	29	Vallie Engelauf	25		'66 Chevrolet				38	0	0	transmission	505	0
30	19	Ray Elder	96		'65 Dodge	Elder			37	0	0	fuel pump	500	0
31	42	Johnny Steele	2		'67 Ford	Kyle Gibson			33	0	0	accident	500	0
32	32	Don Noel	38		'67 Ford				31	0	0	engine	575	0
33	33	Paul Dorrity	15		'67 Chevrolet	Glen Dorrity			28	0	0	differential	500	0
34	13	James Hylton	48		'67 Dodge	Hylton			21	0	0	engine	575	0
35	34	Roy Tyner	9		'66 Chevrolet	Tyner			19	0	0	clutch	500	0
36	26	Bill Small	5		'65 Chevrolet				16	0	0	transmission	500	0
37	5	LeeRoy Yarbrough	26		'68 Ford	Johnson	Nab		14	0	0	oil pan	575	0
38	28	Robert Link	98		'67 Ford	Robert Link			14	0	0	sway bar	500	0
39	23	Jerry Titus	95		'66 Ford				5	0	0	head gasket	500	0
40	44	Bo Reeder	80		'67 Ford				4	0	0	differential	500	0
41	41	Carl Joiner	09		'67 Pontiac				3	0	0	heating	500	0
42	18	John Sears	4		'66 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			2	0	0	engine	500	0
43	6	A.J. Foyt	27		'68 Ford	Banjo Matthews			0	0	0	engine	550	0
44	43	Joe Clark	46		'65 Plymouth				0	0	0	head gasket	500	0