1968 Dixie 500

Race 33 of 49

Atlanta
334 laps
Time of race: 3:56:34
Average speed of winner: 127.068 mph
Margin of victory: 10 sec.
Lead changes: 29 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 67 laps
Lap leaders: Baker pole, Yarborough 1-25, Goldsmith 26, Hylton 27-31, Yarbrough 32-51, Farmer 52, Petty 53-56, Yarbrough 57-59, Pearson 60, Yarbrough 61-70, Glotzbach 71-91, Yarborough 92-112, Pearson 113-131, Glotzbach 132-141, Pearson 142-144, Glotzbach 145-151, Pearson 152-159, Yarbrough 160-192, Isaac 193, Petty 194, Isaac 195, Pearson 196-217, Yarbrough 218-272, Petty 273, Pearson 274-276, Yarbrough 277-283, Isaac 284, Petty 285, Pearson 286-294, Yarbrough 295-334

Race notes: Debut for Hoss Ellington. Finale for Bob Moore. Only start for Willie Crane. Bobby Isaac 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	5	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98		'68 Ford	Johnson	Nab		334	7	168	running	17260	0
2	13	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'68 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		334	3	3	running	8440	0
3	9	Donnie Allison	27		'68 Ford	Banjo Matthews			334	0	0	running	5925	0
4	4	David Pearson	17		'68 Ford	Holman-Moody	Elder		334	7	65	running	3005	0
5	10	Richard Petty	43		'68 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		333	4	7	running	2535	0
6	17	James Hylton	48		'68 Dodge	Hylton			328	1	5	running	1625	0
7	11	Bud Moore	29		'68 Ford	Bondy Long			328	0	0	running	1350	0
8	18	John Sears	4		'67 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			327	0	0	running	1275	0
9	21	Friday Hassler	39		'66 Chevrolet	Red Sharp			318	0	0	running	1175	0
10	33	G.C. Spencer	49		'67 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			316	0	0	running	1125	0
11	27	Bill Seifert	45		'68 Ford	Seifert			310	0	0	running	1125	0
12	23	Bob Moore	96		'66 Ford	Buckner			306	0	0	running	1025	0
13	35	Roy Tyner	57		'67 Dodge	Ervin Pruitt			303	0	0	running	950	0
14	39	Don Tarr	0		'66 Chevrolet	Tarr			301	0	0	running	950	0
15	34	Willie Crane	32		'68 Ford				300	0	0	running	875	0
16	25	Clyde Lynn	20		'66 Ford	Clyde Lynn			297	0	0	running	850	0
17	6	Tiny Lund	16		'68 Mercury	Moore	Moore		295	0	0	engine	825	0
18	2	Cale Yarborough	21		'68 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		265	2	46	accident	1230	0
19	22	Bill Champion	10		'66 Ford	Bill Champion			251	0	0	drive shaft	775	0
20	30	Wayne Smith	38		'68 Chevrolet	Wayne Smith			217	0	0	oil line	750	0
21	12	Paul Goldsmith	99		'68 Dodge	Nichels			200	1	1	engine	735	0
22	14	Darel Dieringer	22		'68 Plymouth	Rossi	Rossi		189	0	0	engine	700	0
23	28	Earl Brooks	18		'67 Ford	Dick Johnson (US)			189	0	0	engine	715	0
24	26	Bobby Allison	2		'66 Chevrolet	J.D. Bracken			167	0	0	rear end	755	0
25	3	Charlie Glotzbach	6		'68 Dodge	Owens	Owens		152	3	38	engine	660	0
26	7	Sam McQuagg	1		'68 Dodge	A.J. King			122	0	0	engine	660	0
27	32	Wendell Scott	19		'66 Ford	Henley Gray			115	0	0	heating	650	0
28	20	Pete Hamilton	5		'68 Ford	Rocky Hinton			110	0	0	rear end	640	0
29	38	Stan Meserve	51		'67 Dodge	Margo Hamm			103	0	0	ignition	655	0
30	19	Elmo Langley	64		'66 Ford	Langley			90	0	0	engine	645	0
31	24	Hoss Ellington	61		'67 Mercury	Ellington			80	0	0	suspension	610	0
32	37	Richard Brickhouse	03		'67 Plymouth	Clewis			77	0	0	engine	650	0
33	15	E.J. Trivette	80		'66 Chevrolet	E.C. Reid			66	0	0	transmission	590	0
34	16	Red Farmer	97		'67 Ford	Farmer			56	1	1	heating	690	0
35	31	Jabe Thomas	52		'67 Ford	Buxton			53	0	0	engine	580	0
36	1	Buddy Baker	3		'68 Dodge	Ray Fox	Ray Fox	153.361	25	0	0	lug bolt	725	0
37	36	Bobby Johns	7		'66 Chevrolet	Shorty Johns			23	0	0	engine	645	0
38	8	Jim Hurtubise	56		'68 Mercury	Stelter			21	0	0	motor mount	565	0
39	29	Neil Castles	06		'67 Plymouth	Castles			5	0	0	engine	585	0
40	40	J.D. McDuffie	70		'67 Buick	McDuffie			4	0	0	vibration	550	0