1968 Daytona 500

Race 4 of 49

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 3:23:44
Average speed of winner: 143.251 mph
Margin of victory: 1 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 60 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-12, Pearson 13-22, Petty 23-26, Unser 27, Yarbrough 28-34, Baker 35-36, Yarbrough 37-40, Baker 41, Yarbrough 42-46, Andretti 47-48, Hartman 49-51, Baker 52-68, Yarbrough 69-71, Andretti 72-76, B. Allison 77-78, Andretti 79-88, Yarborough 89-143, Yarbrough 144-166, B. Allison 167-171, Yarborough 172-176, Yarbrough 177-196, Yarborough 197-200

Race notes: Debut for Charles Burnett, Dave Marcis, Stan Meserve, and Bob Senneker.

Video links: Highlights (Part 1), Highlights (Part 2), Highlights (Part 3)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners	'68 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	189.222	200	4	76	running	47250	0
2	3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	26		'68 Mercury	Johnson	Nab		200	6	62	running	17525	0
3	6	Bobby Allison	29		'68 Ford	Bondy Long			200	2	7	running	10150	0
4	8	Al Unser	6		'68 Dodge	Owens	Owens		200	1	1	running	6250	0
5	4	David Pearson	17		'68 Ford	Holman-Moody	Elder		199	1	10	running	4750	0
6	9	Paul Goldsmith	99		'68 Plymouth	Nichels			199	0	0	running	4500	0
7	23	Darel Dieringer	22		'68 Dodge	Rossi	Rossi		199	0	0	running	4100	0
8	2	Richard Petty	43		'68 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		198	1	4	running	4350	0
9	5	Tiny Lund	16		'68 Mercury	Moore	Moore		197	0	0	running	2500	0
10	27	Andy Hampton	32		'67 Dodge	Ranier			193	0	0	running	2525	0
11	22	Buddy Arrington	67		'67 Dodge	Arrington			186	0	0	running	2350	0
12	19	A.J. Foyt	27		'68 Ford	Banjo Matthews			183	0	0	transmission	2350	0
13	34	Bob Senneker	84		'66 Chevrolet				182	0	0	running	3200	0
14	25	Clyde Lynn	20		'67 Mercury	Clyde Lynn			182	0	0	running	2200	0
15	40	Bill Seifert	45		'67 Ford	Seifert			181	0	0	running	2100	0
16	15	Butch Hartman	5		'68 Dodge	Hartman			180	1	3	running	2275	0
17	42	Wendell Scott	34		'66 Ford	Wendell Scott			179	0	0	running	2045	0
18	24	Larry Manning	46		'66 Chevrolet	Tom Hunter			179	0	0	running	2110	0
19	49	Henley Gray	19		'66 Ford	Henley Gray			175	0	0	running	2025	0
20	35	Dave Marcis	30		'66 Chevrolet	Wehrs			175	0	0	running	2015	0
21	38	Rod Eulenfeld	73		'66 Chevrolet	Julian Kline			174	0	0	running	2000	0
22	10	Sam McQuagg	37	K&K Insurance	'67 Dodge	Krauskopf			171	0	0	engine	1140	0
23	44	Charles Burnett	96		'66 Ford	Buckner			146	0	0	flagged	1135	0
24	31	Frank Warren	79		'66 Chevrolet	Harold Rhodes			143	0	0	running	1130	0
25	17	Elmo Langley	64		'66 Ford	Langley			141	0	0	heating	1125	0
26	37	Jabe Thomas	25		'67 Ford	Don Robertson			126	0	0	heating	1120	0
27	29	Jim Hurtubise	56		'68 Mercury	Stelter			123	0	0	accident	1125	0
28	50	Don Biederman	95		'66 Ford	James Brown			123	0	0	engine	1110	0
29	20	Mario Andretti	11		'68 Mercury	Holman-Moody			105	3	17	accident	1580	0
30	13	Buddy Baker	3		'68 Dodge	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		103	3	20	accident	1700	0
31	28	John Sears	4		'67 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			101	0	0	accident	1145	0
32	21	Charlie Glotzbach	15		'68 Plymouth	Friedkin			91	0	0	engine	1140	0
33	41	Earl Brooks	26		'66 Ford	Gene Black			89	0	0	accident	1085	0
34	33	Bill Champion	10		'66 Ford	Bill Champion			79	0	0	heating	1080	0
35	39	Dick Johnson	18		'67 Ford	Casperson			63	0	0	engine	1075	0
36	11	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'68 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		56	0	0	engine	1070	0
37	16	Bobby Johns	7		'66 Chevrolet	Shorty Johns			55	0	0	ignition	1065	0
38	47	Sonny Hutchins	90		'67 Ford	Donlavey			53	0	0	engine	1060	0
39	32	Bob Cooper	02		'67 Chevrolet	Bob Cooper			52	0	0	engine	1055	0
40	7	Donnie Allison	66		'68 Ford	Holman-Moody			48	0	0	accident	1000	0
41	43	Stan Meserve	51		'67 Dodge	Margo Hamm			34	0	0	brakes	950	0
42	26	Jerry Grant	14		'68 Plymouth	Friedkin			32	0	0	accident	1000	0
43	30	Red Farmer	97		'67 Ford	Farmer			24	0	0	engine	850	0
44	14	James Hylton	48		'67 Dodge	Hylton			24	0	0	accident	800	0
45	45	Don Tarr	0		'67 Chevrolet	Tarr			23	0	0	head gasket	750	0
46	46	Paul Lewis	2		'67 Dodge	Bracken			14	0	0	engine	700	0
47	48	Roy Tyner	9		'67 Pontiac	Tyner			8	0	0	engine	1650	0
48	12	Bud Moore	1	Activated Angels	'68 Dodge	A.J. King			7	0	0	accident	600	0
49	18	H.B. Bailey	36		'66 Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			6	0	0	engine	550	0
50	36	Dub Simpson	06		'67 Dodge	Castles			0	0	0	oil pressure	500	0