1968 Southeastern 500

Race 5 of 49

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:14:11
Average speed of winner: 77.247 mph
Margin of victory: 3 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 81 laps
Lap leaders: Petty pole, Pearson 1-34, Petty 35-45, Pearson 46-95, Petty 96, Yarbrough 97-123, Yarborough 124-167, Petty 168, Yarborough 169-172, Petty 173-209, Pearson 210, Petty 211-213, Yarbrough 214-284, Pearson 285-311, Yarbrough 312-315, Pearson 316-348, Petty 349-403, Yarbrough 404-469, Pearson 470-500

Race notes: Finale for Doug Cooper. Richard Petty took the points lead from Bobby Allison.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	David Pearson	17		'68 Ford	Holman-Moody	Elder		500	6	176	running	5725	0
2	1	Richard Petty	43		'68 Plymouth	Petty	Inman	88.582	500	6	108	running	4125	0
3	4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	26		'68 Ford	Johnson	Nab		499	4	168	running	2100	0
4	5	Darel Dieringer	22		'68 Plymouth	Rossi	Rossi		492	0	0	running	1325	0
5	11	Bobby Isaac	37	K&K Insurance	'67 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		491	0	0	running	900	0
6	29	Bud Moore	1		'68 Dodge	A.J. King			491	0	0	running	800	0
7	15	Jack Ingram	09		'66 Chevrolet	Tyner			481	0	0	running	700	0
8	16	Bill Champion	10		'66 Ford	Bill Champion			469	0	0	running	650	0
9	17	Elmo Langley	64		'66 Ford	Langley			468	0	0	running	625	0
10	32	Earl Brooks	2		'66 Ford				467	0	0	running	550	0
11	36	Neil Castles	06		'67 Plymouth	Castles			467	0	0	running	525	0
12	19	Bill Seifert	45		'66 Ford	Seifert			454	0	0	running	490	0
13	20	Dave Marcis	30		'66 Chevrolet	Wehrs			449	0	0	running	460	0
14	23	Clyde Lynn	20		'67 Mercury	Clyde Lynn			445	0	0	rear end	445	0
15	22	Wendell Scott	50		'66 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			436	0	0	running	425	0
16	27	Bob Cooper	02		'66 Chevrolet	Bob Cooper			430	0	0	running	415	0
17	21	Jabe Thomas	25		'67 Ford	Don Robertson			427	0	0	running	395	0
18	34	Paul Dean Holt	01		'67 Ford	Dennis Holt			412	0	0	running	375	0
19	26	Bill Ervin	31		'66 Ford	Newman Long			396	0	0	running	350	0
20	24	Henley Gray	19		'66 Ford	Henley Gray			392	0	0	running	340	0
21	33	Dick Johnson	18		'67 Ford	Casperson			338	0	0	ball joint	330	0
22	35	Walson Gardner	93		'67 Ford	Walson Gardner			295	0	0	engine	320	0
23	10	Buddy Baker	3		'67 Dodge	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		245	0	0	heating	305	0
24	3	Cale Yarborough	21		'68 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		237	2	48	rear end	325	0
25	28	James Hylton	48		'67 Dodge	Hylton			227	0	0	driver ill	295	0
26	18	Friday Hassler	39		'66 Chevrolet	Red Sharp			206	0	0	sway bar	285	0
27	31	Doug Cooper	95		'66 Ford	Henley Gray			206	0	0	ball joint	275	0
28	9	Tiny Lund	16		'68 Mercury	Moore	Moore		199	0	0	engine	265	0
29	12	John Sears	4		'67 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			191	0	0	rear end	255	0
30	6	Donnie Allison	27		'68 Ford	Banjo Matthews			114	0	0	rear end	245	0
31	25	Roy Tyner	76		'66 Ford	Culpepper			104	0	0	oil leak	200	0
32	14	G.C. Spencer	49		'67 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			91	0	0	accident	200	0
33	7	Jerry Grant	14		'68 Plymouth	Friedkin			72	0	0	accident	200	0
34	13	Paul Goldsmith	99		'68 Plymouth	Nichels			60	0	0	drive shaft	200	0
35	30	Stan Meserve	51		'67 Dodge	Margo Hamm			54	0	0	engine	200	0
36	8	Bobby Allison	29		'68 Ford	Bondy Long			41	0	0	engine	200	0