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1968 Atlanta 500
Held on March 31, 1968 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA
334 L, 514.36 M, 827.652 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	21	Cale Yarborough	60 Minute Cleaners	'68 Mercury	334	172	running
2	1	26	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Winebarger Motor Co.	'68 Mercury	334	87	running
3	7	27	Donnie Allison	Banjo Matthews	'68 Ford	333	23	running
4	3	6	Charlie Glotzbach	Holton Dodge	'68 Dodge	332	0	running
5	14	22	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi	'68 Plymouth	332	0	running
6	12	43	Richard Petty	Clift Chrysler Plymouth	'68 Plymouth	331	0	running
7	10	3	Buddy Baker	Lenox Dodge	'68 Dodge	331	0	running
8	5	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	'68 Dodge	330	0	running
9	19	37	Sam McQuagg	K & K Insurance	'68 Dodge	329	5	running
10	15	5	Butch Hartman		'68 Dodge	327	0	running
11	13	56	Jim Hurtubise	Old Hickory House	'68 Mercury	322	0	running
12	6	16	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore	'68 Mercury	322	0	running
13	26	39	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp	'67 Chevrolet	319	0	running
14	22	79	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes	'66 Chevrolet	318	0	running
15	18	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	'67 Dodge	313	5	running
16	28	30	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs	'66 Chevrolet	304	0	running
17	24	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley, Henry Woodfield	'66 Ford	299	0	running
18	38	20	Clyde Lynn		'67 Mercury	294	0	running
19	9	29	Bobby Allison	Long-Lewis Ford	'68 Ford	291	42	crash
20	34	0	Don Tarr		'66 Chevrolet	284	0	running
21	25	50	Serge Adams		'66 Ford	235	0	clutch
22	41	88	Dub Simpson	Buck Baker	'67 Oldsmobile	213	0	engine
23	43	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'67 Ford	174	0	engine
24	17	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'67 Ford	167	0	crash
25	36	34	Wendell Scott		'66 Ford	129	0	oil pressure
26	31	06	Neil Castles		'67 Plymouth	110	0	a frame
27	16	1	Bud Moore	King Enterprises	'68 Dodge	91	0	engine
28	20	2	G.C. Spencer	Bobby Allison	'67 Dodge	86	0	engine
29	33	52	Tony Tantarelli	Elmer Buxton	'67 Ford	74	0	a frame
30	35	96	Charles Burnett	James Brown	'66 Ford	69	0	clutch
31	2	17	David Pearson	East Tennessee Motor Company	'68 Ford	54	0	crash
32	11	99	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	'68 Plymouth	48	0	handling
33	23	02	Bob Cooper	Frosty Morn Meats, Nichels Engineering	'68 Chevrolet	29	0	engine
34	30	38	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith	'67 Chevrolet	22	0	driveshaft
35	32	76	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper	'66 Ford	20	0	engine
36	44	23	Earl Brooks	Don Robertson	'66 Ford	18	0	overheating
37	39	80	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid	'66 Chevrolet	17	0	rear end
38	42	8	Ed Negre		'67 Ford	11	0	engine
39	27	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'67 Chevrolet	11	0	overheating
40	21	97	Red Farmer		'67 Ford	7	0	quit
41	8	14	Jerry Grant	Friedkin Enterprises	'68 Plymouth	6	0	engine
42	40	58	Phil Wendt	Ken Watter	'66 Chevrolet	6	0	engine
43	29	45	Bill Seifert		'66 Ford	5	0	quit
44	37	19	Henley Gray		'66 Ford	4	0	quit

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners:
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered