Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 2nd, 1968

Race #39 of the 1968 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 364
  • Miles: 497.2
  • Average Speed: 126.132 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 65
  • Lead Changes: 13
#7 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Corey LaJoie, driver of the #7 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 2 21 Cale Yarborough Mercury 0 0 0 364 169 Running
2 16 17 David Pearson Ford 0 0 0 364 26 Running
3 7 3 Buddy Baker Dodge 0 0 0 362 0 Running
4 1 6 Charlie Glotzbach Dodge 0 0 0 360 0 Running
5 8 99 Paul Goldsmith Dodge 0 0 0 357 21 Running
6 13 14 Curtis Turner Plymouth 0 0 0 354 0 Running
7 18 2 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 0 0 0 352 0 Running
8 11 29 Bud Moore Ford 0 0 0 350 0 Running
9 23 39 Friday Hassler Chevrolet 0 0 0 343 0 Running
10 5 27 Donnie Allison Ford 0 0 0 342 42 Running
11 40 03 Richard Brickhouse Plymouth 0 0 0 335 0 Running
12 15 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 0 334 0 Running
13 26 46 Larry Manning Chevrolet 0 0 0 331 0 Running
14 36 19 Bill Seifert Ford 0 0 0 320 0 Running
15 37 34 Wendell Scott Ford 0 0 0 316 0 Running
16 27 0 Don Tarr Chevrolet 0 0 0 308 0 Running
17 25 61 Hoss Ellington Mercury 0 0 0 304 0 Running
18 28 18 Dick Johnson Ford 0 0 0 287 0 Running
19 43 9 Ben Arnold Pontiac 0 0 0 284 0 Running
20 6 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 273 7 Engine
21 39 93 Paul Dean Holt Ford 0 0 0 263 0 Running
22 24 80 EJ Trivette Chevrolet 0 0 0 205 0 Engine
23 14 36 HB Bailey Pontiac 0 0 0 181 0 Crash
24 34 20 Clyde Lynn Ford 0 0 0 156 0 Engine
25 35 57 Frank Warren Dodge 0 0 0 144 0 Oil pressure
26 12 15 James Hylton Plymouth 0 0 0 134 0 Overheating
27 4 98 LeeRoy Yarbrough Ford 0 0 0 127 99 Engine
28 3 22 Darel Dieringer Plymouth 0 0 0 127 0 Crash
29 9 16 Tiny Lund Mercury 0 0 0 126 0 Crash
30 31 59 Jim Hurtubise Mercury 0 0 0 121 0 Crash
31 41 5 Earl Brooks Ford 0 0 0 86 0 Transmission
32 17 1 Pete Hamilton Dodge 0 0 0 56 0 Crash
33 10 71 Bobby Isaac Dodge 0 0 0 55 0 Crash
34 19 84 Roy Trantham Ford 0 0 0 55 0 Crash
35 42 52 Bobby Mausgrover Ford 0 0 0 51 0 Crash
36 32 25 Jabe Thomas Ford 0 0 0 51 0 Crash
37 20 4 John Sears Ford 0 0 0 48 0 Crash
38 21 49 GC Spencer Plymouth 0 0 0 33 0 Oil pressure
39 33 76 Roy Tyner Ford 0 0 0 30 0 Engine
40 29 07 George Davis Chevrolet 0 0 0 27 0 Battery
41 38 56 Serge Adams Ford 0 0 0 24 0 Sway bar
42 44 70 JD McDuffie Buick 0 0 0 22 0 Oil pressure
43 30 10 Bill Champion Ford 0 0 0 17 0 Engine
44 22 7 Bobby Johns Chevrolet 0 0 0 1 0 Clutch