Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 31st, 1968

Race #7 of the 1968 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 334
  • Miles: 514.4
  • Average Speed: 125.564 mph
  • Cautions: 11
  • Caution Laps: 73
  • Lead Changes: 15
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 4 21 Cale Yarborough Mercury 0 0 0 334 172 Running
2 1 26 LeeRoy Yarbrough Mercury 0 0 0 334 87 Running
3 7 27 Donnie Allison Ford 0 0 0 333 23 Running
4 3 6 Charlie Glotzbach Dodge 0 0 0 332 0 Running
5 14 22 Darel Dieringer Plymouth 0 0 0 332 0 Running
6 12 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 331 0 Running
7 10 3 Buddy Baker Dodge 0 0 0 331 0 Running
8 5 71 Bobby Isaac Dodge 0 0 0 330 0 Running
9 19 37 Sam McQuagg Dodge 0 0 0 329 5 Running
10 15 5 Butch Hartman Dodge 0 0 0 327 0 Running
11 13 56 Jim Hurtubise Mercury 0 0 0 322 0 Running
12 6 16 Tiny Lund Mercury 0 0 0 322 0 Running
13 26 39 Friday Hassler Chevrolet 0 0 0 319 0 Running
14 22 79 Frank Warren Chevrolet 0 0 0 318 0 Running
15 18 48 James Hylton Dodge 0 0 0 313 5 Running
16 28 30 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 0 0 0 304 0 Running
17 24 64 Elmo Langley Ford 0 0 0 299 0 Running
18 38 20 Clyde Lynn Mercury 0 0 0 294 0 Running
19 9 29 Bobby Allison Ford 0 0 0 291 42 Crash
20 34 0 Don Tarr Chevrolet 0 0 0 284 0 Running
21 25 50 Serge Adams Ford 0 0 0 235 0 Clutch
22 41 88 Dub Simpson Oldsmobile 0 0 0 213 0 Engine
23 43 25 Jabe Thomas Ford 0 0 0 174 0 Engine
24 17 4 John Sears Ford 0 0 0 167 0 Crash
25 36 34 Wendell Scott Ford 0 0 0 129 0 Oil pressure
26 31 06 Neil Castles Plymouth 0 0 0 110 0 A frame
27 16 1 Bud Moore Dodge 0 0 0 91 0 Engine
28 20 2 GC Spencer Dodge 0 0 0 86 0 Engine
29 33 52 Tony Tantarelli Ford 0 0 0 74 0 A frame
30 35 96 Charles Burnett Ford 0 0 0 69 0 Clutch
31 2 17 David Pearson Ford 0 0 0 54 0 Crash
32 11 99 Paul Goldsmith Plymouth 0 0 0 48 0 Handling
33 23 02 Bob Cooper Chevrolet 0 0 0 29 0 Engine
34 30 38 Wayne Smith Chevrolet 0 0 0 22 0 Driveshaft
35 32 76 Roy Tyner Ford 0 0 0 20 0 Engine
36 44 23 Earl Brooks Ford 0 0 0 18 0 Overheating
37 39 80 EJ Trivette Chevrolet 0 0 0 17 0 Rear end
38 42 8 Ed Negre Ford 0 0 0 11 0 Engine
39 27 7 Bobby Johns Chevrolet 0 0 0 11 0 Overheating
40 21 97 Red Farmer Ford 0 0 0 7 0 Quit
41 8 14 Jerry Grant Plymouth 0 0 0 6 0 Engine
42 40 58 Phil Wendt Chevrolet 0 0 0 6 0 Engine
43 29 45 Bill Seifert Ford 0 0 0 5 0 Quit
44 37 19 Henley Gray Ford 0 0 0 4 0 Quit