Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1968

Cale Yarborough

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1968 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 172 of 334 laps. LeeRoy Yarbrough finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	334	—	Running	172	150
2	1	-1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	334	—	Running	87	147
3	7	+4	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		333	—	Running	23	144
4	3	-1	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	332	—	Running	—	141
5	14	+9	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	332	—	Running	—	138
6	12	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	331	—	Running	—	135
7	10	+3	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	331	—	Running	—	132
8	5	-3	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	330	—	Running	—	129
9	19	+10	Sam McQuagg	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	329	—	Running	5	126
10	15	+5	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)	Dodge	327	—	Running	—	0
11	13	+2	Jim Hurtubise	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Mercury	322	—	Running	—	123
12	6	-6	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	322	—	Running	—	120
13	26	+13	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		319	—	Running	—	117
14	22	+8	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		318	—	Running	—	114
15	18	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	313	—	Running	5	111
16	28	+12	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs (Owner)		304	—	Running	—	108
17	24	+7	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		299	—	Running	—	105
18	38	+20	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Mercury	294	—	Running	—	102
19	9	-10	Bobby Allison	Bondy Long (Owner)		291	—	DNF - Crash	42	99
20	34	+14	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)		284	—	Running	—	96
21	25	+4	Serge Adams			235	—	DNF	—	93
22	41	+19	Dub Simpson	Buck Baker Racing		213	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
23	43	+20	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		174	—	DNF - Engine	—	87
24	17	-7	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		167	—	DNF - Crash	—	84
25	36	+11	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		129	—	DNF - Engine	—	81
26	31	+5	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	110	—	DNF	—	78
27	16	-11	Bud Moore	King Enterprises	Dodge	91	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
28	20	-8	G.C. Spencer	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	86	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
29	33	+4	Tony Tantarelli	Elmer Buxton (Owner)		74	—	DNF	—	69
30	35	+5	Charles Burnett	James Brown (Owner)		69	—	DNF	—	66
31	2	-29	David Pearson	Holman Moody		54	—	DNF - Crash	—	63
32	11	-21	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	48	—	DNF	—	60
33	23	-10	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		29	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
34	30	-4	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		22	—	DNF	—	54
35	32	-3	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper (Owner)		20	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
36	44	+8	Earl Brooks	Robertson Racing		18	—	DNF	—	48
37	39	+2	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		17	—	DNF	—	45
38	42	+4	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		11	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
39	27	-12	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		11	—	DNF	—	39
40	21	-19	Red Farmer	Red Farmer (Owner)		7	—	DNF	—	36
41	8	-33	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	6	—	DNF - Engine	—	33
42	40	-2	Phil Wendt	Ken Watter (Owner)		6	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
43	29	-14	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		5	—	DNF	—	27
44	37	-7	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		4	—	DNF	—	24