World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1968

Buddy Baker

Winner

255

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1968 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 98 of 255 laps. Donnie Allison finished second; LeeRoy Yarbrough rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	12	+11	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	255	—	Running	98	150
2	1	-1	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		255	—	Running	25	147
3	2	-1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	254	—	Running	49	0
4	4	—	David Pearson	Holman Moody		254	—	Running	—	144
5	14	+9	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	253	—	Running	—	141
6	10	+4	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	252	—	Running	—	138
7	7	—	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	252	—	Running	—	135
8	21	+13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	251	—	Running	—	132
9	8	-1	Curtis Turner	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	251	—	Running	—	129
10	17	+7	Sam McQuagg	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	250	—	Running	—	126
11	16	+5	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		250	—	Running	—	123
12	13	+1	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	248	—	Running	1	120
13	22	+9	Paul Lewis	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	247	—	Running	—	0
14	24	+10	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		245	—	Running	—	0
15	39	+24	Harold Smith	Lyle Stelter (Owner)		244	—	Running	—	117
16	25	+9	Don Tarr	E.C. Reid (Owner)		242	—	Running	—	114
17	37	+20	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		241	—	Running	—	111
18	20	+2	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		240	—	Running	—	108
19	36	+17	Lennie Waldo	Elmer Buxton (Owner)		239	—	Running	—	105
20	40	+20	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		239	—	Running	—	102
21	23	+2	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		238	—	Running	—	99
22	33	+11	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	235	—	Running	—	96
23	43	+20	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		235	—	Running	—	93
24	30	+6	Clyde Lynn	Brooks Racing		235	—	Running	—	90
25	29	+4	Frog Fagan	Gray Racing		235	—	Running	—	87
26	44	+18	Bob Moore	Roy Buckner (Owner)		234	—	Running	—	84
27	26	-1	Phil Wendt	Ken Watter (Owner)		230	—	Running	—	81
28	5	-23	Bobby Allison	Bondy Long (Owner)		229	—	DNF - Engine	13	78
29	35	+6	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		229	—	Running	—	75
30	42	+12	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		227	—	Running	—	72
31	32	+1	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		213	—	Running	—	69
32	9	-23	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	212	—	DNF	—	66
33	34	+1	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper (Owner)		212	—	Running	—	63
34	41	+7	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		205	—	Running	—	60
35	27	-8	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs (Owner)		202	—	Running	—	57
36	28	-8	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter (Owner)		199	—	Running	—	54
37	19	-18	Sonny Hutchins	Donlavey Racing		190	—	DNF	—	51
38	6	-32	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	186	—	DNF	1	48
39	15	-24	Bud Moore	King Enterprises	Dodge	182	—	DNF	24	45
40	38	-2	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		153	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
41	11	-30	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	91	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
42	31	-11	Earl Balmer	Pistone Racing	Mercury	59	—	DNF	—	0
43	18	-25	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	56	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
44	3	-41	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	45	—	DNF - Crash	44	33