Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1968

Cale Yarborough

Winner

364

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1968 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1968, leading 169 of 364 laps. David Pearson finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1968

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	364	—	Running	169	150
2	16	+14	David Pearson	Holman Moody		364	—	Running	26	147
3	7	+4	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	362	—	Running	—	144
4	1	-3	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	360	—	Running	—	141
5	8	+3	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	357	—	Running	21	138
6	13	+7	Curtis Turner	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	354	—	Running	—	135
7	18	+11	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)		352	—	Running	—	132
8	11	+3	Bud Moore	Bondy Long (Owner)		350	—	Running	—	129
9	23	+14	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		343	—	Running	—	126
10	5	-5	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		342	—	Running	42	123
11	40	+29	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	335	—	Running	—	0
12	15	+3	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		334	—	Running	—	120
13	26	+13	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter (Owner)		331	—	Running	—	117
14	36	+22	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		320	—	Running	—	114
15	37	+22	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		316	—	Running	—	111
16	27	+11	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)		308	—	Running	—	108
17	25	+8	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing	Mercury	304	—	Running	—	105
18	28	+10	Dick Johnson (California)	Dick Johnson CA (Owner)		287	—	Running	—	102
19	43	+24	Ben Arnold	Roy Tyner (Owner)		284	—	Running	—	99
20	6	-14	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	273	—	DNF - Engine	7	96
21	39	+18	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)		263	—	Running	—	93
22	24	+2	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		205	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
23	14	-9	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		181	—	DNF - Crash	—	87
24	34	+10	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		156	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
25	35	+10	Frank Warren	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	144	—	DNF - Engine	—	81
26	12	-14	James Hylton	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	134	—	DNF	—	78
27	4	-23	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		127	—	DNF - Engine	99	75
28	3	-25	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	127	—	DNF - Crash	—	72
29	9	-20	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	126	—	DNF - Crash	—	69
30	31	+1	Jim Hurtubise	Pistone Racing	Mercury	121	—	DNF - Crash	—	66
31	41	+10	Earl Brooks	Robertson Racing		86	—	DNF	—	63
32	17	-15	Pete Hamilton	King Enterprises	Dodge	56	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
33	10	-23	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	55	—	DNF - Crash	—	57
34	19	-15	Roy Trantham	Rocky Hinton (Owner)		55	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
35	42	+7	Bobby Mausgrover	Elmer Buxton (Owner)		51	—	DNF - Crash	—	54
36	32	-4	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		51	—	DNF - Crash	—	51
37	20	-17	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		48	—	DNF - Crash	—	48
38	21	-17	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	33	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
39	33	-6	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper (Owner)		29	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
40	29	-11	George Davis	George Davis (Owner)		27	—	Running	—	39
41	38	-3	Serge Adams	Lyle Stelter (Owner)		24	—	DNF	—	36
42	44	+2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		22	—	DNF - Engine	—	33
43	30	-13	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		17	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
44	22	-22	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		1	—	DNF	—	29