Old Dominion 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1968

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1968 Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 324 of 500 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; LeeRoy Yarbrough rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	—	Running	324	100
2	1	-1	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	497	—	Running	19	98
3	9	+6	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		497	—	Running	—	96
4	39	+35	Bud Moore	Bondy Long (Owner)		494	—	Running	—	94
5	8	+3	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	494	—	Running	—	92
6	3	-3	David Pearson	Holman Moody		492	—	Running	125	90
7	7	—	Ray Hendrick	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	492	—	Running	—	88
8	5	-3	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		491	—	Running	—	86
9	17	+8	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		488	—	Running	—	84
10	14	+4	Roy Trantham	Rocky Hinton (Owner)		485	—	Running	—	82
11	15	+4	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		475	—	Running	—	80
12	24	+12	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		474	—	Running	—	78
13	26	+13	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		470	—	Running	—	76
14	13	-1	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)		468	—	DNF - Engine	13	74
15	28	+13	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		465	—	Running	—	72
16	23	+7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		465	—	Running	—	70
17	21	+4	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs (Owner)		462	—	DNF	—	68
18	33	+15	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	457	—	Running	—	66
19	27	+8	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	455	—	Running	—	64
20	22	+2	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		451	—	Running	—	62
21	12	-9	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	439	—	Running	—	60
22	2	-20	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	436	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	31	+8	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		417	—	Running	—	56
24	37	+13	Walson Gardner	Walson Gardner (Owner)		408	—	Running	—	54
25	34	+9	Earl Brooks	Don Culpepper (Owner)		405	—	DNF	—	52
26	35	+9	Worth McMillion	Allen McMillion (Owner)		391	—	DNF	—	0
27	20	-7	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	374	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
28	29	+1	Dick Johnson (California)	Dick Johnson CA (Owner)		366	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
29	38	+9	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		325	—	Running	—	46
30	16	-14	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	249	—	DNF	—	44
31	30	-1	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)		237	—	DNF - Crash	—	42
32	19	-13	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		235	—	DNF	—	40
33	32	-1	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		192	—	DNF	—	38
34	4	-30	Pete Hamilton	King Enterprises	Dodge	154	—	DNF - Crash	19	36
35	10	-25	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	143	—	DNF	—	34
36	40	+4	Larry Manning	John Glazebrook (Owner)		130	—	DNF	—	32
37	18	-19	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		96	—	DNF - Crash	—	30
38	36	-2	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		65	—	DNF	—	28
39	11	-28	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	21	—	DNF - Crash	—	26
40	25	-15	Paul Dean Holt	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	24