Middle Georgia 500

Middle Georgia Raceway — January 1, 1968

Bobby Allison

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1968 Middle Georgia 500 at Middle Georgia Raceway on January 1, 1968, leading 271 of 500 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Tiny Lund rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Middle Georgia Raceway

Season

1968

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Bobby Allison	Holman Moody		500	—	Running	271	100
2	6	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	499	—	Running	—	98
3	12	+9	Tiny Lund	Lyle Stelter (Owner)		491	—	Running	—	96
4	19	+15	Red Farmer	Red Farmer (Owner)		476	—	Running	—	94
5	27	+22	Dub Simpson	Buck Baker Racing		470	—	Running	—	92
6	17	+11	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		468	—	Running	—	90
7	11	+4	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		462	—	Running	—	88
8	22	+14	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		459	—	Running	—	86
9	21	+12	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		457	—	Running	—	84
10	28	+18	Bill Seifert	Negre Racing		456	—	Running	—	82
11	3	-8	David Pearson	Holman Moody		451	—	DNF - Engine	108	80
12	30	+18	E.J. Trivette			447	—	Running	—	0
13	16	+3	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		436	—	Running	—	78
14	20	+6	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		374	—	Running	—	76
15	29	+14	Walson Gardner	Walson Gardner (Owner)		362	—	DNF	—	0
16	8	-8	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	320	—	DNF - Engine	—	74
17	1	-16	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		252	—	DNF - Engine	86	72
18	14	-4	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	250	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
19	9	-10	Bosco Lowe	Matthews Racing		220	—	DNF	—	68
20	4	-16	Jim Paschal	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	171	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
21	5	-16	Cale Yarborough	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	164	—	DNF	—	64
22	10	-12	Tom Pistone	Turkey Minton (Owner)		154	—	DNF	35	62
23	7	-16	Charlie Glotzbach	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	151	—	DNF	—	60
24	15	-9	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	143	—	DNF	—	58
25	13	-12	Paul Lewis	J.D. Bracken (Owner)		128	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
26	25	-1	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		102	—	DNF	—	0
27	26	-1	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		73	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
28	18	-10	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		60	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
29	24	-5	George Davis	George Davis (Owner)		56	—	DNF	—	50
30	23	-7	Rod Eulenfeld	Julian Kline (Owner)		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	40