Macon 300

Middle Georgia Raceway — January 1, 1968

David Pearson

Winner

300

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1968 Macon 300 at Middle Georgia Raceway on January 1, 1968, leading 235 of 300 laps. Bobby Isaac finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Middle Georgia Raceway

Season

1968

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

3 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	David Pearson	Holman Moody		300	—	Running	235	50
2	2	—	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	300	—	Running	11	49
3	4	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	300	—	Running	54	48
4	10	+6	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	297	—	Running	—	47
5	3	-2	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	292	—	Running	—	46
6	6	—	Curtis Turner	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	291	—	Running	—	45
7	16	+9	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		282	—	Running	—	44
8	19	+11	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		280	—	Running	—	43
9	20	+11	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		276	—	Running	—	42
10	9	-1	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	275	—	Running	—	41
11	13	+2	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		269	—	Running	—	40
12	21	+9	Bob Moore	Roy Buckner (Owner)		266	—	Running	—	39
13	26	+13	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)		256	—	Running	—	38
14	14	—	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		243	—	Running	—	37
15	18	+3	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	237	—	DNF	—	36
16	29	+13	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		176	—	DNF	—	35
17	30	+13	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		155	—	DNF	—	34
18	28	+10	Frog Fagan	Gray Racing		151	—	DNF - Engine	—	33
19	24	+5	Gene Black	Gene Black (Owner)		143	—	DNF	—	32
20	15	-5	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		137	—	DNF	—	31
21	5	-16	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		135	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
22	11	-11	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		133	—	DNF - Engine	—	29
23	9	-14	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		132	—	DNF	—	28
24	17	-7	Serge Adams	Buck Baker Racing		109	—	DNF - Engine	—	27
25	12	-13	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		79	—	DNF	—	26
26	7	-19	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	37	—	DNF	—	25
27	27	—	Leonard Brock	Newman Long (Owner)		15	—	DNF	—	24
28	22	-6	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		14	—	DQ	—	23
29	25	-4	Bobby Mausgrover	Buck Baker Racing		13	—	DNF - Engine	—	22
30	23	-7	David Mote	Ken Cline (Owner)		8	—	DNF	—	0