Nashville 400

Nashville Speedway — January 1, 1968

David Pearson

Winner

301

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1968 Nashville 400 at Nashville Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 70 of 301 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Nashville Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

2 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	David Pearson	Holman Moody		301	—	Running	70	50
2	1	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	298	—	Running	231	49
3	2	-1	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)		295	—	Running	—	48
4	4	—	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	294	—	Running	—	47
5	21	+16	Charlie Glotzbach	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	293	—	Running	—	46
6	5	-1	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		285	—	Running	—	45
7	15	+8	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		276	—	Running	—	44
8	16	+8	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper (Owner)		266	—	Running	—	43
9	12	+3	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		247	—	Running	—	42
10	14	+4	Jack Marlin	Jack Marlin (Owner)		237	—	Running	—	0
11	10	-1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		226	—	DNF - Engine	—	41
12	6	-6	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	124	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
13	8	-5	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	123	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
14	20	+6	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	113	—	DNF - Engine	—	38
15	22	+7	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)		89	—	DNF	—	37
16	9	-7	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		37	—	DNF	—	36
17	7	-10	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	27	—	DNF - Engine	—	35
18	17	-1	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		23	—	DNF	—	34
19	13	-6	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		19	—	DNF	—	33
20	18	-2	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		12	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
21	19	-2	Bill Vanderhoff	Roy Tyner (Owner)		9	—	DNF	—	32
22	11	-11	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		9	—	DNF - Engine	—	0