American 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1968

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1968 American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 216 of 500 laps. David Pearson finished second; LeeRoy Yarbrough rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	—	Running	216	150
2	2	—	David Pearson	Holman Moody		500	—	Running	24	147
3	6	+3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		498	—	Running	—	144
4	9	+5	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	497	—	Running	1	141
5	8	+3	Bobby Allison	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	496	—	Running	—	138
6	14	+8	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	495	—	Running	—	0
7	17	+10	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	491	—	Running	—	135
8	16	+8	G.C. Spencer	Roy Trantham (Owner)		488	—	Running	—	132
9	20	+11	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	480	—	Running	—	129
10	18	+8	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)	Dodge	478	—	Running	—	0
11	19	+8	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		476	—	Running	—	126
12	28	+16	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		466	—	Running	—	123
13	27	+14	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		446	—	Running	—	120
14	39	+25	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		444	—	DNF - Engine	—	117
15	41	+26	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		433	—	Running	—	114
16	13	-3	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		430	—	DNF - Crash	11	111
17	3	-14	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	427	—	DNF - Engine	118	108
18	44	+26	Earl Brooks	Seifert Racing		427	—	Running	—	105
19	36	+17	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		420	—	DNF - Engine	—	102
20	35	+15	Walson Gardner	Walson Gardner (Owner)		414	—	DNF	—	99
21	38	+17	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		408	—	Running	—	96
22	42	+20	Dick Johnson (California)	Dick Johnson CA (Owner)		407	—	Running	—	93
23	43	+20	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		400	—	Running	—	90
24	24	—	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs (Owner)		396	—	DNF - Engine	—	87
25	10	-15	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	385	—	DNF - Engine	38	84
26	1	-25	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	325	—	DNF - Engine	92	81
27	37	+10	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		309	—	Running	—	78
28	22	-6	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		271	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
29	5	-24	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	270	—	DNF	—	72
30	26	-4	Tommy Gale	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Mercury	172	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
31	25	-6	Red Farmer	Red Farmer (Owner)		159	—	DNF	—	69
32	29	-3	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	156	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
33	11	-22	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	148	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
34	12	-22	Pete Hamilton	King Enterprises	Dodge	145	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
35	31	-4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		95	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
36	34	-2	James Sears	Don Culpepper (Owner)		92	—	DNF - Crash	—	54
37	33	-4	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)		91	—	DNF - Crash	—	51
38	23	-15	Ervin Pruitt	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	90	—	DNF - Crash	—	48
39	40	+1	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		87	—	DNF	—	45
40	30	-10	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		82	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
41	7	-34	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	59	—	DNF	—	39
42	15	-27	Bud Moore	Bondy Long (Owner)		53	—	DNF - Crash	—	36
43	32	-11	Dexter Gainey	Elmer Buxton (Owner)		41	—	DNF	—	33
44	21	-23	Frank Gardner			2	—	DNF - Engine	—	0