Asheville 300

New Asheville Speedway — January 1, 1968

Richard Petty

Winner

300

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1968 Asheville 300 at New Asheville Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 300 of 300 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Bobby Isaac rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

New Asheville Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

1 driver

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	300	—	Running	300	0
2	4	+2	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	299	—	Running	—	50
3	3	—	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	296	—	Running	—	49
4	5	+1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	292	—	Running	—	48
5	8	+3	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		288	—	Running	—	47
6	12	+6	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		286	—	Running	—	46
7	6	-1	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		284	—	Running	—	45
8	7	-1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		281	—	Running	—	44
9	9	—	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		267	—	Running	—	43
10	21	+11	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		261	—	Running	—	42
11	15	+4	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		259	—	Running	—	41
12	11	-1	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		256	—	Running	—	40
13	18	+5	Gene Black	Gene Black (Owner)		248	—	Running	—	0
14	20	+6	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)		234	—	Running	—	39
15	13	-2	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		139	—	DNF	—	38
16	14	-2	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		111	—	DNF	—	37
17	17	—	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		105	—	DNF	—	36
18	19	+1	David Mote	Ken Cline (Owner)		81	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
19	23	+4	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	74	—	DNF	—	35
20	16	-4	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		39	—	DNF - Engine	—	33
21	2	-19	David Pearson	Holman Moody		38	—	DNF - Crash	—	33
22	10	-12	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	35	—	DNF - Crash	—	32
23	22	-1	Leonard Brock	Newman Long (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Crash	—	31