Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1968

Cale Yarborough

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1968 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 76 of 200 laps. LeeRoy Yarbrough finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	76	150
2	3	+1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	200	—	Running	62	147
3	6	+3	Bobby Allison	Bondy Long (Owner)		200	—	Running	7	144
4	8	+4	Al Unser Sr.	Owens Racing	Dodge	200	—	Running	1	0
5	4	-1	David Pearson	Holman Moody		199	—	Running	10	141
6	9	+3	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	199	—	Running	—	0
7	23	+16	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	199	—	Running	—	138
8	2	-6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	198	—	Running	4	135
9	5	-4	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	197	—	Running	—	132
10	27	+17	Andy Hampton	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Dodge	193	—	Running	—	0
11	22	+11	Bob Pronger	Arrington Racing	Dodge	187	—	Running	—	0
12	19	+7	A.J. Foyt	Matthews Racing		183	—	DNF	—	0
13	34	+21	Bob Senneker	Doug Cutler (Owner)		183	—	Running	—	0
14	25	+11	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Mercury	182	—	Running	—	129
15	40	+25	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		181	—	Running	—	0
16	15	-1	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)	Dodge	180	—	Running	3	0
17	42	+25	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		179	—	Running	—	126
18	24	+6	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter (Owner)		177	—	Running	—	123
19	49	+30	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		176	—	Running	—	120
20	35	+15	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs (Owner)		175	—	Running	—	117
21	38	+17	Rod Eulenfeld	Julian Kline (Owner)		174	—	Running	—	114
22	10	-12	Sam McQuagg	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	171	—	DNF - Engine	—	111
23	44	+21	Charles Burnett	Roy Buckner (Owner)		146	—	DNF	—	108
24	31	+7	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		143	—	Running	—	105
25	17	-8	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		141	—	DNF	—	102
26	37	+11	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		126	—	DNF	—	99
27	29	+2	Jim Hurtubise	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Mercury	123	—	DNF - Crash	—	96
28	50	+22	Don Biederman	James Brown (Owner)		123	—	DNF - Engine	—	93
29	20	-9	Mario Andretti	Holman Moody	Mercury	105	—	DNF - Crash	17	0
30	13	-17	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	103	—	DNF - Crash	20	90
31	28	-3	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		101	—	DNF - Crash	—	87
32	21	-11	Charlie Glotzbach	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	91	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
33	41	+8	Earl Brooks	Gene Black (Owner)		89	—	DNF - Crash	—	81
34	33	-1	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		78	—	DNF	—	78
35	39	+4	Dick Johnson (California)	Bob Casperson (Owner)		63	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
36	11	-25	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	56	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
37	16	-21	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		55	—	DNF	—	69
38	47	+9	Sonny Hutchins	Donlavey Racing		53	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
39	32	-7	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		52	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
40	7	-33	Donnie Allison			48	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
41	43	+2	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	34	—	DNF	—	57
42	26	-16	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	32	—	DNF - Crash	—	54
43	30	-13	Red Farmer	Red Farmer (Owner)		24	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
44	14	-30	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	24	—	DNF - Crash	—	48
45	45	—	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)		23	—	DNF	—	45
46	46	—	Paul Lewis	J.D. Bracken (Owner)	Dodge	14	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
47	48	+1	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		8	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
48	12	-36	Bud Moore	King Enterprises	Dodge	7	—	DNF - Crash	—	36
49	18	-31	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		6	—	DNF - Engine	—	33
50	36	-14	Dub Simpson	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	0	—	DNF - Engine	—	30