Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1968

LeeRoy Yarbrough

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

LeeRoy Yarbrough won the 1968 Dixie 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 168 of 334 laps. Bobby Isaac finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

LeeRoy Yarbrough

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	334	—	Running	168	150
2	13	+11	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	334	—	Running	3	147
3	9	+6	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		334	—	Running	—	144
4	4	—	David Pearson	Holman Moody		334	—	Running	65	141
5	10	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	333	—	Running	7	138
6	17	+11	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	328	—	Running	5	135
7	11	+4	Bud Moore	Bondy Long (Owner)		328	—	Running	—	132
8	18	+10	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		327	—	Running	—	129
9	21	+12	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		318	—	Running	—	126
10	33	+23	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	316	—	Running	—	123
11	27	+16	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		310	—	Running	—	120
12	23	+11	Bob Moore	Roy Buckner (Owner)		306	—	Running	—	117
13	35	+22	Roy Tyner	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	303	—	Running	—	114
14	39	+25	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)		301	—	Running	—	111
15	34	+19	Willie Crane	George Turner (Owner)		300	—	Running	—	108
16	25	+9	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		297	—	Running	—	105
17	6	-11	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	295	—	DNF - Engine	—	102
18	2	-16	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	265	—	DNF	46	99
19	22	+3	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		251	—	DNF	—	96
20	30	+10	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		217	—	DNF	—	93
21	12	-9	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	200	—	DNF - Engine	1	90
22	14	-8	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	189	—	DNF - Engine	—	87
23	28	+5	Earl Brooks	Dick Johnson CA (Owner)		189	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
24	26	+2	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)		167	—	DNF	—	81
25	3	-22	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	155	—	DNF	38	78
26	7	-19	Sam McQuagg	King Enterprises	Dodge	122	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
27	32	+5	Wendell Scott	Gray Racing		115	—	DNF	—	72
28	20	-8	Pete Hamilton	Rocky Hinton (Owner)		110	—	DNF	—	69
29	38	+9	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	103	—	DNF	—	66
30	19	-11	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		90	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	24	-7	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing	Mercury	80	—	DNF	—	60
32	37	+5	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	77	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	15	-18	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		66	—	DNF	—	54
34	16	-18	Red Farmer	Red Farmer (Owner)		56	—	DNF	1	51
35	31	-4	Jabe Thomas	Elmer Buxton (Owner)		53	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	1	-35	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	25	—	DNF	—	45
37	—	—	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		23	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
38	8	-30	Jim Hurtubise	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Mercury	21	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	29	-10	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	5	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
40	40	—	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		4	—	DNF	—	33