National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1968

Charlie Glotzbach

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Charlie Glotzbach won the 1968 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 92 of 334 laps. Paul Goldsmith finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

Charlie Glotzbach

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	334	—	Running	92	150
2	7	+5	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	334	—	Running	6	147
3	2	-1	David Pearson	Holman Moody		334	—	Running	156	144
4	4	—	Bobby Allison	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	332	—	Running	24	141
5	5	—	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	332	—	Running	1	138
6	14	+8	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		331	—	Running	29	135
7	9	+2	Pete Hamilton	King Enterprises	Dodge	330	—	Running	9	132
8	11	+3	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	327	—	Running	—	129
9	8	-1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	326	—	Running	—	126
10	25	+15	A.J. Foyt			325	—	Running	—	0
11	15	+4	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)	Dodge	323	—	Running	7	0
12	32	+20	Marty Robbins	Dick Behling (Owner)	Dodge	312	—	Running	—	123
13	18	+5	Elmo Langley	Seifert Racing		309	—	Running	—	120
14	24	+10	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		307	—	Running	—	117
15	35	+20	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	303	—	Running	—	114
16	22	+6	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		301	—	Running	—	111
17	28	+11	Bill Seifert	Langley-Woodfield Racing		298	—	Running	—	108
18	27	+9	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		298	—	Running	—	105
19	37	+18	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		298	—	Running	—	102
20	30	+10	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		296	—	Running	—	99
21	38	+17	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		283	—	Running	—	96
22	41	+19	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		274	—	Running	—	93
23	21	-2	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs (Owner)		230	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
24	44	+20	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		193	—	DNF - Engine	—	87
25	20	-5	Dick Johnson (California)	Dick Johnson CA (Owner)		183	—	DNF	—	84
26	17	-9	Red Farmer	Red Farmer (Owner)		178	—	DNF - Crash	—	81
27	42	+15	Earl Brooks	Robertson Racing		175	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
28	33	+5	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		161	—	DNF	—	75
29	36	+7	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		147	—	DNF	—	72
30	43	+13	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		144	—	DNF	—	69
31	40	+9	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		144	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
32	6	-26	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	135	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
33	12	-21	Roy Trantham	Rocky Hinton (Owner)		115	—	DNF	—	60
34	29	-5	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing	Mercury	110	—	DNF - Crash	—	57
35	26	-9	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	105	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
36	16	-20	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	83	—	DNF	—	51
37	39	+2	Lennie Waldo	Elmer Buxton (Owner)		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
38	34	-4	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		77	—	DNF	—	45
39	19	-20	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		63	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
40	23	-17	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	56	—	DNF	—	39
41	13	-28	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		52	—	DNF	—	36
42	45	+3	Bill Vanderhoff	Roy Tyner (Owner)		30	—	DNF - Engine	—	33
43	3	-40	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	18	—	DNF - Crash	10	30
44	31	-13	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	18	—	DNF	—	27
45	10	-35	Bud Moore	Bondy Long (Owner)		6	—	DNF	—	24