Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1968

Donnie Allison

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Donnie Allison won the 1968 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 154 of 500 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; James Hylton rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

Donnie Allison

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		500	—	Running	154	150
2	13	+11	Bobby Allison	J.D. Bracken (Owner)		498	—	Running	—	147
3	17	+14	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	494	—	Running	—	144
4	16	+12	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	470	—	Running	—	141
5	23	+18	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper (Owner)		469	—	Running	—	138
6	21	+15	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		464	—	Running	—	135
7	30	+23	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		463	—	Running	—	132
8	25	+17	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		457	—	Running	—	129
9	33	+24	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		457	—	Running	—	126
10	28	+18	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs (Owner)		456	—	Running	—	123
11	32	+21	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	448	—	Running	—	120
12	37	+25	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		445	—	Running	—	117
13	10	-3	Swede Savage	Bondy Long (Owner)		443	—	DNF	—	114
14	38	+24	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	418	—	DNF - Engine	—	111
15	36	+21	Walson Gardner	Walson Gardner (Owner)		406	—	DNF - Crash	—	108
16	24	+8	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	406	—	DNF	—	105
17	44	+27	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		395	—	Running	—	102
18	39	+21	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		380	—	Running	—	99
19	12	-7	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	379	—	DNF - Engine	157	96
20	6	-14	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	372	—	DNF	—	93
21	29	+8	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		368	—	DNF	—	90
22	15	-7	Frank Warren	Harold Rhodes (Owner)		324	—	DNF - Crash	—	87
23	20	-3	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		316	—	DNF - Crash	—	84
24	8	-16	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	295	—	DNF - Crash	17	81
25	31	+6	Pete Hamilton	Rocky Hinton (Owner)		260	—	DNF - Crash	—	78
26	3	-23	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	236	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
27	11	-16	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	234	—	DNF - Crash	—	72
28	1	-27	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		217	—	DNF	120	69
29	4	-25	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	201	—	DNF	52	66
30	2	-28	David Pearson	Holman Moody		142	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	22	-9	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		139	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	5	-27	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	129	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	18	-15	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	120	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
34	42	+8	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter (Owner)		114	—	DNF	—	51
35	35	—	George Davis	George Davis (Owner)		96	—	DNF - Crash	—	48
36	26	-10	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		88	—	DNF	—	45
37	40	+3	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		87	—	DNF	—	42
38	9	-29	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	78	—	DNF	—	39
39	34	-5	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
40	43	+3	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)		56	—	DNF	—	33
41	14	-27	Bud Moore	King Enterprises	Dodge	27	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
42	27	-15	Earl Brooks	Champion Racing		23	—	DNF	—	27
43	19	-24	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		16	—	DNF	—	24
44	41	-3	Bobby Mausgrover	Buck Baker Racing		4	—	DNF	—	21