Southeastern 500

Bristol Motor Speedway — January 1, 1968

David Pearson

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1968 Southeastern 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 176 of 500 laps. Richard Petty finished second; LeeRoy Yarbrough rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	David Pearson	Holman Moody		500	—	Running	176	100
2	1	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	—	Running	108	98
3	4	+1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		499	—	Running	168	96
4	5	+1	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	492	—	Running	—	94
5	11	+6	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	491	—	Running	—	92
6	29	+23	Bud Moore	King Enterprises	Dodge	491	—	Running	—	90
7	15	+8	Jack Ingram	Roy Tyner (Owner)		481	—	Running	—	88
8	16	+8	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		469	—	Running	—	86
9	17	+8	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		468	—	Running	—	84
10	32	+22	Earl Brooks	Negre Racing		467	—	Running	—	82
11	36	+25	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	467	—	Running	—	80
12	19	+7	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		454	—	Running	—	78
13	20	+7	Dave Marcis	Larry Wehrs (Owner)		449	—	Running	—	76
14	23	+9	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing	Mercury	445	—	DNF	—	74
15	22	+7	Wendell Scott	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	436	—	Running	—	72
16	27	+11	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		430	—	Running	—	70
17	21	+4	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		427	—	Running	—	68
18	34	+16	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)		412	—	Running	—	66
19	26	+7	Bill Ervin	Newman Long (Owner)		396	—	Running	—	64
20	24	+4	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		392	—	Running	—	62
21	33	+12	Dick Johnson (California)	Bob Casperson (Owner)		338	—	DNF	—	60
22	35	+13	Walson Gardner	Walson Gardner (Owner)		295	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	10	-13	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	245	—	DNF	—	56
24	3	-21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing		237	—	DNF	48	54
25	28	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	227	—	DNF	—	52
26	18	-8	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		206	—	DNF	—	50
27	31	+4	Doug Cooper	Gray Racing		206	—	DNF	—	48
28	9	-19	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	199	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	12	-17	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		191	—	DNF	—	44
30	6	-24	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		114	—	DNF	—	42
31	25	-6	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper (Owner)		104	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	14	-18	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	91	—	DNF - Crash	—	38
33	7	-26	Jerry Grant	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	72	—	DNF - Crash	—	36
34	13	-21	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Plymouth	60	—	DNF	—	34
35	30	-5	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	54	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	8	-28	Bobby Allison	Bondy Long (Owner)		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	30