Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1968

Cale Yarborough

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1968 Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1968, leading 51 of 500 laps. David Pearson finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1968

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1968

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	—	Running	51	100
2	1	-1	David Pearson	Holman Moody		500	—	Running	97	98
3	5	+2	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		498	—	Running	—	96
4	8	+4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		498	—	Running	20	94
5	7	+2	Tom Pistone	Pistone Racing	Mercury	497	—	Running	—	92
6	12	+6	Bud Moore	King Enterprises	Dodge	494	—	Running	—	90
7	9	+2	Tiny Lund	Bud Moore Engineering	Mercury	494	—	Running	—	88
8	11	+3	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		489	—	Running	—	86
9	10	+1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	489	—	Running	—	84
10	14	+4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		485	—	Running	—	82
11	23	+12	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	479	—	Running	—	80
12	30	+18	Blaine Kauffman	Giachetti Brothers		461	—	Running	—	78
13	34	+21	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		459	—	Running	—	76
14	39	+25	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		459	—	Running	—	74
15	2	-13	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	449	—	DNF	284	72
16	15	-1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	432	—	Running	—	70
17	37	+20	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)		388	—	Running	—	68
18	24	+6	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		381	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
19	18	-1	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		370	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
20	20	—	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		349	—	DNF	—	62
21	16	-5	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	335	—	DNF	—	60
22	17	-5	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		328	—	DNF	—	58
23	28	+5	Roy Tyner	Don Culpepper (Owner)		309	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	29	+5	Larry Manning	Tom Hunter (Owner)		268	—	DNF	—	54
25	19	-6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		237	—	DNF	—	0
26	4	-22	Bobby Allison	Bondy Long (Owner)		235	—	DNF - Engine	48	52
27	26	-1	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		217	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
28	22	-6	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		148	—	DNF - Crash	—	48
29	21	-8	Sonny Hutchins	Donlavey Racing		133	—	DNF	—	46
30	32	+2	Stan Meserve	Margo Hamm (Owner)	Dodge	126	—	DNF	—	44
31	13	-18	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	109	—	DNF	—	42
32	25	-7	Earl Brooks	Negre Racing		103	—	DNF	—	40
33	27	-6	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		94	—	DNF - Engine	—	38
34	36	+2	Bill Vanderhoff	Roy Tyner (Owner)		72	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
35	6	-29	Paul Goldsmith	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	63	—	DNF - Crash	—	34
36	35	-1	Frog Fagan	Gray Racing		62	—	DNF	—	32
37	38	+1	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		47	—	DNF	—	30
38	33	-5	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		18	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
39	40	+1	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
40	31	-9	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)		14	—	DNF	—	26