1968 Daytona 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1968 Daytona 500
Name of Track:	Daytona International Speedway
Date:	N/A

Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators.

It hosts races of motor vehicles of various kinds, including go-karts, dirt bikes, motorcycles, sports cars, modified pickup trucks, and stock cars. The facility also includes a 3.56 mile (5.7 km) road course and a 180-acre infield, including the 29 acre Lake Lloyd.

NASCAR Begins At Daytona

NASCAR was founded by William France Sr. at Daytona Beach, Florida in 1947. The original premiere event in the series was held at the Daytona Beach Road Course. France began planning a new track for the premiere event in his fledgling series in 1953. On August 16, 1954 he signed a contract with city officials to create this new track that would become famous as the Daytona International Speedway. Ground was broken on November 25, 1957 The soil underneath the banked corners was dug from the infield of the track, and the large hole in the infield was filled with water and is now known as Lake Lloyd. The speedway opened on February 22, 1959 to a crowd of 41,000 people.

Daytona 500

The NASCAR Championship's most important race, the Daytona 500, is held annually at Daytona International Speedway. It is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) stock car race. The list of Daytona 500 winners is very long dating back to the inaugural race in 1959, and includes "The King" Richard Petty, and Dale Earnhardt.

More Daytona Races

NASCAR, the premier stock car organization in the United States, holds some of its most important races on this track. These include competitions in its Craftsman Truck Series (where pickup trucks are raced), Busch Series (the stock car junior league), and Nextel Cup series. The Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona is also held at Daytona.

The racing season begins at Daytona starting with the testing sessions. The year's racing begins with the 24 Hours of Daytona race in the Grand American Sports Car series. Then the racing begins for the Nextel Cup with the Budweiser Shootout and the Gatorade Duel. The Craftsman Truck Series begins with the GM Flex Fuel 250. The Busch Series begins with the Hershey's Kissables 300, and then it is back to the Nextel Cup in "The Great American Race," the Daytona 500. The Nextel Cup also features the Pepsi 400 in July at Daytona.

Daytona International Speedway Under The Lights

Lights were installed in 1998 so that the Pepsi 400 could be held at night. However, the race was delayed until October that year due to thick smoke from wildfires that summer. The Pepsi 400 has been held under lights ever since.

It also contains an attraction called Daytona USA The winning car from the Daytona 500 is placed in front of the attraction building each year.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

1968 Daytona 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1968 Daytona 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Cale Yarborough	21	1	$47,250	200	running	Wood Brothers
2	LeeRoy Yarbrough	26	3	$17,525	200	running	Junior Johnson
3	Bobby Allison	29	6	$10,150	200	running	Bondy Long
5	David Pearson	17	4	$4,750	199	running	Holman-Moody
6	Paul Goldsmith	99	9	$4,500	199	running	Nichels Engineering
7	Darel Dieringer	22	23	$4,100	199	running	Mario Rossi
8	Richard Petty	43	2	$4,350	198	running	Petty Enterprises
9	Tiny Lund	16	5	$2,500	197	running	Bud Moore
10	Andy Hampton	32	27	$2,525	193	running	Harry Ranier
11	Buddy Arrington	67	22	$2,350	186	running	Buddy Arrington
12	A.J. Foyt	27	19	$2,350	183	trans	Banjo Matthews
14	Clyde Lynn	20	25	$2,200	182	running	Clyde Lynn
16	Butch Hartman	5	15	$2,275	180	running	Butch Hartman
17	Wendell Scott	34	42	$2,045	179	running	Wendell Scott
19	Henley Gray	19	49	$2,025	175	running	Henley Gray
20	Dave Marcis	30	35	$2,015	175	running	Larry Wehrs
21	Rod Eulenfeld	73	38	$2,000	174	running	Julian Kline
22	Sam McQuagg	37	10	$1,140	171	engine	K & K Insurance
23	Charles Burnett	96	44	$1,135	146	flagged	Roy Buckner
25	Elmo Langley	64	17	$1,125	141	heating	Elmo Langley / Henry Woodfield
27	Jim Hurtubise	56	29	$1,125	123	crash	Lyle Stelter
28	Don Biederman	95	50	$1,110	123	engine	James Brown
29	Mario Andretti	11	20	$1,580	105	crash	Holman-Moody
30	Buddy Baker	3	13	$1,700	103	crash	Ray Fox
32	Charlie Glotzbach	15	21	$1,140	91	engine	Friedkin Enterprises
33	Earl Brooks	75	41	$1,085	89	crash	Gene Black
34	Bill Champion	10	33	$1,080	79	heating	Bill Champion
35	Dick Johnson	18	39	$1,075	63	engine	Bob Casperson
36	Bobby Isaac	71	11	$1,070	56	engine	K & K Insurance
37	Bobby Johns	7	16	$1,065	55	ignition	Shorty Johns
38	Sonny Hutchins	90	47	$1,060	53	engine	Junie Donlavey
39	Bob Cooper	2	32	$1,055	52	engine	Bob Cooper
40	Donnie Allison	66	7	$1,000	48	crash	Holman-Moody
42	Jerry Grant	14	26	$1,000	32	crash	Friedkin Enterprises
43	Red Farmer	97	30	$850	24	engine	Red Farmer
44	James Hylton	48	14	$800	24	crash	Hylton Engineering
46	Paul Lewis	2	46	$700	14	engine	Bracken & Bracken
49	H.B. Bailey	36	18	$550	6	engine	H.B. Bailey