1968 National 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1968 National 500
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	N/A

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

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1968 National 500 NASCAR Race Results

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

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Charlie Glotzbach	6	1	$19,280	334	running	Cotton Owens
2	Paul Goldsmith	99	7	$9,505	334	running	Nichels Engineering
3	David Pearson	17	2	$6,800	334	running	Holman-Moody
4	Bobby Allison	14	4	$4,195	332	running	Friedkin Enterprises
5	Cale Yarborough	21	5	$3,335	332	running	Wood Brothers
6	Donnie Allison	27	14	$2,770	331	running	Banjo Matthews
7	Pete Hamilton	1	9	$2,070	330	running	A.J. King
8	Darel Dieringer	22	11	$1,775	327	running	Mario Rossi
9	Bobby Isaac	71	8	$1,700	326	running	K & K Insurance
10	A.J. Foyt	11	25	$1,600	325	running	Holman-Moody
11	Butch Hartman	75	15	$1,685	323	running	Butch Hartman
13	Elmo Langley	47	18	$1,500	309	running	Bill Seifert
15	Neil Castles	6	35	$1,500	303	running	Neil Castles
16	Friday Hassler	39	22	$1,325	301	running	Red Sharp
18	Bill Champion	10	27	$1,325	298	running	Bill Champion
19	Wendell Scott	34	37	$1,215	298	running	Wendell Scott
21	Clyde Lynn	20	38	$1,275	283	running	Clyde Lynn
22	Ben Arnold	76	41	$1,150	274	running	Don Culpepper
23	Dave Marcis	30	21	$1,150	230	engine	Larry Wehrs
25	Dick Johnson	18	20	$1,100	183	shackle	Dick Johnson
26	Red Farmer	97	17	$1,100	178	crash	Red Farmer
27	Earl Brooks	5	42	$1,100	175	engine	Don Robertson
28	Cecil Gordon	45	33	$1,025	161	crank	Bill Seifert
32	Richard Petty	43	6	$1,450	135	engine	Petty Enterprises
34	Hoss Ellington	61	29	$885	110	crash	Hoss Ellington
36	James Hylton	48	16	$875	83	ignition	Hylton Engineering
39	Bobby Johns	7	19	$750	63	engine	Shorty Johns
40	Richard Brickhouse	3	23	$725	56	fan pulley	Dub Clewis
41	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	13	$825	52	quit	Junior Johnson
43	Buddy Baker	3	3	$780	18	crash	Ray Fox