1968 Volunteer 500

Race 30 of 49

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:16:34
Average speed of winner: 76.310 mph
Margin of victory: 1 & 1/2 laps
Lead changes: 8 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 13 for 92 laps
Lap leaders: Yarbrough pole, Glotzbach 1-74, Hamilton 75-85, Pearson 86-113, Hamilton 114-116, Goldsmith 117-182, Yarborough 183, Goldsmith 184-271, Pearson 272-500

Race notes: Debut for Bob Burcham and Ervin Pruitt.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	David Pearson	17		'68 Ford	Holman-Moody	Elder		500	2	257	running	5175	0
2	4	Cale Yarborough	21		'68 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		499	1	1	running	2650	0
3	3	Swede Savage	29		'68 Ford	Bondy Long			498	0	0	running	1700	0
4	9	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'67 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		497	0	0	running	900	0
5	18	Friday Hassler	39		'66 Chevrolet	Red Sharp			488	0	0	running	800	0
6	10	Buddy Baker	3		'68 Dodge	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		481	0	0	engine	700	0
7	24	Neil Castles	06		'67 Plymouth	Castles			467	0	0	running	650	0
8	12	Tiny Lund	16		'68 Mercury	Moore	Moore		465	0	0	engine	625	0
9	32	Bill Seifert	45		'68 Ford	Seifert			464	0	0	running	600	0
10	29	J.D. McDuffie	70		'67 Buick	McDuffie			463	0	0	running	525	0
11	20	Elmo Langley	64		'66 Ford	Langley			460	0	0	running	540	0
12	21	Clyde Lynn	20		'66 Ford	Clyde Lynn			455	0	0	running	515	0
13	33	Larry Manning	46		'66 Chevrolet	Tom Hunter			437	0	0	running	460	0
14	27	Roy Tyner	9		'67 Pontiac	Tyner			421	0	0	running	445	0
15	15	John Sears	4		'67 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			407	0	0	rear end	425	0
16	34	Ervin Pruitt	57		'67 Dodge	Ervin Pruitt			403	0	0	running	415	0
17	23	Jabe Thomas	25		'67 Ford	Don Robertson			387	0	0	accident	420	0
18	2	Charlie Glotzbach	6		'68 Dodge	Owens	Owens		385	3	228	engine	425	0
19	31	Wendell Scott	34		'66 Ford	Wendell Scott			367	0	0	wheel	340	0
20	28	Walson Gardner	93		'67 Ford	Walson Gardner			362	0	0	engine	340	0
21	13	Pete Hamilton	5		'68 Ford	Rocky Hinton			329	2	14	engine	330	0
22	26	Eddie Yarboro	50		'66 Plymouth	Yarboro			298	0	0	fan belt	320	0
23	7	Paul Goldsmith	99		'68 Dodge	Nichels			290	0	0	rear end	305	0
24	8	Richard Petty	43		'68 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		236	0	0	fan belt	800	0
25	16	Bobby Allison	2		'66 Chevrolet	J.D. Bracken			212	0	0	battery	295	0
26	11	Darel Dieringer	22		'68 Plymouth	Rossi	Rossi		206	0	0	lug bolt	285	0
27	22	Earl Brooks	28		'66 Ford	Earl Brooks			194	0	0	oil pan	300	0
28	30	Dick Johnson	18		'67 Ford	Dick Johnson (US)			187	0	0	withdrew	265	0
29	19	Bob Burcham	08		'66 Chevrolet	E.C. Reid			176	0	0	engine	315	0
30	35	Paul Dean Holt	01		'67 Ford	Dennis Holt			143	0	0	oil leak	250	0
31	17	G.C. Spencer	49		'67 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			135	0	0	engine	250	0
32	1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98		'68 Ford	Johnson	Nab	87.421	120	0	0	engine	750	0
33	25	Stan Meserve	51		'67 Dodge	Margo Hamm			81	0	0	rear end	250	0
34	5	Donnie Allison	27		'68 Ford	Banjo Matthews			63	0	0	rear end	275	0
35	14	James Hylton	48		'67 Dodge	Hylton			35	0	0	engine	250	0
36	36	Richard Brickhouse	03		'67 Plymouth	Clewis			8	0	0	engine	250	0