NASCAR Grand National Series 1968

De NASCAR Grand National Series 1968 was het 20e seizoen van het belangrijkste NASCAR kampioenschap dat in de Verenigde Staten gehouden wordt. Het seizoen startte op 12 november 1967 met de Middle Georgia 500 en eindigde op 3 november 1968 met de Peach State 200. Het kampioenschap werd gewonnen door David Pearson.

Races

Top drie resultaten.

'	Datum	Race	Circuit	Winnaar	Tweede	Derde
1	12-nov	Middle Georgia 500	Middle Georgia Raceway	Bobby Allison	Richard Petty	Tiny Lund
2	26-nov	Race 2	Montgomery Speedway¹	Richard Petty	Bobby Allison	Bobby Isaac
3	21-jan	Motor Trend 500	Riverside International Raceway	Dan Gurney	David Pearson	Parnelli Jones
4	25-feb	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway	Cale Yarborough	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bobby Allison
5	17-mrt	Southeastern 400	Bristol Motor Speedway	David Pearson	Richard Petty	LeeRoy Yarbrough
6	24-mrt	Richmond 250	Richmond International Raceway	David Pearson	Charlie Glotzbach	Elmo Langley
7	31-mrt	Atlanta 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Cale Yarborough	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Donnie Allison
8	7-apr	Hickory 250	Hickory Motor Speedway	Richard Petty	David Pearson	Bobby Isaac
9	13-apr	Greenville 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway	Richard Petty	Bobby Isaac	Charlie Glotzbach
10	18-apr	Columbia 200	Columbia Speedway	Bobby Isaac	Charlie Glotzbach	James Hylton
11	21-apr	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	David Pearson	Buddy Baker	Bobby Isaac
12	28-apr	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway	Cale Yarborough	David Pearson	Donnie Allison
13	3-mei	Dixie 250	Augusta Speedway²	Bobby Isaac	Buddy Baker	Tom Pistone
14	5-mei	Fireball 300	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway	David Pearson	Bobby Isaac	Richard Petty
15	11-mei	Rebel 400	Darlington Raceway	David Pearson	Darel Dieringer	Richard Petty
16	17-mei	Beltsville 300	Beltsville Speedway	David Pearson	Bobby Isaac	Buddy Baker
17	18-mei	Tidewater 250	Langley Field Speedway	David Pearson	Bobby Isaac	Buddy Baker
18	26-mei	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Buddy Baker	Donnie Allison	LeeRoy Yarbrough
19	31-mei	Asheville 300	New Asheville Speedway	Richard Petty	Buddy Baker	Bobby Isaac
20	2-jun	Macon 300	Middle Georgia Raceway	David Pearson	Bobby Isaac	Richard Petty
21	6-jun	Race 21	Smoky Mountain Raceway	Richard Petty	Pete Hamilton	James Hylton
22	8-jun	Race 22	Fairgrounds Raceway³	Richard Petty	Bobby Isaac	James Hylton
23	16-jun	Carolina 500	North Carolina Speedway	Donnie Allison	Bobby Allison	James Hylton
24	22-jun	Pickens 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway	Richard Petty	David Pearson	John Sears
25	4-jul	Firecracker 400	Daytona International Speedway	Cale Yarborough	LeeRoy Yarbrough	David Pearson
26	7-jul	Islip 300	Islip Speedway	Bobby Allison	David Pearson	Buddy Baker
27	9-jul	Maine 300	Oxford Plains Speedway⁴	Richard Petty	David Pearson	Buddy Baker
28	11-jul	Fonda 200	Fonda Speedway⁵	Richard Petty	Buddy Baker	Bobby Allison
29	14-jul	Northern 300	Trenton Speedway	LeeRoy Yarbrough	David Pearson	Bobby Allison
30	21-jul	Volunteer 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	David Pearson	Cale Yarborough	Swede Savage
31	25-jul	Smokey Mountain 200	Smoky Mountain Raceway	Richard Petty	Bud Moore	David Pearson
32	27-jul	Nashville 400	Music City Motorplex	David Pearson	Richard Petty	Bobby Allison
33	4-aug	Dixie 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Bobby Isaac	Donnie Allison
34	8-aug	Sandlapper 200	Columbia Speedway	David Pearson	Charlie Glotzbach	LeeRoy Yarbrough
35	10-aug	Myers Brothers 250	Bowman Gray Stadium	David Pearson	Richard Petty	Bobby Isaac
36	18-aug	Western North Carolina 500	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway	David Pearson	Bobby Isaac	Neil Castles
37	23-aug	Race 37	South Boston Speedway	Richard Petty	David Pearson	Bobby Isaac
38	24-aug	Crabber 250	Langley Field Speedway	David Pearson	Richard Petty	Bobby Isaac
39	2-sep	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	Cale Yarborough	David Pearson	Buddy Baker
40	6-sep	Buddy Shuman 250	Hickory Motor Speedway	David Pearson	Bobby Isaac	Buddy Baker
41	8-sep	Capital City 300	Richmond International Raceway	Richard Petty	David Pearson	Cale Yarborough
42	13-sep	Maryland 300	Beltsville Speedway	Bobby Isaac	Bobby Allison	Richard Petty
43	15-sep	Hillsboro 150	Occoneechee Speedway	Richard Petty	James Hylton	Neil Castles
44	22-sep	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway	Richard Petty	Cale Yarborough	LeeRoy Yarbrough
45	29-sep	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Richard Petty	David Pearson	LeeRoy Yarbrough
46	5-okt	Augusta 200	Augusta Speedway²	David Pearson	Bobby Allison	Richard Petty
47	20-okt	National 500	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Charlie Glotzbach	Paul Goldsmith	David Pearson
48	27-okt	American 500	North Carolina Speedway	Richard Petty	David Pearson	LeeRoy Yarbrough
49	3-nov	Peach State 200	Jeffco Speedway⁶	Cale Yarborough	Richard Petty	David Pearson

¹ Er werden tussen 1955 en 1969 in totaal zes races gehouden in Montgomery op de Montgomery Speedway.
² Er werden tussen 1962 en 1969 twaalf races gehouden in Augusta op de Augusta Speedway.
³ Er werden tussen 1958 en 1968 acht races gehouden in Birmingham, Alabama op de Fairgrounds Raceway.
⁴ Tussen 1966 en 1968 werden er drie races gehouden in Oxford, Maine op de Oxford Plains Speedway.
⁵ Er werd tussen 1955 en 1968 vier races gehouden in Fonda, Montgomery County op de Fonda Speedway.
⁶ Er werd in 1968 en 1969 een race gehouden in Jefferson op de Jeffco Speedway.

Eindstand - Top 10

1	David Pearson	3499
2	Bobby Isaac	3373
3	Richard Petty	3123
4	Clyde Lynn	3041
5	John Sears	3017
6	Elmo Langley	2823
7	James Hylton	2719
8	Jabe Thomas	2687
9	Wendell Scott	2685
10	Roy Tyner	2504

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