| 1968 Ashville 300 NASCAR Cup Series Race 19 of 49 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,955 | Race Date: | May 31, 1968 | New Asheville Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1 Lap | Race Duration: | 1h 31m 15s | Asheville, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 65.741 MPH | .400 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 23 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Richard Petty R. Petty | Driver: | Richard Petty R. Petty | Plymouth: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #43 Plymouth | Car No.: | #43 Plymouth | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Petty Enterprises | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Dale Inman | Crew Chief: | Dale Inman | Buick: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | All 300 Laps | Pole Speed: | 74.349 MPH | |||||
| Official 1968 Ashville 300 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 1 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 300 | 300 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | Buddy Baker | Fox Racing | Running |  | 0 | 299 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 71 | Bobby Isaac | K & K Insurance | Running | | 0 | 296 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Running | | 0 | 292 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley & Woodfield | Running |  | 0 | 288 | 0 |
| 6 | 12 | 28 | Earl Brooks | Earl Brooks (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 286 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | 4 | John Sears | L.G. DeWitt | Running | | 0 | 284 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Running |  | 0 | 281 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Running | | 0 | 267 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | 19 | Henley Gray | Henley Gray Racing | Running | | 0 | 261 | 0 |
| 11 | 15 | 8 | Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Running | | 0 | 259 | 0 |
| 12 | 11 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 256 | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | 75 | Gene Black | Gene Black (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 248 | 0 |
| 14 | 20 | 1 | Paul Dean Holt | Dennis Holt (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 234 | 0 |
| 15 | 13 | 45 | Bill Seifert | Siefert Racing | Steering | | 0 | 139 | 0 |
| 16 | 14 | 20 | Clyde Lynn | Clyde Lynn (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 111 | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 105 | 0 |
| 18 | 19 | 69 | David Mote | Ken Cline (Car Owner) | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 81 | 0 |
| 19 | 23 | 6 | Neil Castles | Castles Racing | Overheating | | 0 | 74 | 0 |
| 20 | 16 | 2 | Bob Cooper | Bob Cooper (Car Owner) | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 21 | 2 | 17 | David Pearson | Holman-Moody | Accident | | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 22 | 10 | 51 | Stan Meserve | Margo Hamm (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 23 | 22 | 31 | Leonard Brock | Newman Long (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
