| 1968 Nashville 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 32 of 49 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $10,300 | Race Date: | Jul 27, 1968 | Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville | |
| Margin of Victory: | 3 Laps | Race Duration: | 2h 3m 44s | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | 3 | Average Speed: | 72.980 MPH | .5 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 22 | No. of Cautions: | 6 For 42 Laps | http | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | David Pearson D. Pearson | Driver: | Richard Petty R. Petty | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #17 Ford | Car No.: | #43 Plymouth | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Holman-Moody Racing | Team: | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Jake Elder | Crew Chief: | Dale Inman | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 70 of 301 | Pole Speed: | 85.066 MPH | |||||
| Official 1968 Nashville 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 3 | 17 | David Pearson | Holman-Moody | Running |  | 0 | 301 | 70 |
| 2 | 1 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 298 | 231 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Bobby Allison | J.D. Bracken (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 295 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 71 | Bobby Isaac | K & K Insurance | Running |  | 0 | 294 | 0 |
| 5 | 21 | 57 | Charlie Glotzbach | Ervin Pruitt (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 293 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley & Woodfield | Running | | 0 | 285 | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | 20 | Clyde Lynn | Clyde Lynn (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 276 | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | 76 | Roy Tyner | Don Culpepper (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 266 | 0 |
| 9 | 12 | 45 | Bill Seifert | Siefert Racing | Running | | 0 | 247 | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | 4 | Jack Marlin | Jack Marlin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 237 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Engine |  | 0 | 226 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Accident | | 0 | 124 | 0 |
| 13 | 8 | 6 | Neil Castles | Castles Racing | Engine | | 0 | 123 | 0 |
| 14 | 20 | 51 | Stan Meserve | Margo Hamm (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 113 | 0 |
| 15 | 22 | 1 | Paul Dean Holt | Dennis Holt (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 89 | 0 |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | John Sears | L.G. DeWitt | Ball Joint | | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 17 | 7 | 49 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Engine | | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Steering | | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 19 | 13 | 28 | Earl Brooks | Earl Brooks (Car Owner) | Quit | | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 20 | 18 | 38 | Wayne Smith | Archie Smith (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | 19 | 9 | Bill Vanderhoff | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Rear Gear |  | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | 11 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Engine | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
